The McCracken Range Horse Thief Gang Captured at Last
The narrative recounts William McCracken of Texas leading a horse theft ring across Montana Wyoming and South Dakota. Despite multiple arrests and a dramatic escape aided by his wife, McCracken eludes capture with a loyal surviving gang. The pursuit spans Belle Fourche Sturgis and Thompson Creek with sheriffs and stock inspectors pushing a long running case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Wyoming
Dakotas
Horseman’s Protective Association
William McCracken
Belle Fourche
McCracken
3-V
Outfit
Thomas Tait
Campbell County
Cracken
J. T. Farrell
Crook County
Texas
Tait
Sturgis
S. C
Chuck Fitch
Gillette
Miles City
Mont
Sun Dance
Wyo
H. J. Chassell
T. W. Matthews
Spearfish
Farrell
Bobby Shorthandle
Babe Ellis
Jim” Roberts
Garfield McCoy
Thompson Creek
John Thorn
Hy Hance
Butte County
South Dakota
Sonny
Thorn
Hance
Mrs. McCracken
Dude
Northwest
McC
Thompson Creex
Illinois Harvester workers accept new offer ending strikes
Chicago workers at International Harvester plants vote to accept a company proposal and resume operations. The terms set a minimum 25 cents per hour for common labor and 27.5 cents for foundry workers with overtime at time and a half. The report also details a Aurora crash, a Bethany robbery, a governor's reprieve in Murphysboro, and various state announcements on education and press association elections.
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Chicago Harvester
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Aurora
W. E. Schauer
Lockwood Avenue
St. Charles
Peoria
H Osthe
P. A
Schauer
Aurora Police
William Sullivan
Jerry Hill
Walter Duffy
Decatur
Amanda Creech
Eliza Evans
Bethany
Springfield
Dunne
Elston Scott
Murphysboro
White
Jackson County
Scott
Sheriff White
Duquoin
Board of Trustees
Southern Illinois Normal University
English Bros
Champaign
A. W. Stoolman
Illnois Press Association
Herp
W. B. Davis
Mount Sterling Messenger-Democrat
H. B Dailey
Princeton Republican
Mrssessie Sutton
Ivesdale
Urbana
Travelers’ Protective Association of Illinois
St. Nichalua Hotel
Flood protection locks project stirs Galena debate
In Galena a plan to add to the locks to guard the city from floods is under discussion. Separate notes report deaths and incidents across Illinois towns including a boy drowned in Galesburg, a man killed by lockjaw in Sterling, and a fire in Oakland's business district.
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Galena
Sterling
Harry Greenwalt
Harvard
Wendel Burkhart
Galesburg
Andrew Harrington
Frost Manufacturing
West Point
Walter E. Scarborough
Moultrie County
Ottawa
Ont
Pailmyra
J. Harvey Brown
Litchfield
Federated Woman’s Clubs
Twenty-first District
Union
Albert Rundle
Paris
Oakland
Here
Rockford
Rockford High School
Warren
A. C. Buckman
Illinois
Wisconsin
Kewanee
Ilinois Bankers’ Association
Henderson
Bureau
Henry
Mercer
Rock Island
Whiteside
Sterling Commercial Club
Dixon
Daughters of the American Revolution
North Faxon
Lincoln
Geneva
Danville
Mary Dustin Freeman
Hanna Dustin
Haverhill
Mass
Bloomington
McLean County Baby Welfare Association
Central Line
Centralia
Trainor
Omega Township
Tech
Chicago
Charles A. McDonald
Daniel Riley
McDonald
Riley
Anna
J. S. Mullins
Ed Ward
J. H. Olver
J. C. McCuan
Mullins
Taylorville
Christian County
Alva Houck
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Wes
Serre Byiler
News OF Illinois
TNE
State News
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