Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1887 — Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

NO INTIMIDATION. How a Country Constable Prepared Himself for a City Expedition. Detroit Free Press. There was a country constable in town yesterday in search of a fugitive from justice. The fugitive was a boy who was very lame in one leg and who had lost three fingers from one hand. The officer called at various places in his search, and at the Third street depot was inventoried by some of the hackmen. That proceeding disclosed the following stock on hand: One big revolver. One small revolver. One pair of shackles. One pair of hand-cuffs. One “come-along.” One policeman’s baton. One constable’s star. One warrant for a small boy. “Is he dangerous ?” queried one of the hackmen, in speaking of the fugitive. “I don’t know as to that,” replied the officer, “buthere is the point. Suppose I arrest that boy on the street, and after I’ve *?othim shackled and handcuffed a crowd jumps in on me and wants to take him away. D’ye suppose I’ve come in here to be intimidated by any thing like two hundred infuriated men? You bet I haven’t.”