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! *Woodruff Man 24,Denies Burglary,Arson ChargesFranklin J. Stevens, 24. Woodruff, on parole from the state ofon probation in Wisconsin. todav pleaded innocent in Oneida County Court to 11 counts of burglary and one count of arsonin connection with raids on a number of summer homes in the Min-ocqua - Woodruff area last fall.Stevens, who was returned here Thursday from Milwaukee, where he was apprehended on a warrantissued last week, will have a preliminary hearing at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Feb 28. Judge George As decided.Bail was set at $.*.j Officers said Stevens, paroled from an Ohio prison after serving j iart of a 40-year term for twostatutory rape charges, was placed | on probation in Circuit Court he.*e jI last summer for escaping from|thc | Oneida. county jail |in|| Stevens entered his § innocent jplea after his brother, Henry ;J.,j18. and a cousin. NormanjjW gStev* I iens,|22.| both oft Woodruff. |asked| . for appointment of legal counsel! I when they were arraigned today. [Earlier they had pleaded guilty,i thus waiving preliminary hearing,I and were bound over for further} proceedings. jI Henry J. Stevens is charged with11 burglaries, while Norman W.,Stevens is charged ,with on« burglary and with aiding an 1 abetting j in another Bail for Henry was fixed at $5,000 and for Norman at $2,500. Judge Richards named Atty. Lee Bernsteen to represent the two cousins.!, In another action. James A. Shaver, 21. Rhinelander, who -escaped from the county jail here I last Dec, 26. also asked for appointment of a lawyer! when? hej was arraigned on charges of burg-1 larvS and car theft, Atty.I Earl L.f {Kennedy was|appointed||to| repre-| jsent him. Bail was fixed at $3,000.;j | Eight!of the burglaries? charged against | Franklin and | Henry pfocigJcurrcd last Nov 28 in the Mid lakel aiea Cottages allegedly |eniered|were owned bv Rav McNamarJthef tWexler family. Dr. Janies Biller,|I Frank H. Page, Leoj|Lima. Barthel] j family, Edwin F. Beal awlf RobertI Serns,In addition. Henry and FranklinI are charged with burglarizing the J cottages of R. F. Wrenn. Leo W. Jj Bo.vle and Harry Schwartz burg in i the town of Woodruff, the first two j i Sept 5 and the third Dec. 2. Nor- 1 | man is charged with the Boyle!burglary and with aiding and alx?t- ; ting the Wrenn burglary. |Franklin is charged with setting I fire to the William Wells cottage jon Clear lake Nov; 15. Wells is a j ; resident of Liberty ville, II
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Rhinelander Daily News
Rhinelander, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Feb 23, 1962
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