Soldier's Money
Stolen From Trunk
The young white men who entered the home of Mr. Charlie
Watson of Connelly Springs last week and carried off $205 in cash have not been
captured yet, but one of them, Roy Aiken, a grandson of Mr. Watson, has been
seen frequently since the affair. The money that the boys are alleged to have
stolen belonged to Mr. Jeff Watson, a soldier in France, who had sent it home
for his father to keep until his return. On the night of the robbery somebody
robbed a beehive in town and made off with the honey.
Roy Aiken ate breakfast at his grandfather’s house on the
morning the money was stolen and while his grandmother was in the lot giving
water to the calf, must have gone into the trunk where the money was kept. He
disappeared almost immediately and with another boy beat his way to Hickory on
a freight train. Here he was chased for several hours, but eluded the officers.
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