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WILMAM ADCOX TAKEN' IN' CHAWiK AT ST. JOSEPH.lorim-r (liinirotlumi I# Alleged to Have lleeii Con II eel ill With J Hark mulling Scheme. .n,r~iiy.3;el3.II.1.I-William Adcox, a former well known itiHuruiHo mutt of this e|{y, W«n arroHted in 8f. Joseph Thursdayon rompltiini of ii,o Sheriff of Sails bury, , who say*; A deox Is wanted at Iliai place mi ih« charge of nttenipt-‘•(1 blackmail. Chief Dorney of this i lly had Instructions from the Sails-hury to arrest Adcox. as It was t ho ii ah t he would return to this city. The flt, Joseph Newa-Presa says: William Adcox was arrested Thurs-dny by Detective Wilson and Beauchamp at the request of the sheriff at Salisbury. Mo. Adcox Is alleged to have been connected with an attempt at blackmail on Newton Long, ft Tanner near Sumner, Mo. David Adcox, his brother. Is said to be implicated and Is now belay, searched for. IIIh wife him been convicted on a similar charge ami sentenced to e tempt In Jail at Keytesvllle, Mo.David Adcox was employed by Dong and was discharged. In a few days Dong received a letter demand Dig $5,000, to which he paid no at lentfon, and several days later he re eelved another letter demanding $10 0lt;10. The letters were threatening r.nd said If the money was not forth coming, his burns would he burned A week claimed and Dong's banned hog periH were burned. DavidAdoox was arrested, but ecsapecwhen the buggy' |„ which he was be l»R conveyed lo KeytesvIJle. foil Intc a ditch. William Adoox, who wai nr rested last night in connection Wltl the affair, will be taken lo Keytes vllle by an ofliccr.
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Chillicothe Constitution
Chillicothe, Missouri, US
Thu, Apr 29, 1909
Page 6
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