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Henry Luce and AlexanderThompson in the Toils.PAULDING COUNTY MEN,lirlt;wEThe Ones Who Pushed the “Queer” at |Summers' and Mrs. Spangler's.— Members of a Bad Gang.tli1s'CSheriff Eiser and Deputy UniteditStates Marshal Jack Snannou havesucceedfd in capturing a couple ofmen whom it is believed are connecteddvLwith a bad gang of counterfeiters andall round crooks in Paulding county.Last week, Wednesday, two men ; ,1lt;1went into the Sommer restaurant inithis city and ordered lunch, which theysat down and ate. They were Remy*]Luce and Alexander Thompson, ofCecil. Thompson completed his mealeariier than his companion did and1arose, paid for the repast with a brightlooking half dollar piece and went outSoon after he was gone the restaurantproprietor discovered the half dollarwas counterfeit, and he so informedLuce who was still there. The latterexpressed surprise, remarked it mustlt;Ihave been through a mistake, andtsoon tiDished his repast and went out.Pretty soon afterward Thompson, theman who paid the bogus half dollar,re-appeared at the restaurant and re-«deemed the bad money by giving agood piece in place of it, saying heknew where he had received it and
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Defiance Democrat
Defiance, Ohio, US
Thu, Jan 06, 1898
Page 8
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