Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 56, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 July 1921 — Page 5

SHANK PLEADS WITH WEST SIDE NOT TO SECEDE Candidate Promises to Make Effort to Remove Cause of Complaint. A plea of West Indianapolis to he patient under its trials and burdens for Just a little while longer and to refrain from disannexation proceedings at least until after the municipal election in the event he is the successor of Mayor Charles W. Jewett, was made today by Samuel Lewis Shank, Republican candidate for mayor. Mr. Shank promised to exert his Influence to the utmost to rid West Indianapolis of the evils upon which its citizens base their desire to secede. ••We need West Indianapolis and West Indianapolis needs us," declared Mr. Shank. "I’d like to have a chance to show them that they can get something valuable in retnrn for that $291,000 in city taxes they pay every year. I think the prosperity and happiness of both West Indianapolis and "he rest of the city would be greater were they to continue to be joined instead of trying to pet along without each other." PISCISSES MILE EARN COMPLAINT. "I do not blame the people residing around 1134 Shelby street, where the city stables its street cleaning and ash-haul-ing mules." said Mr. Shank in his state'ment. "I always have believed and believed while I was mayor that the building used as a barn should be rid of the mules and turned into a community gathering place for the people of that part of the city, a place where they could hold meetings of ail kinds. “At the same time, I do not believe in forcing the unwelcome animals on any other part of Indianapolis. It is a question which needs considerable thought and one which I believe will be solved when the use of mules in city work is entirely eliminated. I believe this can be done in no great while. Therefore. I think West Indianapolis can feel a little less uneasy about the mules being dumped at their front doors. PROMISES REMOVAL OF GARBAGE PLANT. "West Indianapolis has been saddled with one nuisance, however, which I fully Intend to see them rid of if Ia a the successful candidate for mayor. This is the city garbage reduction plant at Sellers' farm. I intend to have that ‘stink factory’ moved to a location ten or twelve miles outside the city limits, where it should have been in the first place. "I do not blame West Indianapolis for wanting to secede Its citizens have not been given the consideration due them However. I do not want to see so valuable a section dlsannexed. We need West Indianapolis and West Indianapolis needs us and if the section still is a part of the city if I am elected mayor I intend to see to it that they get 100 cents value in service and improvements for each of the per year i*. pays In city taxes. CALLS SELLERS FARM HORROR. "That Sellers farm horror has no place inside the city limits and is obnoxious not only to West Indianapolis, but to all the rest of the city. Garbage ought to be loaded on railroad cars and hauled away from the city for disposal, instead of being messed over at a fly hatchery' located right in the backyards of some of the city’s best citizens. It ought not be located so as to endanger the health and comfort of the people." The Enterprise Civic League, which is behind the disannexation movement, plans jto have a committee of twelve, to call upon the board of public works Monday morning. It is understood that the dls- | annextaion petition, bearing more than five thousand signatures, will be taken to ' the conferen- e. hut may not be filed with the board of works. Leaders intend, it is said. sound out the board of works and city council ard, failing to get favorable consideration there, will file the petition direct in a Marion County court. ISES&jgtyJH Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston, entertained today with a luncheon at her country borne on West Forty-Eighth street, in honor of Mrs l 'HAnas Harney of Newark. N. J. The tab j>j vas attractively arranged with vari colored jarden Bowers, covers being laid for eight guests, including Mrs. Harney. Mrs. Eliza Jane Cook, Mrs. A. Thompson, Mrs. Elizabeth Comingore and Mrs. Julian Hogate, of Danville, and Mrs Theodore Craven and Mrs. Arthur Craven, of Indianapolis. Ross Lyons of Jefferson. Wls., is the house guest of Mr. and Mr*. C. E. Sargeant, 2020 North Delaware street. • • Mrs. John Downing Johnson, 20 East EighTeenth street, hag gone to Pittsfield, 111., where she Is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Mary E. Eeavers. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Cressland, 4505 Broadway, have gone to Chatauqua Lake for the”remainder of the summer. • • •

