The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-14
DARING HORSE STEALING,
TEAM STOLEN LAST NIGHT BEFORE
 THE EYES OF ITS OWNER.

lin stroets-Othcr Teams stolen in Guil-
 lord and in the Annex Bicycle Thieves
 at Work in Hartford.
 Horse thieves are plentiful about tha city and country this season. and hard- ly a day passes but that notice of soma stolen team is reported to the police ac- companied by the request to be on the lookout for such teams and arrest on sight anyone in whose possession they may be found. Within the past two or three days no less than dozen such thefts have been reported toths police from all parts of the surrounding country.
 One of the most daring thsfts conI- mitted was reported last night to tha local police when A. Marshall. of 1861 ters and notified the police that his team had been stolen from In front of house at the corner of Franklin and Chapel streets, and almost before his very face and eyes. The theft was com- mitted about o'clock. the thieves being two men apparently about thirtyr five years of age.
 Mir. Marshall and his wife were malsA ing call at the house of some friends on Franklin street. About g o'clock MT, Marshall saw two men approach his team, which was hitched in front of tha house where he was visiting, unhitch th., tv, hA v-i1fa drive off at breakneck pace down ths street. Mir Marshall ran immediately to the door, but before he reached 1t the team was out of sight. Owing to the fact that 1t was night MT. Mars shall could not sufficiently distinguish the thieves to be able to give and de- scription of them. The team Is worth about $200. The following description of the team was given to the police by MT. Marshall: Bay horse, weight about 300 pounds, with partly cropped mane and new piano rubber top sidebar buggy, with leather partly worn of one shaft. Up to an early hour this morning the police had received no clue to the thieves.
 James M. Brown of Guilford also nos tified the police that some time during Wednesday night or early Thursday morning horse belonging to him had been stolen from his barn in Guilford. The animal is a black mare with white hind feet, star in forehead, spot of white hair on the nose and about four- teen years old. For several weeks past thieves have been unusually prevalent in and around Guilford, and MT, Brown has lost besides the horse q valuable COW and innumerable chicks ems.
 The COW was stolen about three weeks ago, and remained away nearly two weeks. It was evidently kept in cons finement somewhere for about ten days ago 1t managed to make it's escape and return to the farm of Mr. Brown. When the animal arrived 1t was in an exceedingly jaded condition and bore every indication of having been nearly starved to death.
 Several nights since sorrel mara with two white hind feet and white face was stolen from the barn of Wil- liam E. Crockett of North Quinnipiao street, also new Corning to carriage, running gear painted black, and rubben trimmed harness. The team was stolen Monday night, but up to late houn last night 1t had not been recovered. Neither had any clue to its wheres abouts or to the whereabouts of thu team of Farmer Brown of Guilford haen obtained.
 The police last night were also notis fled by the Hartford nolicA that txun bicycles had been stolen in that oity, and requesting the cooperation of the local police in securing the thieves.