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A single horse hair was instrumental in the solution of a wave of burglaries in this area which occurred in May. According to Sheriff C. K. Estes, John Davis Knott, 23, of Shenandoah and Gerald Page Bradley, 1.7, of Luray have been arrested on charges of breaking and entering in this county and in Rockingham, Fauquier and Page counties. A third man, implicated in the crimes, has not yet been apprehended. The two are presently lodged in Rappahannock jail. Knott was arrested on evidence supplied by Sherrif Estes and Hugh Elwood of B r a nd y ‘ Station, a plainclothes investigator working with the state police. On the night of May 21 Wayland Ford Tractor Sales in Warrenton, Old Mill Snack Bar at Washington and Walnut Lodge Service Station near here were broken into and much of the merchandise not stolen was destroyed. The vandalism in all three places appeared to be that of a single gang.

In their investigation Mr. Elwood and Mr. Estes found items taken from the Old Mill left behind at Walnut Lodge. Other evidence was

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