Mrs. YS\ H. Blodgett and grandson Blodgett Brennan. 2934 North Capitol avenue, have returned from a visit in Chicago. They will go to French Lick during the coining week, accompanied by Mrs. E. P. Brennan. ,* * * Mrs. S. G. Patterson, 25 West TwentySecond street, will be hostess for the meeting of the Anna Gordon W. C. T. U. Tuesday afternoon. • • • Miss Mary Buehler, 5445 Central avenue, president of the Altrusa Club, was hostess for a meeting of the club Friday evening. Supper was served on the lawn and the business meeting was held there later by moonlight. A glee clut was organized, the director to be Miss Lorle Krull, director of music in the Indianapolis public schools. Miss Ann Egan of Pittsburgh, who is the guest of Miss Celeste Cromer, 585 Middle drive. Woodruff Place, addressed the club on 'the subject of the Quota Club of Pittsburgh, of which she Is a member an organization similar to the Altrusa Club. Plans were made for the next supper meeting which will be held at Polk’s Community House at Greenwood, Aug. 5. • * *

Miss Norma Bronson, 21 South Mount street, and mother. Mrs. E. J. Conarroe, and Miss Alma Belle Avres, 839 Parker avenue, left this morning to visit Detroit, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Toronto. • • • Thomas Batchelor, 2624 Broadway, departed today for l ake Tippecanoe, where he will spend a fortnight. • • • Mrs. Travers Phillips of Hastings. Wii. is the house guest of Mrs. E. E. Griffith. 262 North Illinois street. Miss | Martha Griffith has gone to Racine. Wis., \ to take a special course in Racine College. • • • Mrs. Mary E. Cofflng of Lafayette Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jay A. Craven. S2 North Hawthorne lane. Dr. and Mrs. F. K. Klsllg of Dayton. Ohio, and C. A. Jennings of Chicago will also spend the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Craven. * A social meeting of the Ladies of the Gatling Gun Club is to be held at the clubhouse Monday evening. The program will lncllde initiation, which is to be conducted at 8:15 o'clock. • • • An attractive summer dance is to be given Monday evening in the Broad SUpple dancing pavlllloa by tha Girls fV. Tfll"-"

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MRS. RUSSELL CONWELL FISH.

Among the interesting midsummer brides is Mrs. Russell Conwel! Fish. ! whose marriage took place Thursday at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. ! E. G. Staouse. 3325 North New Jersey street. Mrs. Fish was Miss Lois Glonmary Shouse before her marriage. She has been decidedly active in local sorority affairs, being a member of Kappa

for the Aged, the proceeds to go toward the shelter house fund. Miss Gat rlelle Segel is chairman of the dance committee. Mrs. J. B. Sidener. *1417 Ashland avenue, and Mrs. Alice E. Snider, 3743 North Meridian street, have gone to Bay A icw for the remainder of the summer. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Kemble. 2049 Broadway departed this morning for Franklin, Ky., where they will spend several weeks. Mrs. Davis Maxwell Shryer of Chicago is the guest of her mother, Mrs. le ! Witte George. Miss Edith Uitx and Mrs. ! Jesse Hitz have returned home otter spending a few days with Mrs. George. • • • Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Tutewller. and family, 1513 North Park avenue, left today for a motor tour of the West and ! the Rocky Mountains. They will be gone about a month. • • • Mrs. John Sink and daughter. Miss Martena Margaret, 2623 North Illinois street, are spending the summer la Detroit. .... Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Cox. 3705 North Illinois street, have gone for a motor trip through northern Indiana. • • • Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Condrey, 3520 Rookwood avenue, have gone to Lake Manitou for a fortnight’s stay. \ Mr and Mrs. F. W, Cornelius, 656 Middle drive. Woodruff Place, are spending a few weeks at Cedar Point. i Mr and Mrs. Glen Kiser, 3020 Park ! avenue; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Atkinson and family and Mr. and Mrs. C. J. I.ln- ! ton have gone to Manitou for a months stay. • * • The annual corn roast of the Woman s Rotary Club is to be held Monday evening at the country home of Mrs. I.ouis Burckhardt, on Williams Creek. A picnic , dinner is to be served, followed by • stunts” and informal program of songs. Miss Bertha Jasper, 909 South East street, departed today for Chicago, where •he will study music in the Sherwood Music School. She will be accompanied by Miss Ruth Jasper. • • * Miss Elizabeth Overman, 1920 North Meridian street; Miss A irginia Overman and Frederick Overman, Jr., are spending the season at their summer home at Leland, Mich. • • • Mrs. Scott L. Denny, 525 East FortyNinth street, who has been spending several months with Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bailey in Los Angeles, Cal., has returned home. Mrs. Bailey was Miss Dorothea Denny before her marriage.

