Show s Steal Freight from front Station A very bad state of affairs was unearthed the first of the week when It was reported that Deputy Deput Sheriff Sherif Cass had arrested arrester a number of men for steeling stealing freight The of at which will probably result result result re re- sult In them doing some time and Has already caused Agent the loss of his position as station agent Not ot that he was vas in any wa way mixed up in the the affair but the railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road officials that he be should have lave detected the losses sooner For some time It had had been suspected suspect suspect- ed cd that articles were disappearing from the station but no trace o or of them could be found until the deputy deputy de dc- de- de located some wire which had disappeared from the sta sta- tion Under the pretext that he ho wished to see John Robins who had been plastering the old post office building where George Cox lives deputy deputy deputy de de- Lewis went to the house and there found the wire already strung in the building for electric lights r. r awaiting their coming Cox was as one of the employees at the station A A search warrant was was was' and the following articles were found in his p session with but little pretext at keeping them covered lb Ib t sack of rice box Of f 1 lbs Ibs of cof- cof r fe condensed d milk canned fruit 3 boxes of silverware crockery crocker biscuits biscuits bist bis bis- t worth of tobacco 25 box of Jap candy 2 doz pairs of gloves 3 doz pairs of socks 5 5 pairs of shoes and and several other articles Cox from Pro- Pro I. I came here last spring vo He gave the whole affair away 1 implicating Sam Smith who had until until un un- t til I recently been an employ at the station and sand S. S 1 M. M Gowder who had been freight freighting g from the depot u un until until un- un I til recently Smith was found to have possession possession possession posses posses- sion of a small quantity of merchandise disc dise including socks oil cloth gloves H etc Gowder was found to have canned stuff stuer 45 cans of at coffee 3 pairs of r shoes 11 silk sil- umbrellas kodak films cartridges etc Most of the things taken had been en o put in cars cara billed t to D lt o vas was not missed bythe by by- the agent Orin Clark got mixed up in the affair to some extent thru being in inthe the dray business and delivering the stuff to the homes of the others with the knowledge that it was stolen We learned this morning that a at t their trial yesterday ester m Justice court they were feed 75 75 each They can congratulate themselves on getting off oft so so lightly as the offence is serious serious serious' ser ser- ious tous and most courts they would have been bound over to court with witha with witha a jail or penitentiary term starring 3 them in the face Jim Faust Faus Jr stole a march on himself to Milford 1 where he hemet o met 0 his sweetheart Miss 1 Lena Franks of Pioche and they drove to Beaver Deaver Saturday where they were married arriving in Delta Sunday Mr 1 and Mrs Faust will make their home in Delta We Ve take the liberty liberty liberty lib lib- erty of ot extending congratulations of our readers to to the happy young couple coup coup- le and wish them all in their new relations d r f Jim is the son o of our postmaster and anel is working at the carpenter trade here in Delta where ho has resided since coming from some eighteen months ago He Is Isone isone isone one of Deltas Delta's popular young oung mei roen and wo we are ure glad to see him settle ii In our midst The Tho bride is one of fair young oung ladles ladies and will wm lie bo a valuable addition to our communIty community also |