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Hold Two Suspects In Oxford TheftEfforts to sell, in Cincinnati' im electric sanding machine, such as is used 011 wooden floors, led to arrest of two men as suspects in a robbery May 20 at a bungalow being built by Perry Bock over, near Oxford, Sheriff John C. Schumacher dis closed today.The suspects were traced lo Dayton, and following arrest there were arraigned in the mayor's court at Oxford, pleaded not guilty and were held to the grand jury under $1,000 bond each, They were taken lo the jail in Hamilton pending efforts to provide the bonds.The suspects registered as W_ L. Gullcttc and Vernon Marcum. According to the charge of burglary, they allegediv entered the Bockovcr bungalow while workmen were absent* and took the sanding machine, valued at $2(10, gii electric saw filer, two electric gears, one chandelier, a bux full of tools and a shotgun.Traced By HumberSome of the loot was recovered' by Schumacher and Deputy Mark Du err.Clever detective work entered into the case. Bookover had a notation of the factory number on {he sanding machine, and consulted with tho manufacturers after it was stolen. Soon after tho robbery a sanding machine, 'later found to have the same serial number, was offered for sale in. Cincinnati at “bargainprice.” Tho prospective buyer wassuspicious and notified the fnetorywhere officers obtained the names ofGullette and Marcum. ———- /
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Hamilton Evening Journal

Hamilton, Ohio, US

Fri, Jul 10, 1931

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