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)n;rtvetyton-3)ven-BOMBING HITSSHELTON KINRestaurant Opearted bySister Blasted.Ofn-mryif-FAIRFIELD, 111., June 20.— e A restaurant and living quarters owned by Big Earl Shelton’s sister i and brother-in-law were demolished 0j by bombing early Sunday. u_ Last night—nearly 24 hours later 1Ci 1 —the blasted rubble of the frame 3 ** building was burned to the ground li„ I The- “Drive-Inn,” along U. S. be Highway 45 about two miles south ial ot Fairfield, was operated by Guy i and Lulu Belle Pennington. The dy living quarters was about 100 feet n- to the rear of the restaurant.Sheriff Hal Bradshaw of Wayne pt | county said he had no idea who did ed either Job.es The bombing and house burning were regarded by officials as simp-ft- ly two more incidents in a coritin* K._,uingj ae clan.ported to have taken a toll of 40 lives in-'the prohibition era. ‘There'll be more,” one resident] predicted.j But Mrs. Agnes Shelton, 87-year-old widowed mother of Earl and Lulu Belle, said: “I wish this shooting would quit. I just can’t stand much more. It's just about killedoyiller ,__„h I me.’™~f j No one was injured in the bombing which awakened residents inesn-s-)n70be.e , town. Both buildings were emptied 1* shortly before by a raid in which lt;an estimated $2,000 worth of liquor was confiscated.More liquor was seized in raiding the basement of Ogle Pennington, Guy’s brother who operates a nearby tavern.Wayne county is dry.Four persons were arrested at the roadhouse and one at the home. They were identified as Edith Watkins of Mt. Vernon; Seva BelleMeredith, Andrew Carter and Emerald Cates of Belleville, and George et I O'Brien.| Four of those arrested were s- 'charged with selling Intoxicating ■Id liquor without a license and the ,al I iifth with being an inmate of a be house of ill fame. Bond for eachrekebys-dsve1 was set at $2,000.a-tor-The bombing came about a month after Big Earl was shot and seriously wounded at a club he operates in |town. nlt;
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Vincennes Sun Commercial
Vincennes, Indiana, US
Mon, Jun 20, 1949
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