Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-29
TWO DICK TURPINS
Chicago Suburbs Getting To Be
Mighty Unsafe.
BOLD ROBBERS PATROL THE ROADS.

"Stand and Deliver" the Salutation for
Wayfarers-A Couple of Highwaymen
Now at Work, But Their Purses Are Not
Heavy-A Policeman Held Up-Brutal
Assault on a Woman-Terribly Beaten
with Coupling-Pin for s3-one Ma
rauder Captured.
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-Details of police are
securing the country and suburbs south
west of the city for two masked highway
men who are making the residents of Riv-
erside, Berwin, Hawthorne, Lyons and
Clyde feel very uncomfortable. The police
believe that the mounted bandit who kept
Lake View in state of terror for several
days has been Joined by confederate and
transferred the seat of his operations.
William Kelly and Charles Thompson
were the first to come in contact with tie
two masked men. They were driving tow
ard the city from Riverside on Ogden av-
enue and when hear lonely spot the two
men jumped from clump of bushes and
at the point Of revolvers relieved Kelly
and Thompson of their money, and taking
possession of their team and buggy, valued
at $500. drove away.
They "Hold Up" One of the "Foree."
c. A. Bader. who lives at Berwin and is
employed with Carson, Pirie, Scott G.
Co., was the next to meet the two men, but
Mr.. Bader had but 40 cents in his posses
sion, and he willingly handed this to one of
the robbers. John keefe, a Cicero police
man, also had the pleasure of meeting the
men. He was attired in his official uniform,
and was on duty when the bold men con-
fronted him with two revolvers and de-
manded that he turn out all his valuables
Fifteen cents and a revolver was all the
Cicero official could donate Fred Sellers
and Fred Crow, both residents of Riverside
were also victims of the robbers They
were driving south on Ogden avenue when
masked man jumped from behind tree,
and catching the bride Of the horse COM
manded the two men to get out, which they
did at the point of revolver. The robber
then took possession Of the vehicle and
drove off.
The Posse Fails to Find Him.
A posse, under the leadership of T. Hotch-
kiss, and armed with shotguns, was or
ganized and started il pursuit, but found
no trace of the robber. The gift of ubi-
guilty is also, it appears, possessed by this
modern Dick Turpin. Yesterday he led
Captain Schaack and his merry men in blue
gleeful chase between Calvary cemetery
and Evanston. The SOLITARY horseman'
of James, transplanted from the days of
knight errantry to the prosaic atmosphere
of the Nineteenth century, had been seen in
that neighborhood. The police found a
buggy and harness in a field near Win
netka, and livery stablekeeper identified
the rig as the remains of one which he had
hired to Fred Spahr Saturday afternoon
Spahr Was Out for Fun.
Inspector Schaack says this young man
was only out for fun. Colonel Davidson
| superintendent of the highland Park Mill
tary academy, where young Spahr was a
student, said: Friday morning Freddy
Spahr, Donald Delight son of the late Tony
Delight, and James Nettleton, whose ages
are respectively Is, "A and Is years, left the
academy. Delight and Nettleton returned
to the school early in the forenoon Satur-
day. The boys said they had left Spahr at
Winnetka early Saturday morning. Net
tleton, being told by the students that
| horse stealing was a states prison offense
became frightened and went to Chicago
early in the evening. think that Spahr
was morally and mentally unbalanced"
Captured a Saloon Robber.
One Of the gang of robbers that held up
two south side saloons Sunday night was
captured last evening. At $50 o'clock
| three masked men entered the shoe store
OF Max Eisenoerg, 25OS State street. and
while one of them covered the proprietor
| with a revolver the other two attempted to
| rob the cash drawer. Officer Stephens, who
was across the street, heard Eisenberg's
| cries for help and came running to the
| store, and grappled with one of the rob.
| bers, George Walters. In the excitement
which ensued the other two made good
| their escape. Walters was identified bv
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| one Of. the men who held up their places
| Sunday night.
ANOTHER DASTARDLY CRIME.