1878: BURGLARS ACTIVE AT WHITE HORSE

1878: WHITE HORSE - CRIME – BURGLARS
DECEMBER 20, 1878
GAZETTE

Burglars and petty thieves are getting to be rather too thick around the vicinity of the White Horse, in Hamilton township, and the residents begin to feel quite uneasy, as they have made one or two successful raids upon the farmers in the neighborhood. Some nights ago, a party of them broke into the flowering mill of Mr. David S. Hutchinson, and after going through the money drawer in the office, helped themselves of the choice brands of flour. A few nights later, a neighbor of Mr. Hutchinson was knocked down near the lane of Mr. P. Ellis De Cou's farm, and robbed of his watch. Again, on Wednesday night of this week, as Mr. D.S. Hutchinson's flour mill delivery agent was returning home from this city, two men sprang out from the gateway of Mr. Bruden's farm, and caught one of the mules by the head. Mr. John Wilson, the agent who was driving the team, yelled out to the mules, when they gave a lunge forward into the darkness and started on a dead run, leaving the highwaymen on the road, bootless and astonished. The farmers in that part of the county contemplate raising a club for self-defense, and may give the next parties a warm reception."