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ADMITS BEINGNEAR HERE ONEVE OF THEFTfSuspect Held In Prairie du ChicnWat Visiting Sister WhennBajik Was Robbed (ip\fthvtMofutOne of two men unlt;i• *r an rat at Prairie flu Chl^n in s.mthwestern Wisconsin admitted to Slm-riff Not man Berk'-dal th i* Saturdaj tha* c he was in this pa ft of tin stat*-on the night tin Newton State hank 'was robbed.He is William Ward-11 who ‘-'at.and federal agents ate staking to hold for possible complicity in df robberies of postofHc - and batik -in the state the past siv wlt; lt;do- IIiscompanion, also in mi! Alden j?Bell.Visited Near HereWardcll. after hours of grilling bv the sheriff, denied he had any part lt;( in the Newton mb Rublu . - mu u • i $4,000 by burning a hole in t• bar. lt;safe with an acetylene ton li.The rohberv took pi. lt;'■ • 'ddav night, April f atWaniell and P1 f,o nor : • si ,»•;dents of Sheboygan Falls and P1- ( mouth. They told authorities they were junk men and :lo ir business was traveling about 11.■ -bite buy- or ing up old lt;.a ’and ■ ’ tp::u;lt; lit ;ing M i them with ac tylenc tot- he for thr Joscrap metal.Matt Kuljeske, Oman t.ve-n operator, who ai lt;omparied Sheriff ( b Berkedal to Richland ('enter Sa!- Rb urday, said Wardcll looked some- girthing like one el three men who entered the tavern on the night the Newton Statrt hank was robbed. ! ('blt; Finger prints tak i of the pair ; f ir by the ant hot it ies at Richland On- anter and Prairie du (,'hien will not ficlt;sid in solving the Manitowoc job. Str No fingerprints were found on the dismantled safe and on the window casings in the Newton bank The stu robbers are believed to have worn ai|lt; gloves during their operation- hoiEvasive About Movements hotWardell. fold Sherifl Berkedal he Twwas in this parr of the state early Rot in April. He said ho went to visit asca sister at Sheboygan Falls on Sun- hot day, April 4. and that on Tuesday. ; Sch April R, he drove hack to Richland Mu, Center to join his partner, Bell The sheriff said Wardell was eva T sdve about his movements between finethose two date = . ofKuljeske said that the three men grai who entered his Osman tavern spm April 5 wore old clothes and their I win faces were dirty and mudsmeared. Wlr For this reason it was difficult, he jun said, to identify Wardell as one of ; Ooethese men. i FileBoth Wardell and Bell are being yjP1 held temporarily on a statutory gch charge to give federal men an opportunity to check on clues that C fhey may have robbed the Richland was Center postoffice of several Hums- tcrr and dollars in stamps. The author Sch ities say the two nu n art involved in an affair with two g'.rls from that part, of the slab ,Sheriff Berkedal said no large• mount of money was found oneither Wardell or Bell. Authoritiesthere believe the two men may be in the employ of some syndicate who spot jobs for the gangs to ! ^pull and remain in the background . until they can contat t those sent lnnr out to actually crack safe- in post m!,rwit ioffices and small banks iIn Separate Cells ' V.l,Wardell and Bel! were pit kml tip , when they sought to pass some par PS: tially burned current % Tlu v ex- -ourIH |meed their frequent visits to theP.vcSlft»d ‘‘enter postoftice b\ saying that they had ici'titly trad'in an automobile for am'htr ma-hine and were awatfng a new titleinw ;lt; sma kr hoSnafrom the secretary of sffr - effictIt Madison.Th* men are being kept n sep nate cells in Prairie du ('bmp Warloll, who was pi- k 1 up -t I’u bland Center had h- *m moved to tin foimer place.The sheriff said Wardell ha a ( 1prison record having he» n -*ui hunt fenced to Wauf .n fop: Slu-bovgao rent In 1933. AldrBURNED TO DEATH rPRINCFTON, W ip I. M r.Grover. BH \ lt;.tt old ( i ; : • o p. - bto death Saturday wlo n flann a swept his 'arm 1 ou ■ Yu ■■ i d Kuehn. a neighbor, d • o\ lt;t r- Rbla/e tnrj jute 'o savf (t!Mil 4prrp ■ *Hf raid Tim.f« ads bring m t) *n
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Manitowoc Herald Times
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Apr 26, 1937
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