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Show Thieves in our Midst, On Tuesday a gang of (helves arrived in tills city nnd bcuanthcirdepredations. The gang was coipposcd of five men answering to tho names of Mike Connor Gt orgo Davis, Win. Harris, Fred London mi 1 John Canol. Two of them entered the store of Louie GurlTiuid while ono engaged his attention the other ono took a gold wi tch worth GO. from tho (bow. case without being seen. Soon after tho watch was missed and the officers notified. noti-fied. About the tamo timo three of theni entered tho store of Droadbcnt & Sen, one naked for eomo tobacco one for sumo kUit lining nnd Mr. Brondbeut wis watching the third man but not cli se enough for he got away with a lumber of shirts. Part of the gang was sc -u at the Co-op but no goods were 111 scri and the Superintendent thought th y had got nothing ' 'he officers were soon looking them ill and after a wood limn ami nimn fb rp work succeeded In gottlng the five In the meantime whllo taking them to Jai one jumped out of the buggy and ga- 0 them a lively chase for a while but wai recaptured. The goads had been gai hered nnd had been taken out near tin Junction by ono of th rir number and hit. Searchers wero sen. out who suc-ceded suc-ceded In locating two bundlesaf articles on- containing tho watch taken from Gi 'IPs and thieo other, the other bu.idle being tho stolen s.ilrtannd seven pa.rsof pant which the Ovop identirl-d identirl-d 1 their goods. There are more e-vrvwil e-vrvwil saiuenhero as llro.idbent & Son ha 0 not found all of tho stolen shins. A luindy little burglar's outfit belonging 10 tnera was also found, Tney were loekrd up In juil that nigh1 init Wednesday morning they were 'nught before Juntice Davis, County vt orruey Uniih appearing for the proee-mlonnndJ. proee-mlonnndJ. W. WMttton for tin lefendeuts. They asked that each be! iiv-n a separate Jury trial. F-heriu" Brown was n itHed and came ver from I'rovo Tu"l ij 'i .i.h.ii to 1 uve a look at hi pn- nn, tVli-u eturulnx home in .ioni i frl,'m just as thqy wereent-ruiirPioio and ran iwuy. In trying to get out the. sheriff alih face eciubbed by tho wheel. Jo. Ilanimsrwlio wai driving turned no horse Into a ditch fctoppin? him by. oro any farther damage was done. Theeoa wcro tried brfore Justice Dovli jeBtcrduy and lat nlsjht. For iteallng the p.intt they ure found tullty and sentenced to iiiip'isuniuenl for 1)5 days uuri fined t'M- each. On tho two ofstuaUug the watch they wero ix un J over to await the action o: the rind Jury. Uroadbeiit'fi case was distil dis-til sued. I |