Jackson County IL Archives News.....PERSONAL ITEMS - George CRETH October 16, 1923
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Murphysboro Daily Independent October 16, 1923

    Sunday night George CRETH, who lives in the north side of the city returned
from church and retired to bed with his family at the usual hour to be disturbed
in a short time by a noise among the turkeys of his neighbor, Mr. C. B. DISHON,
who owns a very nice gang, that use a tree for their use by the house in which
Mr. Creth lives; Geo. got his revolver from beneath his pillow, and concluded he
would see what it was that was causing the turkeys to fly from their roost at
that hour of the night, he got to the foot of the tree in time to see a
gentlemen well known to himself coming down the truck of the tree at telegraph
speed.  The presentation of George's gun had a tendency to loosen the turkey
gentlemen's grip on the old gobbler he had selected, and to beg like a good
fellow for mercy.  The midnight marauder was released on condition that he would
never so much as say "turkey" under the penalty of being exposed.


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Transcribed by Mary Riseling from grandfather C. E. RISELING's collection of old
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