Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1885 — KILLING OFF HORSE-THIEVES. [ARTICLE]

KILLING OFF HORSE-THIEVES.

Two of Them Bite the Dust in Arkansas After a Desperate Fight. [Little Rock; (Ark.) special.] Farmers in Indedendehce and Sharp Counties, in Northwest Arkansas, have been losing valuable stock for months past, but were unable to, preventjthe depredations. Last Week a number of horses were stolen from the neighborhood of Batesville and at different points in Sharp County. A posse was organized and started in pursuit of the thieves. They were overtaken on Sycamore Creek. They had camped for the* night Though surprised, they made resistance, and a fight followed, which resulted in the killing of two of the band. The remaining three escaped by hiding in 1 the underbrush. None of the pursuers were seriously injured?