Several nights ago the stables of Esquire T. G. PATRICK, residing four or five miles east of this place, were entered by horse thieves, and two fine animals stolen therefrom. As soon as the fact was known, the owner of the horses, accompanied by Mr. T. J. JOYNER and another gentleman, got upon the trail of the thieves, and luckily overhauled them a few miles south of McLemoresville.

The cool courage and iron will of the pursuing party completely overawed the guilty ones; they were taken in charge, and together with the recaptured horses, compelled to “bout face” and move in the direction of the jail of Hardeman county. The thieves gave their names as BIRD, and said they were brothers, and that they lived in Louisville, Ky. While being escorted here, and during a very dark night, one of the scamps escaped. The other is now in jail.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 09 March 1867, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.