Look Out for Thieves!!

This place has been infested of late with a gang of thieves, insomuch [inasmuch] that property of almost all kinds, has been unsafe unless secured with bolts and bars; cattle and hogs have been made a free booty. The community are awake to ferret them out, and have already made some inroads among them; the measures that are taking, have created a general alarm among the midnight pilagers, and they are making tracks as fast as possible. As it is very possible that some may escape JUSTICE, and palm themselves upon an unsuspecting community, we give this notice as a timely warning, that all may be on the look out. We sincerely hope that all those who escape justice here, will soon be overtaken in their wickedness-ALTON is a suitable place for all such characters.