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FHURSDAY. JAN. 13, 1950rrest MadeContinued from page 1 , and First Sgt. Chester Wil-of the Seymour post, on a rant issued out of Seymour court charging him with is-g a fraudulent check. The of-s did not tell him of suspicion |iting to him in the Crothcrs-taxi-cab driver’s slaying un-fter they returned him here y. He waived extradition, overt’s body, a gunshot wound er the right arm and another at close range through the t ear, was found lying cross-» in the center of a Scott lty road about 200 yards east he Jackson-Scott county line t 6:30 o’clock Wednesday ning. His 1950 model taxicab missing, but was later found garage parking lot at Scotts-with blood on the steering el and on the front seat, and p on the back seat, which of* rs say has been identified as nging to Bowers.Engaged for Coon Huntfflcers first suspected Bowersn they learned that Tuesday rnoon he had spoken to Ko-about taking him in his taxi e could go coon hunting Tues-night. Friends said Kovert them he was going to make “last trip” Tuesday night to • him coon hunting and then |med to have his car, which being repaired after a recent ent, finished.e state police, aided by shal Sampson Mitchell, of thersville, and Sheriff RalphMorris, of Scott county, traced Bowers’ activities, learning he had been in Scottsburg Tuesday night., with a shotgun and had taken it with him in a taxicab back to Crothersville to his home, where he took a bath and changed clothing, returning to Scottsburg before leaving the community for Middletown. Marshal Mitchell and Scott county Sheriff Morris found a .20 gauge shotgun at his home in Crothersville late Wednesday afternoon. Police said Kovert was killed with charges from a .20 gauge shotgun.Mr. Kovert’s father said his son always carried a billfold with him with money in it and the billfold, which is missing, has not been recovered. Several dollars in change was found in Kovert’s sweater pocket by the officers at the slaying scene and his watch had not been taken. Bowers, inhis preliminary statement, told officers he had about $40 of Ko-vert’s money on him later Tuesday night.Funeral services for Mr. Kovert. known to his friends by thenickname “George ”, will be conducted at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon from the Evangelical and Reformed Church in Crothersville with the Rev. Charles H. Schmitt, pastor, in charge. Burial in the Crothersville cemetery.Friends may call at the Kovert home in C rothersville after 6 o’-Clock tonight.Mr. Kovert was born November13, 1918, in Crothersville, the son of Henry W. and Lula Peters Kovert, who survive. Although bornon November 13. he was not superstitious and had requested ashis 1950 license plate, the number SK-13. which the car was bearing when he drove it on his last trip.Graduated in 1938He attended grade school and high school in Crothersville, being graduated from the Crothersville High School with the class of 1938. He enlisted April 4, 1941, in the U. S. Army and served for four years and eight and one-half months in a medical detachment of the famous 38th Cyclone Division. Much of that time was spent overseas in the Pacific theater of operations and he was stationed New Guinea. He from the army 1945After his discharge from the army, he operated a taxi for Raymond Hall in Crothersville for a short time, later buying out Mr. Hall and since that time he had operated his own taxi business, the only one in Crothersville. His parents said he enjoyed operating the taxi and had never indicated to them there was any danger involved in his work.His father is a carpenter-con-tractor in Crothersville. Besides the parents, he is survived by two brothers, Paul Kovert, of Crothersville, and Lester Kovert, at home.for a time onwas dischargedin November,Tonight Seen asContinued from page 1 Mrs. Everhart said White River is still above flood level but is going down at a faster rate now.
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Seymour Daily Tribune
Seymour, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 19, 1950
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