May 25, 1921
The McClain Brothers, Roy, aged 12 and Lyle, 10, were taken into custody today by the police, charged with being members of the desperate gang of juvenile desperadoes that has been committing depredations about the city for several weeks. The two alleged culprits were taken to the detention home where they will be kept together with Donald Woolley, 8, until Probate Judge Breen returns from Detroit to dispose of their cases. The McClain lads could not be found Saturday when the youngest of the trio was arrested. They returned to the parental home, however, and the police were notified. It is believed by the police that the arrest of he youngsters will put a stop to numerous cases of petty larceny and more serious offenses that have been reported for some time past. The boys stole boats, fishing tackle, tools, bicycles and other articles and were apprehended after they had broken into the Cass School. A short time ago the boys stole a boat and then sent by the chief of po
May 11, 1921
A final attempt to get the two political factions at Harrietta together failed and the recall election will be held as ordered on May 25. Some of the principals and their attorneys were in conference yesterday regarding a possible patching up of the difficulties but it was decided to go through with the affair. Accordingly, Mrs. Minnie Southwick, president; Robert Freeman, clerk, and four of the trustees, will go before the village electors seeking vindication for their course through which the results of the March 7 election defeating these officers have been ignored because the election board put in by the opposite faction on election day failed to properly file a statement of the result. The official ballots for the recall election now are being printed. Under the official heading for the special election, which is being conducted by Judge Fred M. Breen, of probate court, under Act 44 Public Acts 1917, appears the phrase, For the Recall of Minnie Southwick from the
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