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    Says Tires Were Stolen.

   F. J. Billings of the McPherson
Garage seems to be the victim of cir-
cumstances, for a time at least.  Early
in January two yound men drove up
to his garage in a truck and secured
a supply of gas and oil and then told
him they had no money to pay for it.
After some controversy the driver
threw off four tires and told him to
keep them a few days and he would 
be back and get them and pay for the
gas and oil.  About two weeks ago
a detective came along and inquired
about the tires, saying they had been
stolen.  Mr. Billings told him all he
knew about the matter and he went
away.  Last Saturday Mr. Billings
was arrested and taken a Fremont
justice, on a charge of receiving
stolen property.  He gave a bond
and the case was continued until
Tuesday, when Mr. Billings and his
attorneys, Ben H. Dewey and a Tol-
edo lawyer were in court, and the
detective was there with some affidav-
its which the court refused to admit.
The case was again continued until
Feb. 27th.  Nobody has any idea that
Mr. Billings knowingly received
stolen property, but that doesn't al-
ter the fact that he is receiving a lot
of unjust notoriety until the matter
can be cleared up.