The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-12-12
Mr.. SAMPLES SISTER
BY M. QUAD.


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l was serving my first and only term
OF sheriff In an Indiana county when
II smart looking, middle aged man, who
gave the name of samples arrived mt
the county sent and gave ont that he
WINS looking around for n site for
large factory. He WAS provided with
letters of recommendation, Ind the air
of II man of business and soon had the
two bankers IN the town and other
business men Interested In his project
His factory was To make Il new kind
of cloth out of what he cnlled PERSIAN
hemp" lie had samples of the cloth
TO show, and II could be made and sold
Mt loo per cent profit. Samples him
self would put 5000, 600 Into the enter
prise, but he wanted the town to sub
scribe 100000 additional. so as to
make II Il home affair. That was n
pretty large sum to raise In n town Of
1000 people and after the first hair of
II had been subscribed the thing began
to drug Samples WIS coming and 70,
Ing, but making our town his head.
quarters. and ii was remembered aft
crward that several tough looking men
called to see him.
ON the second night of Samples nr.
rival III our town fine horse was
stolen from II citizen. During his first
weeks stay there were more run OF
in three weeks time II of the best
horses In our township were taken. Az
sheriff | was not idle for IN hour after
the first horse was taken Even II |
was little green myself rs mn officer
] Ind two or three eonstablcs and dep
utles who We're old hands at the bust
ness Some of the horses we traced
for few miles. always headed for the
Ohio river, but the thieves were slick
fellows and covered their tracks 80
well That hot II horse was recovered
My position was an uncomfortable one,
as you may guess. | got rcdhot criti-
cism from all Sides and, even though
offered large rewards ont of my own
pocket and went to the expense OF
employing detective for three weeks,
II share of the public stlll insisted that
| ought TO resign aud open kinder
gartcn for children.
""''' VIC 'A' iiiE u my
thirteenth horse had been stolen II
flash of light came Ia me Every horse
taken had gone south by a certain
rond. At n certain point all trace had
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