Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1914 — HOBOES ARRESTED CHARGED WITH ARSON [ARTICLE]

HOBOES ARRESTED CHARGED WITH ARSON

Believed They Set Fire to Old Feed Mill on Ranch East of DeMotte —ln Jail Here. Two hoboes or at least men bearing strong earmarks off being tramps, were arrested near Shelby this Wednesday morning and were brought here and placed in jail. The charge against them Is arson, it being alleged that they set fire to an old feed min recently used as a storage house for farm machinery on the (former Nelson Morris ranch, now owned (by the Indiana land Go., a short distance east of DeMotte. Fire was discovered there at about 8:30 o’clock and two tramps were'seen to leave ttye building. They went west on the Three Eye railroad. C. W. Haskins, contable; George Marr, foreman of the Indiana' Land Co., and AJ Konovsky, otf DeMotte, set out by auto to head the men off and just as they had reached the road east otf Shelby the DeMotte Citizens caught sight otf the men. Marr covered them with a rifle while Konovsky and Haskins searched them. They were then returned to DeMotte, where they were arraigned (before Squire John Greve. They waived preliminary hearing and were brought to Ren'sselaer and lodged in jail and unless they are later admitted to bail they will be required to remain in the jail until the September term otf the circuit court. ’ They gave their names as Robert Wlallton, oif Detroit, Mich., and John Hultman, of Chicago. They are apparently about 25 or 30 years of age.