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we think'wOr«h;y of pivbilication. :On the 5th of October, 18511, a .young horse belonging to him,was stolen from hia enclosure by an unknown person,,and- traced its far eo.n.lh :as Jefferson in (his county, where the track was lost in a mysterious manner. CblohclSiiAW iih'tnediaTely advertised the; animal, not only .in:handbill, but in, nearly all.the. prominent papers-;in the.state, offering a suitable reward for his'return, or a greater for the conviction of the .tliieV—b'b t :foi- a /brig time withou t soc-ces's. Fr,o.m .the.;day .of. the theft until veryrecently, he has spenttnuch time,in endeavoring to'recover liio property, and not only tra veled iff'various diVections more than -sixty days in.its pursuit,, but actually expended some Iwo hvndred and eighty doilai'sin casfi, to say nothing of time lost in ihe search [It,would have .been strange indeed, if such unwonted perseverance were not regarded. On the 25th of July., 1851, (a period of nearlyten months having elapsed,) the hbrse was recovered at Ottawa. IllTnois, where he had been sold, by a notorious-character known,as Frank Oitmiiiings, but who also glories in some dozen aliases. Cummings, it appears from .the statements'-of those who aided in identifying the horse, iflust have;rode the animal, fbr-a period of nearly a week, some eighty miles ft day,and when disposing of him, did so for a mere song,he having been reduced almost to a skeleton through hard,usage and want ofnproper food ! For some subsequent offence, as we understood, he was incarcera.t-ed in jail, at Ottawa, but escaped, and made tracks foi. Marquette county, }rj this stale, •vhere he was again arrested by the.sheriff in pursuit, brought back -to Ottawa, and identified as the person who stole CoI.Shaw's horse, in that vicinity,'and is how.cnce more con-i• • ; ; 1 . * l’}V . • • • • - . ■ *fined on a... double, ipdictmept—where it, is hoped he will remain until justice can be Dieted to him as lie deserves. ; ' .ordlarstotrrlt;tlPalaitlc;Psi8aacitcsf.VVVfr8
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Watertown Chronicle
Watertown, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Aug 06, 1851
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