People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1895 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]
into court. The affidavit on which the warrant in the case however, was held bad, and the prisoners were released. This had the effect to clean out every gaming institution on the grounds and nothing more was seen of them on Friday or Saturday. Taking all things into consideration the fair was an improvement on any previous fair held here for several years at least. On Saturday night some person entered the room where Arthur Roberts and young Mr. Richcreek were sleeping, over the restaurant of C. W. Horner, and abstracted Roberts’ watch, $4 in money and his pocket knife, and also took some property from Richcreek. We have learned that Roberts’ money and watch was returned to him. Roberts threatens to prosecute the thief. The writer has not learned the name of the guilty party. Dash.
