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Check StranglesSelfmidler-yre of 1-j c- 1 12 !i-e-D- Ire r- iitsIn St. Peter JailV-drlver has reached six points, warn motorists that suspension of their driving privileges Is serious and rites the perils of careless or reckless driving.“The point is serving a dual purpose,” Kenaley said. “The public is becoming more safety conscious and flagrant violations are decreasing. And we are making it clear that the habitual violator is going to be deprived of the use of our streets and highjack Raymond A (laches Belt To Bunk,Leans Into ItExpert Forger And WifeWere Awaiting Sentence— $15,000 In Checks Involvedways.V1CTS HUNTED URL SLUGGEDST. PETER (AP)—Jack Raymond, 39-year-old forger, whowas to have been sentenced infederal court today for conspiracy strangled himself in his jail cellhere this morning.The prisoner looped hi* belt around his neck and f fastened it to the upper bunk of his cell. Then. Sheriff Clifford Witty said, Raymond “just leaned into It” until hewas dead, while sitting on his lower hunk.*1A son of H iakon County said he be- jro lleved the man was one of the j?d Rapid City escapees because the | Raymond, had he changed hises car was stolen at Box Elder was mind, could have halted his tui-lil found here. cide attempt, by sitting bade ini- Other officers expressed some the bunk. There was much slack te (doubt because there apparently I tn the belt, the sheriff said, was only one man.Midland is 62 miles southwest of Pierre, on U. S. 14. jA search h^s been in progress jsince Saturday night for Albert McIntyre, 36, and Henry E. I fie Wunder, 19, when they escaped a from the Pennington County jailea i in Rapid City, iThey had previously escapedan from the Barton County jail in th Great Bend, Kan. Later they had a abandoned and stolen several j cars in South Dakota.They also were accused of robbing Roy Davis, Rapid City rancher, and stealing his car after leaving him bound at his ranch home. They were captured June 4 at a roadblock near Eagle I Butte, S. D., after a week long ; hideout in the mountains of west-b- em South Dakota.The body was found at S a. m. by Deputy SheriffGeorge Witty, and CoronerCarl Klein estimated the man had been dead about two hours. At 10 p. m. Thursday, Sheriff Witty talked to theprisoner and found him “ happy-go-lucky as ever.**Raymond and his wife, the former Virginia Gibbs, pleaded guilty in federal court in Mankato last week to the con^iracy charges growing out of forgery of checks for about $15,000. The two also pleaded guilty to one of four counts of an indictment charging interstate transportation of forged instruments.Sentencing was delayed pending pre-sentence investigation. They were to have been taken to St. Paul today for sentencing. Sheriff Witty and the federal mar-jshal’s office said sentencing of the woman now will be further delayed.Raymond had been held here and his wife in Mankato. She is a native of Jordan, Minn., and also lived in Duluth. Federal agents raided her Belle Fourche, La Pampa province, four non- I S. D., apartment last fall, seizing2 Revoltapturedtiale,commissioned officers at Buenoe Aires’ Campo de Mayo and three men at La Plata. The order came after firing squads had executed38 military men and civilians as[S^ participants in the revolt.lto-ttatidheidorr«Ia-The source said the 11 probably will be sentenced to life imprisonment.Military courts meeting In secret Missions now are deliberating the fate of more than 300 persons arrested after the uprising was put down Sunday. Possibly 100 or more persons died in the brief fighting.Both Valle and Tanco were retired from the army after Peronwas overthrown. The government said Valle would have taken ! Paul, over as president if the revoltforgery equipment.HABITUAL CRIMINALRaymond was brought to Minnesota under guard from the Walla Walla, Wash., prison, where h« was serving a life sentence as anhabitual criminal. Two years ago he escaped from a prison vanwhich was taking him to the institution. \^§§lffShortly afterward, the Tri-State Printing Co. St. Paul, was burglarized. The loot included a check protector and thousands ofcheck blanks ready for mailing to the State Bank of Morgan, Minn. Hundreds of the worthless checks subsequently bouncedaround the nation.Raymond formerly lived in fit.
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Fergus Falls Daily Journal
Fergus Falls, Minnesota, US
Tue, Jun 12, 1956
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