Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1902 — POSSE CAPTURES BURGLARS [ARTICLE]

POSSE CAPTURES BURGLARS

Pitched Battle Between Togtofflce Bobbers and Michigan Farmers. Paw Paw, Mich,, dispatch: Thieves entered A. C. Duncombe’s country store and postoffice at Keeler, this county, and blew open the safe. They secured S3OO worth of postage stamps and considerable currency, besides a number of bonds, mortgages, and other papers. A large posse started in pursuit of the thieves. Near Watervliet the pursuers overtook the two burglars and a pitched battle ensued. Both the burglars were wounded, one seriously. The two men were captured after a running fight of nearly two miles through fields and woods. They were armed with five revolvers, which they continued to load and fire, but fortunately without damage. The sum of $450 in cash and postage stamps was recovered.