Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1914 — A TEMPESTUOUS TEAKETTLE [ARTICLE]

A TEMPESTUOUS TEAKETTLE

Indignation Aroused by Jug liuudlu Report. Mouon News: The Rensselaer Republican roars fiercely over an incident that occurred last Saturday night.and flays Constable A. C. Miller unmercifully for offensive conduct, of which he is as guiltless as the Republican editor, having nothing whatever to do with the affair complained of. There are two sides to every story and the Republican has evidently heard but one side, in this instance it was so at variance with tlie facts as to make the Republican’s attack wholly unjustifiable. The circumstances of which ~ofrr neighbor BO bitterly compTSlnff is as follows:

Clifford Summer and Vern Sanders, employes of a Rensselaer garage, were arrested here Saturday night on suspicion of the parties who had burglarized the stores of A. It. Clark and O. A. Jacks at Lee one night last week. The arrests were made pursuant to a telephone message received by Marshal Wilson from Lee at a late hour Saturday night. The young men had been seen going through Lee on a motorcycle and had also been seen by Marshal Wilson sweeping down Market street at a speed clearly in violation of tile law. A break down caused the boys to return to the Thacker garage and they were then gobbled up by Night Watch Ira Robbins. They were detained at the new depot restaurant where at 2 o’clock in the morning they were released after Marshal Wilson became satisfied that they were not the parties wanted. One of the young men became beligerent when the marshal Interrupted his slumber and a slight tap was given him to make him conform to the rules of propriety. The Republican says that Summer and Sanders are seeklpg legal redress for their detention here, but from what we can learn here their grievance will vanish into thin air. At all events they had better not tackle Constable Miller, who was Bleeping peacefully at the time the arrests were made.