The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-05
Light Fingered Fellows Lift Varied Assert
ment Of Stuff; Fancy Runs Strongly
to Feaihered Tribe; Many
Complaints Registered
STEAL JEWELS AT
ST0DDARD HOME
House is Entered While Family at Church;
Auto Yanishes but is Recovered;
Suit Case is Swiped from Car
on Street

Judging from reports received by
the police, petty thievery in Chicka-
sha is assuming the proportions of an
epidemic. A wide variety of tastes
is manifested by the light-fingered
fellows who are operating, running
all the way from ice cream and spring
chickens to autos and diamonds.
One would scarcely have thought
there were so many chickens, the
feathered kind, in Chickasha, as have
been totaled in the complaints filed
with the police during the last forty
eight hours by parties whose nen
roosts have been invaded and whose
chickens have been carried off to be
butchered to make some one holi-
day dinner.
According to telephone complaints
the chicken thieves have not been fas-
tidious in the matter of selection of
feathered fowls The best of the
flock has in no instance been taken,
but the whole shooting match, in
every case reported, has been lifted
by the chicken fancier
One lady reported the loss of her
flock of twenty hens; another came
in on the phone wire with the report
of twelve; still another stated that
twenty-five chickens and thirty pig
cons had vamoosed in the dark of the
moon while negro living in the
1.-TWO" street neighborhood reported
to the police that twenty fine birds
had left his hen roost at the instiga-
tion of and aided and abetted by
some "triflin' no count nigga"
Chief Phillips stated this morning
that should the chicken stealing con-
tinue he would be forced to put on a
special officer to walk in the resi-
dence districts.
Jewels Are Stolen.
Mrs. NJ. A. Stoddard, residing at 409
South Eighth street, has reported to
the police the loss, through burglars,
of diamond ring. a cameo ring, a
lady's watch and other jewelry. Her
house was entered by burglars, it lis
stated while the family were absent
at prayer meeting. Entrance to the
house was gained through rear win
dow. After having secured the jew.
elry the burglar calmly unlocked a
rear door and made his getaway.
Car is Recovered.
Bob Weir reported to the police
this morning that someone had stolen
demonstration car from in front o.
his residence. The police state that
later reports said the car had beer
recovered and that it had probably
been taken by "joy-riders."
Taken from Auto.
Last night a suit case belonging t
Mrs. Newman. of Kansas, was stoleI
from an auto in which it had beer
left in front of the Unique cafe.
Mrs. Ola Newman had been VISITING
an uncle at Anadarko and had beer
driven from that city to Chickasha
by auto, to catch the three o'clocl
Rock Island train, north
This morning a lady called polic'
headquarters and reported seeing
suit case. in a vacant lot near tn
Early hotel. Officers Baird and Ha
ley went to the place indicated in tn
phone call and found the grip. Tn
. lock had been cut away and the cas-
. forced open. An inventory of tn
. contents, compared with the list {
. articles filed with the police by Mr.
, Newman, showed nothing had bee
. taken from the grip except pair
, shoes The grip was filled with fin
= clothing. The police this mornir
, forwarded the suit case to the ownI