The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-21
GREENSBORO WILL
TAKE NO CHANCES
Residents Have Henry JUS
tice Arrested Because of
Suspicious Antics.

Residents of Greensboro are taking
no chances on letting suspicious look
ing strangers remain in that village
without giving Straightforward ac-
count of their business and presence.
AS a result of the suspicious actions
of Henry Justice aged II, who said
that he was formerly employed by a
circus now playing somewhere in the
west, Sheriff Steen and Deputy Sher-
if Mote, on the solicitation of Green's
fork residents, placed him under ar
rest there this morning.
Refusing to disclose his anticedents
at Greensboro, Justice was taken to
this city and a charge of begging was
preferred against him in police court
this morning. He entered plea of
not guilty, but refused to talk after
his arraignment.
Justice told Patrolman Vogelsong
that he had begged because he was
hungry and on this admission was
sentenced to the county Jail for fif-
teen days being unable to pay a fine
of S. and costs. v-..s--s.-s-++.srz---s. as
The police examined the articles
taken from him at the time Of his ar
rest, in an effort to connect him with
some of the "Peeping Tom" work
which has been going on in this city.
Justice denied that he had been in
this city before. He said he was from
Circleville, Ohio and left that place
last spring with a circus. He said he
was kidnapped and dragged away by
ch0 o1
that it was not wholly against his
will, as he wanted to see the country.
He said he had lost track of the show
In the west because he had been ar
rested for public intoxication in a
western city and when he had worked
out his fine was unable to locate the
circus.
Had Union Card.
One of the articles which he had
in his possession was a certificate of
membership in the International union
of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers, of Oklahoma City, Okla. The GER
tificate was made out to John Muir
ply. He could not give satisfactory
account of how he obtained it, explain
ing that it was in coat given to him
by a westerner. Chief Gormon has
written to A. w. Yount, secretary of
the union, to ascertain Justices re-
lation with that organization.
He had cudgel with spike driv-
en- in the end and large collection of
keys, which the police believe could
have been used as burglar tools. Many
postal cards were found in his pock-
cts, which he could not account for.
He said he wrote them and then was
unable to read them. He admitted to
the police that he did not know how
to spell his own name. He is either
a very wise crook or perfectly harm
less hobo, say the police. Fodder
found in his pockets led the officials
to believe that he has been sleeping
in barns and may be a ''fire-bug.'
Saturday evening a man resembling
Justices appearance entered the barn
of George Bish at Greensboro when
there was no one home save the
house keeper, Miss Sadie Shafer. She
was so frightened by his peculiar ac-
tions and absolute silence that she or
dered him off the property. Miss Sha-
fer was unable to identify Justice as
the man who frightened her.
Find a Letter.
Sheriff Steen this afternoon found
a letter on Justice written by his faith
er, Peter Justice, and addressed to
Frank Robbins asking the young man
to return to his home in Williamsport,
Ohio. The father said that he and the
mother of Justice were ill and poor
and needed the assistance of the boy
The letter informed Robbins whose
residence was not given that young
Justice is of feeble mind. Sheriff Steen
has written to the father.