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Horse LaughFormer Prosecutor , Ad -ne on HimwEven an astute prosecuting at- u■; tftrney gets^t^'hnngoveT On hinrl^eca$.iona44y-as^nrmer~Protec.uting_______j Attorney Downing will tell you—i! you ask him.; Some months ago Stanley Smith I Findlay young man who pleaded;dihiMPf*! guilty in Toledo Thursday to auto-j mobile thefts, told thfs one on the S former prosecutor:Smith returned from Ft. Wayne,;' Ind.. wjth a stolen car. In order I : to get in touch with his compan-: t* I ion. in crime. George Foster who ! tt pleaded guilty yesterday also, i hlt; Smith drove onto Beech avenue and! parked in front of a lighted home | w• to use the phone. When he rapped at the door the then prosecutorcame to the door.. (Downing had twice sent Smith to jail on offenses ja and recognized him.)•‘Hello Mr. Downing, Smith said ; when he recognized his adversary i fn court. ‘‘Ah, er,—can 1 use your : iphone?”“Sure, come in. said Downing. jd t ’ Whereupon Smith said he called up ; Foster, though the prosecutor- j knew nothing of the conversation. How are you -getting along• J asked the prosecutor, when Smith I a 3; was aHbut to leave.j Oh, Just fine, Smith replied.1 ‘‘That's good, keep it up, was i I Downing’s God-speed to him. f'\ Whereupon Smith drove,away in his stolen car.Yep, that's right. He did, was Downing’s good-natured comment whsn the reporter asked his corro-boratlon of the story. _MVwtiKrcshJi:xro
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Findlay Morning Republican
Findlay, Ohio, US
Fri, Mar 17, 1933
Page 12
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