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WOMANFOR RIDING SONTO EVADE DRAFTMrs. Sarah Ver Mehren is inCounty Jail Awaiting Arrestof Boy Who DesertedDay of Call.Mtv Sarah Ver Mehren is under arrest by federal agents charged with harboring her son, Rudolph, a willful j deserter from military service, and is held in county jail awaiting the arrest of her son. Ruth mother and son probably will lace court-martial Rudolph is about J8 ears old. lie registered at local board No. 1,Twenty-second street and Ames avenue, and deserted the day he wasrailed for service. He was marriedibout the time he deserted and for awhile he and his wife lived in Denver,Colo.Mrs. Ver Mehren is the widow ol Herman Ver Mehren and lives at the family residence at JJl 5 Ames avenue.She is said to have confessed to helping her son escape military service, giving the .simple mother's reason, I wanted to keep him out of the draft.'* A younger son is in the service and is now in France.Rudolph is well educated. He was formerly employed by the Cook Faint and Glass company here.51Vhre
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Omaha Daily Bee
Omaha, Nebraska, US
Fri, Sep 06, 1918
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