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*******ilauy Humes Is Grilled InEfli,i t To Solve CantonMurder Mystery Fl------------- f brinVAS ROOMMATE OF throSLAIN RUM RUNNERi r!concr Says Blackmailingimp]of t roanScheme Was Worked OnLiquor Purchasersiniton. \ug li’.—‘Harry Humes ol l a Iavprpool was taken into cus-v it noon b Sheriff Milo t'athou being grilled in an effort to ill,, muni r mystery of Paul Kit' vi ho was found shot to death a lonely country lane yesterdaymornihg.Hume- was a room mate with Kit-\Y eortU’ routine; here three weeks ago, unu jschil h.ih inlrodueed to the murdered man jnf.lien Kudner, who was recently i vjiteii in the Cleveland federal , in on a liquor charge, Kitzig l»e-iu the ehief witness for the government .Humes told the sheriff today that ii( and Kitzig had been working a li kmailfng scheme, on prominent n n who had purchased liquor from Kudner, making them pay small sums .il* nee w hen Kitzig was next to ;i||sar in federal court in other liq-ingThafterparttaitirhereJ I*UOf* | '% ^ :'3 ,Humes gave the sheriff the name 1 on* of these alleged blackmailed• in- whom Kitzig is supposed toI ;,VI beaten up the morning of the day lie w.is murdered, and who Kil-til’d Hume, had threatened to geti-v-n with the murdered man.The sheriff is trying to defennimwillThtheDepcformseheia. mloadsplanlto.,1 xhilTheret 11 rE.it Kune - was with Kitzig at the time 1 tsintl he v a - slain, Humes having deelared \\f \li d Kitzig was to meet « man that night and 'coliert blackmail.lots .i f Ml
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Salem News
Salem, Ohio, US
Fri, Aug 12, 1921
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