Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1916 — CHICKEN THIEVES ARE ACTIVE AGAIN [ARTICLE]

CHICKEN THIEVES ARE ACTIVE AGAIN

Took About Two Hundred Fries At M. P. Warner’s Saturday Night —Recovered One Hundred. M. P. Warner was again the victim of chfcken thieves Saturday night to the extent of about two hundred spring chickens. Mr. Warner in the past several years has suffered considerable loss due to thieves, and as a result has lost considerable money. Mr. and Mrs. Warner raised in the neighborhood of five hundred chickens this spring and were preparing them for market. The chickens were all penned up. Only 24 springs were left, besides the old hens, which the thieves did not take. Following the discovery of the theft Sunday morning Mr. Warner and James Warner, shotguns in hand, started on the trail, which led them east through a cornfield, where about one hundred of the chickens were found, the thieves evidently having taken more than they could handle. James followed the trail as far as the old match factory, where it was lost, the robbers probably having used a handcar in making their getaway. The chickens taken averaged about four pounds each, and with” chickens worth about 22c a pound Mr. Warner’s loss was about SBB. Rensselaer is visited once or twice a year by these contemptible sort of thieves and it seems as if some concentrated effort should be put forth to protect poultry raisers' from the gangs which infest the county, and everyone owning chickens should be on the lookout henceforth. , It is probable that the chickens are taken to some neighboring towns, where they are disposed of.

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