Horse Thieves Ben Works and Will Nance arrested
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Horse Thieves Ben Works and Will Nance arrested
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Posted: 27 Mar 2008 3:15AM GMT |
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Appears in "The Ravia Herald" 30 May 1908, Ravia, Johnston County, Oklahoma
HORSE THIEVES ARRESTED
A L. Tribble, of DeQueen, Arkansas, Sheriff of Sevier County, arrived here last Wednesday and made himself and his mission known to Constable Lee Parker and former Deputy Sheriff Tom Brown. He told them that he had trailed two horse thieves from his town in Arkansas to the Choctaw Nation; that they were headed for this county and that they were Ben Works and Will Nance. The parties were known to Parker and Brown, so that night, with Sheriff Tribble, they searched the Troy country, where Nance and Works live, and located them. Thursday morning they raided the place where Nance and Works were and captured them, but not before they made a dash for liberty, barefooted, but were headed off by Constable Lee Parker and his gun. Parker had to fire two shots before he could convince one of the parties that he would shoot to kill if necessary. Birt Keith also assisted in making the arrests. The sheriff, after talking with our people, thinks he has the parties who have been extensively engaged in horse stealing, and that possibly several horses from this county are now at his town in Arkansas, among the number the Norris horse stolen last March. Lack of space forbids an more extended notice.
HORSE THIEVES ARRESTED
A L. Tribble, of DeQueen, Arkansas, Sheriff of Sevier County, arrived here last Wednesday and made himself and his mission known to Constable Lee Parker and former Deputy Sheriff Tom Brown. He told them that he had trailed two horse thieves from his town in Arkansas to the Choctaw Nation; that they were headed for this county and that they were Ben Works and Will Nance. The parties were known to Parker and Brown, so that night, with Sheriff Tribble, they searched the Troy country, where Nance and Works live, and located them. Thursday morning they raided the place where Nance and Works were and captured them, but not before they made a dash for liberty, barefooted, but were headed off by Constable Lee Parker and his gun. Parker had to fire two shots before he could convince one of the parties that he would shoot to kill if necessary. Birt Keith also assisted in making the arrests. The sheriff, after talking with our people, thinks he has the parties who have been extensively engaged in horse stealing, and that possibly several horses from this county are now at his town in Arkansas, among the number the Norris horse stolen last March. Lack of space forbids an more extended notice.