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Wesley Kerns of Near Kingston, To Be Questioned ForHis Part of Act.Four hogs stolen from the farmof Harry Heath, one mile west ofNew Holland early Saturday morning, were recovered on the farm of Wesley Kerns, 48. one and one-half miles south of Kingston byofficers took him along and investigated the claim, learning that the hogs purchased of the man failed to tally with the four found on the Kerns farm.loclt;Fayette-eo officials. | fRalph Williams and Isaac Beedy of Washington C. H., suspected by the officers, are being held in Fay-ette-co jail awaiting a formal charge of hog-stealing.The two men were arrested by„ Heath was then called and immediately picked out his four hogs. Still Kerns held to his original story. The hogs were then loaded in a truck and returned to Heath’siitfpremises. Kerns being taken along to see if the hogs appeared at home with the remainder of theand gavetheir IaVherd, which they did, every indication of knowing surroundings. ^Sheriff Minton then gave Kerns an opportunity to tell the rightPf(Sheriff Minton and Deputy Vin , .. , . ... .about 4-30*story» an(* after learning that her)tlcent of Fayette-coclt;bSaturday morning, near the scenewas about to be turned over toof the theft, as they were enroute home from their night's activities.1 Later in the day they were identified by Kerns as the men who had left the stolen hogs on his farm.After recovering the hogs, and obtaining a statement from Kerns, who at first insisted that he hadSheriff Fox of Ross-co to explain his possession of the stolen property, Kerns admitted that the hogs were brought to his place at an early hour Saturday morning, by two men, whose names he said he did not know.obtained the hogs from a man near Kingston, that Williams and Beedy had brought the hogs to his farm, Kerns was released.iFIND AUTO (iONEGoing to the home of the two men in the southeastern part ofsheriff ascertainedIDENTIFIED MENHe was then brought to this city and readily identified both Beedy and Williams as the two men whocaJlisathe city, the that their automobilewas gone, and with this knowledge he started forth, accompanied by Deputy Vincent, feeling certain that he knew who had obtained the hogs.It was while on the lookout fcrhad brought the hogs.As he could not be prosecuted in this county, he was released, and the authorities of Ross county expect to investigate his case. His statement that Williams and Beedyto himbrought the stolen hogs was made in the presence of several witnesses.Ithe pair that they were picked up in an old Dodge automobile, brought to this city and locked up Examining their car, Sheriff Minton discovered that it hadSheriff Fox said that Kerns, who owns a farm of 104 acres on whichhe lives, had been arrested twice in Ross county, the last time toeing caught with 40 gallons of li-The other time he was ar-picked up a large amount of freshly tarred pea gravel,* and inquiry I developed that state route 104 this side of the Scioto river, had beenquor.rested was on a liquor charge, it was stated.o-ifreshly tarred and pea gravel applied.Sheriff Minton immediately suspected that delivery of the hogs had been made to Kerns, who also | had been under suspicion of knowing something of the disposition ofstolen hogs, etc., and whose premises had been watched upon several occasions during the past year by Sheriff Minton and his deputies.PICK OUT HOGSLOOT BANKJSHOOT MANThree Desperadoes InvadeGraMd Rapids, Obtain $10,-000 Then Escape.June* iDriving to the Kerns farm, whit U is on the Kingston-Chillicothe roadGRAND RAPIDS, Mich., 24-Three desperadoes today invaded a branch bank of the Grand Ra-. j just south of the point where the road passes under the N. W. railroad, the officers found some' two score of hogs on the farm, and readily picked out four as answer -■»aeaing the description of stolen from Heath.the hogsKerns announced that he hadpurchased the hogs from a mar some nine miles distant, and thpids Savings Bank Company, and. after shooting and seriously wounding one man, made good an escape with $10,000.Harm Broene, a hardware dealer, who was working in the bank lobby, was shot down by the bandits, apparently without cause.After looting the cashier’s cage, the criminals escaped in a waitingautomobile.1i*
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Circleville Herald
Circleville, Ohio, US
Tue, Jun 24, 1930
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