A Hint to Horse-Stealers.

Manawatu Herald, 17 May 1892, Page 3

A Hint to Horse-Stealers.

J^. ; kt Iktesville, Ai-k., a recent shooting affray brought into notice a woman known as " Sorrel Sue," who always appears in public riding a sorrel horse. It was believed says | an exchange, that sha belonged to a i gang that stole horses. A surgeon . who was summoned to attend one of her admirers, who had been wounded , in a row, mistook his way and ' wandered into Sue's cabin. Before he could be bustled out he saw things which aroused his suspicions. These he reported to Sheriff Timcoe, who with a posse, managed to surround the den of horse thieves, capturing Sue and two of her gang. He found that Sue had applied the ] means ot bleaching her own hair to that of the horses. "When the posse entered they found a hors«, enveloped ; in a jacket made of rubber, being J treated to a sulphur vapour bath. The appliances were very ingenious ' and worked very well A black or bay horse would be stolen and run ' into the bleachery. After its colour i was changed and its mane and tail , trimmed the disguise became so com- j plete that without any great risk the ; animal could be taken in daylight j through the very district from which it had been stolen. It was Sue's business to not only superintend the bleaching, but also to ride the animal out of the country.