Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1915 — JOHN BURRIS TO STAND TRIAL HERE [ARTICLE]

JOHN BURRIS TO STAND TRIAL HERE

Local Officer and Man Burris Swindled Go For Him When He Gets Out of Elkhart Jail. John Burris is in demand. Just as he was turned out of the jail at Elkhart, where he had spent 60 days on a charge of attempted burglary/ he was arrested by Con- . stable J. W.‘ Childers, of this city, who . went after him in a car with James j Snedeker, the Main street grocer, who had cashed a forged check for Burria. ; The check was for sl4. Burris will; face a forgery charge here and should, there be any hitch in sending him to the penitentiary, authorities from Illinois will come here for him and he will be tried there on a charge of attempted blackmail. Mr. Snedeker and Officer Childers and their prisoner were expected here • this afternoon, but a heavy rain which came up since noon may have delayed their arrival.