The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-13
|BOHNER WILL
Be RELEASED
Captain Bond Finds Sus-,
spects Story True.
WAS IN GARRETT, INDIANA
On Night Hostetter Was
Murdered.
Officer Visits Garrett and Confirms
Story-No New Evidence Against
Hauck--IIunt for Watch and Re-
yolver Sun Going on---Police News.

That George Bonner was in Gar.
rett. Indiana. on August IS. when
Officer Hostetter was shot and there
fore. innocent of the crime for which
he has been held. was made certain
| today when Captain of Police Lincoln
Bond returned from Garrett and re-
| ported to Chief Klinefelter this morn
| ing.
Captain Bond found the foreman
of the u. & o. carpenter gang with
which Bonner claimed he was work
ing in Garrett. l. B. Taylor, the fore
man, said that the time book showed
Bohner had worked from the 18th
to the goth of August with the gang
when he left to go to Chicago.
The keeper of the boarding house
where Bonner stayed and employees
and boarders there confirmed Bob
ner's statements. Bonner. 1t seems.
left Garrett on August 20 and went to
Chicago. There have been rumors
there of some trouble Bonner had
gotten into and IT was said that n man
he had hit had died. But this was
before Hostetter was shot, Captain
Bond says.
As result of the officers investi-
cations Il seems certain that Bonner
will be released as he could not have
had anything to do with either the
hold-up or the murder.
This morning Chief Klinefelter re-
ceived a letter for Bonner, written
by the mans mother in Defiance.
Mrs. Addie Bonner. The mother was
greatly concerned over her sons ar
rest and told him that she did not
believe him guilty and that she and
his father would stand by him and
help him in every way. The mother
knew of the boy being in Garrett and
was puzzled to know how he could
be accused of crime that happened
here.
Up to this noon the authorities had
learned nothing new of any conse-
quence in the case against Hauck and
the hunt for new evidence still con-
tinues. The authorities want to find
the watch and revolver that Hauck
told a friend he had pawred and 1t is
believed that the crime can be fasten-
ed on Hauck If these are located.
Chief Kllnefelter and Officer
went to a barn on Harrison
street yesterday afternoon and ar
rested J. p. Stevens and Thomas
Buchanan who were giving each other
liquor and getting gloriously drunk
One of the men possessed a case of
beer and the other a large sized bot
]. of whisky. They drank some beer
md then some whisky and kept 1t up
until they were pretty full. At this
uncture the police arrived and toted
hem to the calaboose.
The men will be charged with in
oxication and with giving away
liquor.
Mr. and Mrs. william Leeper, OF
south Prospect street, were going
nome from church Friday evening
about nine o'clock when a young man
IN bicycle, going at terrific speed
'ollidcd with them as they We're cross
ing at the corner of Prospect and
Columbia throwing the couple to the
street and unseating the rider. All
a number of bruises.
There was no electric light at the
corner and none on the wheel and
the affair was purely accidental and
no blame was placed by any of the
victims The next morning Mr.. Leep-
er inquired concerning an ordinance
bicyclists to use lights
Chief Klinefelter informed him that
previously there had been one but
il does not exist at present. Mr.. Leep
err informed a Mirror reporter today
that he wished IL stated in the paper
this evening that he did not censure
the young man, but thought there
should be an ordinance compelling
the use of a light.
Martin Hough. the aged gentleman
who was held by the police as Wit
ness in the Hostetter shooting case
was released from custody this art
ernoon.
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