The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-02-02
BAD GANG BROKEN UP.

BAD GANG BROKEN UP.
0mcers shoot and XIII Two of a Band
Of Safe Blowers at Quincy, ILL.,
A Third Badly Wounded.
Quincy, ILL.,, Jan. 29.-Quincy police
officers killed two expert safe blowers.
supposed to be from Chicago, and
wounded another badly. The tragedy
included q running fight through a
hotel, in which the armed. burglars
were pursued by the officers. The
men arc believed to be the same as re-
Gently operated in Galesburg, Free
port and other Illinois cities, making
specially of cracking safes in building
and loan association offices.
On January. 6 the safe in the offices
of the Adams County Building and
Loan association was blown open at
the noon hour, and cash and securities
amounting to $4,000 taken. Saturday
two men came to Moecker's hotel and
registered from Kansas City. The pro-
prietor recognized the handwriting as
the same as that of two men who came
here January S and whom he after
wards suspected as crooks. He warned
the police, and when one went out he
was Swallowed by Detective George
Koch. The stranger acted oddly, and
the officer finally appeared. showing
his star and asked the suspect to go to
the station and explain himself.
The man drew pistol and pointed
at the officers heart, but as he did so
Koch flashed his own and fired four
shots. Three took effect in the throat,
shoulder and lung, and the man fell
dead instantly. This was Saturday
night at II o'clock, in front of the
Newcomb hotel. Meanwhile the Off
GERS had examined the baggage of the
suspected men, and found it included
burglar tools, skeleton keys, dynamite
sticks and nitroglycerin. When the
other two men returned to the Mock
:er hotel at two o'clock in the morning
they learned of the tragedy and found
the hotel surrounded by officers. They
ran into the hotel saloon and loaded
their revolvers with care. Then there
was a running fight in the hotel corri-
dor.
One man reached the street, pursued
by Chief of Police John Ahearn. He
turned to fire, and as he did so Ahearn
sent a bullet crashing through his
skull. He died in few minutes. The
third man was shot on the stairs by
Officer Charnhorst and sank to the
floor with a broken hip. He was cap
tured, but refused to say who his ac-
completes were.
The men were all we'll dressed, had
diamonds and other jewelry and plen-
ty of money. Skeleton keys were on all
of them. When the two men came here
January S, they registered as J. M.
Burt and H. E. Crowley. Saturday Burt
was registered as c. H. Rogers. From
letters on him it appears he also has
the name of c. H. Prince, of Chicago,
and has a woman in Des Moines. The
wounded man refuses to give his name.
In note book on one of the men was
memoranda of the location of several
building and loan association offices,
including the one burglarized three
weeks before. The men are believed to
be three of the best workers in the
country.
!. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 29.-The story of
the shooting of two expert safe robbers
at Quincy excites more than usual in
terest in Omaha, as the men are the
ones who committed the notable Shu-
kert fur robbery here in August last.
Prince was implicated, but he was not
apprehended. The two fellows killed
at Quincy were known here as Charles
Dennis and Thomas Monaghan.
The store of Gustav E. Shukert, q
dealer in furs, was entered one night
last August and fur garments stored
therein valued at some $4,000 were
stolen. The case was very mysterious
one and for long time baffled the au-
thorities. Finally, through the efforts
of the late Martin White, an expert
detective and at that time chief of DO
lice of Omaha, the robbers were tracked
to Chicago. White worked on the case
for some time, and finally succeeded
in recovering most of the property.
Dennis and Monaghan were arrested
and arraigned, but owing to lack of
evidence they got off, and the prosecu-
ton was dropped. The authorities
searched for Prince for some time, but
he was never found or apprehended.
The fur robbery was a celebrated case
here and caused considerable excite
ment.
Madison, Wis, Jan. 29.-At Deer
field, II miles east of here, the H. B.
Fargo company's bank was entered
early Saturday morning by burglars,
who secured $500. Thirty pounds of
silver money was taken. The burglars
pried open the front window and got
into the vault by cutting through the
masonry. The safe was cracked with
nitroglycerin. Some of the paper
money was destroyed and left behind.
There is no clew. The bank was pro-
tected against burglary by S., 900 insur-
ance, and the depositors are not wor-
ried. The bank was closed Saturday,
but it is expected to resume.
Will Advance Prices.
Toledo, O., Jan. 29.-Manufacturers
Ct baby carriages and children's wag-
ons will soon advance prices. Rep
resentatives of various manufacturers
held a secret meeting here Saturday.