Columbus (IN) Daily Herald, October 8, 1897, p. 3. Sometime during Thursday night Frank Cook, who lives ½ mile north of the Crump homestead north of the city, had a horse and buggy stolen from his barn. The mare is dun (sic) with white mane and tail and is a valuable animal. The buggy is almost new. The rig was tracked a few yards from the barn. Mr. Cook belongs to the horse thief detective association and a vigorous effort will be made to catch the thief or thieves. Horse theft is becoming quite common in this section, and a vigorous effort should be exerted to ferret out the gang and mete out justice to them.