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I-PLAN TO ELOPEtosneetalfarre-bewillereon, i ay u riseshas24thede-een-sesledisansrouseajskne-inad-m- rimy srs, the ne Iv© hatindmmDrthPheiradjoined*IREVEALEDCASEPeknnseiswBoys and Girls Held in teiof Robbery Meant to RunAway, Says Youth’s Ify| Mother. bueatoiA tripple elopement on the part of three boys and girls was the climax I to the theft of the lifetime savings of | tai Joseph Brigauld, street sweeper, robbed of f1,650 last week, according to his complaint made to the police and sheriff and which has*resulted in six people being under arrest on thecharge of .grand larceny. .....Mrs. T, Chenoweth. of 9 Fine street,SSSS -»--------------— *■ - ...........................1ny~BrigauId with grand larceny in an I *nVi inferior criminal court warrant, Mrs. I Chenoweth could not place his con-1 tior nection with the affair. I vohcalled at the News-ltem office today and stated it had been planned by Cornelia Phillips, 15, niece of Bri-gauld, and this is also born out by Brigauld himself, to elope with Herbert Chenoweth, 17, son of Mrs. Chenoweth, and marry somewhere between Mobile and Birmingham; Ed Erdman, 17, had planned, according to Mrs. Chenoweth, to marry Ethel Roberts, 13, and Ruth Wimpee, 15, toSaiImarry Norman Sherman, aged 16. As yto J. B. Wimpee, 22, who is charged ldat- —■ Arrested In Clark County. ■ I £rrNorman .Sherman, charged with grand larceny, was arrested by the IA sheriff of Clark county, Ala., at Grove 1 Hill, and brought to Mobile last night ... . at a late hour and docketed at the jJJjJfce I ut.county jail. He said today that hedid not know anything about the case I ' , or .any plan for elopement and that he | *■first saw the others at Jackson, Ala... I Cornelia Phillips, Herbert Chenoweth, Ruth. Wimpee, J. B. Wimpee ■and Edward Erdmann, are under arrest at Birmingham on the charge otmeCODvlt«suegrand larceny. Ethel Roberts, a mere f ^ont j child» is also held at Birmingham, j|u.the carentgot300the the vaamdsod the im,limtheaccording to information received by Sheriff Holcombe. She Is held as a | ~jjuvenile delinquent. IBrigauld, a man of about 40, statedfhat he has evidence that the Phillips girl, his niece, who lived at the same jlJt house With him at 11 Kennedy street, * was seen near his trunk where he kept the 6l.B50 and that an automobile was purchased with a part of the stolen money.NEGRO CHAUFFEURFINED $35 BY COURT
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The Mobile News Item
Mobile, Alabama, US
Fri, Feb 13, 1920
Page 17
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