Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1917 — Men Charged With Lee Robbery .n Monticello Jail. [ARTICLE]

Men Charged With Lee Robbery .n Monticello Jail.

Sheriff B. D. McCoHly went to Tipton Saturday, where he was called to get four men charged with the robbery .of stores at Lee last week. The names of the men are Herbert Smith, alleged to be the ringleader of the gang and a big fellow, Earl Smith, a brother of the first mentioned man, and two others by the names of Barrett and McNeef. They gave then homes as being in Howard and Hamilton counties.

A farmer near Laurens, Ind., was responsible for the capture of the men, of whom he had’been suspicious for some time. The men were unloading merchandise at a farm home hear Laurens and the farmer immediately the sheriff of Tipton county, who took them into custody. Sheriff McColly placed them in the White county jail, where they are awaiting a heating. About SSO worth of the stolen merchandise was fouhd in thdtf possession and it is said that they have practically confessed to the robbery. They claimed, however, that they had nothing to do with the Culp store robbery, but it is entirely probable that they did. Sam Jacks, of the Jacks general store, went to Monticello Sunday, where he identified the merchandise. • -

One of the men t is said to have been a frequent visitor in White county and it is probable that they have been implicated in other robberies in this section. Sheriff MicOollv deserves a great deal of credit with the way he is handling his work and the times that Ben does not return with whoever he goes after is rare indeed. It was really the place of the White county sheriff to go after the fugitives as the robbery occurred in that county.