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Show TRACKING A HORSE THIEF. On Tuesday morning, Mar. 1st, a man named Drake, residing in West Weber, some miles from Ogden, went out to his stable only to discover that a valuable mare had been stolen during the night. He examined the ground near the stable, which was quite ready, struck the trail of the mare and followed it to a house where lived a man named Hayes. Constable G. R. Belnap of Hooper took up the matter and learned that, early on the same morning on which the loss of the mare had been discovered, Mr. Hayes' and George, a young man, had left home, telling his father that he was going north on a horse he had borrowed from a man in Ogden. Officer Belnap obtained a warrant and a description of the horse and of young Hayes and started on horseback for [unreadable word]. Unable to find a trace of his man there, he continued on to Brigham city and satisfied himself that his team had not come over into Cache through Box Elder canyon. He then started north on the Malad route and ascertained from parties camping on the road that his man had not passed that way. He then remembered hearing that young liayes? Had boasted of having "a girl" in Hyrum, and with [unreadable word] concluded that his man would probably make for the horse of his "girl," to pay her due [unreadable word] [unreadable word] before his rascality should be discovered. When Officer Belnap teached Wellsville, answers to his inquiries satisfied him that his man had passed through there on his way to Hyrum. This conclusion was reached on Thursday, two days after the theft. The officer went on to Hyrum, traced his man to a house in which a dance was being held that evening, and went in word for young Hayes to come out. It was with great reluctance that the latter did go, and when he at last came out Officer Belnap took him in charge. The prisoner is about 24 years of age, dark complexioned, short and heavy in figure, and has the opposite of a prepossing appearance. He readily confessed having stolen the mare, and said he had traded it for a horse to a man whom he met near Summit, on his way into Cache Valley. He had subsequently made two more trades and when the officer found him he had in his possession a pony of comparatively little value. The officer left for Ogden on Tuesday last, having accomplished a very neat piece of detective work. The stolen mare is three years old, partially broken, dark bay? In color, with white face; comes of very good stock, and is supposed to be somewhere in or near Logan. |