In 1894 Arthur left his home of Lamoni, Iowa and was arrested for the first time for fighting. By 1899 he was living in Montana. And by 1901 he was in Omaha Nebraska.
In 1909-1912 Arthur ran a restaurant at or around 914 Dodge Street in Omaha, Nebraska. The Restaurant consisted of two cable cars fashioned together one being the living quarters and the other being the business establishment. Arthur rented this place of business to Rose Goodrich and her husband and then got into a legal battle over his ejecting them and retaking control. He may have been behind in the taxes or rent because by 1913 Mrs. Goodrich and her husband Walter had full control.
In September of 1915, Arthur was arrested by Sheriff Charlie Hutter near Papillion in Sharpy county, Nebraska for stealing chickens. The Sheriff noticed the unmanned horse and buggy along side a road and stopped to investigate when Arthur walked up a hill with a bag of chickens over his shoulder. He used the alias Albert C. Thompson and spent two years in the Lancaster County Penitentiary under that name. He also sometimes used the alias C. F. Mason.
In November of 1917, Arthur Townsend was arrested in Madison, Kansas by Sheriff James Smith for again stealing chickens. This time he had posed as a clock repairman going door to door on a bike but had a Ford "Tobacco Advertising" style car outfitted with chicken coops. The car broke down when the radiator froze and he ran off and hid out in a field all night then took a train to Iowa. After a couple weeks he thought the coast was clear and returned to Kansas where he was arrested and sent to Lansing Penitentiary. They had identified him by the car.
The Golden Rule, Lansing, Kansas, May 3, 1918, Fri, Page 3
A. E. Townsend passed away Sunday, April 21st, 1918. He had been in our community but only a short time, but was a willing worker and among his many friends was without a fault, and we' believe that all is well with the departed one. The funeral services were held in the Chapel, Tuesday morning, April 23rd, with the entire prison body in attendance! Chaplain Ward spoke from the 54th verse of 1st Cor. as a text "Death is Swallowed up in Victory. "
In 1909-1912 Arthur ran a restaurant at or around 914 Dodge Street in Omaha, Nebraska. The Restaurant consisted of two cable cars fashioned together one being the living quarters and the other being the business establishment. Arthur rented this place of business to Rose Goodrich and her husband and then got into a legal battle over his ejecting them and retaking control. He may have been behind in the taxes or rent because by 1913 Mrs. Goodrich and her husband Walter had full control.
In September of 1915, Arthur was arrested by Sheriff Charlie Hutter near Papillion in Sharpy county, Nebraska for stealing chickens. The Sheriff noticed the unmanned horse and buggy along side a road and stopped to investigate when Arthur walked up a hill with a bag of chickens over his shoulder. He used the alias Albert C. Thompson and spent two years in the Lancaster County Penitentiary under that name. He also sometimes used the alias C. F. Mason.
In November of 1917, Arthur Townsend was arrested in Madison, Kansas by Sheriff James Smith for again stealing chickens. This time he had posed as a clock repairman going door to door on a bike but had a Ford "Tobacco Advertising" style car outfitted with chicken coops. The car broke down when the radiator froze and he ran off and hid out in a field all night then took a train to Iowa. After a couple weeks he thought the coast was clear and returned to Kansas where he was arrested and sent to Lansing Penitentiary. They had identified him by the car.
The Golden Rule, Lansing, Kansas, May 3, 1918, Fri, Page 3
A. E. Townsend passed away Sunday, April 21st, 1918. He had been in our community but only a short time, but was a willing worker and among his many friends was without a fault, and we' believe that all is well with the departed one. The funeral services were held in the Chapel, Tuesday morning, April 23rd, with the entire prison body in attendance! Chaplain Ward spoke from the 54th verse of 1st Cor. as a text "Death is Swallowed up in Victory. "
In 1894 Arthur left his home of Lamoni, Iowa and was arrested for the first time for fighting. By 1899 he was living in Montana. And by 1901 he was in Omaha Nebraska.
In 1909-1912 Arthur ran a restaurant at or around 914 Dodge Street in Omaha, Nebraska. The Restaurant consisted of two cable cars fashioned together one being the living quarters and the other being the business establishment. Arthur rented this place of business to Rose Goodrich and her husband and then got into a legal battle over his ejecting them and retaking control. He may have been behind in the taxes or rent because by 1913 Mrs. Goodrich and her husband Walter had full control.
In September of 1915, Arthur was arrested by Sheriff Charlie Hutter near Papillion in Sharpy county, Nebraska for stealing chickens. The Sheriff noticed the unmanned horse and buggy along side a road and stopped to investigate when Arthur walked up a hill with a bag of chickens over his shoulder. He used the alias Albert C. Thompson and spent two years in the Lancaster County Penitentiary under that name. He also sometimes used the alias C. F. Mason.
In November of 1917, Arthur Townsend was arrested in Madison, Kansas by Sheriff James Smith for again stealing chickens. This time he had posed as a clock repairman going door to door on a bike but had a Ford "Tobacco Advertising" style car outfitted with chicken coops. The car broke down when the radiator froze and he ran off and hid out in a field all night then took a train to Iowa. After a couple weeks he thought the coast was clear and returned to Kansas where he was arrested and sent to Lansing Penitentiary. They had identified him by the car.
The Golden Rule, Lansing, Kansas, May 3, 1918, Fri, Page 3
A. E. Townsend passed away Sunday, April 21st, 1918. He had been in our community but only a short time, but was a willing worker and among his many friends was without a fault, and we' believe that all is well with the departed one. The funeral services were held in the Chapel, Tuesday morning, April 23rd, with the entire prison body in attendance! Chaplain Ward spoke from the 54th verse of 1st Cor. as a text "Death is Swallowed up in Victory. "
In 1909-1912 Arthur ran a restaurant at or around 914 Dodge Street in Omaha, Nebraska. The Restaurant consisted of two cable cars fashioned together one being the living quarters and the other being the business establishment. Arthur rented this place of business to Rose Goodrich and her husband and then got into a legal battle over his ejecting them and retaking control. He may have been behind in the taxes or rent because by 1913 Mrs. Goodrich and her husband Walter had full control.
In September of 1915, Arthur was arrested by Sheriff Charlie Hutter near Papillion in Sharpy county, Nebraska for stealing chickens. The Sheriff noticed the unmanned horse and buggy along side a road and stopped to investigate when Arthur walked up a hill with a bag of chickens over his shoulder. He used the alias Albert C. Thompson and spent two years in the Lancaster County Penitentiary under that name. He also sometimes used the alias C. F. Mason.
In November of 1917, Arthur Townsend was arrested in Madison, Kansas by Sheriff James Smith for again stealing chickens. This time he had posed as a clock repairman going door to door on a bike but had a Ford "Tobacco Advertising" style car outfitted with chicken coops. The car broke down when the radiator froze and he ran off and hid out in a field all night then took a train to Iowa. After a couple weeks he thought the coast was clear and returned to Kansas where he was arrested and sent to Lansing Penitentiary. They had identified him by the car.
The Golden Rule, Lansing, Kansas, May 3, 1918, Fri, Page 3
A. E. Townsend passed away Sunday, April 21st, 1918. He had been in our community but only a short time, but was a willing worker and among his many friends was without a fault, and we' believe that all is well with the departed one. The funeral services were held in the Chapel, Tuesday morning, April 23rd, with the entire prison body in attendance! Chaplain Ward spoke from the 54th verse of 1st Cor. as a text "Death is Swallowed up in Victory. "
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