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— Griffin Daily News Tuesday, May 31,1977
Green thumb thieves
They steal only the best
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -
Thieves of the green thumb va
riety—they take only the most
valuable loot—have been con
ducting a leafy crime wave in
the Athens area.
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Mrs. William Kelly, who has
lost plants to thieves four
times—pots and all, said some
of the plants would take two
persons to carry off.
“They take such unusual
plants as tuberous begonias,
snake plant or mother-in-law
tongue, Christmas cactus and
July cactus and a great big
philodendron,” she said.
The plant pilferers also have
hit at least one nursery, getting
away with nearly S6OO worth of
greenery.
CULTURAL HISTORY
NEW YORK (AP) - The Na
tional Portrait Gallery of the
Smithsonian Institution is cur
rently presenting an exhibition
of documents and photographs
covering more than a century
of American cultural history.
“Artists and Writers” illus
trates the close personal rela
tionships that existed between
such painters, sculptors and au
thors as artist Jerome Blum,
and author Sherwood Anderson,
of 19th-century sculptor Hiram
Powers and his friend, the poet
William Cullen Bryant. The ex
hibit will remain on view
through December.
Way wealthy widow lived as baffling as she died
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The
way slain heiress Marjorie
The nursery operator said
reclaiming stolen plants is hard
to do since as one person ob
served there is hardly any way
to tattoo an identification num
ber on a begonia.
Police Chief Everett Price
said he received about a dozen
reports of plant thefts in May
"and we figure there are three
unreported thefts at least for
every one that is reported.”
One Athens policeman, S. R.
Powell, said “these thefts
mount up in value. So they take
only three or four plants from a
house—that could be a hundred
dollars worth, particularly if
the plants have grown to some
size since they were bought.
“The large plants are pretty
valuable things to get away with
and so far the stealing has been
easy.”
But Powell said he is deter
mined to do something to stop
the thieves. He said he and an
other officer have worked out a
plan but are keeping it a secret.
“No use telling the thieves
what we are going to do.” he
said.
Jackson lived has authorities
more baffled than the way she is
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Mrs. William Kelly, who has lost plants four times to
thieves, describes her theory on the pilfering. (AP)
believed to have died.
Officials say almost $3 million
dollars of her money remains
unaccounted for and they’re not
sure they’ll ever be able to find
it.
Mrs. Jackson, 66, was found
dead after a fire in her home
here. She had been shot once.
Six people have been arrested in
connection with the slaying or
the theft of an unknown amount
of money. Police say they are
looking for more suspects.
Investigators know that the
eccentric Mrs. Jackson with
drew about $9 million from her
Indianapolis bank in early 1976.
But they also think the grocery
chain heiress might have ac
cumulated a smaller fortune in
her home, in bills that would be
impossible to trace.
In rounding up suspects and
following a trail of cash pur-
Inmates
stabbed
REIDSVILLE, Ga. (AP) -
Three white convicts escaped
from their cells at the state
prison Monday and stabbed two
black inmates with spears, au
thorities said.
The two wounded prisoners,
Jimmy Tolbert, 23, and Mercer
Mallory, were treated at Tal
madge Memorial Hospital in
Augusta and released, a hospi
tal official said.
Tolbert suffered leg and
shoulder wounds and Mallory
received hand wounds from try
ing to fight off the spears, a
spokesman for the Department
of Offender Rehabilitation said.
The three white inmates es
caped from their cells in the
administrative segregation sec
tion, attached homemade
knives to broom handles, then
climbed from the first tier to the
third tier and attacked the
blacks, the spokesman said.
The spokesman said a dis
ciplinary committee will review
the incident before charges are
filed, the spokesman said.
The three were identified as
Billy Ashles, 35, serving 16
years for armed robbery from
Macon; James P. Glisson, 35,
serving 10 years from Fort Val
ley; and Grover Amerson, 35,
serving 32 years for armed rob
bery from Richmond County.
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chases of luxury automobiles
and motor homes, police have
recovered about $2 million.
Os that total, about $1.6 mil
lion was found in an inner-city
Indianapolis neighborhood after
the arrests of Manuel Lee Rob
inson, Annie Young and John
Williams.
Robinson, held without bond
on a first-degree murder
charge, has said, according to
police, that he hid $1 million
with friends. And “he knows it
is safe and will be there when he
gets out,” police said.
Miss Young and Williams,
charged with possession of sto
len property and theft, were re-
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showers. Low tonight in mid 60s. Wednesday variable cloudiness with thundershowers
diminishing and becoming a little cooler. High in the mid Ns.
Judge Knight qualified
LaGRANGE, Ga. (AP) - Su
perior Court Judge Lamar
Knight is qualified to preside
over the resentencing trial of
convicted murderer Curfew
Davis, Judge J. C. Jackson
ruled Monday.
Jackson rejected defense at
torney Millard Farmer’s mo-
leased on SI,OOO bonds.
About $375,000 was recovered
after the arrests of Howard
Willard and his ex-wife Mar
jorie Pollitt in Arizona, and the
arrest in Georgia of Mrs. Pol
litt’s sister, Robertina Harroll.
Willard and Mrs. Pollitt have
been charged with murder and
robbery. Mrs. Harroll is
charged with aiding and abet
ting the transportation of stolen
money.
After the fire, more than $5
million was found hidden in
garbage cans, tool boxes, bu
reau drawers and a vacuum
cleaner bag in the Jackson
home.
tion to have Knight disqualified
because he allegedly was biased
against Davis, a black.
Jackson also overruled
Farmer’s motion to have
Jackson disqualified from
hearing the motion to disqualify
Knight.
Lt. Robert Kirkman of the
sheriff’s office said between $5
million and $6 million may have
been taken from her home
before Mrs. Jackson was slain.
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