Chief Askew's Diary: June 3, 1930

A chicken thief strikes, a house burns down, and other news of the day

Chief Askew received a call this morning from a Newnan lady reporting that “Theives had entered her chicken yard sometime last night, stealing several R.I. [Rhode Island] Red hens, and several friars.” Of course he meant fryers, among them four Barred Plymouth Rocks, not several Catholic brothers.

That same morning, a residence on Nimmons Street caught fire and “burned practically up,” he continued. “They saved most of the furniture & Etc.”

A reader of the Atlanta Constitution today would learn about the successful flight of a German zeppelin, a boy who died after being bitten by a rabid dog, and a roundup of Al Capone’s men in Chicago after a weekend of killings that surpassed the St. Valentine’s Day massacre of 1929.

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The illustration of a Barred Plymouth Rock rooster and hen is from The Poultry Manual. A Complete Guide for the Breeder and Exhibitor, published in England in 1911. It was accessed via Wikimedia Commons.