Show CHICKENSTEALING GANGS Tribulations of Those Who Engage in Raising of Fowls In connection with the arrest of Horace Renshaw who is held on the charge of petty larceny it being alleged that ho had stolen a Belgian hare from j the Anderson rabbltry on Third South j I and Fifth West streets a prominent resident of that section of the city says I he hopes the officials will probe the matter lo the very depths He tells this tale of woe There Is in my neighborhood neighbor-hood an organized gang of young thieves We have lost over 100 chickens during the last year to say nothing of a dozen hares or more So serious were the depredations a short time ago and they are almost as bad now that I had i grave thoughts of giving up trying to I raise chickens for my own table Raids were of nightly occurrence They are not all made by small boys either Many a large boy I know has small boys at work for him and the latter are given a bounty on all they steal Then the large boys will clean the chickens and peddle the birds around within a very short distance of where they wore stolen It Is a bad state of affairs We are entitled to some relief The thieving was intermittent at first but now the lads seem to have gained the idea that they arc immune from punishment and they have become so bold as to enter a mans yard in the daytime even and cart off his choice breeds oC hares and ducks |