Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1909 — The Alleged Horse Thief Has a Safety Deposit Box. [ARTICLE]

The Alleged Horse Thief Has a Safety Deposit Box.

Fred Brown, the young man held for stealing the Wood horse from the hitch rack in Kentland ten days ago, confided to Deputy Sheriff Zumbaugh on their way to the Rensselaer jail that he could prove by a young lady of Watseka that he was with her at the time the horse was stolen, but that he did not want to drag her into the case. It is more than probable that if there be any such young lady, and living as close as Watseka, she will hear of Brown’s arrest and appear in his defense at the trial. But bis stories are doubtful. Brown has a safety deposit box at the Discount and Deposit State Bank, but as he has the key it has not been opened since his arrest and its contents are not known. Early in the, spring he did some business with this bank, but it is not known why he preferred to do his banking business In Kentland rather than in Goodland where he was engaged In business.— Kentland Enterprise.