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Valentine Democrat
Valentine, Cherry County, Nebraska
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In Nebraska City, police searched Joe Jones' home after his arrest for mail robbery, recovering stolen items including a pocketbook from a mailbox break-in and rare coins from a store burglary; he is suspected of multiple cash thefts totaling $150 and was taken to Omaha.
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Loot from Mail Boxes Found in Room of Joe Jones at Nebraska City.
The police, accompanied by a postal official, searched the home of Joe Jones, the colored man arrested at Nebraska City on the charge of robbing mail sacks at the Missouri Pacific depot found a leather pocketbook which had been taken from the Seventh street mail box when it was broken open and robbed that night and all of the mail taken out, and after being ripped open was returned to the boxes.
Among the letters were daily reports of insurance agencies and express agents.
The pocketbook recovered had been mailed by I. Weiss's Sons & Co. and one of the clerks identified it because it was broken and had been sent for repair. Some rare coins were also found which had been taken from Lilien's second-hand store, where they were on exhibition early in December. They were secured by breaking one a window.
It is now claimed that the prisoner entered the book store of W. S. Hyer, Weiss's annex and Johnson Bros.' grocery store. At each place the burglar took only cash and secured something like $150 in all. He refrained from taking any goods. Jones has been there two years and the police claim committed a number of burglaries during that time. He was taken to Omaha by a deputy United States marshal. He refused to say a word regarding the thefts even after being confronted with the goods and the evidence.
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Nebraska City
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prisoner arrested and taken to omaha by deputy united states marshal; refused to comment; approximately $150 stolen in cash from burglaries; goods recovered including pocketbook, letters, and rare coins.
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Police and postal official searched home of Joe Jones, arrested colored man charged with robbing mail sacks at Missouri Pacific depot; found stolen leather pocketbook from Seventh street mail box robbery, containing insurance and express reports; pocketbook from I. Weiss's Sons & Co.; rare coins from Lilien's second-hand store broken into early December; claimed entries into W. S. Hyer bookstore, Weiss's annex, and Johnson Bros. grocery, taking only cash totaling $150; Jones in area two years, suspected of multiple burglaries.