Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1914 — Stole 200 Chickens From , Charles Guttrich Recently. [ARTICLE]

Stole 200 Chickens From , Charles Guttrich Recently.

Charles Guttrich, who lives on the Dr.' Besser farm southeast of this city, reports the theft of some 200 chickens from his home one night this week. He believes that chloroform was thrown into the room occupied by himself and wife to make them sleep soundly while the thieves took the chickens. He Is also of the opinion ’that chloroform was used in the chicken house to make the chickens sleep. Awakened in the early morning himself and wife could smell the odor of> the chloroform in their bedroom. They tried to follow the thieves in an automobile but lost track of them. Some clr'ckens which were running loose seemed groggy. The day before the theft occurred two men claiming to he hook agents were at the Guttrich home and one of them seemed to prod about the premises while the other talked books. It is believed that they were the thieves.