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bOIlt.shotw hi I WinResidents of West lrj and WiUoh streets wort aroused by a number ofrIfifrF*revolver shots Saturday afternoon, fired by Constable John Post m pur*suit of John Ford, colored, who didnot crave John p rescue ♦*Ford wa^ wanted oft a charge ofstealing a cow from James Nelson last fall and gelling it. and the k**a!officer* have been watching for himever ninety but without finding him. On Saturday flics learned that be was at his home on Wilson at reef and Ofti lt;**r* Post and Cook went to mrcst him. When Pont approached the house John Jumped from a second story window and ran although Post fired a num/ber of shot* iu the air the quarry kept on until the officer over took him.The ease was set for Squire Irani* !court hut before It could be called, Mr Nahion withdrew the charge on Ford paying the coat of prosecution and the latter was releasedThe now had been sold to a Mr. Stanley, of Westville, who In turn, It is said, sold her to Joe Pobbs, north of Berlin Center, Mr Nelson later recovering poKsesfaon of the animatia InMeforcankilt\nuw hbrogorPaltMU)mm.iantSelhisthes
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Salem News
Salem, Ohio, US
Mon, Apr 05, 1909
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