The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-06-09
Kenosha Co., Horse Owners
Protective Assn, to Trail
Thieves in Future
ASSOCIATION IS REORGANIzED
Standing Reward of $100 Will be Of
fered for Capture Of Thieves and $50
Will be Paid for the Recovery of a
Stolen Horse.

It is expected that wise and discern
ing horse thieves will in the future
give Kenosha county a wide berth as
this morning a body of twenty five
determined farmers met at the county
court room at the court house and re-
organized the Kenosha County Horse
Owners Protective Association. The
organization was first formed in 1898
and it held it's last meeting more than
fifteen years ago, but the recent horse
thief raids into the county have shown
the demand for the association and the
farmers have taken up the matter with
will and the new organization prom
Uses to be regular vigilance commit
tee so far as horse thieves are CON
cerned.
Walter L. Dexter of Pleasant Prairie
was elected president of the organiza-
tion and it was decided to model the
workings of the association on the
workings of the National Bankers Pro
tective Association and have it known
to the world that the association was
ready and willing to spend it's last pen
IVY to capture and convict any man who
stole horse belonging to one of the
members of the association. The old
association has 1925 on deposit in the
First National Bank and this money
will be Immediately available and
large number of new members will be
sought at once with view of bring
ing the bank balance of the associa-
ton up to not less than $4,000.
Committees will be named in every
town in the county to have charge of
the work of trailing horse thieves and
money for the chase of such thieves
will be Immediately available. In ad-
dition to the standing reward that
will be offered for the capture of the
horse thieves the association will stand
ready to pay the expenses of capturing
the thieves and every member Of the
association will be ready for duty if
called upon. Stations will be estab-
Gshed in all parts of the county and
it is the plan of the Kenosha county
farmers to give this county the most
perfect system known in Wisconsin for
the intercepting of the horse thief.
Every road in the county will have
several stations which can be reached
by telephone and this net work of sta
tions will be utilized so as to make
the escape of the thief almost an I'M
possibility.
The first business of the organization
was the ordering of the payment of
reward of $50 for the capture of a
horse stolen from the Stephenson farm.
This reward will probably be paid to
Sheriff William Gunter. Peter j.
Pitts, village marshal of Orlo, ILL.,, has
made claim for a portion of the re-
ward, but the sheriff will be given the
right to settle with Pitts. In addi-
ton to the reward offered by the as
ISOLATION, James P. Torrey may claim
a reward of $500 from the county
board and it is expected that this re-
ward will be split up between the Wis
consin and Illinois officials who made
the capture of Fred Hoffman, short
time ago.
The farmers were enthusiastic over
the reorganization of the protective
association and it is certain that
large number of new members will be
secured within the next few months.
The fee for utilization with the asso-
citation is fixed at five dollars and the
annual dues at one dollar. Every
member of the association will have
the right to claim the full service in
case he has horse stolen and it is
understood that the association will
follow the horse thief until he is caught
regardless of the expense involved.
The association elected the follow
board of directors:
For Three Years-Walter L. Dexter.
Clarence E. Williams, Henry Black
man.
Fo Two Years-Charles c. Brown, f.
R. Snyder, Charles H. Whitcher.
For One Year-E. S. Castle, Samuel
B. Croplev, Frank R. Stuart
Following the general meeting of the
ASSOCIATION meeting of the board Of
directors was held at which the fol
lowing officers were elected for the
coming year:
President - Walter L. Dexter Of
Pleasant Prairie.
Vice President-Charles H. whitcher,
of Bristol.
Secretary-Clarence E. Williams, of
Bristol.
Treasurer-Henry Blackman, of Ke-
nosha.
An adjourned meeting of the asso-
citation will be called within the next
few weeks at which new regulations
will be made eor +bo o@or;nn of ~