Sheriff’s Department

Dallas Morning News
7 March 1890

Kaufman, Tex., March 6 – Look out for and arrest any suspicious-looking parties having in their possession new suits of clothing, also a good quality of woolen suits of underwear, also cotton suits of underwear, also one $6 stetson hat, high crown and narrow band with tolerably wide brim, also one pair of men’s No. 9 button shoes, also fine red silk handkerchiefs, pocketknives and various other goods which were stolen out of the Forney co-operative store on the night of March 3. A reward of $25 will be paid for the goods and the conviction of the thieves. Address all communications to my deputy, J.B. Boles, at Forney, Tex. Martin Haynie, sheriff of Kaufman County, Tex.