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A Bad Man Walks Off With A Circus Team. Last night, while the tent of Miller Freeman’s circus was being taken down and the wagons were being packed, one of the drivers left his team standing on the lot while attending to some other duty, and when he went to look for them found that his horses had disap peared. He began a search for them, and after two hours of fruitless effort he became convinced that they had been stolen. The circus was now near ly ready for its departure, and Mr. Alex. Jacques, the press agent of the troupe, was left behind to look after the missing property. He hunted up Officer Babcock and told him what had happened.The officer took him to the home of Detective Darius McGee. Lit tle or nothing could be done at night, and a rest was therefore taken until this morning, when Messrs. Jacques and McGee began operations in earnest. Inquiry in the vicinity soon brought to light the fact that a woman had seen a man leading the horses away from the circus ground out toward the main road. Word was telephoned to all towns in this vicinity that could be reached in that manner,and about nine o'clock news was received from Kinzua that a man had been trying to sell a team of horses there which answered to the description of those stolen. The Kinzua constable was notified to hold the man and the horses, but the thief had decamped before the message was received. He had, however, been ac cused of stealing the steeds, and was evidently frightened. The detective and circus man started for Kinzua, and at the Glade toll bridge learned that about eleven o’clock at night a man wearing a checked shirt had crossed the river with the missing horses. He had no money, but was allowed to pass on the explanation that the horses had been purchased by Mr. Rogers, of Rog ers’ mill, and he had been engaged to take them home. On reaching Rogers’ mill the searchers found the people there examining a strange team which had been found loose and walking les urely down the road leading from Kin zua to Warren. The animals proved to be the missing property of the circus. The harness they wore when stolen had been taken off, but the horses were uninjured. The thief had probably in tended coming down to the Clarendon road and then going off in that direc tion, but, becoming frightened, had abandoned the team and made good his own escape. Mr. Jacques returned with his prizes to Warren,and loading them into a box car, departed for Mercer, where he re joins the show. Officer McGee will continue the search for the missing harness.
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Warren Mirror
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Aug 28, 1888
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