New Ulm review., 1922-03-08
.FURS TAKEN FROM
PRODUCE HOUSE
sTUEBE BROS. STORE HOUSE is
BURGLARIZED BY FORMER
EMPLoYE.
AND MINK PELTS ARE
TAKEN AMOUNTING TO
$4,000.

$4,000.
| John Affolder was lodged in the
County jail Friday afternoon, accused
with John Wurm Of burglarizing the
Stuebe Brothers Commission house on
the night Of February 22nd and
stealing $50 muskrat pelts and Is
mink pelts aggregating value Of ap-
proximately $4,000 Wurm has been
located in ST. Paul and the local police
gave. authority to the Ramsey Co.
sherif's Office Monday to arrest him.
Immediately after locating Wurm in
st. Paul efforts were made to secure
his arrest through the police depart
ment of st. Paul but nothing came of it
and for that reason the sheriff's Office
was called upon to make the arrest.
The theft was not discovered by
Stuebes until Monday, February 27,
when they had occasion to open the
compartment where the furs were
stored and found that quite a number
of them were missing. The door it
self was locked as usual and had not
been tampered with in any way. 1t
is assumed that Wurm, who until
some time in December worked for
Stuebe Brothers, made his way to the
Office where the key was hanging, open
ed the door, took out the furs, locked
the door and took the key back to the
office. Entrance into the building was
made by dislodging the sliding door
from the rail on which it usually rides.
1t has happened frequently that the
sliding door was off the rail and for
that reason nothing was thought of
| it when the employees found it in that
condition Thursday morning, February
23rd.,
| Affolder Confesses.
As soon as the theft was discovered
the police authorities were notified and
eight young men who, in the opinion
of the police might have been connected
with the burglary, were put under sur
veillance. From different remarks
overheard by Chief Of Police Harmen-
ing he came to the conclusion that
young Affolder was mixed up in the
affair and took him to the police sta
tion where after some questioning At
folder admitted having been with.
John Wurrn when the furs were stolen,
Ratskins Recovered.
A search of the home of the parents
Of young Wurm on North Spring
Street was then made and 143 musArat
skins were discovered in suitcase un-s
der the bed in one of the rooms up
stairs. By the time Affolder was
arrested Wurm had left the city
presumably to visit his sweet
heart who lives at Echo, at least
that was what he told his parents
and others. At the depot the police
/ found out that Wurm had purchased a
ticket to Winthrop but instead of
getting off there he stayed on the
train and went to the cities. He was
located there and orders were given
/ for his arrest, Monday shortly after
4 noon. Tuesday morning the local po-
/ lice received word that Wurm had
i been apprehended and Chief Harmen-
4 ing left this morning to, bring him back
J. to New Ulm.
/ Young Affolder, for five years, and
until June last year, had been a freight
brakeman on the Chicago Northwes-
tern from Winona to Watertown.
!. Since then he has been employed in
] his fathers grocery store on North
/. Minnesota street and it was the inten-
tion Of the boys father to turn the
| grocery business over to his son early
i this week and let him run it, while he,
d the father, again took UP his work as
4 a carpenter.
Had Been Drinking.
d According to Afolder's story, told
i to Revie7o representative, the burglary
| was committed shortly after IL o'clock
1 p. M. February 90 and both he and
/ Wurm at that time were very much un-
der the influence Of liquor, having
q visited quite number of soft drink
parlors during the course of the eve
ming. He stated that they were on
their way home in company with
Otto Schleuder and Herbert Luetier
and had reached the Lincoln schoo
house when Wurm suggested that they
go back and attend the dance at The
Armory but the other two were moi
willing to go back so he and Wurn
retraced their steps. He couldn't sa,
whether they made any attempts tt
go to the Armory but knows that they
never got there. He also claims tha
he had nothing to do with the actua
taking Of the furs, but that this wa