Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1913 — Thieves Operating in West Part of Newton Township. [ARTICLE]

Thieves Operating in West Part of Newton Township.

Henry L. Wortley was L. The Republican office to pay ms subscription today and stated that some thief has been rather active in that neighborhood recently and paid «is place a visit Friday night. He heard some commotion and the dog barking and opened the door to the house and -tills evidently frightened the would-be thief. In the morning he found the gate leading to the turkey coops open and the wire with which it had been fastened had been taken off the post and thrown away. No poultry was missing and evidently the thief or thieves had not returned after being frightened. Benton Kelly, a near neighbor, recently had some some chickens stolen and Henry Doan had 4 or 5 bushels of rent com stolen one night. Apparently there is a petty thief in the neighborhood and he should be discovered and let know that he is flirting with the penitentiary. The sentence recently given Clifford Archer shows conclusively the determination of Jasper county juried to put chicken thieves where they won’t cause any trouble. A chicken thief is about the most contemptible thief there is. People prize their poultry often beyond its commercial value. They raise it for the purpose of eggs and for the convenience of having chickens when wanted as well as for the market value. The thief who steals chickens would enter your house and vsteal anything lie could find or would hold you up and rob you if he had the nerve. A thief is a thief and we are in favor of positive methods of eradication.