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indhs.lis-Offoraceowmr.ndWESTWOOD.The Articles Stolen Found in IllinoisOn the Farm of Theodore Miller, Near Carthage.asFred Miller, of This City, Admits Shipping Buggies, but Denies Knowing They Were Stolen.pitafeiSt.imthan?!'castiwtdhthgarotaiha11laiofathithima1bythlt;Onladthire«roideisic.tioSince the middle of July the people of Westwood have been surprised and annoyed by thefts occurring almost weekly, and although men were on the lookout, nothing definite was learned until last week. The Anti-Horsethief Association employed Detective E. Rininger, who had been recommended by Chief Haaen, and was also known to members of the association. Mr. Rininger thought he cou d locate the stolen property, and agreed to ferret it out If he were paid $50 for h s work. This was agreed to, and he soon learned that a carload of buggies hod I fn been shipped to Fred Miller, fr.jm Brigh-ton Station, on the B. O. S. W., to Theodore L. Miller, Tennessee, 111,Last Friday he started for Carthage, 111.He employed a man to go out to the Miller farm In search of the missing property. and there found Mr. Kemp’s pLw,S. E. Herron’s coal wagon and a numter of buggies. Detective Rininger telegraphed the result Sunday morning and sent for the owners of the stolen property to come and identify It.Sunday evening Messrs. Geo. Fischer, S.E. Herron, Geo. Weaver and Marshal Newt Carter left the Grand Central depot at 8 o'dlock, and arrived at Carthage Monday morning. Mr. Weidmann, the Sheriff of Hancock County, 111., accompanied by Detective Rininger, received the visitors, and in a liberal and courteous manner provided fcr their comfort and business. After a ride of about nine miles in a carriage, the Sheriff and a Deputy went ahead, and finding Charles Fruehe and Allen Miller, arrested them and brought them to the carriage, and, returning, found Theodore Mil lei*, who had Just returned from the woods with S. E. Herron’B wagon. He was placed under arrest, as was also Chas. Linooln, who said that he was promised fourteen dollars a month for working on the farm. On the premises were Identified Geo. Weaver’s buggy, Mr. Herron’s wagon and Mr. Kemp's plow, Which were taken to Carthage and left in the custody of the Sheriff.Miller and Fruehe formerly lived in Green Township. Fruehe informed Mr. Fischer where his buggy could be found, they having traded It with another buggy ! for three horses. The man who had the buggies said that he would have made just $125 by the frado.Theodore Mille:, when asked about the Fei Stolen property, said that his br th.r fro might steal the whole town here and he * would not know it. All the parties waived , examination and the oases will be pre- 1 sented to the grand jury next Thursday or Friday. Fruehe and Lincoln were released on bond, but the other two are held. Fred Miller acknowledges that ho shipped the carload of buggies Sepl’embr o, but denies that he knew chat they were stolen. He and his mother, who owns the farm, expect to start for the place to-day and arrange for the release of the other prisoners.The Anti-Horsethief Association of Green Township (s composed of sixty de- j termlned men, and the way in which they j have carried out the search i3 an indica- ! ^.c tion of their good Judgment and tteir u e inti to the community. fulltwJ.strhaan1frcpirhelanboihoidalfi'OJwiithifromaicaEdMrofEdbythehoimew.lWiamCinmilothpacAcal“MwrlIir.ocinthe
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Thu, Oct 03, 1895
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