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Page 12 — 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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To $20.00 ' • • Ml Sales Final CAS, MC and BAG • No Exchange Charge Cards Accepted • :sunny Side Toggery; • HIGHWAY 41 AT SUNNY SIDE, GA. • 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 w-'W JSBI < <• 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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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. there’s always different Dairy Queen No. 1 1020 W. 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