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Show BOY BLACKMATXEHS ' ' CAUGHT XJf PEORIA PEORIA. Ill, May . . Federal -officers have captured two youth' who have been terrorizing farmers in tha rl-clnrty rl-clnrty of Spew.', Ill fifteen miles north of Peoria. . Michael Gort. a wealthy farmer, received several threatening letters, telling him that unless be deposited de-posited $3000 in a certain place he would be Wiled. ' . , On- the advice of Deputy United States Marshal Tripp, Ourt deposited a package - containing no money at the place named. The officers lay in wait, A few -minutes later; two boys came to get 'the packages and were arrested. The prisoners gave the names of Nicholas Nicho-las Miller and Rollle Donahue. They admitted they had written the letters. |