Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1907 — HORSE-THIEVES’ SHOW WILL BE SLIM [ARTICLE]

HORSE-THIEVES’ SHOW WILL BE SLIM

When This Army of 5,000 Detectives Is Organized Against Them. Horse thieves, elover-seed purloiners and the entire tribe of elusive gentry that pray on the farmers’ goodly hoard, will have *no primrose path to follow if a national movement which was recently launched at New Castle meets with the success that is anticipated. It is proposed to incorporate under the laws of Indiana a national association that is to include all the borse-thie/ detective associations and kindred organizations, under whatever names, nn doing business in the United States. It is estimated that the incorporated association at the outset will have 50,000 members, all working in systematic order and with a common purpose to ferret out and run to cover a large variety of criminals, particu larly the class of malefactors that steal from farmers. By forming a national incorporated society, under the laws of Indiana, all of the troublesome kinds that are now a barrier to the most effective results will be straightened but; and the loose joints will be tightened. The incorporated association will have its bylaws and each local “company” will be obliged to adopt by-laws in conformity therewith. The system of organization contemplated is to be so nearly perfect that an army of men can be summoned at any time to run down succeeds in getting away with the goods under such circumstances will have to be a smooth article.