South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-07
KENNETH FAILS
To GET RELEASE
Sheriff Duck Refuses to Ap-
prove Bonds Furnished by
Friends Thursday.

Efforts Of the friends Of Leo NJ.
I hennett who by reason Of his con-
fession is held under charges of
I grand larceny in connection with the
theft Of s25O,O0O in Liberty bonds
/ from the Studebaker corporation
! last January. to obtain his release
under $4,000 bonds had failed up
TO 2:3O O'Clock this afternoon. al
/ though il is believed by his friends
that the bond will be obtained dur
ing the afternoon.
Bond for Kennett was arranged
last night. but when it was submit
| ted 10 Sheriff Louis b. Duck this
| morning. that official refused to ap-
I prove It, holding that the signers
were not sufficiently financially re-
| spOnsible.
Good In Custody.
The bond for the release Of
! George w. Good, held on a charge
I of grand larceny in connection with
his confessed attempt to dispose of
$4,000 OF the bonds after Kennett
I burned % of the % certificates, is
said to be sufficiently guaranteed by
the financial responsibility of the
/ signers to secure his release from
custody, but Mr. Good still refuses
TO leave the city Jail until Xennett
is permitted to leave with him.
Both men were emphatic last
night in denying that the two ad-
vertiseracn;s which appesred in the
! ?e' sonai colJmn OF New York news
] raTCrs we're any indication jhA- pr
! SONS III the east or elsewhere were
! in. posses Of some OK t. e %
burile which Kenneth claims 10 1--we
%urnod.
Queer Ads.
Tl,r advertisements rca !
i RANCE-BonGs have al
ways been in and never away from
South Bend: will furnish proof and
evidence per our letter; send your
president. won't talk TO your at1Jr-
-. -MCNADNOCK.
CALIFORNIA-Bond mater indi-
: cative family management. South
Bend; file suits Immediately: secure
service NONRESIDENT publication;
draw usualJfive Thousand.
The advertisements" said Mr..
. Good, cannot refer TO any C. The
Studebaker bonds. as Mr.. Kenneth
retained three of them to the COM
Iany n l will stake my lie on
ms statement that he burned the
other p. During the five days
that We have been shut up here L
ccthVr. a have repeated v questioned
, lEY friend closely about &c natter
ana there was not a WJ.l uttered
or an expression of his face shown
which - Guild lead me L .elirv, that
no vas not telling the truth about
the matter"
Same OpinWn.
Mr. Bennett was also o. the Opin
, ION tIat the advertisements COZ i
not Iefer To the Stude5akcr nOuds,
asserting that they could not be held
by eastern parties. as ne had o1rn-
: ed % and returned three.
He stated that ne would be only
too glad 10 tell if there had been
any other disposition of the %
? bonds, as he has been advised that
. ii would help his case appreciably
If he could produce the bonds or
say that he had sold them. He die
, not vary his statement made at the
time of his arrest last Friday-tha,
, he had burned % OF the bonds in
o his furnace the next day after find
Il ing them.
A. r. Erskine, president of the
: Studebaker corporation. said Wed
nesday that the matter Of the ad-
10 vertisements had been placed in the
, hands OF the Pinkertons. who have
been handling the case.
Supt. Donnelly on the New
; York Pinkerton bureau commented
on the appearance OF the advertise
ments as follows:
There is a decided element OF
mystery in the ads. So far as we
have been informed, there has only
been one big bond robbery in South
Bend since the first Of the year
? This robbery was handled by OUT
. Chicago branch"