Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1916 — NEWTON CO. PEOPLE WANT PROTECTION [ARTICLE]

NEWTON CO. PEOPLE WANT PROTECTION

Gang of Newton Horse Thieves Said to Be Working in Conjunction With Chicago Thieves. The hofso and colt owned by Dr. Kendall, the veterinary of Roselawn, which so mysteriously disappeared from a pasture on Sunday night, August 13th, were found in the stockyards at Roselawn Monday morning. Dr. Kendall had made a diligent search for over a week, but was unable to get trace 4k them. - Last Thursday Dr. Kendall happened on to some evidence which proved conclusively, that the horses had been stolen, and after getting some infor- , mation he sent for Deputy Prosecutor Sands, of Rensselaer, who visited several parties who gave information as to the whereabouts of the animals, and the parties last seen in charge of them. When the trail became too hot the thieves became scared and returned them during the night. The manes and tails of the horses had been clipped and one of them, the colt, had been lashed across the breast with a knife, supposedly to represent a wire cut. The deed is attributed to members of a bunch of horse thieves working out of Chicago in connection with a bunch of confederates in northern Newton county. While Dr. Kendall has got his horses back, they have been greatly damaged and he has been put to much expense and time lost from his practice, and as Ml-. Sands says, while the people of our county pay taxes and are supposed to be protected from acts of this kind, yet if wc are the victims of thieves or any similar crimes and have not the money to push the case we have to suffer the loss of our property and say nothing, according to the Roselawn correspondent. Roselawn people suggest an association to look after such business and say that it would cost but a very small sum to be protected and enable them to follow up the criminals and put them out of business in our locality.