Clay County AlArchives News.....Chicken Thief sent to Prison.  September 22, 1938
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Ashland Progress September 22, 1938
Tuesday night about 8 o'clock Miss Louie Pruet hearing a disturbance in her hen 
house proceeded to investigate. She turned on the light on the back porch and 
went into the nearby henhouse. She was met face to face by a negro man by the 
name of Dol Henderson. Calling to a member of the family, Miss. Ruth Moon, to go 
for help, the little lady walked out with a gun in hand stating she would shoot 
the thief. The negro called on his feet to do their duty, and in an instant was 
gone, minus the chicken, however, he was recognized by both Miss Pruet and Miss 
Moon. 
Sheriff Mayo was called and went to the home of Henderson and placed him under 
arrest. Early Wednesday morning he entered a plea of guilty in Judge Thompson's 
court and was sentenced to Kilby Prison for a year and a day. A few minutes 
later a prison truck came along and took charge of the colored man who early, 
Tuesday night had planned a feast of chicken for Wednesday.

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