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THRELKELD WAS VICTIM OF FURYHis Garage Was Dynamited on Saturday Night and Wreck Was ConsiderableCounty Attorney .). p. Threlkeld I | drove homo hilt* on Saturday night j innd put his car in his garage. P being a (ianlaer sedan. This was per-liaps near one o'clock. At two o’clock an explosion was heard which extended to file remotest parts of the town, and aroused the occupants in the Threlkeld home. During the interim of one hour some culprit had slipped j into the garage and placed an active ! dynamite bomb, and. made his get- j I away. 'Do* car is a practical wreck,1 besides doing several hundreds of dol- 1lars of oilier damage. The garage; was a tile structure and was e nnsid- . erably demolished. There was another ear in the building belonging lo another member of the family, but it was not greatly damaged.The destruction probably is not as complete as the actor desired, but it | shows the disposition o. tie* unknown j vandal. Mr. Threlkeld li::s been quite • vigorous in the prosecution of liquor cases, and bootleggers,, and In* believes here lies the motive. Someone covertly sought to take revenge, lie says lie had received anonymous threats i but was not alarmed hv them, hut ■ here is no doubt sotn° preliminary• handiwork.
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Chariton Herald Patriot
Chariton, Iowa, US
Thu, Feb 17, 1927
Page 7
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