The item below was provided to me by Michael Carter with the Monroe County History Club. I do not have a source or date. There is probably additional information in the commissioners' records. HORSE THIEF ASSOCIATION WILL ASKE FOR CONSTABLES On June 16th another "articles of association" was filed by the Horse Thief Detective Association and has been made a part of the record of the county, and in article No. 3, the statement is made as to the object of the association that "it shall be for the purpose of electing and apprehending horse thieves and other felons, and for mutual protection and indemnity against the acts of such thieves and felons. The plan of operation is thru the election of a captain and the appointment of lieutenants or deputies, all of whom are granted the powers of constables by the statues under which this organization is incorporated. It is reported the association will next week ask the county commissioners to appoint members as constables with full power to arrest. The principal place of business (the post office) shall be at Ellettsville and the signers of the incorporation papers, all from that town, are: J. A. Welch, L. W. Marshall, W. E. Gaskins, William R. Ridge, Byron A. Draper, Richard Presley, J. R. Carpenter, B. O. Beverman, Hugh Whaley and T. D. Headdy (sic).