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Boys Had “Routes” On Which They Mode Daily be!iverie*—How TheyBunked the Hunks.”. DED1 « ►rnarrlaof Art formerciety, lt;known eras, o court lie m a 2, and rlages, Wellt;bury 1i secondWelddaughi brewei Mrs, ; oral y Peytoi the dlBrown.Wei*where and hlncomlt;DENI- A Fort Wayne coal trust was ‘ 1 busted ’? by tbe police today when*the eight “directors/* Nickand Joe Wojereschowski, George Webber, Disk and Earl Kalbach-er, Albert Krantz, Joe Condre and George Shulkie were arrested on affidavits filed in the city court by Officer Tiouis Crawley* charging them with stealing coal from the Olds Coal company's yards.All the boys except George Webber are under sixteen and were certified to the juvenile court. .Webber was released by Judge Mnngovan on his promise never to steal, any more coal.The youngsters, tyho all live on John street, had been stealing the coal for several months and finally had worked up a list of regu-.lar customers, who bought thefuel as rapidly as the hoy$ couldsteal it.- Two of these customerswill be arrested if the stories told by the hoys can be substantiated and if sufficient evidence can be found against the oth^r purchasers, alL will be locked up for receiving stolen goods.: Rea) Frenzied Finance*The hoys In .their operations evl- I fi deneed air the- skill of .regular1- o.oal City barons, getting their supplies; at - the- that lowest market prices and selling at wottW top figures, In. some cages riot, even deney Msltailrig to short weight” their cus- porteiMASSBOS Bird, nor o; Won,TheodwouldpreaidBirdheadcjtheyBut vdistarstatecfContinued on Page Eleven.J me dibe as
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, US

Wed, Dec 04, 1912

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