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i The Great Marquette lldrse Thief• 1 1 - •_ -Otir readers will recollect that we .gave, four or five months einco,, an accounj of -the persevering efforts' made by Col,, John Shaw, □f Shaw’s Landing, Marquette cbVslt;lo ^arfcest and convict ;a man who liad stolen,hie.horse —Frcnilc Cvmmhu*. The horse was- stolen on the frill of Out,, IB50. After making the most diligent inquiry, CoL 3, obtained /the first information of the = direotidn ;\the thief had taken, at Beaver Dam, about two monthsafterward. He Redoubled his effort^ and in• 1 * 4 • r • • 1 * • ' 5 1: ^July .following received .a 'letter rthedistrict attorney, of- La: S^fle.co.,; HI.1: c,o,Uttaming the welcome intelligence thatboth the h'orsb and the thief liad; been discovered,: . . : '; ■' ! ■ \ lt;*: J i t I i!: 1 . ■■ •1;*5 f'»He hurried on to Ottowa, the county. seat;ot. • • i / ■ i ^ ./ • •*La.Scllc, obtained his horse,, and on the BSvli of that, month had tlio pleasure of seeing Ctnnn?Wfu!hr committed for trial. • ’ / :
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Watertown Chronicle
Watertown, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Dec 03, 1851
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