Ionia County MI Archives News.....AN EXCITING TIME. PORTLAND OFFICERS HAVE A FIGHT WITH WOULD-BE HORSE THIEVES October 28, 1894 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilynn Johnson texas26@gmail.com October 13, 2016, 6:09 pm Detroit Free Press October 28, 1894 Portland, Mich., Oct 27. M. McRoberts found two thieves on his premises last night, one of whom attempted to steal his horses. They were driven away, but returned an hour later, one of them shooting twice through McRoberts' hat. They were pursued about town by officers, and a deadly fusillade continued untio early morning, with no one killed or wounded. One of McRobert's assailiants answers the description of a man wanted at Battle Creek for shooting an officer. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/newspapers/anexciti180nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb