Show A VILLAGE BURGLARY franklin idaho oct 21 1897 during the night of the instant burglars entered the store of W M webster of this town on the following morning as soon as the robbery was discovered policeman peter bowcut was waa called in and after making a thorough examination of th ohp e premises it was found that the thieves had effected an entrance through the back window and made their exit through the packing house at the rear of the building they had stolen shoes pants razors silk handkerchiefs tobacco cigars a revolver and an overcoat all of the value of 70 websters store is an unlucky ont one this being the sixth time burglars have visited it and the only time an arrest has been made mr bowcut had seen a couple of suspicious characters going up and down railroad for a week or two and at once concluded they were the men he wanted he hunted in the snow and mud for tracks and found them leading to the railroad track near by the store and he traced them south on the track to the richmond cross roads here the trail was lost and from information received the officer learned that two men resembling the parties he was looking for had gone across country west the officer went to the main line running between cache junction and the north and there it was learned that they had gone farther west to the upper road toward weston the policeman and mr webster took the lower road hoping to head them off and on arriving at weston the officer spotted his men at once he kept them in sight while mr webster went to the deputy marshal who resides here to get the necessary papers before making the arrest the men were then taken into custody and are now in the county jail at malad awaiting the action of the district court after the arrest and before the preliminary hearing the officer went to richmond cache county and took out a search warrant he searched the cross roads saloon and found some 0 of the pants shoes tobacco bacco and cigars which the proprietor at once gave and from further information t place was searched not far fro from saloon and there pants and shoes shoe weh also found one of the men had ori a t pair of the shoes that had the mark on also the oven overcoat roat razors aa pistol which had marked on the plate 1878 all this property was ide icett rifled by mr webster one of 1 prisoners gave the name of jan jam graham and his age as 45 years 1 younger man gave his as edw smith aged 20 years this village policeman is chert cartall deserving of great credit fr franl N was only created a village last and mr bowcut has kept the pe and hoodlums and evil doers find him a terror but the good citizens it is a luxury tabe at peace under 0 guidance of intelligent an officer who is not afraid of doing his duty r SAL |