Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1919 — CHICKEN THIEVES ARE BUSY [ARTICLE]

CHICKEN THIEVES ARE BUSY

Chicken thieves are reported to be getting In their work in thia vicinity, especially over about Mt. Ayr and Brook, where hundreds have been stolen. Mrs. Marsh Warner of Rensselaer has had about 50 stolen. Unfortunately the courts have been too lenient with chicken thieves, when caught, and have • not given them the punishment in the past that this most despicable crime deserves. The full limit of the law might have a good effect next time one is caught. In the meantime unchain the bulldog and ram a few extra slubs in the shotgun.