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taken at the robbery of the HueserSaloon, Btttel's shoe store, the Nolle ft Helling store, the Waetfener shoe store, were located and information by other members of the family prov ed that other thefts had been planned and sueeesfulty carried out by the seme party.Joe Bolte, a married man and the father of four childn n, seemed to be at the base of the crimes. For some of the thefts, he is accused of having required his son to be an accomplice. Bolte, who is now in jail, also claims to have hau other assistance in one or more of the robberies. They have long been under suspicion by the police department. With hissuccessful experience in the work Bolte had grown to be able to carry out his plans with a cunning and keenness which left bat meager chances for detection. However, their invariable appearance at or near the place of each robbery sits ptciously clgse to the time of the theft gave cause for them to be placed under surveillance, whit h resulted in connecting them more closely with each successive crime.The police were handicapped by the discouraging evident lack of interest by the parties robbed, who, although acquainted with the facts as known, repeatedly refused to authorize the issuing of a search warrant nr allowing active legal steps to the same end. And it was not until the Hueser saloon robbery that the police department usurped the privilege of taking the matter into their own hands, even without the usual authority from the affected parties. Chief St bier himself ventured a rather hazardous step and ordered the search warrant after Mr. Hueser had refused to authorize it. The result, as noted above, proved that the steti had been taken in the right direction and the Fort Madison merchants will probably sleep with much less anxiety in the future.eeia box of the long green and also ahex of cake veast disappeared from j owin front of the Nelle ft Helling store in the 1400 block on Fourth street.A Sack of Flour.About that time a sack of ttone was taken from the F, 11. Wliken grocery store in the 1300 block on Second street. It was taken in the day time, carried off by a boy, and the thirteen year oid son of Holte has admitted to the police that he was the boy. ;er: , d,‘! so1 an ! apj ed 1 of oned!0anti iJ#fa1po* (Ivv«I pioThe raiding of the Sixth street residence Wednesday and the arrestof Joseph Bolte furnished a deal of notable fxcitement for the police force and others. The order ol events are related M follows;The robbery of the Hueser aa lot* a occurred some time between the hours of 2 and 4 a. in. Wednesday. Bolte’s sixteen year old son later told the police that he had been made by his father to get out of bed in the early hours of the morning and assist in the work. With an extension bit a hole some two inches in diamo ter was bored through the panel of the saloon door and the boy was enabled to reach through the openin ; and turn the bolt of the Yale lock. About $50 worth of cigars and whiskey was taken.Sixty Suits of I mlervvear.The side room of the Nelle ft Helling store was entered last fall and about five dozen suits of underweartaken, it was some of this underwear that was found in the upper pv story of the Bolte residence Wednesday. -Waegencr Shoe Store.The Waegener shoe store, on tho 11 li side street hack of the Trump Livery, lost several pairs of slums last winter. A cracked window pane was j removed as a means of entrance. Mr, Waegener lias identified as nis one of the pairs found under the bricks in the cellar.The Hit tel Store.The Bit tel jobbery was comparatively recent. Some time ago a revolver bullet hud pierced the plate glass front window of his store \v -the P00 i doc It on Front street. Theputty around the cracked coiner of the window was removed by a knife and the piece of glass taken out, leaving a hole large enough for theshoes in the window to be drawnthrough, Mrs. Bittel identified live pairs of the shoes found.IVrfilnipyer'M Carpets,Further search of the residence, made today, brought to light some carpets belonging to B. Gockel and taken from the Pohlmeyer Carpet Cleaning establishment last year. A rug belonging to John Bonicamp was also found. vII. Cl. Huesftig’tt Tobacco.Three boxes and a dozen or more cans of tobacco which H. G. Haessig recognized as belonging to his cigar store were located.Boon's Flexible Flyer.The little coasting slid belonging to a grandson of Chas. Doerr, and which mysteriously disappeared from Mr. Doerr’s yard last winter, was discovered at the place.Ideal Headquarter*. / [” The Bolte residence, a small frame building on the east hank of French creek, furnishes easy access without detection, and the peculiarly well adapted location has probably been the chief means of the success of tie*ventures.rwoflasonkrprathfirTlalmthb*litWw itethiclielc1k(Tntlt!WhvvwThe robbery was discovered by the bartender as he opened up the place the next morning. The police took immediate steps upon being notified.Chief Sehier, Officer Thrasher and adeputy proceeded at once to the Bolte residence, where the officers’ rv~ quest to look through the house was refused. Bolte, who was employed in unloading some cars at the Hawk-eye Lumber company, was sent for Officer Thrasher and his deputy stayed at the house and the chief return ed up town to arrange for the issuance of the search warrant.A Stock Boo in.For identification purposes the stolen goods were taken to the police station, and that place now has t'gars, whiskey and shoes stored inalmost every corner. The panel ofthe Hueser saloon door which has the auger hole in it is also at the station.sbarIt was not until after noon thatTo Trial.Bolte has been arraigned before Justice l. F. Alley and has been bound over to the grand jury on two charges of breaking and entering.tt1—lt; |,osrs BIG lt;ONTK P i,1vLoral Firm to Deliver a lliimlre llCars of Ice at Quittcy.
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Fort Madison Weekly Democrat
Fort Madison, Iowa, US
Wed, Apr 26, 1911
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