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Traveling salesman helps catch confessed burglar
Hans Kanson alias I G Sebert was arrested in Cedar Falls after a traveling salesman described a man with a dirty face and two pairs of shoes. He confessed to five robberies in Waverly and Bremer County, including Drexler Show store and Mumimetthal Implement. Bond set at $1,000. arraignment on breaking and entering and larceny charges.
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Bremer
Cedar Falls
Caat
Hans Kanson
L. G. Sebert
Fink Steffen
Waterloo
Steffen
Sherif John Hollowell
Young
Bremer County
Hanson
Sebert
Waverly
Davenport
Hle
Drexler Show
E. C. Papo Variety
Smith’ Brothers Ford
Duecher Brothers Company
Mumimetthal Implement Company
Hound
Hans Hanson