The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-04
Desperate Man Darted from Police
station and Was Chased by Big
Crowd for Blocks.
CASHED WORTHLESS CHECKS
SWINDLER VICTIMIZED THE BUSCH
MAN GROCERY COMPANY.
other Worthless Paper Handled by
the Young Man-He Is Said to Be En-
gagged to n Prominent Girl.

While under arrest a charge of forgery
and obtaining money under false pretenses
Chester c. Weekley made a bold dash for
liberty yesterday afternoon as he was being
taken from the detectives office in the police
station to cell in the turnkeys room. He
was shot in the right arm by Detective Kin
ing him.
Weekley was arrested yesterday afternoon
at the fair grounds by Detectives Kinney
and Morgan, and was taken to the police
headquarters. where he was placed in the
sweat box in the Office of Captain Gerber.
When the sleutbs had finished questioning
the man Detective Kinney started with him
for the turkeys office. At the door leading
from the Office of the detectives Weekley
turned, ran past the desk sergeant and out
the front door OF the station to Alabama
street. Detective Kinney was close behind
him, but realizing that he had no chance
to catch his man drew his revolver and
fired, the shot taking effect in the right
arm of the fugitive. By that time the chase
had become general-police, citizens, jan
itors, clerks and people, both white and
black, joined in the man-hunt and ran pell-
NELL after the fleeing criminal
KINNEY HAD TO SHOOT.
At the tracks of the l.. f.. & w. railroad
Weekley turned i'm his course and, leaving
Alabama street, ran through the railroad
yards. After he had run several hundred
yards along the railroad Detective Kinney
who was at the heels of the fugitive, or
dered him to stop die in his tracks, at
the same time taking careful aim with
his revolver.
Weekley looked over his shoulder and see
ing the barrels of the detectives pistol
pointing at him, gave up the chase He
told the detective not to shoot, as he would
give himself up. He was taken to the City
Dispensary, where his arm was dressed by
Drs. Mackey and Sheek, after which he
was locked up in his cell at the police
station.
Weekley. it is said, has been guilty of
forging his brothers name to number
of checks which he cashed in this city,
as we'll giving checks a number of
local banks In which he had no deposits
He has been living at the English Hotel
he says, and is engaged 10 marry promi-
nent young woman of North Meridian
street whose name he refused last night to
divulge.
CASHED BAD CHECKS.
Early in June Weekley went to the Will
liam Buschmann Company. grocers, on
Fort Wayne avenue, and asked them to
cash two checks, one for $500 and the 9TH
er for SIS, drawn on his own account at the
Columbia National Bank. The young man
was known to the grocery firm and the
checks were cashed without question. A
few days later they were protested and it
was found that Weekley never had an ac-
count with the bank, or at least had no
funds on deposit there at that time The
William Buschman Company placed the
worthless checks in the hands of Captain
Gerber, of the city detective department.
but in the meantime Weekly left the CITY
and went TO Chicago, where he remained
until last Thursday. Then he came back TO
indianapolis. went directly to the Busch
mann store and told the proprietors he had
lust heard that the two checks he had
given them had been protested and said he
desired to make their loss good. He pro-
duced a check for $50 which he EXCHANGED
for the two worthless checks amounting