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own fragile domicile.E** ’Vow, l!mfn Kk Iiik ss forThey have out in Democrat township an organization known as the4*Horse Thief Protection Sotiety,** and if thefollowing details of an attempted outrage are not faulty, the organization inseveral decrees mute lawlcw tUcmiiTic otexirni. some weeks sincc a son and son-in-law of Kd. Swander were arrested for stealing wheat, and taken to jail at Frankfort. On Saturday last, the father went over to Frankfort and bailed them out, returning on Saturday night as far as the residence of a friend named Spitzenberger, just this side of| the Clinton county line. About two o’clock on Sunday morning the “Horse Thief Protection Company,” undisguised, paid a visit to the hottie. and, taking Mr. Swander from his bed, removed him some distance from the li'Mise and made preparations for hanging him, the cause of complaint being that he would not tell them whether the young men had stolen the wheat. After a lengthy parley, however, their blood cooled, and they concluded that riding him on a rail would be about the proper thing for them to do. Finally, they concluded to forego even that pleasure, and, after detaining their prisoner for over two hours, permitted him to return to the house. Swander thinks he will make the atmosphere of Democrat township disagreeably warm for some of these amateur lynchers.
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Delphi Weekly Times
Delphi, Indiana, US
Fri, Jun 13, 1879
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