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ning ic to tfor-rEsIt would be difficult indeed to conceive of any detective story containing more ramifications and more apparently endless disclosures than that of the case which has William Simmers, 34. and his nephew, ChasSimmers,, both of Ford City, andCharles John, until recently of Ca-dogan, as the principals and which no j has been occupying almost the en-p V tire attention of half a dozen oflfl-ULr I ccrs including a detail frotn thestate iolice barracks at Butler, forthe past week.The ninth arrest and commitment i 111 the case was made on Saturday nents j When Squire Frank J. Atkins re-trad- manded William Simmers. Jr.. son week i of William Simmers. Sr., to jail in ildiiu default of bail being implicatedwith his father and Charles Simmers in the sensational robbery committed at the Ross homestead at , Ftosston on the night of Decemberlater . 15th last ThP youth is alleged totone-Con- IFlt;cmm»ed a1st lumg in rcent cent.everee oilsre:~110 tai beeriSt!have admitted his guilt. j 13As a result of the extraordinary , an revelations no less than eight persons, one woman and seven men, spent Sunday in the county bastile in connection with a long series of thefts which are laid at the door of the two Simmers men and young John The elder Simmers is alleged by the authorities to be the brains of the outfit and the amazing list of depredations which were carried cn in Armstrong and Jefferson counties over a period of at least five[311., months, are said to have been alt!I9%t03\38140123 lt;ngineered from the Simmers resi- j dence in a second floor apartment in ^ord City. In a rave in the hillside within a stone's throw of the Simmers' home a large amount ofexjanpo;onlt;waruth*whan nei : 1 the ant asG45 % »he loot secured23 s110'!24%120 , 100% 91104VOne gf the many unusual features ]of the case is that two fathers and *wo sons are alleged to have been in- nr)volved and they are among those in -ustody. They are;William Simmers Sr., aged 34. re*] yarded by officials as being the «35 *84 *92 s 50% 0570 42% 17smguiding genius of the gang MaWilliam Simmersf William Simmers, who is alleged i Ma o have admitted that he accompan- j on ’d and assisted his father and Chas. Simmers in the robbery of the Rossbydri’Rosston. \Charles John, formerly of Cado-gan. now of Glenn Irwin, whose al-thewat02 . ! leged confession of the robbery of wa03’ 761the J. V. Shaffer store at McVille. ! maSouth Buffalo township, put the au~94•% thorities on the trail that culminated06 k79%59 :thespllin the arrests of the Simmers and j couothers, %Charles John. Sr.. of Cadogan, fa-*4'-' ther of Charles John, who is allegedN17 B1 . 88 * 60’3435 . 48 . 46 * 12%J*thto have received goods stolen by theSimmers and his son The other four under arrest are Charles Simmers, nephew of Wil- *lc' ham Simmers. Sr.. and rated as latter's right hand man in the rob-beries. ;: /%%; ■::%ltBI%%MWmiJohn Williard. of Ford City, whois alleged to have received some ot the goods stolen by the Simmersoutfit. %v v%%%Mrs Mary Goodman, of Glenn Irwin, who is also alleged to have re- o cj ceived some of the goods purloined j pU]itieviviat 1ancancamF
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Kittanning Simpsons Daily Leader Times
Kittanning, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Apr 15, 1929
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