Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-10-30
SHERIFF CAPTURES HORSE THIEF
LOCAL HORSE-THIEF
FOUND in N. D. GETS
TWO YEAR SENTENCE
Stole Horse Saturday Morn.
ing, Captured Monday,
To Pen TUESDAY,

J. II. Golterman who lives sever
miles southwest of Plentywood was
visited Friday night by a man who
stole a valuable saddle horse and an
extra fine Miles City heavy stock
saddle from his barn.
This was a valuable horse and sad
die and Mr.. Golterman notified the
Sheriff's office Of the loss without
delay. Sheriff Madsen was out on the
Antelope post office robbery but Dep
uty sheriff Murray got busy at once.
Together with Mr.. Golterman they
traced the horse from the Golterman
farm to a point about three miles
northeast of Raymond where all trace
Of the horse thief and the horse
disappeared. All Sunday the search
continued and Monday morning a re-
ward of $500 was offered by Mr..
Golterman for information leading to
the arrest of the thief.
The sheriff continued the lnvestl-
cation on Monday and traces were
finally obtained of the party again
and when they arrived at Fortuna
thew located the saddle which had
been traded for a lighter one, the
horse thief getting $40 to boot. ms
quickly led to the finding OF the man
and the horse, and he was lmmediat-
civ arrested and brought back TO
Montana and lodged in the Sheridan
county Jail where he is now held on
a grand larceny charge to when ne
will plead guilty. The mans's name
is Clifford Squires and is about 81
years Of age.
Stole Car in Roosevelt
Last fall while trailing the MUIR
derer of Ray Logan, sheriff Madsen
found a party by the name OF Dani-
berg a short distance north OF BROCK
ton who told him that a party by
the name of Clifford Squires had
stolen his car and which had been
taken towards Plentywood and the
sheriff was asked to watch for him
When he was brought back here on
Monday evening he admitted he stole
this Ford automobile from Mr..
Dahlberg and that he had driven the
car to Devils Lake where he had sold
it to a party working for the rail-
road company there. This means
that he faces a grand larceny charge
in Roosevelt county as well as a Fed
eral charge under the Dyer act for
TRANSPORTING stolen automobiles from
one state to another, but he will be
sent up on the horsestealing charge
from this county first
The day previous to the loss OF the
horse and saddle by Mr.. Golterman
this man Squires came to the farm
seeking work, as he had a friend
working there. Obtaining no work
he left the farm but had returned
during the night and had stolen the
horse and saddle.
Had No Clue
Working without any clues as to
who the horse thief might be, and
catching him inside of three days
time is a record that anyone can be
proud Of. Sheriff Madsen however
takes it as an event of no import
ance as he says I did my duty, as
the people expect me to do"
Confesses and Gets Two Years
County attorney Blackwell obtained
a complete confession from the pris-
oner, wherein he said he had nc ac-
complete and was willing to plead
guilty and "take his medicine"
An information was filed against
Squires on Tuesday morning at ten
o'clock Squires appeared before Judge
Paul, and entered a plea of cuilty
and was sentenced to serve two years
at hard labor in the Montana State
penitentiary. He was taken to Deer
Lodge on the same day by Sheriff
Madsen.