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♦Bennie Litwin Scores in SecondCapture of an Alleged CrookMember of Star Cloth ini; Company. Now Managing aStore at Chanute. Corners an AllegedForcer for I’olice Chief..{Tribune reports it. as'follows: r Willis Brnw**r. a young i:nl. laMr. Bennie Lit win. former I ohm still a member of the Star Clothing company, of tola. Chanute am! Kni-' Vie ins detained in .the iiy Jail on poria, Is nominated for-the degreej the chars;*' ff passing a hot check, of lay detective and chevrons to df*«; The transaction took place at the note two successful catches. • Star Clothing Company’s store lastIs there a second to the nomi-j evening about Brower had pick-nation? ed out some merchandise and of-By acclamation? The detective- j fered a / heck in payment. The elect will make a bom*. The sec- i check looked a little warm to Benretary will make the minutes show) Litwin. manager of the'store and unanimous’approval of the norafna- he called the. bank. It happenedtfoo. and let; the record state the) that Cashier H. C. Bodlev was still_ « 1 _ _ _occasions upon which the award is j in the. building and he ^sked Lit-based. i win to bring the check jovfcr.' ItThis record—all fa cet lot: s ness aside—is a good one. Mr. Litwin. athletic and keen, is accustomed to arriving at a decision quickly and then executing it. A short time ago. he conducted a successfulwas pronounced a.forger^r and the* two went hack to the store to question Brower.“The young man was near thedoor and when things began to get warm he made a dastv for thechase after a man who bar! done r street. Ben Litwin was near him some shop-lifting in his Chanutf j and followed. The race lastedKtore. The man was brought to t»ay by Mr. Litwin. fleet of foot and rtse-Uke grapple.The second chase was just lastonly about a half block w hen Brower fell and Litwin grabbed him and brought hiin back to the store. Chief Lindquist was called and potTuesday night and the Chanute j the young man in.ft
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Iola Register

Iola, Kansas, US

Thu, Feb 04, 1926

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