The Mankato free press., 1921-09-23

berore Judge Hiram S. Goff in the
municipal court this morning on
the charge of grand larceny In
the second degree as preferred
by j. A. Ma6hier, the owner OF
the car, stolen last night. He
entered a plea of guilty to the
charge and was bound over to
await the action Of the grand
Jury at the November term OF the
district court. The prisoner was
turned over to Sheriff Anton Os-
ten about noon today.
Caught red handed in the act OF
stealing an Overland Four car owned
by ]. A. Mosher, 120 Jackson street
last evening, Harvey Synder OF Ell
drado, Kan, is now in the custody or
the Mankato police. He says that he
took the car for joyride, but intend
ed to return it.
Mrs. Mosher happened to look out
the window about seven o'clock last
evening when she saw man enter
Mr.. Mosher's car and start away with
it. She at once notified her husband,
who did not wait for either his hat
or coat but ran down stairs and gave
chase to the thief, who turned south
on Second street at the postoIfice
building. J. c. NARROW happened
along about that time with his large
powerful car. He was attracted by
Mr.. Mosher shouting at the top of
his voice: THAT man stole my car
and is getting away" The traffic
was very heavy at the time, but Mr..
NARROW turned his car around in rec
ord time after Mr.. Mosher had board
ed the running board and gave chase
to the thief, who was hitting as lively
a clip as an Overland Four could
make. Mr.. NARROW demonstrated the
fact that in addition to being an ex-
pert in rounding up Holstein cattle,
he can round up an auto thief when
it comes to a pinch. The thief was
outdistanced at the intersection OF Van
Brunt and Record street and crowd
ed to the curb. He shouted to them
not run into him, but Mr.. Mosher and
Mr.. NARROW in no mild language told
him to stop or they would do worse
than that. The only explanation the
thief would give for his act when con-
fronted by Mr.. Mosher and Mr.. Mar NJ
low was that he merely took the car
for joyride, and had intended to run
out to Sibley park to see what was
there. The man was taken to the
police station where he repeated the
same story. He was locked up for
the night.
Nineteen Years Old.
This morning in a statement to The
Free Press the young man gave his
age as nineteen years. He said that
he was born at Eldrado, Kan, and
had worked on different farms there.
Both his parents are dead and he has
no home. He came to Minnesota
about six. months ago. and for some
time worked on the farm OF John
day he came to Mankato with only
$3.50 in his pocket and has been
around town ever since looking for
work but could not find anything to
do.
81 was only going to ride out to
Sibley park and see what was there
when two men came up behind me
and crowded me to the curb and made
me stop. would have returned tho
car in about a half horr if thew let
me alone. I drove another Overland
car out to Mankato fair grounds
Thursday night. but returned it to
where / had found it in front of one
of the moving ~ictu~e houses in about
a half hour Yes, have taken cars
luSC IOr lOVJluP N3lOTe ANt. ' 'i'u
not intend to steal the car last Nigh.
/ fist wanted to eo out tn Siblev nark
and sec what it LOOKS like. ard then
I would have returned the car"
Connected With Theft.
What now ooks as if Synder is
connected with the theft of twenty
two calibre revolver from the second
hand store of George Anderson on
South Front street Thursday night
has been found in the car that Syn
der tried to make away with. Soon
low and Mr.. Mosher were somewhat
at loss to know the reason for find
ing the cylinder and center pin of
twenty two calihre revolver In Mr..
Mosher's car. 1t was kept by Mr..
Mosher however, with the idea that
some clue might develop. Soon after
Mr. Marlow reached home he read in
theft of a twenty two caIbre revol
yer from the Anderson secondhand
store. Putting two and two together.
he decided to call Mr.. Mosher this
morning These two gen '1emen con-
frnnted Svnder with the fact that he
bad started the car with the cvlinder
piu of the revolver. The Young man
possession nf the other part Of the
revolver He said that he found the
cvlinder and min on Front street.
Abort 9:2n this morning Mr.. NARROW
iand Mr.. Nosher went over the route
thew brought the thief over when thev
rantured him and We're rewarded bv
finding the frame of the revolver on
the boulevard at the corner Of Record
and South Front streets where the
thief had thrown it while being taken
to the station.
Wher shown the frame nf tho re-
vo'var nv Desk SERGEANT Jack T.u's-
dorff S-nder wilted. and admitted
+Nnt 10 h'd licked in one of the panos
IF glass in George Andersor's secord
hard store with the haol of his shoe
and had stolen the revolver.
Studv Beaver and Trout.