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THEFTS''Il-I -All I’nder 21 'n ears OfAge; Second Gang To lie Nabbed.Eight more robberies committed in Ottumwa within the last month were solved today when police oh- j tained confessions from three youths of high school age. jThis announcement boosted to 13 the number of crimes markedfrom the records and involved the arrest of seven hoys, all under 21 years old, in the last weekOapt. Carl M. Higdon, chief investigator for the police department, apprehended the trio late j Friday and a thorough questioning resulted in the signed statementsTwo Ott unmans.The boys include Clifford LewisEasley. 18, of Mason City, and Alvin Carlo, 15. and Boh Fit-* | simore s. 16. both of Ottumwa.* Their statements accounted for two robberies at the Home Oil* Station. 234 Church street; an at-I tempt to open the safe at thes | Ralph McElroy Insurance Co., 126 East Main street; a robbery at the- Swanson grocery store. Vine and j Church streets; robbery at thet j Skate-Mor roller skating rink. 206 f Church street; a breaking and en-. tering at the Crisman Mill Con-) struction Co., 138 Church street;^ robbery at the Reeves Auto Co, .*207 West Second street, and robbery at the Dixie Barbecue, 345Rich mond avcnue.All these •jobs’* occurred le-e tween March 25 and May 5, said r* Captain Higdon.* Hurt At Fire.Easley is the youth who was injured at the J. C. Penney Co f fire the night of April 29. He was h taken from the Ottumwa hospitale yesterday and placed in the hos-1 pital ward at the Wapello county jail.A summary of their confessions— was;On the night of March 25 Carlo j and Fitsimones broke into the Horne Oil station about 1 30 a. m and stole $16.25.On April 14 Carlo broke the door to the McElroy office and was unsuccessful in trying to pry openthe safe door.An April 26 Carlo and Easley entered the Swanson store by forcing the lock on the basement door. Inside they took $3 14 and before leaving threw a quantity of eggs about the place.On April 23 Carlo and Easley re-entered the Home Oil station,this time taking about 100 pennies.On April 26 all three broke intothe Crisman mill but found nothing they wanted and left.On April 27 Carlo, Easley and Fitsimones broke into the skating rink and stole $6 in cash and some candy815 From \iito Firm.An April 28 Easley and Carlo smashed a window at the Reeves company and stole $15 from the cash register.On May 3 Fitsimones broke into the barbecue shop and escaped with 121 pennies and some candyPolice Chief W. M. Hicks said the youths will be taken intojuvenile court in the near future.Records show that Easley already has been committed to th»* Eldora training school.her this week Judge Elmer K Daughterly pronounced sentences of a year in jail and $100fines for Vivian Jones, 20, Harley Young. 19, Larry Greene, 20, and Virgil Cantrell, 19, Ottumwa youths who admitted participationin a series of five safe robberies inthe Ottumwa area. Captain Hig-B j don obtained confessions from •: | Young, Green and Cantrell, and sheriff's officers got a statementfrom Jones.Authorities cited these cases asshowing the need for stricter regulation of Ottumwa juveniles
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Baptismal Register Sacred Heart
Ottumwa, Iowa, US
Sat, May 06, 1939
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