MIKE HOY'S BIRDS.

A Lively and Successful Chase - Arrival of the Prisoners Yesterday - The Woman Discharged and the He Thief to be Examined This Morning.

On Sunday morning we related the capture by detective Hoy of the man and the woman "Jones," who ran off with Hill & Richardson's team. Mike arrived with his prisoners on the 12:30 train yesterday and was met by a large and happy delegation, whose attentions were quite unsolicited by the male and female enjoying a multiplicity of names and other people's horses. They were escorted to police headquarters in style, and there we will leave them while we glance at

DETECTIVE HOY'S PILGRIMAGE

in search of them, for it is interesting to know how he did it.

The team was taken from Hill & Richardson's stable by "Jones," on the 19th inst., for a two days' drive to Excelsior and return.

As it became apparent that Jones was "a liar and a horse thief," Mr. Hill put the matter in Capt. Hoy's hands on the 22d, and learning that a team answering the description of the one stolen had been seen in the vicinity of Monticello, Capt. Hoy drove up there at once, only to find he was on the wrong track. Returning home on Monday, he drove up to Le Sueur on Tuesday, where he heard of his birds as having been at Garden City on the Thursday previous. Returning once more, on Thursday evening he took a freight train for Owatonna, arrived there and searched the town over before 5 a. m. to be again disappointed - came back to Faribault and made another vain search, but had the satisfaction of receiving a telegram from conductor James Wilson (conductor of one of the trains upon which he had traveled) stating that the parties he was in search of

HAD BEEN SEEN AT PLYMOUTH, IA.

Boarding the first train, Capt. Hoy reached Plymouth at 10 p. m. Friday, where he met Messrs. Camp, Langdon, Brackett and Morse. At the hotel detective Hoy subsequently learned, by dint of inquiry, that the particular members of the Porter-Jones family of whom he was in search, reached said hotel on the previous Monday evening, that the woman had remained there while the man went to Osage and disposed of the team, returning to the hotel on Wednesday afternoon, and the couple remained until Thursday afternoon, when they bought tickets for Garner, Iowa, and departed. At Plymouth the he horse thief represented the woman as his daughter, while at other places she was his wife, or his sister, or his niece, as suited their twin fancy.

Suspecting that they had gone to Mason City, detective Hoy made for that point, and there learned positively that they were at Garner. Accompanied by the city marshall of Mason City, he went directly to Garner. Mike didn't forget that he was in Iowa, and therefore took the precaution to have an Iowa officer along to make the arrest. Arriving at Garner, Mike went up to the Elder House, in advance of the Iowa officer, and looking into the ladies' parlor

THERE SAT HIS PORTER-JONESES,

sure enough, as large as life, and twice as natural! The female Porter-Jones, was tending to her knitting, while the he-horse thief was telling her fancy stories. Mike was disguised as a harvest hand, but when old Porter Jones looked up and saw him

HE STARTED AS IF WITH FEAR,

and walked nervously out of the room and about the house, fairly quaking in his boots, but always closely followed by the detective. The suspense became unbearable at last, and suddenly turning toward Mike, and shaking like an aspen leaf, old Porter-Jones chattered out

"W-W-WHAT DID YOU SAY?"

"I didn't say anything," laughingly replied Mike, "what ails you? Have you got the ague?"

Just then the Iowa officer came up. Mike pointed out his game, and the officer arrested them. At this place they were registered as "Dr. Hale and wife."

The statement in The Tribune of Sunday, that a special train was chartered to run them out of Iowa, is

ENTIRELY INCORRECT.

Their rights were fully explained to them, and they voluntarily came through, preferring to travel at once rather than lie in an Iowa jail until a requisition could be procured.

Placing his prisoners on the pay car, which happened to be there, Mike brought them through to Mason City, and at Austin served his Minnesota warrant on them. At this point old Porter-Jones-Hale, &c., weakened and

TOLD WHERE HE HAD SOLD THE TEAM.

This team was wanted. Therefore at 4 a. m. on Sunday, Mike hired a team and started for Osage, 35 miles distant, found the team in possession of the sheriff, and learned that the carriage was ten miles further on, at James Slosson's who purchased the whole rig of Porter-Jones-Hale, for $40 cash, and a note for $80, which the thief had discounted.

Mike drove out to Slosson's, recovered the carriage, and learned that Slosson, the swindled man, was

OUT WITH A SHOT GUN,

looking for Porter-Jones-Hale.

At midnight on Sunday Captain Hoy was back at Austin with the stolen team and carriage, having driven over 100 miles since 4 a. m., over a strange road. He was pretty thoroughly tired out, as he had been on the go for a week, and hadn't enjoyed a night's rest during the time. Leaving orders to ship the team and carriage at once, he took the train yesterday morning, and arrived as above noted,

A GOOD JOB, WELL DONE,

altogether too well done to suit old Porter-Jones-Hale, whose true name is supposed to be

T. P. BURDICK,

and whose lawful abiding place is said to be somewhere in Wisconsin.

Both the prisoners were searched, but nothing of a startling character was found. The woman had $60 in cash, and the man but a few dollars.

They were arraigned in the municipal court yesterday afternoon, and as the facts did not seem to warrant the holding the woman who fills the clothes of old Porter-Jones-Hales' wife, sister, daughter, niece, aunt, and great grandmother, she was discharged. They will

"GIVE THE OLD MAN A CHANCE!"

at 10 a. m. to-day, to which hour his examination was postponed.

The niece, aunt, great grandmother, etc., informed our reporter that their route from Minneapolis was via Excelsior to Young America, where they spent the first night, and succeeding nights at New Ulm, Winnebago City, Coon Grove and Plymouth.

Mike is entitled to the highest praise for the skill and indefatigable manner in which he pursued the chase, and returns thanks to the Minneapolis gentlemen who volunteered to assist him.