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THE 1) AIL Y GAZB. F. LANDIS A CROOKstove was merely a blind to cover his real character and operations, and in-other arrestsRICtimatethatAND A CUTE ONE TOO about to follow and thataredisclosures of atovery occur.Btartling na-The arrestFORMER JANESVILLE CIGARMAN ARRESTED AT OSHKOSH.ture is likelywas made so quietly that the proprietors of the business houses in closeISAiproximity were unaware of anythingCharged With Horse Stealing at Can-unusual transpiring.ton, Ohio, Ten Years Ago and Saw-The Ohio men accompanied by Landis left on the 3:46 trainFouryesterdayCing His Way Out of Jail He Isafternoon.It has been learned that an OhioTaken Back to the Buckeye State traveling man identified Landis, whileIby the Sheriff.traveling through this state, and uponIB. F. Landis, whoNorth Mainran a wholesalestreet forcigar store on some time and went from here to Osh-receiving proof, requisition papers were obtained and the officers wereMsudcsent for their man.thekosh where he engaged in the sameMillbusiness, did not look like a desperate FEW OF THE G- A. R* WILL ATTENDbriecrook, and when he walked Janesville I Wisconsin Contingent .at the Grand En-eveiBtreets nobody dodged into dark stair-*campment Likely Qto be Small.ways for fear of personal injury.He's in jail though.He was at rested at OshkoshIf including members of the G. A.friendscorn of ftvilliyesterday for horse stealing in Ohio eight years ago. The arrest was made by sheriffs from Stark county and Drake county, Ohio, on authority of the Anti-Horse Thies societies of those count-R., the Woman’s Relief Corps,of theembers of both organizationsthere areand the public generally,1,000 in attendance at the national en-ganNevin ghislt;ies. It is claimed that Landis wascampment in Pittsburg next month | 0f ^ from Wisconsin we will be doing verydeconvicted of horse stealing at Canton and after serving two termB for the me offense, sawedwell, under the circumstances,” clared Department Commander Wat-rous when asked as to thecom in tlmalthe Greenville,Ohio, jail, while hehis way out ofThen heprobableturnout from this dtate to the Pittsburg gathering.eng on e in fwas indisappeared, and Janesville he kept his whereaboutsJanesville will probably send only ^heher regular delegates. There are sev- ^ondark. He left here some time ago and has been in Oshkosh since. Theforpeopie of that town had no suspicion that he was a fugitive from justice. Heeral good reasons light attendance this year, ofthe probable The firstchilhad a wife there, but it is said b • also lias a wife and family in Ohio. Heis, oi course, the greatly depressed condition of business everywhere. Then comes the fact that the ratethe western railroads ofganMillWHwas taken to Greenville yesterday and the officers are still looking for agranted by one fare for the round trip is not satisfactory, the veterans believing theyMfemale accomplice.ought to get a 1-cent rate, and last,discov-fouiLandis a Desperate Thief.but by no means least, is the ery that Pittsburg hotels and board-nveandAccording to the statements of the officers from Ohio, Landis is one ofthe mostdesperate horse thieves that everand notoriousing houses have run up prices to about double what they are ordinarily, and the 6old era declare they will not beChathepursued his that state. In 1884profession inLandis was arrested in Darke countyWhile confined inrobbed. In consequence of these alleged drawbacks the indications arenar;thrcretnthat not more than 230 G. A. R. mem- Hefor horse stealing.bers will attend from Wisconsin, and l*mthe county jail awaiting trial, heescaped by sawing the bars of his cell,confinement.not more than 1,000 Wisconsin people, all told.Hatsickafter only thirty days’Search was immediately instituted for him,but no trace was found until 1S86 when it was discovered that heMisiL.C. WOOD’S TOBACCO FLOURISHING havwasinwastheMilwaukee Avenue Man Has E'ght Acresto Be Proud Of.meetheOhio stateherprisonserving a five years’ sentence for horse stealing committed inL. C. Wood, Milwaukee avenue,near ^Stark county.Canton, m The officials of Darkethe fair ground?, has eight acres of (joiltobacco almost ready to harvest. The t^ecounty intended to re-arrest him onthe first charge as soon as his sen-plants, Connecticut Havana, were set |agj.the first of June, and notwithstand-tence had expired, but after servinging the severe dry weather have de- guntwo years he was released on parolefor the remainder of his term. Thisvelopod finely, and Mr. Wood is congratulating himself that he has oneAlbenabled him to avoid arrest on theof the finest crops in this part of the tobacco belt. He will have the tobae-W.Harformer charge, as he was still in charge of tbe state officials. In 1891 theco in the shed within the next tencouiDarkedays. Mr. Wood has his ’93oncounty officers were pre-to arrest him, but by some he evaded arrest and fledparedmeansfromcrophand, hoping to realize something like the democrats promised in theirPterthestate.last campaign, but he has given up allFor three I expectation of realizing profit until found of the people have an opportunity to him, but the Ohio officials, with great I turn the rascals out.”years no trace wasnextheWeMnpersistency, continued the eearch, andthey finally located him in