Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1910 — Chicken Thief Pays Visit To Dr. Hemphill’s Hennery. [ARTICLE]

Chicken Thief Pays Visit To Dr. Hemphill’s Hennery.

Dr. Hemphill was awakened at about 2 o’clock Monday night or ra’Sher Tuesday morning by the discharge of a signal attached to his chicken park gate. He hastened down stairs with the shotgun and just as he reached the chicken park he saw a man beat a hasty retreat to the south, going toward the Simon Phillips residence. He set out in pursuit, thinking that he might get a shot at the intruder, but the scalawag ran directly toward a window of Mr. Phillips’ house and the doctor was afraid to shoot for fear he would ipjure some one in the house. The thief darted around the corner of the house and made his escape Load the shotgun. Some one will get ono of these thieves yet.