“The pursuit was abandoned and the posse returned home. A full description of the robber was sent broadcast, and it is thought that his capture is only a matter of time.
“Up to the hour of going to press there are no further particulars to record, but we hope that before our next issue, justice will triumph, and the burglar with his ill gotten booty will be within its grasp.”
“And now, suh, will you please cast youah eye oveh this reco’d of infamy,” requested the Colonel, as he handed me a later copy of the same paper.
The next account was headed:
“ARRESTED!!!—PRELIMINARY
HEARING!!!—HABEAS CORPUS!!!”
and it read as follows:
“We are able to announce that the crafty and resourceful robber of the county treasurer’s office, who so successfully eluded the grasp of his pursuers, and made good his retreat into the river marshes, has probably been apprehended.
“The evidence seems to indicate that one Col. Peets, who lives on a small farm on the river, above the marsh, is the culprit.
“He was captured there by the sheriff, the day after our last week’s issue was in the hands of the public. He offered no resistance. The information that led to his capture was received from Mr. Tipton Posey who keeps the well known general store near Bundy’s Bridge. Mr. Posey stated that the description of the robber, printed in this paper, exactly fitted Col. Peets, with the exception of the chin whiskers, which he thought were false.