Newport High School - Remembrance Yearbook (Newport, IN)

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wha Ware are Zfamr 1 ated 212 When PoQtmaQter Paul Iohnson of D lworth Indrana entered the poQtoff ce on the mornrng of Aprrl 17 1911 preparatory to open ng for the drx he vxaQ xerv much surpr sed At 1 glance he could S96 that the s fe h d been tloxxn open and robbed W th out w nt ng to see hoxx much h rd been taken he telephoned pol ce headqu uters 1nd xx hen ch ef of pol ce Thom rs answered he told h m what hrd h rppened and requested that 'r detectrxe be Qent rmmedr rtely Thom IS prom Qed to c o thrs rrrd Illit rs he hung up the rece xer a young detect xe ohn lrlann grn Qwho had come from Ir l nd n errch of h Q brother I rxxrence xxho had come to th Q countrv some t me rgo and h rd not been heard of Q n el en tered the of ce He hrd a handsome face tl re eyeQ and lrqht hr 1 l o xx rs heaxy Qct vx th verv brord houlders anl large muscles n rll he xvrs rbout ive feet Qrx rnches n stature Thomas llrnn gan entered tre ro to' ce n rbort frxe m nutes after he had started John on mmed rtely beg n explarn ng the c r cumst'rnceQ The roble s hrd trken Qeverrl dollar worth of Qt rmps rnd sever rl hun: red coll rrQ rn cash md regrQtered pack ces The only clrre thcx h d left xx as fr letter add1eQsed t Lfrxxrence Webb We t Po nt Incl John mrde a memorandrm o' the cr e und opened the letter but rt revealed noth ng srnce rt was -1 letter from one of Webb Q frrendQ He fo nd Lawrence Webb md h Q vx fe l x rv on fr mrll tfrrm by the Q de o a certarn Wm Bllck s farm VN ebb s f rm xx as searched but nothrng Quspre o rs xxaQ fo nd The trrrl had been set fo May 1st but s nee they drdnt haxc enough ev denc rt WAQ po tponed Webb clfr med that he d dr t lfnoxv frnx th ng about the letter and Qrnce t was rust Qrgned Harry no clue vxas g ven About May the Qex enth John d Qappe rr d from the nerghbor hood Then rn 'rbort fx week after that the nevxsp rpers xxere full of the frcco rntQ of sever 'rl b g robber CQ One ma l tram lead been robbed by 'r lone mfr ked m n txxo mall cle k xx ere krlled 'md fifty thousand doll'rrQ rn cf1Qh and 1eg1Qtered marl taken There were other stfrrtl ng robberres but the most rmportant was the Rossv lle Junct on poQtoffrce xxh ch had lost about ten thou sand dollars rn cash re rstered marl and stamps The postoffrce dep rrtment 'tt Wash ngton D C Qent sex eral detectrves to the Qcene of the robber es The deQc ptron of the outlaw grven by the engrneer of the marl tram almoQt fitted that of John Naturally the detectwes began searchrng for hrm but were unsuccessful rn the r attempt About th Q trme another compl cfrtron occurred A Qtranger appeared rn West Po nt rnd waQ held QQ 1 QLISD c ouQ character by the detectrves Upon queQt1on1ng h m they found h Q name to V 62, 'f vw .,.. ,Q - r f ,. f r ,, , , ,f 4 1 f . ' me ,., ,,,.,,., ,,,, , ff M J f 'f ' I fu fa ff ' -- ruff ' , - ',,,,,,,, ,eg ee- e 1 . 1 or T' rt-1 1 1- EE w 1 1 I ' l A C P n A , , b 1 ' ' f 1 , A v v x 1 v v V . ' ' 5 1 -V , 1 . Z 1 . - a , , f , 1 - z 1 J ' 1 , L . , . 1. . Y 9 ' c 1 L 1 f ' 2 ,' , - c r 2 4 . . 1 V . f '. . . ' 1 - ' , 1 . 1. 1. 1 .' 2 , 1 1. 1 ' v 3 v T ' , ' ' ll Y A v L ? 1 C ' 'Q 11 1 . . ' ' . v e, Cx . S 1 I . A Ja ' , A r - 1 ' 1 . 1' n H, 0 1 1 c 1. 1 L LA L, - A r ' , - V 1 l . l' 1. 1 L , J 1 c K :rg as C f -. '1 Q 'g s 1-, - f :..',rz zszr ' 31' . ' - ' f . . . 1 f 2 rnformed lr rn about the robbery anc, he started or the postoflice. P . -W - 1 1. TT 1 1 . , v : L. Am A . A A .' ll , A L.. . A s C s ,. 1 ra 11 1 4 - n K s Q -A C I n C C ,Y - 1- Q . w 1. 1. T . -1 ' Q 1 ' . L 1 s K L L I A- I - r L s C A ' . 2 L ' 1 o tl , V' K, 1 YY ' ' f , 1- 1 , . c . 1 as 2 A e , -, ' 1 . 1 v 1 , . C, L , . 1. 11 - . . . , . 1 ,p , . 1 rs r 1 u .,, C s z C . . 1 1 v A z yu Y Y IN ' 1 1 1 5 Q A - n , I L. L A . 1 1 1, ' 1 u . 'z s 1' 3 ,I ' 7 I ' ' : v , : - ,. 14 1 1 I . c l . n 5 ' ' u xr , 3 A n R A I A Q . 1 1 ' rs. , 1 'e - ' , -'Q 1 1 a L L, C C - . L 1 s '. 1 1 1. ' . . 1 , 1 . , , ' 4 c L S , 1 5 1 ' c . c 1 ' 1 . c ' l 4 1 l l 1 ' I c 4 ' . IT. 4 . v 5 K ' ' - 1 V c c L L . , . . K , 1 . - 0 L . - C ' lk A c . 1 c 1 1 .1 1 . 1 4 1 , . A , , 1 1. .

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