The Horse Was Stolen

THE HORSE WAS STOLEN

AND A NEIGHBORS BUGGY IS ALSO MISSING

HORSE THIEF GETS AWAY WITH BOOTY AND IS NOT YET CAUGHT.

Henry Laflin, of Ypsilanti town, had a valuable horse stolen Monday night. The Farmers' Protective Association sent members in every direction yesterday to get track of the stolen horse, but no information had been obtained up to last evening. Mr. Laflin offers $25 reward for the capture of the property and thief and Sheriff Gillen a similar amount. The horse was valued at $150 and it is to be hoped it will be found.

It now transpires that Burt Moorman had a buggy and harness stolen by the same thief who stole Henry Laflin's horse. This was not discovered until Tuesday afternoon. It is a square box top buggy with end spring, foot rest screwed on front of box, shafts set in iron sockets, light brown lining, red running gear, rubber top and black body. The harness has a single strap rubber trimmed overcheck, blind bridle, one trace, two three holes. Laflin's horse is a bay weighing 1356 lbs with a small white spot on forehead and nose. Laflin and Moorman each offer $25 reward and the Farmers Protective Association offers $50 for property and $25 for each thief.

When Laflin was seen by the Argus at noon no trace of the stolen property had been discovered and it was not known in what direction it went. Laflin thinks it went to Detroit and others think it went south. Laflin thinks the thief or thieves operated from Ypsilanti. The night the horse was stolen some person left a bicycle by the Ypsilanti Savings bank and it remained there until one o'clock in the morning when an officer removed it. There has been no call for the wheel which was probably stolen also. Yesterday Laflin was in Detroit but could get no information relative to the stolen property. A dozen or fifteen members of the Protective Association are on the search as well as the sheriff's force. It seems surprising that with the present facilities for communication that no trace of the horse and rig can be obtained. The horse was probably stolen about ten or eleven o'clock at night and Laflin and others were on the hunt at six.