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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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Churchgoers in Edna, Kansas, left Sunday evening services at Trenton United Brethren church after a woman reported chicken thieves at Jim Christmore's hen coop. The men interrupted two thieves who fled, dropping bags of chickens and abandoning an old car.
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EDNA, Kansas, December 24.
When it comes to capturing the interest of a church congregation, chicken thieves are too much competition for the pastor of the Trenton United Brethren church.
During Sunday evening services a woman entered while a hymn was being sung and whispered, 'They're stealing Jim Christmore's chickens.'
Before the hymn ended all the male members of the congregation were on their way to the Christmore hen coop where they interrupted the task of two men who were emptying the roosts.
The men fled by dropping their bags of chickens, but abandoning an old car.
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Edna, Kansas
Event Date
December 24
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the two thieves fled, dropping their bags of chickens and abandoning an old car.
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During Sunday evening services at the Trenton United Brethren church, a woman interrupted a hymn to whisper that thieves were stealing Jim Christmore's chickens. All male members of the congregation left before the hymn ended and went to the hen coop, where they interrupted two men emptying the roosts.