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Is He Naval Deserter?

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Parent Issue
Day
21
Month
November
Year
1902
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

A Man in Country Jail is Identified as One

WHO DESERTED IN AUGUST

Will be Tried Here for Larceny in December and Then Turned Over to U.S. Government

Information was received here Monday identifying Frank Jones, who is in the county jail awaiting trial for larceny, as the man who deserted the United States revenue cutter Michigan on the tenth of August last. Since that time the man has eluded the government authorities at every turn and a reward was offered for his apprehension.

Captain N. Nrader, of the Michigan has been authorized to offer a reward also from the U. S. Navy department of $20 for the capture of Jones. By a series of very complicated investigations the Frank Jones here turned out to be the same man wanted aboard the revenue cutter. His trial here is scheduled for the December term of the circuit court and after that he will be given over to the government authorities.

Jones was born in 1882 at Seban, Mich., and enlisted in the navy on the 26th of June, 1901, at Harbor Springs. Captain Nrader gives a detailed description of Jones which tallies exactly with the characteristics of the man held here. He will not be taken to the Michigan until after justice is meted out to him for his larceny here.