Evening journal., 1919-07-14
CHICKEN THIEVES
GET FANCY STOCK
n
barn otrucK by lightning
Near Oglctown and Burns
to Ground
CAPTAIN LEWIS
WITH CURTIS BROS.
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special TO The Evening Journal.
NEWARK. July ii.-Chicken thieves
have almost stripped the hennery Of
Louis Klee at the Klee home in South
College avenue. opposite the Delaware
College Experimental Farm Mr. Klee,
who is Wilmington manager for the
White Motor Company and the mem
bers Of his family, are sitting up at
nights now, weapons IN hand waiting
for another visitation OF the thieves.
In addition. they have appealed 20
Magistrate Lovett and Chief Of Police
Apsley 10 assist in running down the
culprits
Mr.. Klee thinks he has a clue to the
thieves. II it turns out 20 be good.
the likelihood Is that they will spend
some time In the County Workhouse
and also experience the ordeal Of
"hugging Red Hannah" as going TO
the whipping post is called
Several months ago klee bought. re-
modelled and stocked what was for
merly the Watson place. IN the avenue
between the Pennsylvania railroad
and Cooch's Bridge Included in the
stock was a flock OF thirteen fancy
bred hens. for which he paid SO apiece
No one thought at the time OF the un-
lucky number. On July 3, however,
when seven Of them disappeared, to
make Fourth OF July dinners for the in
s.ders, the old superstition was
brought TO mind Al that time. how
ever. no clue TO the thieves could be
found Watch was kept, but nothing
new developed, and the vigor OF the
watch relaxed u
Yesterday morning, however, 70 was
discovered that during the night some
one, so well acquainted with the place
that he knew where the tools were
kept, had gone TO the henhouse. taken
out window by using the screw
driver. gone inside the place. cut the
throats Of three hens. wiped the knife |
blade on the Intel Of the door. and /
departed with their loot One Of the /
hens was a pet belonging TO Miss /
Helen Troy, Mrs. klee's sister, who is
especially incensed and doubly watch
full. Members Of the family were up
six times last night and this morning
and it would have gone hard with any
prowler found on the premises.
During the severe electrical storm
early yesterday morning the barn on
the farm tenated by William Appleby
near Ogleton. was struck by lightning
and burned 10 the ground The prop
erty is owned by Frank r. Williams.
Of Elkton. Md. When the lightning
struck about o'clock in the morning.
Mr.. Appleby was in the barn milking
He was uninjured Il was large
frame structure and before help could |
arrive the building was in flames One !
horse was burned and also a large |
amount OF straw and some farming |
Newport flremen went TO |
the scene and kept the fre from
spreading 10 any other buildings.
Captain Robert C. Lewis. Of Elkton. |
who served with the 305th H. s. En- !
eipeers, in France. and recently re-
Lhrned TO this country, has accepted I
1 position with Curtis and Brother pa
per manufacturers Captain Lewis is
graduate Of Delaware College
Mrs William NJ. Francis, Of VII
nington. spent yesterday with her
arents. Postmaster and Mrs. Levi X.
'Owen.
Frank c. Mitchell. Of the Whining
On Y. M. C. A.. made an address at
he open air services held last night, ]
n Delaware College campus, by the
ewark Presbyterian Church.