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The Indianapolis Journal
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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Lafayette police recover stolen horse from Brown County, Indiana, but leave captured thief behind after locals demand unpaid $50 reward.
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COLUMBUS, Ind., Nov. 10—On the late train, last night, L. L. Clark, chief of police of Lafayette, and James Godman, a liveryman of that place, arrived here and secured a rig and drove to Nashville, Brown county, to get a horse that was stolen by Frank Falkbery, who has served two years in the State's prison for larceny. They arrived at the seat of government of Brown county this morning and found the thief had been detained, and that the horse was also in safe keeping. They soon learned that eight men and boys had a hand in capturing the thief, and that they demanded $50 for their trouble. The sum was refused, and the officers at once refused to surrender the prisoner, but gave up the property, and the parties returned to this city.
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Nashville, Brown County, Ind.
Event Date
Nov. 10
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officers recovered the stolen horse but refused to pay $50 demanded by locals for capturing the thief and left the prisoner in local custody.
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L. L. Clark, chief of police of Lafayette, and James Godman, a liveryman, arrived in Columbus on the late train last night, secured a rig, and drove to Nashville, Brown county, to retrieve a horse stolen by Frank Falkbery, a prior convict for larceny. They found the thief detained and the horse safe, but eight men and boys who captured him demanded $50. The sum was refused, so the officers took the horse and returned to Columbus without the prisoner.