Oshkosh. Landis is no common horse thief, theofficers say, but one of the most extensive and daring in the country. His operations were not confinedtoTHE PLAIN PROOFBraOf Awards to Dr. Price‘s Cream BakingPowder at the Fairs.BoiwhAn envious New York competitor,oftaking stray horses, but whole carloads of stock as well.Ohiois infested with horse thieves to an alarming extent and the punishment for theJohncrime is summary and speedy. Welker isa member of a company forandthe suppression of horse thievery lie is acting under orders from thecompanySteel Knuckles In His Pocket.When Landis was searched a verydeadly steel knuckle was found in hisHe said to an Osbkoshpocket, ne saia 10 an usnxosn reporter that he was forty-five years ofborn in Ohio inwho tries to sell inferior goods bylabeling them absolutely pure” seekscurfewto belittle tbe award of highest hon-sligors to Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder at the World's Columbian Exposition, by denying that such honors were conferred.excPerthaThe award to Dr. Price’s is provedsueOnlt;cial records.by tbe oChief of awardsJ. S.writes:Browning The records of thisdepartment (agriculture) show that the executive committee on awards officially announced some time ago thataward bad beenage, having1849.DeenAfter teachingin schoolfor anumber of years the tobacco businessengaged his attention. In March of1892 He came to Janesville and openedcigar and tobacco store remaininghere for two years and a half, until his removal to Osbkosh. He has beenmarried twice, and was wedded to hispresent wife who was an Ohio girlthree years ago. At present his wifeand two children are in this city visiting withwife.a daughter by his formerLandis says that he is a member of Janesville branch No. 90. ofago tuat angranted the Price Baking Powder Company on its exhibit of baking powder.”The Hon. JohnBoyd Tbacher,chairman of the executive committeeon awards, also writes under date1894: IofFebruaryenclose14,herewithyou an official copyof your award, which in due time will be inscribed in tbe diploma and forwarded.”Why did the New York competitornot exhibit? Was it because bis powdercontained ammonia?oneSatCODthethaPeiSajMehismapaitheMrfevilatiMrurdWi]antBriThe award to Dr. Price at Chicagorelithe I. O. O. F., and to substantiate hiswas for strength, purity and general excellence.statement he displayed the insignia ofOn similar grounds it received theIthe order. When asked why he carried finch weapons, as knuckles, he said:highest award and gold medal at the California Midwinter Fair.hai1 have been to Portage on a busi-at MinnesotaTo Builders:mgDeBids will be received at the office,aesfi trip and got offJunction to walk around, when 11 clerk board of education, Janesville,found them and put them in my pocket. I had not been in my store two minutes before my arrest fol-yoiwiiWisconsin, until 2 p. m. September 6,C£1894, for the erection of a high schoollowed, andmyconsequentlybuilding, in accordance with the plansgoiotlI never and epscifications f ornished by W. A.thought of xemoving them.”Holbrook, architect, Milwaukee, ’»Vis-we10.He asked the reporter what theContractors must bid for en-charge against him was for which hewas imprisoned, and upon receiving mfTconsin.tire job, including heating and plumb-Bids must beeriteiSOI* accompanied by c^txo enlightenment from that source he certified check for $300 00 guarantee-1jrofessed utter ignorance as to cause of his arrest.theing that builder will furnish satisfactory bonds, and enter into contract1miI do not know what to say or do. should the job be awarded to him. jI know nothing and am totally ignorant of the intricacies of law,” saidBids to be addressed to John Cunning- \Landis when asked if the services of aham, secretary school board, and they must be made out on blanks fur-thlawyer were required. When told that | nished byin differentbe was to go back to Ohio this afternoon, he said:the board, stating costcalled forClasinThey will not need requisition papers, for I will return with thehe said thatwaysPlans will be ready forarchi-ihspecification, inspection at .the office of theWisconsinreaitect, EveningFinally he said that the charges mgairst him were probably made bysome fellow under imprisonment at the present time in Ohio.Milwaukee, Wis., andBuilding, at theCityntcClerk’s office, Janesville, Wisconsin,on and after Monday, August 1S9 4 Right reserved to reject ary orattiUIdentified by a Traveling Man.all bids.Landis is of slight build, dark bairand weighsa fluentT. W. Goldin, President,witand piercing blackabout 130eyes pounds. HeJohn Cunningham,ftClerk Board Education.iswtalker and is evidently well educated.Hare Is a Tempting Pasture.The warrant issued by Gov. Peck atthe request of Gov. McKinley of Ohio, called for the arrest of Andrew Lan-The shepherd leads his sheep into greener fields and pastures new. Sodis.would we lead you to the best place inv.1t1During his residence in this cityhe bore the name of B. F. Landis. TheRock county to buy furniture fifty per tofficers are of the opinion that thecent cheaper than a year ago.Fbank D. Kimball.
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Janesville Daily Gazette
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Aug 30, 1894
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