Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1901 — Bold Hog Thieves. [ARTICLE]

Bold Hog Thieves.

Last Saturday forenoon some thieves who were certainly very bold stole 10 head of hogs from one of the Lawler ranches near Rose Lawn. The deed was done in broad daylight and in view of one of Lawler’s hands, who was working in a distant field. Bloodhounds were secured from Monticello and put on the trail of the thieves. They were followed nearly to Lake Village, where the scent was lost. It is thought the identity of the parties is known and their arrest is but a matter of a short time. The sheriff of Newton county is now hunting for the thieves.