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Arson in the Beatrice Daily Express, 1900&1920

SNYDER MUST ANSWER DOUBLE CHARGE

Item

Title
SNYDER MUST ANSWER DOUBLE CHARGE
Date
11/12/00
page
1
Identifier
https://lccn.loc.gov/sn84020113
Crime
Arson
Subject
Arson; Horse Theft
Race of alleged offender
White alleged offender
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged offender
Race of alleged victim
White alleged victim
Gender of alleged victim
Male alleged victim
Stage of the Legal System
Arrested
Location
Out of State, Grinnell IA
Length of story
83
Description
SNYDER MUST ANSWER DOUBLE CHARGE Grinnell. I a.. Nov. 12.óCharles Snyder, giving his home at Monona county, near Maple Grove, has been captured by the officers near Albla, and will have to answer to the charge of horse stealing and arson. Snyder set fire to a valuable barn, on the Thomas Brannon place and stole the
horse within, thinking the evidence of the theft would be hidden by the ashes of the fire, but no carcass was found, so the officers gave pursuit.