Iowa Old Press
Ringgold Record
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
January 27, 1876
CRIME and PUNISHMENT
Persons running around town at night and stealing what they can
find in the shape of provisions, etc., had better look a little
out; for traps are set for them, and they will be caught. They
are the worst class of beings on earth, and when caught should be
hanged until they are dead, dead, DEAD!
[transcribed by S.R.B., August 2009]