Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1901 — The Housebreaker Arrested. [ARTICLE]

The Housebreaker Arrested.

Constables Christie Vick and J. W. Childers rfrent over to Goodland, Thursday and there found in the crowd assembled to see Wallace’S show, the young man who robbed the Stockton and Porter residences on show day. He was arrested as Fred Glackin, but has been known also as Gus Glackin. When he was arrested he was cutting quite a swell, having on a pair of Recorder Porter’s most dudish pantaloons, which fit him like the proverbial “paper on de vail” and on his feet Jay Stockton’s most beautiful pair of patentleather shoes, He also had in his pockets Mr. Porter’s fine office pocket-knife and his daughter’s gold cuff buttons. The money and other jewelry from Mr. Porter’s place he had got rid of, and had only a nick and a penny with him. He was not with any of the circus crowd, arid their chief detective said he had never seen him before. He claims to have just bummed his way back from Oklahoma, and had never been with the circus followers until he struck them here, last Tuesday. He is a brother, as was stated, of an orphan boy who has his home with a Rensselaer family. He, himself, was raised in the neighborhood of Brook. He seems about 22 or 23 years old. He has formerly worked for Walter Porter, in Jordan Tp., and Walter says he is the best oorn-husker he ever employed. He was placed in jail to await trial in the circuit court, where he will no doubt be sent to Jefferson, ville reformatory.