Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1914 — Bicycle Chicken Thief Apt to Get Dose of Shot. [ARTICLE]

Bicycle Chicken Thief Apt to Get Dose of Shot.

E. J. Duvall artd John Bill, of River street, have been missing young chickens tor some time and lave been rather indulgent in the belief that the thief would let up on the practice before long. Sunday night evidence that may lead to an arrest was found. Mrs. J. Q. Alter heard a noise in the rear of Mrs. A. C. Scott’s residence and was certain that some onewas after the chickens. In the morning it was found that two hens, one a Buff Orpington and the other a Black Minorca, had been stolen from a box in Which thpy were fastened. Bicycle tracks led away from the place and Mr. Duvall and other neighbors made a very careful observation of the scene and propose to leave nothing undone to cut short the operations of the thief. There is really nothing ®o effective as a shotgun in reforming a chicken thief and this means of persu% sion is apt to be indulged in if .the bicycle thief or any others return, to the neighborhood mentioned. The poultry dealers might prove a valuable aid if they will ascertain where the chickens come from that are marketed by boys about town. Every year or two there is trouble here with chicken thieves and a term in the pen or a load of Shot in the breeches should prove very salutary.