POSSUM KILLS CHICKS now new jersey farmer persevered and finally landed murderer human thieves thieve suspected bloomfield N J walter waiter hatfield ol of brookdale Brookd alc shot ahot a possum velch had eaten ol of hla his chickens valued at it had been preying upon the fowls for months notwithstanding the night nigh tand and day vigilance of ll Hall atfield lelu and members of his bis family vho aho thought human chicken thieves at work the poll also took a hand band in the watching afta Il atfield complained to them of his bla heavy ladies loa ies their work went for or nothing hatfield got up before daylight to start to market with a toad load of vegetables lie ile was harnessing the horses when he heard a great commotion in the chicken house rushing hushing into the he got his gun and went to the place ot of the disturbance d when he opened the chicken house door he found the fowl all awake and uneasy but there was no sign of a two legged thief the farmer who carried a lan jan turn tern was about to leave the hennery when in a far corner he be noticed what looked like a big dark ball raising his gun and taking aim he fired holding lis his lantern high he be went to the cor nor ner and found he h bad killed hi a possum the possum weighed 20 pounds and was literally telling lolling in chicken tat fat