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AN EFFECT IVKGeorgeStory,James sow, J' Royal .Butler,Suoles,3IcLaySeofleltJamesCary, CTiro Jolmslowii Anti-liorse XlHer So-cjety—*ts» .'Xwcnty Worlt*-ACoinpioie rrotcttioii AsainsHho Operations ot xuicvfiw-TIsc Society’slifttcsi Uxploit.About Uvealy years ago some of Ui«citLr. zea-sof tliia town, llnakmg lliere was- a need of some organizing for protection against the depredations of horsy thieves, called a meeting tor the purpose of talking tho matter over. That meeting resulted inthe orgar.ir.i? ion of a society for the above purpose.This organization lusted about lour years and was disbanded iu order lo riJ the. society of some members not wanted ami, on March 10.h, 1853, the Mutual Protection Sbcicty of Johnstown was organized, with John A. Fletcher, us president, Heury Cheney vice president, ]). R, cpooner, as ! secretary, E. Cf. Newiutil, as treasurer, and j vaientii: about sixty other citizens of this vicinity j as members—all dotermmsil nun r.r.d j pledged to each other to make it warm for ! anyone who should take nut horses with* out their permission.This organisation 13 a secret due and ' r person to become a member must bo proposed by a member in good standing, pay an initiation fee of one dollar and securethe unanimous vote of ail members pres eat. One blackball sends the applicant j home with his dollar. The object of inis ; society is to afford mutual protection to its;-Wefrooi ttif soon ro• — W :n sick utsoon.—The: over thecandid lt;and in o Webe more add to that Lei cracked Will ora of o:green a--A ac AL K. ctmuch au tainocl Ii -Wo ; tolal dei wretch *members against horse thieves, to assist j eich other by die expenditure uf time and i a%™ub.i money to recover stolen horses, ami to nowimvtake such measures a: r\\ny be necessary to procure Hie c mvictiou ot the Lhiuvcs. On the 01la of January, iSOl, thusociuiy organ.I zed ia conformity wi'ii,arul in per* nance of, an act entitled 11 an act u auLUorir.j the organization of societies for mutual prediction against larceny of l;vc stock/’ approved April 1U!, 13G1, und changed its name to the “Johushwu Ami ] TorseTbfic Society.MTiiere have bnrni leu horses stolon Jrotu members of this society and we have recovered all of them excepting those taken from. II. AuiUn tlirei* it iys ago, and wo intend to have them. ,The society expended between six and seven hundred dollars in getting a horse ( stolen by a Kr. WooUey (and scot him to | the state prison) of which the board of \supervisors refunded three hundred and seventy*five dollars. Tins man Woolscy was a citizen of Johnstown and the real cause ot our first organization, as we believed him to be in collusion with horse 111ieyes- He was an exceedingly artful mao, as many of our attorneys will tcsuly.One Peter OLeson is serving out a term of twelve year?* it being his second term for taking our horses without leave, withthem puCO lormC*—A Cc forgot. U seiid Llie —Tilt! is advisemay Oc :Jeam it* —We • received say was wad wril ir.Us, yoever, clm talaed \\ thaivy-- We 1 who cliiltheir coi our rag 1 tu any j i their elg —The Mr. Rich aeveA.—One Alfred F aged BO } —The .cates til iiJlouridhlquestionetrncLivcclub.' — Wo\\ section c but we w or them.—The \ ting lO p: wheel a ir
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Janesville Gazette
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Feb 24, 1874
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