Mineral Springs, Route 1—A very bold robbery occurred here Friday night when an unknown negro man went to the barn of Lizzie Hough, colored, and stole a fine mule. Leading the animal to a place near Hinson’s old mill, the culprit tied him to a tree while he went in quest of a buggy and harness. He did not have to go far. The place of Mr. B.C. Hinson, a few hundred yards away was apparently deserted for the time being, and the negro managed to draw a new top buggy and a set of harness out of the yard without attracting attention. However, before he could get back to the old mill, he saw a horse and buggy approaching. Dropping the shalves of the stolen buggy, he ran to a nearby stretch of woods, secreting himself until the approaching party had left. The driver of this team was Mr. Carl Hinson. Recognizing the buggy as his grandfather’s, young Hinson drove hurriedly to the house to secure help in catching the thief. In the meantime, the thief took the buggy down to the mill and hitched the mule to it. Finding no one at his grandfather’s home, Mr. Hinson went to the house of a cropper, a few hundred yards distance. While there he saw the negro coming up the road in his grandfather’s buggy. He called upon him to stop, but the thief refused. Rushing to the middle of the road, Mr. Hinson covered him with an automatic shot-gun that he had secured at the tenant’s home. All hope of escape cut off, the negro abandoned the stolen property. He has not been seen since.
From the front page of The Monroe Journal, Nov. 15, 1921
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