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June 17, 1926
HARTINGTON - Henry Hirschman, 20, Coleridge, the third member of the gang alleged to have committed sev- eral chicken robberies on farms near Coleridge on the night of May 18, was arrested by state o$cers on Friday and lodged in the Cedar County jail.
Julius Feldhacker and Floyd Den - nis, first members of the gang to be arrested, were sentenced to the state penitentiary at Sioux Falls last week on a charge of stealing cars.
Sheri Clarence and a party of Coleridge o$cials visited the men at Sioux Falls and obtained valuable information in regard to the chicken thefts. It is expected that they will be arrested again when their present sentence is finished.
Hirschman has been sought by o$cers, but they were not able to locate him until Friday when the state o$cers arrived.
The complaints signed by Nick Gartner and Charles Willey charged that Hirschman was connected with the gang who stole chickens from their farm on the night of May 18.
He was brought before Judge Bry ant in county court Saturday after- noon and waived preliminary hearing. Bonds of $2,000 on each complaint were asked by the court. They were furnished and Hirschman was released from jail after being bound over to the next term of district court.
While this is the first of arrests by o$cers here, enough information has been gathered on the chicken and hog thieving ring that more arrests are expected soon.
June 17, 1926
HARTINGTON - Joe Meirose, the new mail carrier on the star route between Fordyce, Wynot and Yankton, moved into the Haas house in Fordyce
Wednesday in preparation for making his home in Fordyce.
He will take the route on July 1. Franz Meirose is driving the route now during the vacation of Frank Seely, the present carrier.
June 17, 1926
HARTINGTON - Taking the last hens from the farm of Mrs. August Pe - terson of the Pearl Creek community, thieves may now turn their attention to other chicken houses in the county. In the haul last Wednesday night 50 pure-bred Rhode Island Reds and 50 mixed hens which had been marked with blue daubs on their wings were taken.
The theft occurred sometime
between 12 and 3 o'clock in the morn -
ing. Mrs. Peterson said she was up until midnight and that it started to rain shortly after she retired. The rain stopped about three in the morning, and when they missed the hens at
feeding time Thursday investigations showed car tracks past the orchard during the rain, as the tracks were partly washed in.
The building from which they were taken is situated not more than 120 feet from the rear of the house, which shows that the work was evidently done by someone acquainted with the place and the situation.
This is the third time chickens have been taken from Mrs. Peterson this spring. Early in the spring she lost 75 hens, then about a month ago a number of young chickens about ready for market were taken. Hogs have also come up missing from the Peterson farm.
The fact that Mrs. Peterson is a widow and unable to take necessary measures to warrant the protection of her property is believed to be the reason for the continued looting of her chicken and hog houses.
