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Officers Raid an Apartment;aut:Recover Loot From RobberiesGeorge E. McClellan and Two Others Are Taken to New LexingtonTHrpe men were taken from this citj to Perry county jail at New Lexington Tuesday evening on chaiges of burglary apd larceny in connection with an investigation of roboeries at the B O railway station at Somerset recently Much of the loot from tnese robberies was found by a squad of officers at the apartment of George C McClellan, Eighth street, at 2 o clock Tuesday afternoonThe three were George McClellan city, Elmer Saxon, 20 of Redfield and Glen Hall, 36 of Detroit, Mich McClellan was nabbed at the time of the raid at his apartment, .Sa^on was picked- up Monday evening on Eighth street by railway detectives and Hall was arrested by police last Thursday ■morning on Eighth street after being alleged to buve been cadghfc In the act of draining gasoline from a parked automobile Hall was to have been given a hearing in municipal court Tuesday morning on cnarges of defacing auto license tags and driving a car with the wrung licenses but ihese charges were dropped to permit tne felony charges to be placed against him in Perry countv court*.According to the arresting officers both Hall and Saven have served terms in Michigan prisonsIn the raid at the McClellan apartments Tuesday afternoon loot from the railway station was found, police1:said and Included g rad’o, a crosscut saw, se\era* fhc-gailon cans of oil and a 50-gallon tank of oil and other articles Search of McClellan s coal mine near Redfield Tuesday afternoon revealed several jacks and cross-cut saws, the officers saidIn a partial confession of the robberies by one of the men, McClellan [ \z$ directly Implicated in one of the* robberiesOne Of the trio also is said to have confessed to theft of sugar from a Pennsylvania railway boxcar in the | local jards some time ago ; The apprehension of the three men caine after diligent investigation by Ferrv county officers co-operating with the railway detectives imcl police officers of New Lexington, New-aik. and ZanesvilleIThose in the raiding squad at the McClellan apartments Tuesday afternoon included Captain F B Caster, head of tne B O. detective force at Newark, Prcsccutor Cusick of Perry county, Sheriff Clifford Wilson and Deputy Adrian of Pern county, Lieut Wftntz, of B O railway police department. Chief of Police Joseph Petet Detective Hayes of Newark, Police Detectives Milt Stotts and Bay Warner of this cityWhile McClellan will be charged with burglary and larceny in Ferry county further charges of receiving stolen goods are being considered by officials of Muskingum county in connection with the caseEL VST DA MAGI' S STOREEAST LIVERPOOL O . Oct 27—(^5 —An explosion of undetermined na-
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Zanesville Times Recorder
Zanesville, Ohio, US
Wed, Oct 28, 1931
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