Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-25
A BROKEN BAND.
A Horse Thief Squeals and Gives
AWAY His Associates.

Sadaiia Democrat. August :t:-It has been
known for SOM TN" that a regularly or
yauized band OF horse thieves wele opera
ting in I.lia, cite, Saline. Johnson and Pettl~
couurir-. AMI HAT - rams ic.fiuns .xit nd
,d inturie Nation anh texas. 50 aa;roitly
and successful, have They conducted their
operations, that 4 stolen horse was rarely
ever recovered
Marshall pcl.ong, OF Hro"n,v:iIe. aud the
constable OF the township. assisted 10y one
OF two prominent citizens of the place. h ave
been Al work ielrcIins owi these thieves for
Two or three months. Ih-y HAY" kept their
own counsel and nave worhei quietly ana
prr>i>trntl,. tl-N spotted a number OF
,er>uu- whom they liti reason to briIrN"
were dealing IN horse i">l. aud put a watch
over t.eir .ciiuu-. lie result WA that n
man hk HE name Of VIM Goats. who lived
n. II lie. and ny L" i few months
ago bare lie Ia, ,utnli"n at being an honest
ami In'iusliIou> "iil% II. Was irie-ird. AMI
''-,iu-.irI' upun ia" wh"i" gang. Witch
was scattered nN.r Slime and johnson
counties
ON hast MONDAY rl-ht Mushal belong
aud ton>GihI. israyIn passed through Tins
ely on Their way to Johnson county to effect
liir arrest 81 a l"ri'"n at III" band. which
Coats liL informed ln'm were tiIr,mI-d on
a stream called rn>t OAK, II III Holden.
Tnr ~oltirrr> proceeded I" ihs place ant
found where tn" thieves had been rntnilp-
= IL Il they had either Received m"lIrr OF
the iulru. e I G"'r"ni, or had '"iriGd Il ="
L., | ~, .,I,.,. .,,,, !. tara u,, ,rrr
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Nj. k"ayi~ raised - pn>N. al NJ To pursue
The thI"v.~. wullr Marshal prl.nn. l'rorrr,I-
rd /" the nearest station AMI l.lr"r.pIrt /"
TN, ihlr,,. r,t,L.n trnwIu, ma, NJ, q
womb uu.,r stand r>,riy sinai +. ia
AIR Walton win , ,ui,,J al ,,.r ,,ar,,,i
Al ,,,., ,r.,tu l;rtun,yln. ,n nv In ,r,,rr.,i
m. ,h,ryr. n, ui,rri. ,rt- a, avery raid
NOV v,uiI ,. II liable ia ms ami ,rou.,,I
thn eui!r,. German iii, iurui on lh,. iIus nf
~I,,,, mill ,t,,,ltr IA, Iuru,,I AN, ,..,
In ,I,rt IL. Ii,ri~ and ,,tG, .,n,i rr.,,ut
tl,. n,>,,n. of I'M nuiH,w. r~.uui,r ,,,-
don of nI.It,> were on duty rom ~
WIN. Il, Tonk'. .Inr,. IN i..,yrr,. ,.uuuty
IN, thIr,,, h,pn,urI Torch, RAM. v..I
Of rl,,, r.,t ami rr,,rLI ,yrr ,h,. r,,L
g dim. from KNOT Us CT la Auliyiur.
MIN. IA. road wrr, b-,u.. watched
r,r,I ,lir Raw, w.> moi ,.Ir.n, hut w>
clos- upon tue tr,i OF the rlirve-. H..
hrn,,r,I mn wunr,.,u u,,r \uIi>,u. ,hnut
d.,nrnr t,uI nv rIru, nr,,.r. IN ..h,It' ~
and Al tn. sam, nm. ,tuI-n t,uhI.-Lur-
,-lI.t ,h,; ,Iu> v4I,. hrnnrh, ia hear man
t.m T..r, wei. tnrr. ~ m. ,ri.yr All
well mounted. tbn- of them. "A man Irnlu
r.yu. went Il, draw his Srx-.heo,.r. Inn
w,. roLt Il, h,nIj M, In, h,nd. ar nae vouI,j IA.
rIitI.i. >..lr.r fiat ms uur.urr- mad m.
",i.,i iron" an INN, H.. rhr,w tim mn
and m. uho.. nNrI> Wa I,L,n :, RI.
,ty,lr,tr >t,rr.i tNr Rrnvn.y,I- AMI vh,u
ln.y rot mo rho. ",i,iph3ornoo! wncr. I'M.
l,.r,n,r. w,r. ON ,iuII ,h,y rsl.t.,I urmn
,,k,ny tL. non .,t ,n., I.,,,,, al -. ,,,,,
u.,r.S, IF. hmr m. ,",rrnr. w,,ii ,nt mr.
mir # .uu ia. rri.n,.r. scar. .at'Iv i,nt,
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