LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, Missouri, Friday, Feb. 25, 1927. MEN CHARGED WITH THEFT OF TWO TIRES. Buford Jenkerson and Lee Hanson, who were committed to the county jail from Bonne Terre, Feb. 15, to answer to a charge of theft of automobile tires, were released under five hundred dollar bonds last week. The two were arrested on February 15th, by Constable John Mostiller of Bonne Terre, after he had identified two tires on their machines as being those taken from Thomas Nash, who lives on the old Desloge-Bonne Terre road, on the night of January 31st. They were unable to furnish five hundred dollar bonds at time of commitment, but later procured the proper security and are at liberty pending trial in the May term of the Circuit Court.

They must have been really good tires.  $500 bond in 1927. Alice K : ) GO SOONERS !!!! --- On Mon, 10/27/08, B. Warner <bkwofc@i1.net> wrote: From: B. Warner <bkwofc@i1.net> Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Men Charged With Theft of Two Tires (1927) To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 7:53 AM LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, Missouri, Friday, Feb. 25, 1927. MEN CHARGED WITH THEFT OF TWO TIRES. Buford Jenkerson and Lee Hanson, who were committed to the county jail from Bonne Terre, Feb. 15, to answer to a charge of theft of automobile tires, were released under five hundred dollar bonds last week. The two were arrested on February 15th, by Constable John Mostiller of Bonne Terre, after he had identified two tires on their machines as being those taken from Thomas Nash, who lives on the old Desloge-Bonne Terre road, on the night of January 31st. They were unable to furnish five hundred dollar bonds at time of commitment, but later procured the proper security and are at liberty pending trial in the May term of the Circuit Court. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message