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Show SAYS HIS SON - IS INNOCENT . . t ' T C E. Cramer, the young man. who . was arrested Tuesday night on the charge of having held up and robbed a ' 1 Greek named John Erlahtoa of $104.50. - was arraigned before Judge Diehl yes- . teTday afternoon and entered an emphatic em-phatic plea of not guilty to the charge of robbery. . , Pending v the hearing of the. case.;, Judge Diehl fixed the ball at 1250 which , . amount waa furnished a few minutes r-later r-later by the boy's . father, - the wejl . known florist, who lives at Third East Y-and Y-and Fifteenth South street. - Friends of young Cramer claim that it la a case of mistaken identity and '.. . that the young man will be able. to prove an alibi. To a representative of The Telegram -his father made the following statement state-ment this morning: V ' ' . "It is impossible that my son can m be guilty of such a crime. He has al- . , ways been a good boy and haa never .! caused me any trouble. No, I canX'i think that it is possible that he could ,', do such a thing. On the night that I V this crime Is alleged to have been com-mitted com-mitted he was at my house until after I o'clock. I am confident that he had v no hand in this crime." To the officers who questioned the younsr man he told a straight story as to where he was from the time he left his father's house until he was arrested. ar-rested. r " , Cramer is a married man and has one child. He lives at 22 South Eighth i West street. As far as Is known by the police he has always borne a good reputation. |