The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-10-26
FLATTY'S FAT FIND.
PARTICULARS OF THE HEAVY ROBBERY
AT THE TOWN OF MoeADoRE.


Out of Circulation But Flatty VIII
Loosen up to the Bxtent OF o Few
Dollars, at Any Rate.
Akron officials have Joined the Canton
authorities In their search for "Flatty'
HeiDp artner, who IL suspected of the big
MoRadore robbery, In which jacob Wise
lost $500. Officers Romy and SmAllfleld
went TO Moga lore, Monday morning, and
took up the trail there. They traced
Heingartner to Congress Lake, where he
APPEARED about breakfast time. He
stopped for breakfast and when he set
tied his bill Landlord Sliker noticed that
he bad large sum of money in silver.
After breakfast he took out revolver, a
fine new one, of late pattern, and shot II
off couple OF times.
"Whnt are you shooting for 2h inquired
Mr.. Sliker.
"I'm seeing IL !bis thing will work" re-
sponded the desperate crook, who hah
already spent about 10 years Of his life In
the penitentiery. "Do you think I can hit
q duck nt 100 "a rds ?n he continued, as he
aimed bis revolver and shot It Off again.
Mr.. Sllker thought he could not and
HsinQartngr Hoon demonstrated that he
was n fine shot by killing duck that was
conveniently near shore. He had plenty
of cartridges ard loading his revolver, he
started across the country.
The officers learned that the next place
he waI seen was ut Hartville, when he
was on tho platform of the c., Q. q s. de-
not. Later he started across the country
again, this time Ia o aoutherly direction
probably towards Canton. The officers
here lost trace of him and returned 80
Canton. Later in the evening Msrshs
Becherer and Officers Smallfeld spG
Romy secured q rig and started out to flud
HainRortner. Thoy were gone oil night.
Later particulars OF the robbery show
that the money was not hard to get.
Jacob Wise keeps saloon and hotel iD
Mogadore, Portage county. He i'
a r ,ther WE'LL .o-do man, but 10 not in tb,
habit OF allowing packages containing
$500 in Rreenbacks to lie about the
house. short time nRo, however, he
was defeated In a suit in Canton aud
Judgment Was rendered against him for
So 500. He decided that be didn't have
money enough to curry the case up and
would pay off the judgment. To that end
he sold q farm owned by him and re-
ceived therefor SO, 600. He made several
cash additions to his roll, bringing the
whole amount up to $500. he didn't
want TO pay of the judgment uotil he had
10, aud was foolishIy afraid OF the banks,
30 he decided to keep the money in his
own room at the hotel and not take the
chances Of some bank becoming insolvent.
SO Il had been kept under bis pillow at
night and also during the day. The big
wad Of Rreenbacks was wrapped up In q
piece of newspaper and had nothing
especially inviting about its exterior.
Sunday, Wise took his femily and went
visiting near East Liberty. The hotel
business, rarely brisk, was allowed to run
itself during his absence. When the
family returned Sunday evening they
found the door wide open, the house ram
sacked and the big roll of bills gone, tor
gether with some $50 which was In the
gsxNa - kha "a
door where the thief entered was at one
side of the house, protected from view by
= prof lection of the building, and porch.
The door had on II common lock, which
could be opened by almost any key, or
even by button hook. TWAS not broken
open, but simply unlocked and stood In
yitinely open as the family returned.
Suspicion was directed towards "Elatty"
Heingartner who had strolled into Moga-
dore about o'clock Sunday evening,
coming up from the G. @. d 5. Railroad.
| He went over to the hotel and finding II
closed, inquired of some of the Sunday
| evening guests standing on the opposite
| corner what was the matter with the hotel
| and why he couldn't get in. He was told
| that Landlord Wise bad his family out
| for Sunday airing. He asked whether
| there was any other places OF refresh'
ment and was referred to one near the g.
| G. q S. depot. He went to IL and after
| buying some canned fish he started out
| apparently going down the railroad. He
| was, however, seen loAflug around the
| town at later hour. Whether he knew
| of the location of the money, or whether
| he merely investigated until he found II ID
| not known but no particular secret wal
/ made of the possession of the currency
and II is supposed he heard of 1t about the
| town.
| There 10 q bare possibility that three
i Young men from Kent, who loafed about
MoRadore all day Sunday, know some
thing about the money and they are beinl
carefully watched.