Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1920 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happening* In the Nearby Citlea and Town*—Matter* of Minor Mention From Many Localitle*. MONON MEN CLAIM INNOCENCE Three Bound Over to Federal Court on Theft Conepiracy Charge. Lafayette, June 29. —Clay Lutes, Charles Allison and Robert Fulmer, all of Monon, were arraigned here today before E. B. Davidson, United States commissioner, to answer a federal charge of conspiracy to rob freight cars containing Interestate shipments. They were brought to Lafayette by Frank Reams, United States deputy marshal. The accused men were arrested following an investigation of wholesale car robberies at Monon, It being alleged that $50,000 worth of goods had been stolen from cars at that point. The arrests were made two weeks ago and the men had been at liberty on bonds of SIO,OOO. They pleaded not guilty before the commissioner and their bond was fixed at $1,500 each for their appearance in federal court at Indianapolis.