The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-11-30
The Nerve Of Suburban Undertakes
Proves to BE too Much for
Him.
He Abandons His Fiery Steed and
and Hies Himself Back to Chicago
on Freight Train.
Some Of His Many Exploits During
the Past Few Days Are Re
counted.

CHICAGO, Nov. 30.-Leavlng the terri
fed suburbs of Chicago behind him,
Lakeview's mysterious highwayman.
who uses the best of English and large
revolver in enforcing his demands, took
q run down to Aurora, There he met
an Aurora man named Corcoran, with
red hair, who successfully combines the
grocery business with that of undertake
ing. The horseman met his match for
the first time, and, leaving his charger
behind him, he came back to Chicago
in disgrace, riding ON the under side of
fast stock car. Mr.. Corcoran was fully
prepared to meet masked highway
man, an earthquake, or cyclone.
Within the forty-eight hours previous
to meeting the pride of Lakeview he
had been married and had passed un-
scathed through a desolating fire. Be.
sides he was inthe undertaking business,
and he looked down the barrel of the
lone highwnyman's famous revolver
without fiinching. In addition, the
lonely horseman was not in good condi-
tion. He had passed busy day hold
ing up town marshals and other gentry
at Riverside and Lyons and had been
forced to leave his historic bay steed
behind him at haywood. When he got
to Aurora the best thing he could find
in the charger line was q piebald pony
which was not thoroughly used to the
highway robbery business. So when he
thrust his revolver into Mr.. Corcoran's
face, incidentally remarking that he
would blow the top off his head if he
did not throw his groceries and what
ever valuables he might have about him
down into the street. Mr.. Corcoran
quietly but firmly told him ''to shoot
and be eternally goldarned." With
these words the spirit of the lone high.
wayman was broken. He tied the pie
bald pony in front of q neighboring
grocery store and took the next freight
train to Chicago, the city of his first
affection.
This is the man who, with his pal,
has been ravaging the suburbs. While
they have posse after him In Highland
park he is over in Riverside going
through people. This is why the police
of Berwyn, Clyde, Riverside, Haw-
thorne and Lyons have asked that aid
be sent them from the city department.
On Friday morning one of the masked
robbers held up a boy near the Grant
Locomotice works and secured 80 cents.
Joseph Whitney, the son of Clyde
grocer, came along In the delivery
wagon. The boy had no money and he
was allowed to depart. Then the rob-
Der met Groceryman j. M. Myers, of
Lyons, in a wagon. When the Illinois
Central railroad was reached Mr.. Myers
saw form leap in front of his horse
and revolver was flashed in his face,
with the command to give up his
money. Mr.. Myers gave SO and was
allowed to pass ON.
Sunday the robber and his partner did
business on horseback. Fred Sellers
and Fred Crow, of Riverside, saw a
man on light bay horse riding ahead
OF them. When short distance from
Riverside he turned and thrusting a
pistol in the face of the two villagers
told them to hand over their cash. He
got $6. 80 and rode off.
Joseph Hellers, La Grange black
smith, was held up on Ogden auenue.
He was SO frightened he forgot to call
for help and gave up what little money
he had with him. William Kelly and
James Murphy, of Hawthorne, were
compelled by two mea to dismount
from their buggy, give up their valu-
abies and watch the thieves drive away
In their rig. Nothing has been seen OF
the horse since. c. A. Bader, of
Berwyn, had to hand over 4b cents and
q gold watch to masked man. The
descriptions given by the victims make
itappear that all the work was done by
the same two men.