The Altamont Enterprise, Oct. 1, 1915

THIEVES BUSY AT GUILDERLAND

Residence of Frank Case Robbed — Good Getaway, But Quick Capture by Albany Police Same Afternoon.

The residence of Frank Case at Guilderland was entered last Saturday afternoon and a gold watch, two suits of clothes, two pairs of shoes, a hat, and a raincoat were stolen. The theft was discovered shortly afterward by Roswell Case, a son of Mr. Case, who immediately set to work to capture the robber. The Albany police were notified and they at once began a search. Their efforts were soon rewarded when a man named Austin, who had been employed by Mr. Case about the farm, stepped off a trolley car and was placed under arrest. He was taken to the second precinct station and given an examination and afterward sent to jail on a charge of burglary and grand larceny.

Mr. Case is the president of the Guilderland Mutual Protective Association, and it was mainly through the efforts of the association that the burglar was run down and captured so quickly.

INDIANS TO SIGN PLEDGE

Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt Orders Crusade by 6,000 Employees.

Six thousand employees of the United States Indian service have been ordered, in a circular letter issued by Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt, to immediately begin a pledge signing crusade among the 300,000 Indians under their charge.

The form of pledge which is to be circulated among the red men for their signatures reads:

“I hereby promise that I will not use intoxicating liquors as a beverage and that I will do everything that I can to free and protect my people from this great evil.”

In his letter of instructions to Indian superintendents, the commissioner says:

This pledge should be presented by you or one of your employees to every Indian, including school children, for his or her signature or mark, which should be witnessed by the person soliciting the same. The purpose of this pledge should be fully explained, so that the Indian will understand what he or she is doing.

RUNAWAY OIL CAR COLLIDES WITH PASSENGER TRAIN

Only battered, twisted metal and heaps of charcoal remained of a passenger train following a serious wreck which recently occurred near the Olinda oil fields in California. The disaster happened when a large tank car filled with petroleum broke loose, rolled down grade for five miles, rounded a curve at an estimated speed of 65 miles an hour and swung into the main line of a western railway just in time to crash, head-on, into a speeding passenger train. The impact caused the oil car and the locomotive to telescope, while the coaches at the rear were hurled back for some distance. A sheet of oil shot out of the smashed end of the tank, drenching the entire train. Almost instantly this was ignited by the heat from the engine’s fire box, enveloping everything in a cloud of flame and smoke.

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