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ADDITIONAL
ARRESTS
Are Made In Centerburg On
Thursday Afternoon
In Connection With Fire And
Alleged Burglary
Glenn SeIby And 5. J. Gould
Locked Up In Jail
The Farmer Talks Very Much
About The Cases
More Sensational Develop.
ments Are Expected

Centerburg, o., Dec. 22-Another
chapter of the sensational burglary
and arson case at this place was open
ed yesterday afternoon by the arrest
of Glenn SeIpy, a laborer residing
here, and S. J. Gould, whom Selby is
alleged to have confessed was impi-
Gated in the burglary of the e. E. Nc
CURE store just previous to the fire.
Sensations are following sensations
In the case and developments of a
most surprising nature are being
brought out almost every hour
through tire efforts of the officers
working on the case.
At about 4 o'clock Thursday after
noon warrants were sworn out before
Mayor Best for the arrest of Glenn
Selby and S. j. Gould, both of whom
are reported to be held in connection
with the burglary and fire and they
were accordingly taken into custody
by Marshal l.. B. Evans. They were
locked in the village Jail. Shortly af-
ter the arrest the men were given a
sweating" in an effort to gain inform
alton concerning the affair, but, accord.
ing to the report, Gould disclosed
nothing of nature to create interest
Selby, however, 1t Is said. talked a
great deal and implicated several per.
sons as having had a hand in the
affair, but where he secured his in.
formation is not known. The report
has 1t that Selby admitted having a
suit of clothes that Is alleged to have
been stolen from the Mcclure store
and that he purchased it from Charles
Foster, one of the brothers who are
being held on burglary and arson
charge, Other admissions are said to
have been made by Selby that will
further implicate himself in the case
but these were not made public.
In his statement during the sweat
ing" process, Selby is alleged to have
plulCu Illl tiltl lllil luu a ldIu
In the Mcclure store burglary and
that he was one of the men who did
the job How he knows this has not
been learned.
Thai the burglary and fire were not
pulled off on schedule time Is reveal
ed by the alleged statements of Selby
who Is reported to have said before
his inquisitors that the plans for the
work were laid out by the Fosters
and others concerned, in the carpenter
shop of Frank Foster in Centerbure
on the evening of Thanksgiving day
and that the plans were laid to com
nit the depreciation at an earlier date
than was the case, Should Selby be
truthful in his statements it ap
pears that he knows considerable
about the matter and that he mus
have been In some way connected
with IL In order to gain the informa
tion which he Is said to has impart
ed TO the officers, His reasons fol
the confession are not given out.
Another man, whose name has no
yet been given to the public, Is men
toned in the report that has leaked
out, This man Is said to be resi-
dent of the village and is further sait
to have had n hand in the affair tha
has been giving the officers so mucf
trouble His arrest will probably fol
low in very short time.
Deputy State Fire Marshal Hart
ppee is in Centerburg working on tn,
case and is threshing out several clue
that have been found. How far tn,
investigation will go and how deel
it will involve other residents of th
village Is not known.
No trouble was experienced by Maj
shal evans in the arrest of the tw,
men who We're taken into custody OF
Thursday afternoon,
Shortly after the arrest of Samue
Gould and Glenn Selby Thursday al
ternoon, jay Gould, son OF Samue
Gould, was taken into custody by Maj
shal Evans and was locked up to b
held for the same reasons that tn
former two We're being held.
On Friday morning, charge Q