Meetings The meeting of the Harold C. McGrew Auxiliary Number 3, U. S. W. 1., has been postponed from July IT. to Aug 7, in order that all of the members may attend a reunion at Richmond. The lawn festival committee of St. Katherine's church, will hold a card party at St. Katherine's Hall Sunday evening at 8:30 o’clock. The . George H. Chapman W. R. C. No. 10 will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at G. A. R. Hall, 222 East Maryland street. This Is the first of a aeries of meetings to be held twice a month during the summer. Government Clears Rosenbluth of Charge WASHINGTON, July 16—The Government today d' missed the case against Capt. Robert Rosenbluth In connection with the death of MaJ Alexander Cronkhite at Camp Lewis, Wash. Charges against Sergeant Roland Pothier, arrested with Rosenbluth, also were dismissed. While wiping out all Federal cases against the two men. Attorney Daugherty ordered all evidence In possession of his department turned over to the county prosetutor of Pierce County, Washington, in which Camp Lewis is situated. What the county authorities will do is rot known here. HOOSIER DEATHS

NOBI.ESVILLE—Dennis Bracken, 103, the oldest man in central Indiana, is dead at the home of his granddaughter, i Mrs. Frank Evans, with whom he had boen living for the past year. Mr. Bracken lost bis wife thirty-eight *ears ago and there are two children who sur- I vive. They aro Mrs. Milo Hershey, Car- i mel. and William Bracker, Oklahoma There are also living, nine grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mr. Bracken was born in Ireland, Not. 14, lSlk, and came to this county in 18(1. AOer living in Philadelphia for five years he moved to Indiana and located near Maywood. Marion County, where he re- I matned uaill thirty-five vears ago when he came tc Hamilton County. GREENSBCRG—Mrs. Al-tha Major, 50. is dead at her home at Milroy, following a week’s illness of peritonitis. She is survived by her husband W. El Major, '■<' f'”e

Alpha Theta and of the Pan-Hellenic. Mr. and Mrs, Fish both attended De Pauw I’niTersity and Mr. Fish is a gradt ate of Indiana Law School. He also served as a first lieutenant overseas. Mr. and Mrs. Fish are sending a month at Mackinac Island and on their return will be at home at 500 Sutherland avenue, temporarily.

ATLANTIC CITY COPS HELP CON ! MEN, IS CHARGE Special Detectives Investigate Alleged Wire-Tapping Swindles. ATLANTIC CITY. July 13—Twenty detectives, financed from a secret source, are swarming over this playground to uncover the alleged liiik between the police and swindlers who have sought to take hundreds of thousands of dollars from wealthy men at beach front hotels through the old wise tapping game. Charles Dennis, Philadelphia manager ot a detective agency, was in charge, lie said his men already bad struck the trail. Dennis is working on the theory that an ex policeman of Philadelphia has acted as go-between for the crooks in 1 huge operations which they have conducted with impunity in Miami, Fla., in j ♦be winter, and in which they came so near to being successful here. lie satd 1 the presence of this man in Atlantic City while the conspirators were dallying with their quarry had been established and that the man lu question was In close touch with police and city officials here and evidently enjoyed their confidence. There was a conference between Dennis nnd Judge John J. AA’Uite of the New Jersey Court ot Errors and Appeals and president of the Mariborough-Blonheim Hotel Company. Judge AVhite recent!v said there were reasons for suspecting both the police and the prosecutor’s of-,, fice had connived at the escape of wiretappers. This case was that in which an at tempt was made to fleece Irving P. Chapman of Oneida, N V., out of SIOO,OOO. In a second case the Intervention of a friend saved a guest at the Cbalfonte from investing $50,000 in tue fraud and in the third a bank cashier persuaded a credulous depositor not to throw that same amount away. MRS. BURKETT ON WAY TO NEW YORK Hillsdale Woman Refuses to Make Statement. Special to The Times. CLINTON, Ind , July 13.—Mrs. Emma R. Burkett, of Hillsdale, who is charged with forgery in New York In connection i with an alleged note which she claims was signed by the late Theodore Roosevelt and which is presented sa a claim against the Roosevelt estate for $69,000, was taken to New A'ork Friday evening, hy Detective Sergeant John Cunnlff and Police Matron Mary McGuire, of that city. Mrs Bufkett made no statement in ref- j erencs to her defense plans.

