Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1905 — A BIG CHICKEN CASE. [ARTICLE]

A BIG CHICKEN CASE.

E. P. Honan went to Fowler Wednesday to assist the prosecution in a big chicken stealing case. It seems that Thomas O’Connor, a well known farmer residing just south of Remington, in Benton county, had lost a great many chickens by theft, and the family finally marked their chickens and then notified the poultry buyers around to keep watch of chickens brought them for sale. Some months ago a Remington dealer notified Mr. O'Connor that a neighbor woman of his had brought in some chickens having the O’Connor mark. Well, the grand jury recently indicted Bud Moore and bis wife for stealing the O’Connor chickens, and the case was set for trial on Thursday of this week. Mr. O’Connor secured the services of Judge Saunderson of Fowler and E. P. Honan of this city to assist Prosecutor Grant Hall in the case, while the defendants have Fraser & Isham of Fowler and another firm of attorneys to defend them. Two or three surgeons were summoned to give expert testimony as to whether the toe of a chicken was amputated with a knife or was frozen off, also as to whether feathers were broken or clipped, and the case promised to be a very interesting and warmly contested one. Moore, the neighbor indicted with his wife for “lifting” the chickens, is a renter, living on an 80 acre farm, about half a mile from O’Connors. The jury, after being out a half hour, returned a verdict of “not guilty.” One-fourth to one-half off on shoes at Murray’s Removal Sale. See Baughman & Williams for farm and city loans.