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Glen wood Officers BringingDeGreene Back Here To FaceClowser Murder ChargeState Agent McPherson, Sheriff DeMoss, County Attorney Gillilland and Mrs. Travers Reached Miles City,Montana Saturday Morning,Mrs. Travers Told Not To TalkMrs. E. M. Travers at Whose Cafe Here Man Ate With Clouser Night He Was Murdered Identifies DeGreene, She Returned on the Train, Officers Driving Through With DeGreene in Car, ,In answer to a wire sent the Miles City, Montana, newspaper by the Opinion-Tribune Friday, concerning the arrest there of P. E. DeGreene, suspected of the murder of J. E. Clouser of Chariton in the tourist camp at Lake Park here August 7th. The Opinion-Tribune late Saturday afternoon received the following telegram:Miles City, Mont. 2 P. M. Sept, 22,1928.Sheriff Joe Sullivan on description telegraphed by Glen-wood, Iowa officials on Friday took into custody P.L . Dc-Greene wanted in Mills County in connection with death of J. E. Clowser. Partial identification of DeGreene was made here today by Mrs. Millie Travers who accompanied Sheriff W. S. DeMoss and Assistant Attorney General E. C, McPherson from Iowa. DeGreene wilt be taken back to Glemvood to be charged with the death of Clowser. After a look at DeGreene Mrs. Travers said she thought he is the man wanted although he looked cleaner than when she saw hi Hi and his companion on the day of the killing of ClowaCr. Search is being made for an automobile that figures ill the tragedy but no trace has been found of It here. The Ibwa officials, expect to leave here with DeGreene on Sunday morning. He has not resisted removal to loWitethus. far.' ‘ Mrs.Travers ■: •xtomgflt; who, was. ’tafeigPvtJBtate*jpTO|E^wtneyGililland to Miles City, Montana last Thursday to see If she could identify the man arrested there, as the man who ate supper here in the Cozy Cafe with J. E. Clowser on the night the murder was committed returned home on the train arriving in Council Bluffs Sunday night. Sheriff DeMoss made a record drive to Miles City which is over 800 miles from here. They left here at 11 o’clock Thursday and arrived in Mitchell, S. D., at 10 o'clock that night, where after a short nights rest they hit the trail again at 5 a. m. but by Friday evening Mrs. Travers had developed a sick headache and County Attorney Whitney Gillilland who had had no rest Wednesday night, he having driven to Des Moines to get extradition papers for DeGreene from Governor Hammill, stopped for a night’s rest at the hotel and ftfiislted th? journey of 175 miles on the train. Sheriff DeMoss rci^aifted behind the wheel in the Victory Six, the entire time and drove into Miles City about 5 o'clock Saturday morning. Further word from Miles City coming through the medium of the press intimates that DeGreene had been in a Miles City hospital with a broken leg but had recovered and was in jail when the Glenwood authorities arrived.Mrs. Travers Told Not to Talk.Mrs. Travers said this Monday morning that the officials had told her to make no statements and although questioned by many this Monday morning she refused to talk about the matter and smiling told all of her many inquirers that they would have to wait until the officials returned. She even said she did not know whether they were bringing DeGreene back with them or not. She left Miles City Saturday afternoon. It is expected, however that if Sheriff DeMoss makes as good time coming back as he did going out that he will arrive in Glenwood some time this Monday night. Harry Norman of the Fair Store, former Chariton resident it is expected will be called upon to identify DeGreene when they arrive here with him, as he remembers seeing Clowser and his companion enter the Cozy Cafe. Mr. Meredith, night man at the Darting Garage will also probably be called upon to identify DeGreene as it is believed the man who was with Clowser drove in there with Clowser’s car about midnight that night and had Mr. Meredith fill it with gas.
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Glenwood Opinion Tribune
Glenwood, Iowa, US
Mon, Sep 24, 1928
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