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The Indianapolis Sentinel
January 3, 1885

                    
                    Gang of Horse Thieves Arrested.
                    
              Special to the Sentinel.
              VERNON, Ind., Jan. 5. - Some two or three weeks
            ago SAMUEL ENGLE, living near Butterville, lost a
            fine horse which was supposed to be stolen. THOMAS
            HAMILTON, of near that place, was arrested and had
            a preliminary hearing before a Justice and was
            bound over to await the action of court. HAMILTON
            after being in jail some time became insane, and
            implicated others, among whom was PERRY SMITH.
            MOSES S. TERRIS, of North Vernon, went to Indian-
            apolis on last Thursday and found SMITH here and
            arrested him and brought him to Vernon and had him
            jailed. SMITH, after being interrogated consider-
            ably, gave the whole gang away. An Affidavit and
            information was drawn up by Prosecutor DIXON, and
            the Court ordered bench warrants issued. The
            Sheriff went to Indianapolis on Saturday morning,
            and by the aid of Sheriff CARTER, succeeded in
            arresting four more of the gang, viz; JOHN HICKS,
            JESSE SAMPSON, JOHN W. ROE and HENRY SCHRADER,
            all former residents of this county, and still
            there is more to follow. Some of the officers at
            Indianapolis are after them hot. SMITH says there
            is a regular band of them that have been working
            the country for some time, driving off cows in 
            daylight about Indianapolis and selling them and
            avoiding the law by perjury; knocking men down
            and robbing them, etc. They are evidently a tough
            gang and the officers deserve great credit in
            ferreting them out. SCHRADER and SMITH have served
            several terms in the State's Prison. They will have
            to lie in jail until March to await the action of
            the Grand Jury.
            
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