Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1916 — Sam Carroll Arrested on Charge of Theft of Automobile. [ARTICLE]

Sam Carroll Arrested on Charge of Theft of Automobile.

Sam Carroll, who drove into Rensselaer last August with a Pope-Hart-ford runabout and with his wife has since been stopping at the Barnes restaurant and occupying rooms over the American Express office which are leased by Mr. Barnes, was arrested Thursday morning by Deputy Sheriff John Robinson on instructions front the chief of police of Milwaukee, Wis., charged with the theft of the automobile. He was placed in jail and the Milwaukee police wired that he was under arrest. Officer Maloney came front Milwaukee Thursday night and yesterday afternoon took Carroll back wwftt him, his wife accompanying them, Carroll waiving extradition. Carroll is an expert automobile mechanic and worked for a while at the Mark Schroer garage, later going into partnership with Hugh Kirk and Mr. Schroer under the firm name of Motor Service Co. This firm was recently dissolved, Mr. Schroer withdrawing and Carroll and Kirk retaining the name Motor Service Co., and moving to the room in the rear of Lange's music store. Carroll claims that he is innocent 1 of the charge of stealing the machine and says that it was turned over to him by a relative in payment of a debt which the latter owed him. The auto is now in custody of the sheriff and is being held at the Central j garage. It is said that the number! has been filed off the engine, which j does not look very good. It seems from what Sheriff MeColly Could gather that Carroll was j running a garage in Milwaukee and the business going to the bad he took 1 this car, which had been left there for repairs, and with his wife skipped *ut, and that it was covered by a chattel mortgage there. Whether or not the supposed owner of the car or the holder of the mortgage is behind the prosecution of Carroll we are unable to state, but'Carroll seemed to think he would be able to straighten out the difficulty without much trouble.