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THE MARSHALL 6AVE CHASEBut Was Not in It With the Fleeing Man When it Came to aFoot Race.James Lee, a laborer for the construction work on the Monon in theIneighborhood of Cataract, was in police court this morning on a charge of being intoxicated. He entered his plea to the charge and was fined one dollar and costs by Judge Hays and in default of sufficient funds will crack rock for a few days.Lee is a bad man when under the9influence of liquor and yesterday 'evening he was in the north part ofrttown and threatened to use his knifeI| on people as they passed him on the | street. Every one was affraid of him until a large red-headed man came along. Lee made a pass at him with . ■his knife and the big fellow droppedI ■'two bundles he had in his hands and ! 1 took a square lick at his assailant. I He landed square in Lee's face and ii •['sent him about ten feet into the gul-' ter.i The police were called and when ! Marshal Roberts got in sight of the red-headed man he took to his heelsI'and ran down the Big Four tracks.i! Marshal Roberts is not mucb of a; I sprinter and the fleeing man soon left \ [him far behind. Seeing he could not1 I capture the man the marshal came! Ibaek and picked up Lee and brought; ;him to jail. Lee states that when he jcame to town yesterday morning he ihad twenty-nine dollars and some 'odd cents in his pocket and when he ■was arrested he only had ten cents.i •He could not give any account of ; where he spent it but said he startediito the depot to take a train for Clo-verdale when he was invited to take a drink with some men and that is ;the last he knows of what took place.!A stranger was seen with Lee behind Grubbs planing mill and it is supposed that he was robbed then, i Something will have to be done inI: the north part of town. The police lean not cover that portion of the 'city and also pairol the businessIsection and the robbers and dopers are having a harvest off the laboring men who come to town with their wages. Murder will be committed there some of these days and the county will be put to heavy expens? to conduct a criminal trial.
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Greencastle Star and Democrat
Greencastle, Indiana, US
Fri, Jul 06, 1906
Page 6
Full Page
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Carol L.
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