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. arrest In the West Side murder •-'•■jr'BteiT' which remains unsolved des-: pilV • tlie Ttclim was identified ns llcary SInlone, was maflc whim at Ihe\ iAfitauce- of Sheriff K- JL IDckey, ■'Deputy Sheriff Wanzer Uickry. took into cast oily a uwu who giivetUe name Of. Stove Douglas. He was‘picked w nt-.the home of roiatires .in Sinking Springs, Highland county, aM.wSU be witIV statements 'of lus* wberea-UDd knows nothing about it.The officials say they have evidencethat Douglas w».s seen talking to Malone just before he left WashingtonWashington C f-J. He 3« 51 horae under a ml say? lie worked his way liens by easy stages otter leaving Washington C- H.Sheriff ItieUey said today he learnedthe innrOer at the home of a man named James Lewis, on Twin Creek. When a man called there Dougins is reportelt;l to have said : ”Js ihut theshmfrrThe Jiexi Any, or Monday, December ri, jktigliis says lie.left for his home al Sinking Spring*, tie denies owning rJk? hig nrere.-oat found on Dry Uun and which is supposed to have been Malone’s coat. Officials at Washington 0. JL. insist lhat Douglas wore, ihe coat and that he was frequently seen with Malone before he left that for Portsniotuh. Officials here to* were inclined 10 be-statementsWhen asked why he was so nervousand kept talking about the sheriff, 1tesuhl., he left some unpaid bills iu# Washingr.on C. II.. and was a f mill of living attached.city day said they lVve Dougins'1,01.1s before and after Hie brutal 1C. 13.. and tluii the rwo men wore seenmurder can be' verified- He *ilt; now in together i” CMMcotlte on the morn-titc local jail. Dougins. w1,o i* about inn of Saturday, Dmunber -I. Hie. Jay-- vcnrs 0i,i. strenuously denies of the murder. Douglas denies these„ ,,.,1,1,.. •iWout ilie Malone I statements and s«ys lie did not talk known* arn thing nbou t - rhiilu-othe or inmurder He says be was nut on theihut Douglas spent Sundsr ' night, after
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Portsmouth Daily Times

Portsmouth, Ohio, US

Wed, Jan 11, 1922

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