Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1899 — “Horse thieves and Highwaymen.” [ARTICLE]

“Horse thieves and Highwaymen.”

Mr. Marshall waxes very wroth over the fact that gambling is endulged in, in this city, and that a young man hail been frequenting a poker game for some time past, ami was found by one of his emj plovers with a jack-pot before him in which the parties interested were “seeing” ’em and ‘going 'em one better” in great shape. These gentlemen of the green cloth are characterized as being “worse than horse thieves or highwaymen.” Mr. Marshall’s position is well taken. Gambling is a great evil and should be suppressed whenever discovered and the gamblers punished. But a part of this “current report” says that a certain peace (?) officer led the way for this employer as he went forth to detect hk wayward employe. The employer find the peace (?) maker of Tnany offices — night watch, deputy sheriff, deputy contable, deputy marshall—and there may be more which have escaped pur notice —approached the room and knocked “four times” on the d x>r and it was “opened untot) m,” and lo and behold the « r ptoyer and employe “seeneacL her, and the employer con versed a little with the employand straightway departed, Wha, became of the officer of the law? “Current report” doesn’t say. Has there been any arrests of these gentleman who “are worse than horse thieves or highwaymen?” Have any of than been brought to book? If so, when, where and by whom? “The ox knoweth his owner and theass his master’s crib.” Mr. Marahall rails at the gamC" fs who are ruining young men, not a word docs lie say about

on view. It may be tf'ue that this officers’ eyes involuntarily refuse to wwk when in plain view of certain crimes. In the past officers have been much troubled with this disease, in fact cases have been known where the disease got such a firm hold on them that they took a whirl at a jackpot, or indulged in a drunken debauch for weeks before they could get rid of the “spell,” Probably these gamblers like the officers, are all republicans. Did they beloug to the ‘ dirty dozen” or were they not high up in Rensselaers’ “sassiety” their names would adorn the jail register in short order, and it has been thuslv for some time. This would be a good season of the year to bring some of these numerous constables and “deputies” of various shades and degrees to a knowledge of what they hold commissions for. Citizen. If you have for sale a farm, house and lot, or any other property of a salable nature, try advertising it in The Democrat.