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Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa
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In Burlington on March 12, J. M. Dwyer, a young local agent for the L. C. Smith typewriter company, was arrested and held on $500 bond in Des Moines County Jail for embezzling $496.60. Special agent E. J. Stevenson investigated and caused the arrest. Dwyer, from Creston, has a wife and baby; hearing set for next Tuesday.
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AT BURLINGTON
Burlington, March 12.-J. M. Dwyer
a young man who has been acting as
local agent for the L. C. Smith type-
writer concern, is at present in the
Des Moines county jail under 500
bond charged with larceny by em-
bezzlement. His case will be heard
next Tuesday.
E. J. Stevenson of Syracuse, N. Y.,
special agent of the company, came to
Burlington to look up Dwyer's record,
and finding things were not as they
should be caused the young man's ar-
rest. Mr. Stevenson says that the
amount of the shortage is $496.60.
Dwyer came here from Creston some
months ago. He has a wife and
baby.
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Burlington, Des Moines County Jail
Event Date
March 12
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J. M. Dwyer, local agent for L. C. Smith typewriter company, arrested for larceny by embezzlement of $496.60; hearing next Tuesday.