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A Story of Crime C*DMniIa| Former Ne-bruka lltjr People. Now la tit* Colo-rmdo Pea,'MaraaikaCft. PramThe Denver TntMm-RtjMbkcu* contain* a three et Itran story of mraetibat has largely to do with people known m Nebraska Citv It seems th.*t Mrs. Louisa GifTmxi formerly a Mrs. Rembold, and her son thailes who are now inmates of the penitentiary at Canon Cits for (attle stealing:, lived on the New York ranch near Golden. Mrs. Clifford for marly lived at 77*' Vmth street Chicago where her 1 usband Mr Rembold was a well to do hardware merchant, from 1NV# to 1*18, In the latter year they moved to Nebraska City, where Mr Reinbokl again engaged in the hardware busmesa, up to the s ear I''?»Later at Lincoln Mrs. RemitiM having yost obtained a disorce from her husband, was marrie 1 m the Episcopal chart h of that c its to a man nameil G-iffordL Leas mg there, and after living at Beatrice for nearly a Tear they moved to Golden Col Aliout four \eaiv ago thev bought the New York ranch Some time ago Mrs. Giffordxejierafced fmni hei husband and she and herson Used oi the ranch where thev kept acountry hotel Smee tht imprisonment of Mis Giffonl and her non the ranch has been m the hands of Herman Rnthmnn who has rented the place In the ease Mrs. Gilford reserved 1 some rooms m w hie h she stored her furm turn.Last fall lt;'*haries L.Rembold Mrs. Gifford » son. siis arrested for stealing cattle and horses. About April 1 Mrs. Gilford was arrested on a •Tumlar lt;harge The tnai began \pnl 14 and continued until the l‘Tth when the jury returned a verdn t of guilty The mother was sentenced to one year and the son to five veare m the state penitential \Mis. Gifford carried s poliev of »vcr UNI on her he u» and furniture After the arrest of Mrs Gdlord and her son the building and furniture were destroved bv fireAs to how that building c aught oil Are was the troublesome question given by the State Insurance (•'►mpam, wiult; b bad insured theProperty to Mr Eanies superintendent of inkerton s ageucy m Denver to solve Last July Mr Ernies sent one of bn» trustiest and hrew dest detectives to Golden to investigate the case as it was believed that the firing of the building was the work on an incendiary On the morning after the Are Mr Rothman found a woman k list near where the house had stood. There were horse® tracks on the snow and the imprints of a woman r foot were also disrov ered The hat found w as a small black one trimmed with a black ostnt h tip and iilac k lace It was supposed to l»Iong to Miss Jone Anderson, living about four miles distant The detec tive plav ed the lover, courted the girl suec^essfuliyandnnaliy secured from her statement that site burned the house flt;.»r *.mi in monev to secure the msur ance for Mri Gifford and had been concerned in an almost endless series of cremes with the w o'nan and her seapegrac e son hoiwe and cattle stealing bemg prominent on the list Jowe ■, statements regarding the fiie were afterwards currolxirat+si b\ the detective nsitnik Mrs Gifford at Cmmi lt;_itv wfiert sin* admitted llie lt;s]iK)«ralt; v tn tie piesemv «t » witnc**-
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Daily Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Thu, Sep 16, 1886
Page 7
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Vigo C.
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