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Alton Police OfficerGet* Horse*Thlef Be ward.James I^ewis, n 1 «rht patrolman, has received $25 as one-half the reward for the capture of John Bartley, an Alton young man who stole a horse at Kdwardsville and escaped with It to Alton. I^ewis got the clue to Bartley’s whereabouts and found where he was staying In St. Louis. Two Sf Ixuiis detectives claimed the who!# reward, ignoring Lewis completely. The county board of supervisors could not decide who was entitled to receive the money and at last put the matter in the hands of Sate* Attorney GHIham to settie it. ie decided that Lewis, who gave the information was entitled to share the reward with the St. Louis officers and accordingly remitted ^alf the sum to the Alton policeman.
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Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Thu, Nov 15, 1906
Page 5
Full Page
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