Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1915 — KONOVSKY FORCED TO SURRENDER AUTO [ARTICLE]

KONOVSKY FORCED TO SURRENDER AUTO

Andrew Mcliwrath Secured Reo Oa Replevin Suit Tried in Jasper i Circuit Court. A 1 Konovsky, the DaMotte saloonkeeper, who purchased one of the cars sold at DeMotte last fall, lost the car Thursday when an- action In replevin started last fall by Andrew Mclrwrath, of Chicago, was tried in Rensselaer. The car was 'a Reo and was probably (worth from SI,OOO to $1,200. Konovsky, according to the defensive testimony, paid SSOO for it and after he had had it a short time resold it for the same amount to a man in Hammond, who testified to the same 'thing. Later the oar was resold to Konovsky. Then the detectives began their work and recovered several cars that had been sold through the Andrew Granger agency at DelMotte. Several cans were released without protest but Konovsky refused to let his oar go Without a legal battle. The case was tried before a jury and the evidence showed quite conclusively that the car was the property of (MdlWrath, who even had the key that unlocked the tool chest and was able to give a very minute description of the car, although he had not seen it, he said, since it was stolen from him alst July.