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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JULY 16,1921.

PARTY LEADERS PREPARE PLANS FOR ELECTION Republicans Name Inspectors and Clerks—Democrats Choose the Judges. SHANK FORCEfe ACTIVE Organization of the machinery for the special election upon constitutional amendments, to be held Sept. 6, has been started by Republican County Chairmau Harry Hendrickson and Democratic County Chairman Reginald Sullivan. Although the election is not along party lines the law providing for the vote specifies that the parties shall have charge of the polling. Precinct election boards will consist of an inspector, clerk and judge only, the Republicans getting to nominate the inspectors and clerks and the Democrats the judges. The special election daw says that the laws governing general elections shall nppl.v. Republican party leaders are construing this to mean that the county organizations w ill be the units in control. This has an important bearing in Marion County because it means tha'. precinct boundaries again will be < hanged. The city council increased the number of precincts in the city before the municipal primary. AA’ith the county considered as the voting unit the county precinct boundaries fixed by the county commissioners last year will be in effect. Chairman Hen drlckson, who also is county attorney, is understood to be proceeding upon this theory in calling upon precinct committeemen to prepare to recommend men for the election boards, nnd to find voting places for the county commissioners to rent. The chairman acting for the <om- | mtssioners has distributed blank con- ; tracts for the renting of Voting places to ward chairmen and township leaders, it is said. TWO SEPARATE ELECTION MACHINES. Holding the constitutional amendment , election with the county as the unit and the use of the county precinct boundaries therefore may serve to make it impossible to carry out various suggestions that the council call the plaza election for the same date, in case the vote is scheduled ■at all. The plaza election is one in which the voters of Indianapolis only are 1 qualified to vote. This being true poli- ; ticlans hold that the city election machinery should he used in it. Unci- r such interpretation it would be necessary to have the voting by city prec'ncts Since there are some twenty more ity than county precincts inside the city limits it would be impossible to bold the two elec tions together, under this view of the law. Inability of Thomas S. Meeker. Demo cratlc city chairman, to keep peace in h!i organization has resulted in two more strong members of the party on the south side declaring openly f>r Samuel Lewis Shank, Republican nominee fur mayor. John Barrett, a coal dealer in the Twelfth ward, and John Troy of the Eleventh ward, both of whom were offended by Meeker's dismissal of several old line ward chairmen recently, are the bolters With these men as with other Democratic workers who have gone over to the Shank -amp it is not so much for the purpose of defeating Boyd M Ralston. Democratic nominee for mayor, as to give Meeker a severe set back Leaders of tne South Side Republican Club are vigorously denying stories which have been circulated to the effect that the organization ts opposed to .' r Shank. The club Is for Mr. Shank as it is for the entire Republican ticket, they say Shank leaders have kept cjose tab upon the club and know that much of Its work Is being done by strong Shank people Dr. E. E. Hodgin. Shank campaign man ager, declared that 98 per cent of the members will vote for Mr. Shank. SOUTH SIIJERS ARM IGNORED. Wfiat the ciub really was organized fur and what certain Interests are spreading the story about its being opposed to Mr. Shank is to constitute a further rebuff to the old News-Jewett machine and to make sure that soutn side Republicans r.o longer will have to sit and take their medicine when the party leaders prepare primary slates and force them through. The south alters intend to be listened to hereafter, leaders of the club say. They point out that the particular men in control south of Washington street, reached rhelr po slrior.B only after twelve years of battling with the old Metzger machine. liny allied themselves with the News-Jewett machine expecting to get recognition they thought was coming to them only to be completely Ignored for -our weary years. Now these politicians propose to so strongly intrench tbemselTes that no county or city leader will dire overlook them. They plan to get at least 5.00 U paid up memberships of south side Republicans who are wilting to fight what is termed "uptown” domination. There are more than 500 on the roster now, it Is satd. The club has not made Itself a strictly “Sbank-for-Mayor” body because that would necessitate the taking In of a great many Democrats. The men nnd women of the opposite party are welcome if they Intend to completely change their politics, orgi nizers of the club state, hut it is necessary to keep it strictly Repub ltran because it is looking ahead to fu-

