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IISs-issofas11toidlieatedictbyiety'sOSHKOSH MAN, 25, GIVEN SENTENCE IN PENITENTIARYJoseph Metko Admits Stealing; From Iron and Metal Company—Gets One toTwo-Year TermJoseph Metko, 25-year-old Oshkosh youth, was sentenced to serve from one to two years in the state prison at Waupun today by Municipal Judge Hughes upon his plea of guilty to a charge of breaking into the Max Pump Iron and Metal Company yard during the night of Wednesday, June 30. Metko was arrested late ycster-Tday while walking along the highway near Waupaca and' immediately confessed to the crime. He was apprehended by County Traffic Officers Irving Stilp and Clarence Smith.His arrest revealed that instead of working with an accomplice, Metko was actually alone the night he broke into the junk yard, loaded his car with auto radiators and es-coped, although he was discovered in the act of stealing from the yard, by Carl Gloede, an empoJye. DASHED FOR GATE When Gloede switched on a light, Metko made a dash for the gate on foot and disappeared across a field. While Gloede was searching for Metko, the car, loaded with loot, suddenly started and roared out of the junk yard and away, leading authorities to believe two men were involved.Metko explained that he had merely hid in the field and retraced his steps to the yard while Gloede was searching for him. He drove to Appleton where he abandoned the machine and started out on foot for Waupaca.Also in municipal court thistydsait-mrctye~ntesitIs,illi£-ofa-LibrWith wcekei the Fo “twice dents i the usiOn I figures who w the - 0» posted pared I Safety, “how, 1 works The suThe 94 acc have b ed :n t matlon statistsnaires tors, phavingthe aoMOs:Chillt; the on fire wo) vealed, for bo; were a 2; age years, 21-30 ; 8; and by ageI-5, ntII-15 ; over 31Most Fourth due tc and so the Fc dents i lows: July, fIt
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Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jul 02, 1937
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