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Painter Who Stole Coal Detained for Ohio Authorities
Kauffman alias Chick Blake ly a sign painter is jailed in Vinton awaiting word from Springfield Ohio before action. He lived with a 17 year old girl posing as his wife at Van Horne. A note from the girl's father says she was not married. He says he stole coal to avoid freezing and had received aid from Van Horne for weeks. Officers suspect wife desertion charges in Springfield. he denies. Also mentions barnacles shipped from Bombay to Liverpool.
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Vinton
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New Vienna
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