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Drawing a knife he cut the traces , and took out of the shafts the Judge 's famous trotting mare , Lizzie D. , which he mounted with the remark : `` ` Sheriff Johnson , I reckon , would come after the money anyway , but the hoss 'll fetch him -- sure pop . ' `` These words have just been given to us by Judge Shannon himself , who tells us also that the outrage took place on the North Section Line , bounding Bray 's farm . `` After this speech the highway robber Williams rode towards the township of Osawotamie , while Judge Shannon , after drawing the buckboard to the edge of the track , was compelled to proceed homewards on foot . `` The outrage , as we have said , took place late last evening , and Judge Shannon , we understand , did not trouble to inform the County authorities of the circumstance till to-day at noon , after leaving our office . What the motive of the crime may have been we do not worry ourselves to inquire ; a crime , an outrage upon justice and order , has been committed ; that is all we care to know . If anything fresh happens in this connection we propose to issue a second edition of this paper . Our fellow-citizens may rely upon our energy and watchfulness to keep them posted .