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, - ,I .1 • . • • V ' /V1 ,J ! * * * * gSingn 1«lr PcI’so vcr;iiicc-^t Rcucl*uesnal\vxhiwasirofdlsanBt'Ofwathpi.alanthcaP*sligiafaceimbiclt;fcV.wwpirad• ia'CoL.Jobn Soaw, of .Shnw’s Landing, Marquette county, called'bn ub a few days since, and related a history of his ndyentoresin pursuit of a. stolen hnrseVwhich for many reasons. . % 4 , §#.r • * * • • ** .* * '*we think' worthy of pivb;lication. :;Od the 5thof Oiiftiberi' 18$!); a; -young horse' belonging to him,was stolen from his enclosure by an tipiino’vy.n person,’ synO: traced as far .so.o.lh ;as Jefferson in this county, where the .track was lost in a mysterious manner. Colonel Siiaw iin'ihediatoly advertised the; animal, tint only .in liandbili, but In, nearly all the.'prominent papers in thestale* offering a suitable reward for his1 return, or a greater for the conviction of the yliie’f—b'ht for a J’btig time without success. Fr.o.m the, day .of the theft until very recently, he has spent nuich time in endeav- , oring to'recover his property, and not onlytraveled in ’various directions more than stydays .in. its pursuit,, but .actually, expended some licohvndred and eighty dollar sin cask to say nothing of time lost in the search 1It,would hbve been strange indeed, if suchunwonted perseverance were not rewarded*On the 25th of July., 1851, la period of nearly ten months having elapsed,) the hbrse was recovered at Oltsiwa.,, Illinois, where he had been sold, by a notorious character known,as Frank Oinnmings, but who also glories in some dozen'■ aliases. Cummings, it appears from the statements of . those who aided in identifying the horse, must have,rode the animal, fop-a' period of nearly a week, some eighty miles rt day, and when disposing of him, did so' for a mere song,he having .been reduced almost to a skeleton through, hard, usage and W.a.nt of,-proper food-! For some 8ub6eqaent offence, as vve understood, he was incarcerated in rail, at Ottawa, but escaped,; and made tracks foi Marquette county, this stale, •vhere he was again arrested by the,sherilf in pursuit, brought back fo Ottawa, and id.eriti- Jtied as the person who stole Ob LShaw’s horse.• • * ! **’••• f; : j f ‘ * • *. • ’ ; ;in that vicinity,'and is 'now.cnee more con.-, fined on ,a, double, ipdictpiept—where it, is hoped he will remain until justice can be meted to him as lie deserves. ' .Frank Cunnrihgs is the individual.. who j j was spoken of in our paper,ofrw-eek- before last as a: supposed accessary to Farewkli.’b robbery. He Was here on t he day before the, outrage,(and disappeared mysteriously imine-diately afterwards. ; -He is lmown.as the ringleader of an extensive gang of depredatoiswho Have their head’quarters near Haniillon,Marquette county, and who; often and seriously molest the peaceable citizens of that; place and vicinity ;. and we are assured no makes his' boast of having been in o\er thirty jails in the western'slates, none of which, be says, can hold him Tor any considerable time. The present jailor at Otiawa thinks,however, that he will not again escape him ! 1In view of the facia in this case, we cannot; reirain from Baying, that Col. Shaw; is cntt-1 tied to be, considered a public benefactor.—i Fp.vy . men, would have pursued an object with such.iperlinacio.ua zeal, especially after having expended more than twice the value of the property, lost in a fruitless‘search; and if those 'of. our ovy.n fellow citizens who really desire to ;rid the' 61 a te of. lawless dep rcdato.re, were 1 'only half as aealous.1 the perpetration of vil-i laiiiy in bur midst would soon be an anomaly.ntctf
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Watertown Chronicle
Watertown, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Aug 06, 1851
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