Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1927-02-24
OWEN McKIBBEN ALLEGED
TO HAVE BEEN IMPLICATED

Mondays GAINESVILLE Times Re-
corder published the following:
Two men and two women. held
in Marion for investigation of al
legged bad-check charges, are said TO
be badly wanted in GAINESVILLE for
jumping a board bill at local ho-
tel. Affidayits may be filed against
them in municipal court Monday
morning.
The quartet, consisting Of OrIey
II. Miller, 40, of Urbana; Owen Nc
Kibben, 35, McConne1svilIe; Miss
Martha Wilkinson, 10, of Indianapo-
lis, and Miss Clara Miller, "a, Of
Sandyville, w. Va. was arrested at
Marion Saturday after Miller had
attempted to pass a worthless check,
According to press dispatches from
Marion, the quartet is alleged to
have taken lengthy automo-
bile trip, financing their journey
with money obtained from cashing
bogus checks at points enroute
They started from Columbus about
a week ago, going to Indianapolis:
then visited Dayton, Plain City, Co
lumbus and GAINESVILLE, and were en-
route TO Detroit when labbed in
Marion. Marion police say. Chief
of Police Joseph Petet said last
night he is expecting to hear from
business men today If any bogus
checks were passed by the party
while in GAINESVILLE The two cou-
Piles remained at a local hotel
about three days, then left without
settling their score, according 10
reports
The Marietta Register in their
Monday evenings edition printed a
news dispatch sent out from Cleve-
land, as follows:
Following his arrest for passing
worthless checks, Harley Miller, 25,
Urbana, is being held as murder
suspect owen Mckibben. 35, Nc
Connelsville, arrested with Miller,
first told police of the murder an
gle. when. under questioning, he
said Miller told him he killed a
man. Clara Miller, "a, sister of
Harley, also arrested on the check
charge. declared her brother said
he had killed the man who had
murdered their father at Cleveland.
Miller denied the accusation and
said his father had been murdered
by John Hott at Maynard o.. Dec.
q, 1902, and that Hott had been
convicted and committed to the
Ohio penitentiary. Miller was said
by detectives to have confessed to
passing worthless checks at Spring
field. Marietta, Athens, GAINESVILLE
and half dozen other cities during
the past two weeks Miss Miller
gave her home as Springfield, o.
McKibben Back to Pen
Wednesdays GAINESVILLE Recorder
stated that, Owen McKibben, 35.
of McConnelsville, who was arrest
ed in Marion last Saturday in con-
nection with the passing of num-
Der of worthless checks, will be re-
turned to the Ohio penitentiary for
parole violation to serve Is years,
the remainder of a sentence for for
gerry. given him at McConnelsville,
according to press dispatches from
Columbus. Harley Miller, 33, of
Urbana, second man of the party
which consisted of two couples, will
be arraigned in the Columbus mu-
nicipal court Wednesday on two |
charges of forgery. Martha Will
kinson, 18, of Indianapolis, Ind, |
and Clara Miller, Springfield, a sis |
ter of Harley, who were apprehend- |
ed in an automobile with the two |
men, were returned to their homes. |
The party stopped in GAINESVILLE |
three days last week, and jumped 4
board bill at local hotel. The ho-
tel proprietor was planning to file
charges against the two couples,
out the more serious charges have
been pressed against them instead