Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1914 — DAYS TO CHRISTMAS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DAYS TO CHRISTMAS

as to where he saw him, etc. But Granger showed that he was at Demotte and in Jasper county all that day, and proved it by Jack Reeder, John Greve and several others. Mr. Kaufman, of Kaufman & Wolfe, proprietors of the “Lion Store” in Hammond, testified that he had talked with Granger the night before the date Shinkle said he was in Chicago, over long distance telephone, and had told Granger that he was coming down next day hunting if the weather was suitable, that he came down and saw Granger in Demotte. It was therefore shown to the satisfaction of the court and others who heard the evidence that Granger could not possibly have been in Chicago on this date. Shlnkle’s story, however, also convinced those who heard his testimony, that he saw Granger in Chicago, but that he wag mistaken as to the date. Granger claimed to have got the Cadillac car which McClurg replev-ined—w-hether this car was the car or not on which the indictment was based it is unable to determine, as the indictment itself did not give the name of the car, and gave the name of “McClure” instead of “McClurg” —in Hammond along in September. He claimed to have traded an Ab-bott-Detroit car for the Cadillac to some stranger who had stopped in at a Hammond garage, when he, Granger, was also there; that he gave his car and something like SBOO iff cash difference. He proved this transaction by an employe of the garage in Hammond who stood by when the trade was made. Whether there will be anything more done at the Chicago end to try to take Granger on some other alleged auto stealing case, we are unable to learn at this time.