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A DARING USE THIEFamHctwcon and I nVhn k \e tlt; rda\ afternoon nil unidcntilied stranger !-• went Into ISmniet Cain’s pasture in tlt; i West Paris, and catching a horse be- wa longing to him. he put a pn-ce of tin wire around its neck, led it t« the no boulevard road, and mounting it mu bareback struck out west. The owner per of t be horse and three or four other rt youdg men were out hunting, and Sult; two and a halt miles from home they met the m^n on the horse. Mr. Cain wa recognized bj,s horse at once, and one, I nof the party who was carrying a th*gun; pulled on him and ordered t iIiim to halt The stranger jumped Hfrom the horse and took to his heels, u lt;going across fields as fast as he could « run. II h( owner of the horse and all of »lt; ’the others took after him and ran ill him about three miles, when they Hu met a man coming to town and asked j cl; him to notify the officers. They aft continued their chase after the thief i »until they ran t hems. ]\ e • dou n w u h | a out overtaking him In tin* unautiim or the man in th uutomc'dm notified the forofficers and Sheriff Lain and Deputies Clarkson, Kd Hell and Odus Har^ went out in an automobile in pursuit vho about an hour behind. They met one H of the hunting party and had him to an go with them where the fugitive was ty; last seen. I lt;1 he officers then took up the trail ■ noiand they eould liear of him all along as until he readied a point about a mile syi and a half north of Atlas in a hois w r dare thicket in Campbell's pasture inon Alidh creek The officers were ' Just ten minutes In hind him when he d was seen to enter the thicket and it ra was dark when they arrived there; He and ihry had to abandon the trail, wil After abandoning the hunt they Vin went to Atlas in the rain and tele- vi phoned around to different places for officers to be on the lookoutThe man was wearing a black or dark blue serge suit and a broad-brimmed hat and appeared to be six feet ‘tall. 1 1ui | || O'PUlPinn mi/ mu nrmiv lt;
Newspaper Details
Paris Morning News
Paris, Texas, US
Wed, Nov 22, 1916
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Timberland R.
WA, USA 09 Jan 2019
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