Iowa
Old Press
Iowa City Reporter
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
October 24, 1855
A Horse Thief Caught
On last Thursday evening Sheriff Birely arrested a man by the
name of Haskins on a charge of stealing a horse. The horse was
stolen from Jackson county in this state, and the thief was
arrested in a cabin about two miles south of Tipton, and is now
in custody. He is an aged man with gray hairs, and is believed to
be an old offender.
The above we clip from the Iowa City Reporter of the
24th. The arrest appears to have been made on the 18th. Those who
have had horses stolen about that time had better enquire into
the matter at once. Mr. R. L. Goodenow, if we mistake not, had
his stolen about that time. -Maquoketa Sentinel,
November 1, 1855
[transcribed by K.W., May 2009]