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1ST. LOUIS GROCERARRESTED fN DEATHDRY OFFICERSJohn Giannola Believed to HaveSome Connection With BigIllinois Still.(Tiy A##oelat«’fl Pre*s.)ST. LOUiS, Feb. 8.—A federal war-,* rant charging violation of the Dyer 1 1 act was issued here today for arrest ' of John Giannola, of .St. Louis wljole-'i 'sale grocer,*in connection with an in-1iLlt;vestigation into the slaying of Constable Omer Hockett, of Edwards-jville, Ills., and his asistant, John Bal- lt;ke.I,' -rThe warrant was issued following(discovery Saturday of an automobile cthat had been towed to a garage in1 cGranite City, 111.., from the old Sul-1 livan farm at Horseshoe Lake wherecthe bodies of Hockett and Balke were! j found Friday in a shallow grave. LEarl Price, mechanic at the fr.arage'y said he got the car from the farm Jan-ijuary 29, the day Hockett and BalkeIdisappeared, on an order given him by a truck driver employed by Giaiuidla. Later, he said, an order was given him I by Giannola to have the car fitted with*f new' tires.H * oIssuance of the warrant was based p on the fact that the car, .stolen in St. Louis January 13, from Anglo Sapu-to, who resides near the Giannola[J home, was apparently in possession of Giannola. The car was seized todayby department of justice agents and brought here.Giannola, his wife said at his home, is out of the city on a trip over his trade territory. She said ho has been S( away three weeks. He has not been1/.]apprehended by authorities.On the third day of their probe in- sjt(to the deaths of the two officers, who1tlare believed to have been captured and slain by moonshiners, authorities tookiai steps to obtain the names of three £| men who leased the old Sullivan farm1 jj, a few months ago from Charles ni Young, its owner. Their names have ^not been made public.IThe bodies were found near an leabandoned house on the farm in which zlt; authorities found a quantity of whis-jtikey mash and parts of stills. |flt;A theory held by Madison county, Illinois, authorities that the element Litof graft entered into the slaying, isstill under investigation but officials admitted they have no definite infor-j(l niation upon which to base that belief. u
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Jefferson City Daily Capital News
Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Tue, Feb 09, 1926
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