The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-29

OF a genuine man-hunt was presented.
Special officers in the employ Of the rail-
roads, city police and central detail de-
tectives armed with revolvers and Win
chesters hurried by train 10 the place
where the bandits were supposed to have
taken to the woods. and scouting parties
followed every trail that promised TO lead
10 the hiding place Of the train-rObbers.
The citizens in the neighborhOod ~ the
"Higgins's woods nears Desplaines,
pilOted bands Of armed men across the
country and determined officers with
countrymen for guides searched untiring-
ly until the capture was effected.
A Regular Battle.
The arrest was preceded by veritable
battle. The robbers were all well armed
and when a call from a scouting party
revealed their whereabouts. they made a
determined stand. Cooking their revol-
vers the two men waited until their pur-
suers We're in view and then opened fire.
1t was returned by the officers. and
round after round, volley after volley.
was exchanged, apparently without ef-
feet il is probable that the men would
never have been taken alive had it not
been that their supply of ammunition
was snort. AS their stock of cartridges
dwindled away the desperadoes shot
more carefully and less frequently, but
the officers kept themselves well COW
cred until at last the mems bullets were
exhausted.
The officers called upon them TO sur
render but without noticing the com
mand the fugitives turned and began a
frantic race for safety. The officers fol-
lowed, firing as they ran. The chase
continued until Lake. who was in the
lead, was struck by bullet. Throwing
up his hands. he turned partially around
and fell, and a moment later his COM
panion dropped. seriously wounded. The
pursuers quickly closed in on the fallen
men and handcuffed them. Within a
few moments the prisoners were carried
toward the railroad station and were
soon brought into the city and locked
up in the west Chicago-ave. police sta
ton. Gordon and Lake were landed in
the police station about 1:3O.
Lake, who is about twenty-four years
Old, was shot in the neck ard his re-
covery is doubtful. He admitted killing
the conductor and policeman. saying that
he did the shooting in both cases. The
conductors watch and other stolen valu-
ab,es were found upon the man. Cor
don. who is twenty-four years Old. was
not dangerously wounded. although two
bullets had hit him. The men refused to
give any information regarding their
Identity, but their appearance indicated
that both were tough characters The
police were inclined to the opinion that
both had seen railroad service, but this
the prisoners denied.
The police this afternoon denied the
story that the robbers had fatally shot
Special Policemen PUNK and Yunt The
officers were among those fired upon by
Lake and Gordon. and dropped TO the
ground to escape the bullets, thus giving
rise to the rumor that they were killed.
Both escaped uninjured and later re-
joined i'm the chase.
The following statement was made by
German late this afternoon:
MY name is Henry +. German, and ]
live at So Warren-ave., Chicago. | was
recently employed by Rand. McNally &
nearly two months. Ny home is in San
Francisco. l came here nearly a year
ago. when I met Lake. Friday ! met a
man on safest, who said If / came to
his farm, which is on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul road. he would give
me a job as "A teamster. I met Lake
that day and asked him to come with me.
We beat our way on freight trains until
we reached the town where the first
shooting took place. We Wanted 10
board the train there and saw the officer
standing on top Of the car. He told us
we could not get in and he then went
into the cab0ose. We followed him and
he threatened to shoot us, whereupon We
both drew our reviewers and fired at him.
We ran away after seeing that we had
shot the man and caught a return freight
toward the city. Early this morning we
were I'm hiding near Mayfair when we
were discovered. l heard some one re-
mark. There are the fellows now and in a
short time I saw a man whom I presume
was a police officer coming toward the
car in which we were. l did not propose
being taken by him, so / drew my re-
volver and shot him. After that we left
that car and started TO run along the
roads. When we were cOrnered in that
corn field we were so tired and hungry
that we could not see what we were do
ing. Whenever we drew our revolvers
and took aim it appeared as II we were
looking at a dozen different people It
was not our intention to be taken alive
if we could help 1t, but after we We're
both wounded we were so weak that we
decided to give UP. When we went into the
caboose attached to that freight car we
decided to make all we could out of it.
We got the officers watch and chain, but
we could not find any money on him. The
revolver which I had was given TO me
in san Francisco. Lake got his revolver
in some pawn shop on Safest, I think.
I never was in any trouble before and
the only reason why I am in ii now is
because 1 was out of money and hungry"
The watch and chain which were taken
from officer Owen after he had been
killed were found in the possession of
Lake. The latter said that he was TWEEN
ty-eight years old ana that he lived at
as w Tnirteenth-st., Chicago. He said
that he was a striking sWtchman and
that he had been out of work ever since
the strike was commenced. He was
formerly connected with the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad. He said
that he was hungry and out of money,
and that alone was responsible for the
acts which he and German had done.
Assistant Chief of Police Ripley to-
night positively identified the man Cor
man a. BILLY Williams and Lake" as
Charles Austin, both of whom he SAYS
have evil records in California and
Wyoming.
CHICAGO. Aug. ga man giving
his name as German, who participated
in the Deerfield hold-up and subsequent
stirring events late Friday night and
early Saturday morning, and was identi-
fed as Billy Williams. well known char
acter on the Pacific coast was again
identified today by responsible parties as
H. F. GTiswold, a well-to-do local in
spector of the Manch ester assurance
company. Griswold's father is said TO be
travelling inspector of the Home fire
insurance company of New York and
residing in that city. The people max
ing the identification are officials OF the
Manchester assurance company, and
they maintain they are not mistaken.
1t appears to beea case of "Dr. Jekyll
and Mr.. Hyde" Griswold had no need
to steal or shoot his fellow-men, but he
did it apparently because he loved the
mystery and excitement of such a life.
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