Stole a Cow-1874

POORBAUGHS, ROBBINS

Posted By: CHERYL MOONEN (email)
Date: 8/17/2018 at 20:42:00

Dubuque Daily Times, Sunday, Nov 15, 1874, Dubuque, IA, Page: 1

J. H. Poorbaugh stole a cow from J. F. Robbins, north of Ackley, and sold her for beef to a man from Iowa Falls. The robbery was discovered, the thief arrested, and placed in the Hampton calaboose, but he dug out and escaped, and has not yet been discovered.