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oMeigs county cfVcerj oter y arrested a whole -pass.r’ cl' e loredfolk- at Rutland on the charge of dealing about $3,000 in gold from aged Henry Waazo at Rutland on or about January 10, last. So far Mr. anl Mrs. James Bryant and their daughter, Geneva, James G. Yancey and Mi. and Mrs. E. Roten, are in jail and $1313 lias been recovered oi the $1000, which Wanzo had btu- J led under his home when i\ was stolen. Tue Bryant i have confessed. Yancey is a West Virginian and ia nephew of Wanzo. lit* made love to Geneva Bryant, it is claimed, inDry Leader’s Home Wrecked.Ylt; ungstown, ()., March 5. An explosion wrecked the h r.ie of W. 1! Peterson, dry leader and one of theprincipal witnesses before, the grand jury probing charges of bribery in connection with the local option election here Monday. Police said the ex plosion was caused by persons fear ing the result of the investigation. No one was hurt.order to find wher * the money wconcealed. It is said that after he isecured a part of the money he quarreled with the Bryants and swore out warrants for their arrest. Then came warrants for the Rotens and Yancey and the whole bunco was jailed. At the Bryant home $190 in paper mon- ^ ev was secured from Mrs. Bryant and in a keg at the Wanzo home $2.o in gold wa found which it is claimed ; Yancey and Geneva knew about. .Mrs. Roten is a sister of Variety and at the Roten home ab» ut wajfound in paper and There is{still a considerable sum mUsing us the old man was known to have had more than $2000 in gold alone.By United Frees.lioudon, England. March 5rlt;quest that the British government reconsider its refusal to participate in the Panama-American Exposition that is signed by 350 members of theHouse of Commons was presented tt Prime Minister Asquith this morning The resolution was adopted in theHouse.
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Athens Daily Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Thu, Mar 05, 1914
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