Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1913 — Wagon Load of Chickens at the Police Station [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Wagon Load of Chickens at the Police Station

INDIANAPOLIS, lnd. —A spring wagon load of more than a hundred squaking chickens was unloaded at central police station the other day, following the arrest of three men on the south side just before dawn by Patrolmen Huck, Davis and Gribble. The three men arrested gave the names of Edgar W. Stagg, fifty-seven years old; William Runyon, nineteen, and Joseph Marquette, thirty-four. They were held charged with loitering, pending an investigation. Patrolman Huck was standing at Meridian and Morris streets about 5 o’clock when he noticed a small wagon loaded with crates of chickens and driven by two men. He thought he had Been the same wagon empty earlier in the evening going south in Meridian’ street ' . : . • “Hey, there, stop a minute,” he called. The wagon stopped, but one of the men jumped and started to run down the street. Huck fired his revolver in the air, but the figure sped on and disappeared in the darkness. The man who remained in the wagon was Runyon, and there were two dozen chickens with him. Hearing the shot, Patrolmen Davis and Gribble

came up on the run. to investigate. Runyon, the patrolmen say, told thepa that the chickens were stolen and that it was the second trip for them during the night. He said he and his companions had also stolen the horse and wagon, but refused to tell where they got them. Runyon took the police to an address in Madison avenue, where they found Stagg and Marquette. Marquette said he was the man who jumped from the wagon when they were accosted by Huck. \ Another surprise awaited the patrolmen at the house. In the back yard was a coop filled with chickens. There were chickens everywhere, and the police say the men admitted to them every one was stolen.