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10 to 15c lowrr; estimated tomorrow.| 3.000.lt;1WILL BE TRIEDON VIOLATION. ETC(Continued from Page One.)Ij automobile, interstate transportation i of a stolen car and possession of a j stolen car. It is for interstate transportation of a stolen car. involving taking the Dyche machine from this state into Illinois, a violation of the Dyer act. that Looney probably will be given a hearing at Albuquerque today.)1While the federal grand jury was ■.considering his case. Looney fled and was not apprehended until yesterday.. It was thought from the first that he! had gone to New Mexico, where lie;| owned a 2O.0b0 acre ranch in Rio (Arriba county. jj Looney was reported found several times, in all sections of the country. The latest reports of this kind came from Balenbia. X. M., and Toledo, O., Wednesday of this week, only a day j before he was actually captured.During the investigation of theI theft of the Dyche car. the theory was advanced that Ixoncy was the guiding spirit of a hand of automobile thieves operating in Muscatine, as well as Peoria. Kansas City. Dubuque and Des Moines, carrying on an or-jganized traffic in stolen automobiles. Sheriff R. J. Wiley and the federal j authorities were told by local characters that if their investigation was thorough enough, they would unearth this ring, and would find that carloads of stolen automobiles had been shipped by looney to Mexico. Where they j were disposed of easily. Although ; they ran down every possible clue, the authorities were unable to find any trace of such an organized ring I of auto thieves. Investigations along »f tbis line may he resumed if Txouey i■ i is brought back to Rock Island.Officials Lcaie for Albuquerque.Davenport. Ia., Nov. 30.—States Attorney Ben Bell and Sheriff Clarence Edwards of Rock Island. 111., armed with warrants for the arrest of John Looney, left last night for Albuquerque. N. M.. for the former Rock Island man. Local authorities will S arrive in Albuquerque at S:30 Satur-jday night.IIIlt;*
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Muscatine Journal and News Tribune
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Fri, Nov 30, 1923
Page 10
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NA, 03 Apr 2023
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