Sheriff Brenner Recovers A Number Of Stolen Horses

bhentt Brenner has been putting in an extra good week's work and has recovered a number of horses stolen from this county. The horses were found near Tiffin, Ohio, the headquarters of a horse thief who has been making a regular business of horse stealing. The thief is an old man by the name of Mason, who is seventy-nine years old and has been regarded as one of the pillars of the church. None of his neighbors suspected him in the least and he has been held in the highest esteem by them. He rented a large barn and kept his horses in it. They were supposed to come from a farm which he claimed to own some distance away. Mason was arrested in Hillsdale about two weeks ago aad taken to Wauseon, Ohio, on the charge of horse stealing. An account of his operations appeared in an Ohio paper which reached this city and came to Sheriff Brenner's attention. As the sheriff's theory has been that the horses stolen here were taken nto Ohio, he made up his mind to go to Tiffin and see if he could find traces of any oLthe horses stolen in this county. He has succeeded to a larger extent than he dared hope. He went to Tiffin last Monday and s expected home today. Among the stolen property found was the cutter, harness and robe beonging to Charles Rose. The ïorse had been sold for 75 and hipped to Boston. He found Rentz's buggy, stolen rom the barn of Comstock Hill, of odi. He found the horse of Mr. emble, stolen on Ashley avenue ast November, and also the horse of Mr. Gillett, of York. He recovred the horse, buggy and harness of James Eaton, of York, and the orse of William McCreery, of this ity, stolen about a year ago. This atter horse was found in a stone quarry, where it was working. It was found that the horse of Mr. rlolmes. of near Ypsilanti, had )een sold and shipped to Boston. A stack of robes and blankets welve feet high and ten or twelve eet wide was found in the barn. Besides this, everyone arjund that ection had been supplied with robes nd blankets. His operations had een carried on on a mos't extensive cale, in fact some of the people of lat section say that Mason averagd a horse a week. The aathories at Wauseon will not give him p and it is prabable that Mason will obtain his punishment in an Ohio prison.