Sousa Orders s6 y ooo Worth of Kid Gloves for Season's Work NEW YORK, July 16.—An order for $3,000 worth of white kid gloves has been placed with a Fifth avenue shop by Lieutenant Commander John Thilip So -a, the march king. The contract -ills for 100 dozen pairs to be delivered as wanted. The march king has a superstition against wearing the same pair of gloves twice. He directs two concerts a day during his busy season.

ture county, State and national elections as -*i II as the municipal balloting immediately in prospect. Meeker announced today that the resignation of Evans Woollen, Jr., a* treasurer of the Democratic city committee has. been accepted and James A. Houck, treasurer j of the State Savings and Trust Company, | appointed in his stead. Houck will carry j on the work of raising funds along lines j organized by (Mr. AVoollen, Meeker said. Members of the Oriental Republican 1 Club, with headquarters at 532 South | Meridian street, will support Samuel j Lewis Shank for mayor of Indianapolis. : The action was taken at a meeting held Thursday night. An endless chain, working in the interest of Mr. Shank, will be. started by the club BURNED ALIVE BY INDIAN FANATICS Aged Widow Is Selected as the Victim. CALCUTTA. July 13.—That religious fanaticism, with its attendant horrors, still prevails in India is evidenced by a recent case in Malawa, one of India’s native states. The inhabitants of Malawa and Morvada refused to pay taxes to their overlord, and they had recourse to the traditional method of calling down vengeance upon the state by burning an old woman alive. They selected an aged widow and prepared a pyre, upon which she was placed, her relatives being present. Then the pyre was fired. A revenue officer who was In the district, upon being informed of j what was happening, ordered troops to res no the woman. As the soldiers neared the pyre the doomed woman was seen to be making frantic efforts to save herself, but every time she struggled she was pushed back into the flames, the natives being determined that their sacrifice be completed. Armed with sticks, knives, daggers, and swords, the Indians prevented the troops from approaching, and tt was not until several soldiers bad been wounded that a volley vas fired nnd the crowd dispersed. The woman, however, was dead. Seven natives were killed by the soldiers in the attempted rescue.

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NOTICE The following members of the Indianapolis Furniture Dealers’ Ass’n. will be open all of July and August until—--6:00 P. M. Saturdays 5 P. M. Weekly

BAKER BROS. 217-219 E. Washington St. BANNER FURNITURE CO. 33 S. Meridian St. FEENEY FURNITURE CO. 128 W. Washington St. GORDON FURNITURE CO. 127 E. Washington St. GREAT WESTERN CO. 336 E. Washington St. HARTMANN’S 315 E. Washington St HOME FURNITURE CO. 301 E. Washington St.

