April 25, 1872: The Herald and Tribune alerted readers, âCharlie Harrison and Joseph Dickerson were committed to jail last week. They were charged with stealing salt.â
The newspaper also reported, âLem. Wilder was also committed to jail on Monday night. He was tried before Squire Meek, and the circumstantial evidence was so strong that he was bound over in court, a bail of $2,000 being required. He is charged with robbing the shoe-shop of Carr & Seaver at Johnson City, a short time since.â
The Herald and Tribune was, and still is, a newspaper published in Jonesborough, which was spelled that way in 1872.
Two thousand dollars in 1872 is now worth approximately $43,117. (Source: www.in2013dollars.com)