Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1912 — BANKER GIVES UP FIGHT [ARTICLE]

BANKER GIVES UP FIGHT

H. A. Barrel, Accused of Embezzlement, to Return to Brownstown. Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 16. Hugh A Burrell, formerly a banker of Brownsitown, In<t, charged with embezzling $79,000, gave up his long fight against extradition and started for Indiana. During the last sixteen months Burrell has been in Jail here. Seventeen indictments stand against Burrell at Brownstown The ground on which extradition has.been resisted is that a prison sentence will mean death to him because of his extreme age