Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1901 — Horse Thieves Again. [ARTICLE]

Horse Thieves Again.

Horse thieves have again got in their work in this vicinity. Last Thurs. nightsome parties stopped at George P. Ketchem’s place, the former John Sayler farm, two miles east of town, and stole a sorrel driving mare, a top buggy and a single harness. They did not take the chance of driving out past the house, but pulled the buggy and led the horse through the back fields 50 or 60 rods, and hitched up and circled around and hit the road quite a distance east of the house. They cut through no less than 4 ’wire fences. Their operations Xook place after the light fall of snow, and their course in the road was tracked west to the road just east of the former Cowden plac°, where they went south. They took an old harness at Ketchem’s place, missing a fine new buggy harness, in his wood house. They stopped at Ed Price’s place, on the Mrs. M. B. Alter farm, and relieved him of a fine saddle and a new buggy robe. Harvey Grant happened to be awake about 1 o’clock and heard a buggy drive past his place, No doubt these were the theives. Messrs. Ketcham and Price have been telephoning extensively and it is hoped that the theives will be intercepted before they get far away.