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TALKS OF ATTEMPTED CRIMELeo Hprars of thin r-ity, who is now fm-iug :i larceny charge in the courts at Uoek Island, III., may not bo dealt with severely, owing to the fact thathi** record in the pant ha* been proven It•» be goolt;l. At Ifis arraignment lie gave a detailed neeoiint of the robbery, but placed the blame on Harry Fletcher who is now in the eounty jail awaiting the iietion of the grand jurv whieh will investigate a number of crima* he confessed to having eommit.te«l in this city. The following story from Klt;u-k Islam! tells of the arraignment of Spears: Leniency will be asked for Leo Spears, Hi year obi Ottumwa youth, filling the charge of burglary ami lar* eenv of the resiilenee at to:! I Twentieth street two weeks ago. He was ar-rnignoil in poliee eourt We Inesilav anlt;l the ease eontinueil tor five il.-.vs.Heteetive Tom lt;’ox, of whom the bov has maile a confidant, blames Fletcher as being responsible largely for the plight Spears Alois himself in now. Spears is a bright lad. who has had two \enrs* instruction in thlt; Ottumwa high school and also four months’ training in a business eollege. lie lias taken tip stenography and typewriting.Spears worked for the Morrel pnck-ing company in Ottumwa until April IS, when work became slack and lie was laid off. lie had been employed as timekeeper at the plant. LrHer he went to work in a hotel in Ottumwa, whore he met Fletcher. Fletcher planned the career of burglary for the *wo. They went to Davenport.At the library in that city they looked in Rock Island papers and secured the address on Twentieth street of a doctor who had left town for a few days. They planned to burglarize his house, but made a mistake in the address and entered tin* residence occupied by Mrs. Berthn l. Hoffman, Miss Anna E. Hailey and Miss Marie A. Koch.They found it difficult to dispose of the jewelry after tl.ov had secured it. They kept away from pawnshops ns much ns possible. What they did sell was disposed of to individual .. A num-I ber of pieces were throwu in the lies Moines river. Only eleven pieces ofW«*flt;nrproof•• vlt;*ii in «ln\fiED\ Im HtrWifoi\fnVHj8tiw n w h I.nwan*|Iln»ll#‘tf«itintin
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Ottumwa Daily Review
Ottumwa, Iowa, US
Thu, May 11, 1916
Page 6
Full Page
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Louise W.
USA 20 Oct 2017
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