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PUOTElI'J'lVE AS5m;lATlUN.^recmeiit of the jury in Lh.* uiso of D. , Wke. From the oriclence in this cawsil appear* tlmt un the Slut of Decemberlast U’altur Lueke, n eon of D. S, Locke, while ixi company with one L. Herrick, killed it thrca-your-olil heifer belon^inc to. Will jam Crooks. Assisted by I. S. Lnrke they out I he helier up and look a |Mjr Him uf the meat to Itajmoml and sold it. Tim lieml and hide of the animal Were taken ueroax lily Cliuwctiilla rirernnd hid among the rocks. It was lartrelv through the Protective Association that this evlileuee was Drought out ami n uoaviciiun secured. D, S. Locke will be retried, ami Her rick has also been arrested, its the lyalimony which lie gave on Lulmir uf the Lockes mak03 liim equally responsibly for the crime. Waller fxcke has not yet been sen-Inured.A l sefnl Or^rtimrtliou, Which Ouflitto be Kircmlpii. hTin* JYojih-’a Prntrclive AfeUk'itloii, ^ of Fresno Flats, is an orittnizalion that u is doing good work in Thai section, anti it* tii-M in' n-sc fill liens uiiL'lit to be extended—-al leual tuail parts uf the cmtnly where itick raciii£ is CLi^ag.nI in. It is no1, many yearw since honest people found stock laisilig unprolitablu in the nioiiiihiitiou.-t su.-lions of this i-onniy because of the extensive depredations by thieves. Jn some pCrtioiiH nF the count v this MJIsaltStaetOr.v condition of affair* fw no I much changed lor I he better, hut in tin* Fremio Fhtls district the slockmen iirc now enjoying comparative immunity from lOi'C Irma ihio i;ouri*e, and th« improved condition of affairs is fimhinhL-odlv to a hirue exlent due to the existence of the Protective Association.This oruauiiiitiiiH came into existence about two years ago, wo lielievc, and grew out of the united effort of the poo-plo of thnt locality to secure the conviction of the Latvia, Si linker man and ftur-ford boys for stealing cattle. The convictions in this ease had a vary autulnry effect, and with the Protective Aaaocui-lion standing as a constant menace to thieves, the Mock growers in that region have met witli no lo«3 to speak of since Ihe Iriul or that ease. The t.rial 6i the only case of cattle Btealinn in that recoil .sinch that time occurred in the Superior (‘ouri last week, resulting In the eon-viction uf Walter J.neke ami the dtea.-ftuur t PtitfIsU.vilafcL*’leticlUtlihlrtufosclli£•tentM»clfoatfaineoorw:lh
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Fresno Republican Weekly
Fresno, California, US
Fri, Apr 22, 1887
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