Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-06-08

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quainted with Monticello. This is one
of the biggest cleanups for sometime
Of string of store robberies, which
involved several thousand dollars
worth of stolen plumber. The chief
credit for working out the case can
be given to Walter Hughes, the local
manager of the Gildner Bros. &
Hughes store, assisted by Sheriff Bod
enhofer and the police of Cedar Rap
ids. Mr.. Hughes has been active from
the very first in running down the
criminals, and it was thought his eff
forts that the first clue was gained
and the criminals. finally placed in
custody.
There are at least five robberies
which are alleged to have been pulled
off by Ford and Shade. the largest Of
which was the robbery at Monticello
on May goth. Other robberies which
these two men are held responsible for
are the robbery OF the goods from
the store Of Ed. Sigfried Of Marion,
on March 81. the robbery of the Os-
borne general store at Sylvia, May
s; store at Clarence, April 10; the
theft OF 1872 pounds of butter and 200
pounds Of sugar from the springville
creamery, last March. 1t is also
thought that these two men may have
something to do with a recent robbery
at Hopkinton Of the, Morgan grocery
store and also with other towns.
Sheriff Bodenhofer swore out war
rants for the arrest Of Shade and
Ford, and. following a clue which was
obtained in Monticello, they were
traced to Cedar Rapids. A search
warrant was obtained and party Of
police together with the Jones county
authorities went to the Shade home
They first attempted to ascertain
whether Shade was at home. A negro
was secured who was sent to the house
to buy some "hooch," but neither Ford |
nor Shade were there. Later the po-
lice were able to secure man next
door to the Shade home to watch for
the return of the alleged robbers.
When Shade and Ford did return, the
police were notified, and they went to
the house where the two men were ar
rested. It seems that a pal of the
two men had written them on May
9th that the police were after them.
On account Of the holidays the men
did not get the letter until Tuesday.
AS a result, when the police arrived,
the two men were rapidly packing a |
lot of plumber into suit cases, pre-
paratory to leaving the house. If the
police had reached the house an hour
later the men would have been gone.
The stolen property was loaded into
the police wagon and taken to the sta
ton in Cedar Rapids. The property !
included a great deal of mems clothing
and jewelry, and-also about 100 pounds
of rancid butter.
Shade, according to the Cedar Rap |
ide police, not molly came across in adj
hitting the thefts, but with "a cool
candor, took hat full of jewelry, from |
which all price tags had been taken
and sorted it, saying, "This belongs
to Marion, this to Monticello" He |
did the same In assisting in sorting |
the clothing which, when found at |
Shades home, was thoroughly mixed,
and with no counter tags of Identified
ton, would have done justice to a |
bargain sale.
Both Shade and Ford are crooks Of |
the deepest hue. the police say. Ford
is former convict having served ten
years in the state penitentiary at Fort
Madison, and a four year termsat the
Anamosa reformatory, both on charges
OF burglary, one of which was at Ma
rengo. Shade, according to the Cedar
Rapids police, admitted he had been
bootlegging in moonshine liquor, Ford
acting as taxi driver, serving as his
agent In peddling it. Fear of being
caught at it, however, owing to the
activity of federal sleuths, caused
them to stop short time ago, and it
was then that they turned their at
tention to the field of burglary, ac-
cording to Shades story to the po-
lice.
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