Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1915 — YOUNG CHICKEN THIEF CAPTURED [ARTICLE]

YOUNG CHICKEN THIEF CAPTURED

Harvey Boudreau Tracked by Lee Adams and Arrested After He Had Dodged Gun Charge. Harvey Boudreau, son of Alfred Boudreau, of Milroy township, is in jail bound*over to the circuit court in the sum of SSOO on a charge oi chicken stealing. He states that he is 18 years of age. The young man worked during the pring for Herman Me&sman. Since he was discharged there he has been staying in Rensselaer and to all appearances living from the proceeds of stolen chickens, although he could think of only three jobs he had performed and two of these turned out badly. Mr. Messman was suspicious that Boudreau was the thief who had been operating in the neighborhood southeast of this city and had warned some of his neighbors. Oscar Hauter and Jim Amsler had lost chickens and Thursday evening Lee Adams, son of Marion I. Adams, who had a tip about Boudreau, decided to shadow him. About 12 o’clock Boudreau started to the country and Lee followed him on a bicycle. Boudreau stopped near the Adams home and tied his horse. Lee went to his home and wakened his father and the two with a shotgun started out to capture the thief. Lee had let some boys in town into the plan to capture the marauder and several of the young fellows in an automobile went to the Adams home. This proved the undoing of the plan at capture, for which the automobile stopped at the Adams home Boudreau took fright and ran away. Mr. Adams and Lee took after him and Mr. Adams fired the shotgun a time or two but Boudreau did not stop. Lee then brought Boudreau’s horse to town and put it in Leek’s hitchbam. Some time during the night Boudreau arrived at the hitchbarn and made himself a hole' in the hay and went to sleep. There he was when Sheriff McColly nabbed him. He was taken before SquireSpdtler and there admitted having stolen chickens about two weeks ago from Oscar Hauler’s farm. Agam last week from James Amslens, but he did not get to market them as he was near the Padgitt home and had left the chickens in a dump of bushes. There they were found the next morning by Tom Padgitt. According to Boudreau these were his only jobs, hut there is a suspicion that he was mixed up in several other jobs and his capture is regarded a very important one. It is believed that he had others associated with him and at once time apparently he was going to tell who his confederates were hut then changed his mind. It is believe dthat he and his gang vtfSre the ones who entered A. E. Wallace's poultry bouse Wednesday night and stole three cases of eggs. The poultry had been marketed at Ed Herath’s and the latter had been told by Jim Amsler to buy all the poultry Boudreau brought in and to*keep track df’l£, so that he could be captured. It is very probable that Boudreau will get a trip to the reformatory and it is hoped that he gives up information about those who were implicated with him so that all will get what rightfully belongs to a chicken thief.

See Rip Van Winkle at the Rex Theatre, day and night, Saturday, July 3rd. This is Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a comedy full of interest for old and young. Celebrate at the Rex Theatre, the coolest place in town. July 3dr, day and night, continuous.