The Monett times., 1921-11-18
HELD FOR STEALING
FROM BOX CARS
Monet Men Held on Charge of TAX
ing Merchandise from Frisco
Freight Trains.

were arrested Thursday and Friday
on charge of taking merchandise from
Frisco freight cars. All were young
men with families, all have held good
regulations, they having conducted
themselves with the present exception
as good citizens.
Men held by the officers ON the
charge are Dave H. Fisher, brakeman
on the Northern division; Alfred
Ferry, brakeman on the Central di-
vision; Chas. A. Newton, coal chute
foreman; Raymond Kirby, brakeman;
L. c. Moore, brakeman on the Central
division, and Claud Epps, a brother
in-law of Newton. Search warrants
were secured and the officers found
much of the stolen property in vari-
GUS places. Perhaps $1,000 worth of
stolen merchandise was recovered and
is now in room in the city hall.
The arrests were made by Sheriff
Ed. Roberts, w. H. Long and l.. E.
Plumlee, Frisco special agents., and
Night Watch Bland of the Monet
police force.
C. A. Newton and R. E. Mugley
were apprehended Thursday night,
but Mugley escaped. Newlcn ac-
knowledged his guilt in sworn state
ment and gave valuable information.
On Friday night other arrests were
made. Newton, Fisher and Ferry
made sworn statements to K. A. o.
Dwyer, notary public, before E. E.
Mcclure, superintendent of terminals,
r. E. Truman, special agent and 4.
C. Anderson, special officer, on Fri
day evening. Raymond Kirby refused
to make statement. L. c. Moore
and Claude Epps were arrested Sat-
urday morning.
Chas. A. Newton is 80 years old
and has a wife and three children,
Goods were recovered from his house
on the evening of November 10.
which Newton admitted to have stolen
from freight cars.
He said his first offense was six
months ago when he accepted a pair
of shoes from Claud Epps, taken from
car near Garfield, Ark. He said
he, Ferry and Epps got case of
Peters shoes from merchandise car
in the Monet yards early in June.
At the same time they secured some
automobile castings and a sack Of
coffee. Sixty days ago, he said, he
and Epps and L. c. Moore drove to
the Wightman hill road crossing to
catch freight No. 1888. They picked
UP twelve pairs of red rubber boots
lying by the track. Another place on
the ground they picked up bed
comfort and twelve boxes of ladies
black hose. These they divided up.
Newton said his wife tried to keep
him out of this business.
Last Tuesday, November 8, in COM
pany with Mugley, Newton said he
went to the Wightman hill, caught
train No. 735, and found door loose
on box car. They crawled up and
threw out case of Bull Durham to-
bacco, a case Of Ill Cigarettes, a box
Bixby's shoe polish, which they haul
ed to Newlon's house. Later part
of the goods was sold to Monet
merchant. On November 8, Newton
and Mugley drove to the hill to get
merchandise off a freight train. A
car door was open and they crawled
in and threw out King heater, g.
gallon Daizy churn, and two boxes Of
stick candy. The stove and churn
were recovered by the officers.
At another time they went down
and propped door open on a freight
car. They climbed on the
train and rode up the hill. This time
they threw off some hardware, cases
of Calumet baking powder, Van
Camps pork and beans, salmon, cook
les and crackers. Newton confessed
that they broke into a box car in the
yards and took some mattresses, and
two sacks Of white beans. Another
time he said they secured two cases
,of Luna soap and sack of roasted
coffee.
ALFRED Ferry stated that he was
% years old, and had wife and two
children. He admitted that goods re-
covered from his residence on the
evening of November II, had been
stolen from Frisco cars.
He said that the last of May OF
first Of June, he and Claud Epps and
Albert Newton went to the Frisco
east yards at night, pried open box
car door and took eight Kelly-Spring-
field tires, Ford size, one case Of
mems shoes, which they divided a.
mong them. About thirty days ago
he and Epps went to the east yards
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