Fine Horse Was Stolen

Again the festive horse thief is abroad and last night he visited Bert Mooreman again, taking a horse, buggy and harness. It is thought that the visit was made between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock. The horse is a large, fine bay animal not broken to drive single. It has been driven single possibly a half dozen times but was still decidedly risky. There were various indications about the barns and surrounding grounds that the thief or thieves did not get away with him without trouble. He bad gone over a board fence, having two boards only, near the ground and had trampled about a good deal in a potato patch, finally entering the lane and then the road where the tracks turned south. The tracks were followed for nearly three miles. There is a rumor afloat that a strange horse resembling the stolen one was seen passing through Oakville this morning but nothing definite is known. Members of the Horse Thief Association are looking for the thief in every direction. Early this morning Mooreman mounted a horse and rode to Milan but nothing definite has been discovered yet further than that the horse was driven south. It is thought that this thief is the same who stole Laflin's horse two weeks ago and concerning which hot a trace has been discovered.

The borse is described as seven years old, weighing 1,300, with white spot in forehead and white hind feet. Sheriff Gillen bas offered $50 for the thief on conviction and Mr. Moorman and the Horse Thief Association have each offered $100 for the recovery of the horse and buggy. This makes a total of $250 reward.