The Ward County independent., 1920-02-19
KElVMARE MEN in
A ROBBERY DEAL

Isadore MogrenN and Geo. Larson Ar
rested Charged With Stealing
From Many Peaple.-Larson
Confesses.
A crooked sleigh runner, which en-
abled Deputy Sheriff Iver Walstad of
Kenmare to track a sleigh for 8'1/2
miles from the farm Of Senator John
E. Fleckten to the home of Isadore
Mogren, a farmer, living thirteen
miles west of Kenmare, led to the ar
Larson, charged with grand larceny.
Larson has confessed, duplicating a
number Of others and several addition
al arrests may be expected this week.
Larson confessed his guilt at his
hearing before Justice Jones at Ken
mare, who bound him over to the
district court under $15O0.O0 last Sat-
urday. Larson is now in the county
jail. He wants to go before Judge
Leighton to plead guilty, but the
Judge suggests that he wait until
after the other arrests have been made
as Larson may prove of value as a
witness.
When asked why he had been en-
gagged in robbery on a wholesale basis
Larson remarked: 81 was just get
ting ready to go farming and was
getting things together, but it looks
like l have raised hell"
Mogren was arrested and brot to
Minot Wednesday and placed in the
county Jail. He has not confessed,
but is expected to do so. Mogren was
in the service, but has lived on his
farm for years. He is bachelor.
His father formerly ran shoe shop
in Kenmare. Larson's father form
ely ran a stoe at Niobe, N. D.
Afte tracking the sleigh load Of
wheat from Fleckten's place to the
Mogren farm, Deputy Sheriff liver
Walstad discovered an immense lot
of stolen goods which had been lost
by the people for many miles around
during the past two years, and which
had been stored at Mogren's place.
) Walstad has a list of practically ev-
erything lost by the people Of Ken
mare and vicinity during the past
two years, and has been trying to
find some clue as to the perpetrators,
but was never able to fix the blame
until he located the stolen goods at
Mogren's place. No one ever sus-
pected that Moeren and Larson were
men Of this calibrs.
Deputy Sheriff Walstad brot in two
sleigh loads Of the stolen goods from
the Mogren farm the first Of the week.
One load consisted of furniture, stolen
from the Jake Schwartz house which
Schwartz was moving to the country.
The furniture was left in the house
and all was being moved together.
The house was left along the road
over night and someone took all OF
the furniture during the night. This
happened last fall.
About $3.50 worth of merchandise
stolen from Kenaston store last fall
was found at Mogren's. The mer-
chandise consisting of two shot guns,
a rife, 8 cases of shells, 1000 shells
of .22 calibre, jack knives, cheap
watches, dish pans, ETC., were recover
ed.
The deputy sheriff recovered set
of harness stolen last fall from Wyatt
and another set stolen from Nord-
strum. A wagon stolen last fall from
a farmer east of Powers Lake was
found ct the Mogren farm. A robe
stolen from J. C. johnson of Kenmare
was found. Dishes and tools taken
from Andrew Hegstrom were discov-
cred. There were three barrels OF
gasoline stolen last fall from Sam
Robe, found on the Mogren farm.
The men even stole the complete
equipment from the Beck school house,
consisting of shovels, brooms, axe,
etc.
The 14O bushels Of wheat stolen
from John Fleckten, Senator from
that district, was found at the Mo-
pren farm and this has been recover
ed. Mr.. Fleckten lost three sacks OF
oats and two of these were recovered.
Ole Nelson lost 100 bushels Of
wheat last fall, and Deputy Sheriff
Walstad believes that the additional
wheat found at the Mogren farm be-
longs to Mr.. Nelson.
The sleigh and box, used in convey
ing the Fleckten wheat, were stolen
from Charlie Wallace, farmer living
in the hills southwest Of Kenmare.
just a week before the disappearance
of the wheat. Wallace had new
runner put on the sled and q poor
job was done, the runner being put
on crooked. This left mark about
two inches wide outside the track and
this enabled the officer to track the
sleigh distance Of 8 1I2 miles to
the Mogren farm, resulting in the
arrest Of two Of the boldest and most
resource6ul criminals the county has
ever known.
Death Of Wolseth Young Man
Carl Alvin Loraas, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Loraas of Wolseth, died in
q Minot hospital Friday Of last week,
following . short illness from pneu-
monia. Funeral services were held
at the Nidaros Lutheran church at
Wolseth. The young man had been
located in Richland county during the
past year and only two weeks before
his death visited with his parents be-
fore going to Montana where he was
taken i'll, He was born on his faith