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Show TWO HORSE THIEVES CAPTURED AT BOISE Boise, Idaho, July 21. Through the capturo today of Charles Thompson and Gurley Shaul of Boise tho authorities author-ities of Ada and Owyhee counties believe be-lieve that they have exposed one o the largest organizations of horse thieves formed in the west and will be able to account for thousands of dollars' worth of horses stolen in eastern east-ern Oregon, northern Utah, southern Idaho and Wyoming within the past yoar. Many charges will be "filed against the prisoners. The thieves had various caches In the isolated sections of the country and into them drove the horses stolen. stol-en. The anibals were later shipped' out of the country by the carload and sold on the eastern markets. The authorities believe that men of prominence backed the horse thieves and expect to be able to expose thm. Settlers robbed of their stock are in an angry mood The thieves are known to have stolen four horses from Joseph Black ot Bruneau and fourteen four-teen head from Dan Basl of Bruneau. A total of eighteen head were found In a cache near Grandview. |
