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j!c : 5i-OtiV-U -a.GreersLiesire-jcr.;re»Jom,Dneirn□u-irleledsh-Sheriff Ferguson Arrests George Boucher • .Who U Wanted for the Munk-r. of ;be Uukuuwa Man Found in thd Eiyer.S,sh.:r-S fieri jf Ferguson art Monday causedthe irrssc Ou the do-zkfi in Chicago 0-lt;korge Uotic'her, otherwise known ^ Whisky U ?.ozX'-\“ a soloon habitue and verier all:- regarded aa a ton-b character, wb»„- it ia believed can throw some light on the murder of the uflic now a man found io tbe 1’aw Pe.*r river at the eanal lost week.Am heretofore narrated, Boucher* was seen with a streogee answering the description ot the drowned man as they crossed the highway bridge together late the night before the body was form cl, acd both seemed to be under tho influence of liquor.When }toucher with others went ta lonk at the drowaed man at Roive’s under takingrooag he was keenly watched by the atliccrs and was aecin to shiver as tie ul the features of iha dead man. That same night iiotiuhr, who hsul bought a iiiit of clothes, although btf iva gynerliy without money, d i a -appeared in.! at once suspiciou wnj aroiised, iaiKiunch.tts It was, decided that the tkuii man came Lo bin end by foid cjeaas.Boueher was easily tracked to Chicago and was followed tu that city early Monday morning by jheriiZ FerganaoT who secured him and brought him to the county jail in it. Joseph, where he awaitn a hearing.Meantime Boucher, is sutTerlug au attack of delirium tremens jmd willuOt ba ia i cond.tion for arraign incut (of a dav or two.
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Benton Harbor Daily Palladium
Benton Harbor, Michigan, US
Tue, Aug 22, 1899
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