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Arrest Four From Niies Car ThefteMjan a \Four young people, ranging mage from 16 to 22 years, are being held in the Cass County jail awaiting the arrival of police authorities from Niles, Mich,, who believe they may be involved in a minor crime wave in that northern city. a'cHeld are Billy Wails, 22; Von j «oi ; Ray Burke, 19; Miss Jackie Gen- J-J try, 18 and Richard Dale Van I Sandt, 16, ail of Niles. The car in which they were riding was stopped by a police squad car in the 1400 block on Michigan ave., shortly before 5 a.m. Tuesday.THEY WERE arrested and aft-i er questioning at police head-j lei quarters, were taken to the court-1 ^ ty jail to be held for invest: a-|DcW:HeMiKsIV.0*idiclion. ' IM.The long chain of events thatresulted in the arrest of the fourALwas started when Miss Audrey EcSchugowsld, 1S52 Meadlawn ave., called police at -1:30 a.m. and said someone was trying to stealMi105Piiher car, parked in front of her! te«HiEt-itonLcy-Shgandamourari-SOIJoChMity-:home. Upon investigation, officers discovered another car parked beside the Schugowsld vehicle, belonged to Mrs. Eleanor Shelly, |pr 1422 Michigan ave. She told of- Do . ificers the car had been stolen Hi; e ’ and abandoned. ijjfoOFFICERS suspected the Niies sotquartet of stealing the Shelly car.A check with Niles police revealed the car in which the four were riding al the time of their arrest was owned by a friend,: Richard Morrison, also of Niles, | ere I and was not stolen. Morrison was, na: not with the Michigan quartet.I Although the Schugowski woman said the hood of the Shelly carwas up at the time she noticed Sp them, she could not make positive Hi] identification at headquarters.At 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, Niles police called and asked local au-jwa thorities to hold the four until, pe; they could come to this city to- i in day to question them. Niles officer14* cers sa‘^ *our ^eri °b mg ina’! served on the streets of that city,ncj j during the night and are believed.. to have been involved in several' “jobs” there.AT 8:13 A.M. Tuesday, stateimeort.£ay2nd8,Su-5lhce;5thWcW;neiDi-4thntj-j police asked Logansport authori-... I ties to check on a Richard Lucas, ’' 923 Maple street, the owner of ato wh fdis ent wo 1thi1953 sedan involved in ail acci-1 of dent north of Muncie early Tues-| day. State police said the driver !?v of the car left the vehicle andlDted I ran away a,fter accent. j ‘ c j When local police talked with! i Lucas, he told them he had park-i J| ed his car in front of his house i at 1:30 a.m. and did not know the! car had been stolen until the po-: u lice interviewed him.LOGANSPORT police believe that the 20-year-old Richard Moral.bytrs.TV-lieust: un11sinrison, owner of the car in which Sh;anlt;tthe quartet was arrested, could an- j have stolen the Lucas car, and on-: might have been driving it at the! ted | time of the accident near Muncie. j cot irs: If authorities from Niles, after on questioning the quartet, believe 2nc let! they are involved in the crimes !^ee ilhi there, they will be returned Jo: * lan| that city to face charges to be: ^ tys; filed against them. ~ ancad jwei
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Logansport Pharos Tribune
Logansport, Indiana, US
Tue, Nov 24, 1959
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