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The Tacoma Times
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
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Mrs. John Smith claims her husband, jailed last week for not repaying $439.50 to Associated Charities after a $10,000 verdict against Griffin Wheel Co., buried the remaining funds in the woods last fall, but they were dug up and stolen.
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Mrs. John Smith, wife of John Smith who was sent to jail last week for contempt of court because he did not pay back to the Associated Charities $439.50 advanced while he was helpless, after he had received a verdict for $10,000 damages from the Griffin Wheel company, said today the reason the money was not paid was that they had buried the money in the woods and that someone found it and dug it up.
Mrs. Smith declares they took $5,000 out of the bank last fall, paid the doctors and other expenses and then buried the rest but that someone found it and over $4,000, she thinks, must have been buried.
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john smith sent to jail for contempt of court; over $4,000 buried money dug up and gone
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Mrs. John Smith explained that after John Smith received a $10,000 verdict from the Griffin Wheel company, they took $5,000 out of the bank last fall, paid expenses including $439.50 to Associated Charities, buried the rest in the woods, but someone found and took it, leading to non-payment and John's jailing last week.