CLAIMS LEGION DOING CROOKED WORK FOR PLAZA G. W. Miller Charges Deception by Men Opposing Effort to Force Referendum. Charge that a deliberate attempt is being carried out to cause withdrawal of signatures from the anti-plaza petition by deception was made by G. W. Miller, a leading opponent of the plaza plan, today. The charge is 'based on a postal card questionnaire which has been sent to signors of the petition by the county council of the American Legion. Three questions are printed on the card: "Did you personally sign the petition against a World War memorial in Indianapolis ? “What is the street and number of your residence address? “Are you opposed to the construction of the proposed World War Memorial in Indianapolis?” "The first and third of those questions are purposely misleading.” said Mr. Miller. “So far as we know no petition against the World War Memorial was ever circulated. As far as ’the construction of a World War Memorial In Indianapolis’ is concerned, provision has | been made by tho State Legislature for j such construction and I know of no one ' who has any idea of opposing it at this I late day. | “Our petition is a remonstrance against the proposed addition of a costly plaza to this World War Meatnorlal. j "A number of ;ersons have inquired of us how they should answer the questlon- | naire. Our advice has been to ignore | It, or, if tbe recipient felt that he was i obliged to make answer, to say no.” | Letters accompanying tbe question- | naires were signed by J. Frank Cantj well, chairman of the Marion County | Council of the American Legion. The envelope bears a return card with the ! address of tbe American Legion committee, 533 I.emcke Annex building. The letter is as follows: "Dear Sir or Madam. “We have discovered many irregularities in the ; etition against the World War Memorial .n the CUy of Indianapolis j Your name appears among the list of signers. In order to find out what the real facts are, we ask you to answer the questions contained on the enclosed card and return to us in the enclosed stamped envelope at once." "This attempt at confusing the Issue is the culmination of the campaign of publicity to entagle this matter so that the voters of Indianapolis will find difficulty in expressing their convictions at tbe polls,” said Mr. Miller. “We have repeatedly pointed out that this remonstrance is not against the Indiana World War Memorial. The Indianapolis News nevertheless has continued to refer to It as the anti-war memorial petition.

“We hope that discerning citizens will not lose sight of the fact that this confusing questionnaire is designed to cheat the voters of their right to pass upon this proposed huge expenditure of money for thing of doubtful community value. ‘‘lt is a pity that the high ideals of the American Legion should be stultified in this manner and that the great opportunities of the organization for usefulness in our national life should be thus impaired. It should be remembered that no important part of the legion membership is engaged in the conduct of this campaign.” Mr. Miller said that preparations were being made to present a very complete case for the plaza opposition at the public hearing before a city council committee next Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. “The burden of proof In any contest

$150,000 WORTH OF Tires and Tubes TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION Final Disposition of Our Entire Stocks of All Makes Listed Below An Event of Vital Importance to Tire Dealers, Garage OwnersVulcanizers and to Motorists A Public Auction Sale will be inaugurated July 18th to 23rd. Sale, beginning daily at 10:30 o’clock. Auctioneers in Charge DEERING & HARRIS 223, 224, 225 Hume-Mansur Bldg. Indianapolis. Makes of Tires to Be Sold, Include Firestone Fisk Ajax McGraw Federal Globe Batavia Marathon Superbar Dreadnought Perfection Savage Entire stock on hand will be sold without reserve to highest bidders. Tbe opportunity for dealers to make money and for car owners to save money, is without a precedent. Auction Sale Begins Monday at 10:30 THE PURPOSE OF THIS SALE IS THE FINAL DISPERSAL OF ALL THE TIRES LISTED ABOVE FOR ULTIMATELY THIS STORE WILL BE A HEADQUARTERS IN THIS TERRITORY DEVOTING EXCLUSIVELY TO THE SALE OF KEYSTONE TIRES AND TUBES. Sun Tire & Rubber Cos. 309-11 N. CAPITOL BLVD. Indianapolis

IDEAL FURNITURE CO. 141 W. Washington St. NATIONAL FURNITURE CO. 335 W. Washington St. PEOFLE’S OUTFITTING CO. 133 W. Washington St. RELIABLE FURNITURE CO. 32 S. Illinois St. D. SOMMERS & CO. Cor. Washington and Capitol Ave. VICTOR FURNITURE CO. 231 W. Washington St. WHITE FURNITURE CO. 217 W. Washington St.

that may develop over the validity of the petition will rest upon its assailants,” he said. "But we anticipate no serious fight on the document. We have reason to believe, however, that a sham attack will be made upon it for propaganda purposes. A large number of exservice men, many of whom are disabled, will appear before the council committee to urge that relief be furnished the unfortunate veterans before expending mti- . lions on a plaza." TWO REPORTED MISSING. J Norman Reed, 42, living in the 2900 1 block on Sherman drive, was reported to the police today as missing. He left home Thursday. Chester Douglas, 15, 546 Fletcher avenue, has been missing from his home since July 11, the police were told.

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