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OFFICERS UNABLE and the poiiea lore# aay Jones hadITO LOCATE MONEYample time to have hidden the moneyTAKEN OUT VAULTtome place other than bis placerOoettaawi from r**» l-*m*m lt;the court house and concealed itunder some boards, where X left it until X gave it to Jim Jones about 12 ©dock of the same day. After concealing the money in the attic I went out in front of the oourt house, andresidence. Jonee and Lane are be.agin differentkept separted, locatedparts of the jail and being questioned individually, the storychecked against the other. Officers from the sheriff* department andthe police force both eapreee the be-Jim Jones happened to be coming by in his car, and X stopped him, I;» ifiIt* IIIIitI13IBBir1ItmitD9LytifinssauRBrrii8tasked w® hr he would get me sometobacco, and he said be would anddrove up town, got the tobacco and came back and gave it to me.“X then asked him, 'Will you do me a favor V He said, ‘Sure, what isItr T «ud, *1 have some moneyand I want you to hide it for me.’He said, ‘Ail right.’ He asked mewhere I got it, and I said, I got itdown in the assessor’s safe.**1 then told him to come back and we would make arrangementsfor the final disposition of the money. He did not come back again that day, nor on the neat day. So on Monday, June 5, I delivered some coal, in a county truck, at the direction of Dave Taylor, and while doing so X went and saw Jim Jones at the Home Cabin camp where he lived In one of the cabins. X told him that the sheriff had found my fingerprints on the vault door, and that X was leaving, anlt;j 1 wanted the money,“He said, 'W«U, it will not b« a good idea to give it all to you, because if you are caught you will be out all of that money, take Just a few dollar* to eat 0% and wbm you gal far enough away, write to me, and I wiU send it to you.'“I said. 'All right,' and he gave me five dollars, and 1 left. X then drovethe truck over near the Presbyterian church, where I saw a Packard sedan standing in front of the church, and got Into this sedan and drove to Pocatello, where X was arrested, and taken to the city jail.“Sheriff Meppen. Deputy Sheriff Tillman and Prosecuting Attoreny Mackenzie brought me back to IdahoFalla I make this statement for thepurpose of clearing up the matter of the theft of the money from the assessor's office, and to remove suspicion from the assessor and bis office force, and from Dave Taylor.“LARRY LANE.” Subscribed and sworn to before me this tith day of June, 1333.W, D, HUFF AKER Probate Judge, Bonneville County, Idaho.Witnesses;A C. CARLSON HARRY MEPPENJones Silent.Jones maintained a stolid silence in the jail, except to deny that any part of the Lane statement is true when questioned.The sheriff, his deputies and members of the police force are still looking for the hidden money. The Jones place of residence has been searched as has the surrounding sections. Men from the sheriffs officelief that Jones got the money fromLane and has it hidden.Sheriff Meppen in discussing the matter stated Wednesday morning that he desired to give Chief Carlson credit for helping in the work. Th« sheriff asked the commissionersfor the privilege of calling in help,a preference for ChiefexpressingCarlson.Thechi*? stated the sheriff, “worked with us, offering valuablesuggestions and assistance whichhelped clear up th« crime and fasten the responsibility. The police of Pocatello gave us great help in arresting and holding Lane as the latter was trying to make his get away in the stolen oar. We laid a trap in order to get the information neededWe had the fingerprints photographed on the office door and thevault door and let the news spreadamong the trusties that all were tohave their print* checked with the photographs which caused Lane to make the break giving us the opportunity we needed Percy Moral!, the prison truetywho worker with Lane in cleaningthe court house and the assessor's office Sunday morning signed a statement which Is substantially that which was published in The Post* Register Tuesday.Moral! told officers he saw Lane hand a candy box td Jim Jones and told Lane, that “he was a fool to try and pull something which would get him in trouble.'*tIniI\Twin Fall* Lamb1Pool Bring* $7.75ifTWIN FALLS, June 7. lt;/P The first consignment of the season shipped by the Twin Fallscounty lamb pool consisting of1000 lambs sent from Burley and Twin Falls last week, brought 17 73 for tops at Denver yesterday, the price being 25 cents above the previous high mark for the season on the Denver market, Harvey R Hale, county agent andsecretary of the pool, said he was advised William R. Smith andsbn of Denver bought the poolfor 15573,45.After rejecting a local bid of$6.17, the pool directors decidedto ship the lambs to Denver.*«i«FI RST STREETGROCERYUrST MARKET
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Idaho Falls Post Register
Idaho Falls, Idaho, US
Wed, Jun 07, 1933
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