Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1915 — Hank Granger Goes On Trial for Alleged Burglary. [ARTICLE]

Hank Granger Goes On Trial for Alleged Burglary.

Henry Granger, of Thayer, or perhaps more properly of the Kankakee river, for he is said to 'have changed his location and to spend part of has time on a houseboat that plies the waters of Die above river, is on trial here on a charge of robbing the house of Joseph Adams, a wealthy Chicago man who owns a farm near Thayer. Last year Charley Shinkle was arrested on the same charge and pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 90 days- in jail. While there he related a story to the effect that he had little to do with the stealing but that Granger was the man the authorities wanted. An indictment was returned in Newton county and the case was sent here on change of venue. There are a lot of witnesses here from Thayer and neighborhood. Prosecuting Attorney Hess and Deputy Sands are bein gassisted by Attorney T. B. Cunningham, of Kentland, and former prosecuting attorney Fred Longwell, of Brook. Mr. Longwell was prosecutor when Hank’s joint was raided at Thayer several years ago and apparently they had the goods on Hank, but as the liquor that had been confiscated was being taken to Kentland it was stolen from the train and without it a conviction could not be secured. Granger is being represente dby Attorneys Halleck and Parkinson.

See Hamilton & Kellner for buggies and carriages. Mrs. Virgil Hamilton came from Indianapolis yesterday to spend a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Warner and to spend Thursday with her grandmother, Mrs. Norman Warner, whose birthday occurs that day. The big dredge on the Kankakee river passed through Dunn’s bridge Friday of last week. A large number of persons were present and watched the big dredging machine. There were many visitors there again last Sunday and probably will be almost every day so long as the dredge can be seen from that point. The beautiful pleasure resort established by Hon. I. D. Dunn was not injured in the least by the dredging. Most of the earth was thrown to the north side of the river and the channel is so located that what earth was thrown on the south side will extend the front of the lots that abut on the river.