Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 28, DeMotte, Jasper County, 10 June 1949 — North County Corn Theft Cases Solved [ARTICLE]

North County Corn Theft Cases Solved

Local Authorities Trace Corn Crib Robberies To Pair Held In Lake County Jail Three north Jasper county corn crib thefts perpetrated several weeks ago were believed solved recently following the questioning of two men held in the Lake county jail at Crown Point. They are being held in that county on a charge of having stolen pigs in that county. One of the men is a resident of Lake county, the other of Newton county. The evidence which apparently has cracked the cases was rounded up by Sheriff Webb. Deputies John Lesh and Ivan Cheever, and State Trooper Daryl Ford. Some north county sluething by Mr. Cheever produced lively clews which sent the officers to the Lake county jail to question the suspects. Truck tire tracks were the principal factor in breaking the cases. Taken to the farm home of one of the men some of the stolen ' corn was found. The men confessed. The corn crib thefts were committed at the farms of Henry Misch, Otto DeYoung and another farm, the name of the tenant of which we have not learned. The two men are accused of having fed the stolen corn to hogs stolen in Lake county and taken to a Newton county fair. Being uncertain as to the names of he accused, we refrain from publication of names at this time.