History and Genealogy of Madison County Iowa
Newspaper Excerpts about Madison County ARREST OF HORSE THIEVES Charlie King & Albert Haskins Two young men answering to the names of Charlie King and Albert Haskins were brought to this place from Caldwell in irons this morning by Messrs. Jordan and Taylor. They were arrested at Caldwell last Tuesday by Messrs. Jordan, McClelland, Terrell and Nicholson on a charge of having stolen a team and wagon in Winterset, Iowa, about four weeks ago. John S. Taylor had followed the thieves from Winterset Iowa, and though they had two weeks advantage in time, he succeeded in striking their trail in Missouri; tracked them into and through Nebraska, followed their devious wanderings through Northern Kansas, crossed the K. P. road at Russell and thence to Great Bend on the Arkansas River, never once losing the trail. From Great Bend the thieves followed pretty closely by. Mr. Taylor went to Medicine Lodge, from which place they started out on a buffalo hunt. Having accertained that his men were in Southwestern Kansas, Mr. Taylor made arrangements to intercept them at every point of egress, and was rewarded for his two weeks hard woke and 800 miles travel by securing his game at Caldwell as above stated. The young men freely admit their guilt and are disposed to make a joke of it. They left today for Iowa penitentiary via Wichita. (The Sumner County Press, Thursday, November 6, 1873) Submitted by: Peggy Thompson BACK ©2008-2009 Genealogy Trails