Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-31
Hold-UpS in Chicago Shoot Down
Men in Cashiers Office With.
out Warning
COT THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS
Employees We're Balancing Up Receipts
Of City Railway Company for
The Day,

chlcago, Aug. 90 Without a word of
waning two men were Killed and two
o'hen wounded by holdup men ot the
barns the Chicago city Railway
company Slxty-nfth and State streets,
at an early hour today The shooting
was done BY Mree men, who escaped
after securing &aoO
Three Of the mes who were shot were
working in the casNsrs Office and the
other was q mot0imso nsleop In the
outer office. The men mtbo ofice wero
shot before they were AWE of he rob-
bers presence and the rn0,orn,o, was
killed as he was rising from n bench
where he had been sleeping
DEAD.
Frank Stewart, assistant cleM IN
cashiers office; shot through body, Nod
hall an hour later.
John u. Johnson, motOunan; sho'
through head; died Instantly
INJURED
William Il. Edmond. receiving clerk.
shot In left thigh, viii recover
Henry Rich - In the head; viii re-
cover
The robbers took no chances, but dis
posed Of all the opposition Of the em-
ployes before they entered the office.
Choosing the time when employees We're
huslly engaged In balancing up the re-
ceipts OF the night. Just after the last
conductor had turned in his money and
left the barns, the robbers suddenly ap-
peared at the receiving window and be-
gan shooting without warning
The first bullet struck Stewart and he
fell 10 the floor without a word Blehl
and Edmond who were sitting near
Stewart, turned to see what was the
matter bat before they could leave
their chairs they were rendered help
less by bullets Of the robbers.
Johnson, the motorman, who had been
asleep on a bench IN the outer office,
started up to go TO the assistance Of
his companions but was shot and killed
before he could get on his feet.
Making sure that all opposition had
been removed. the robbers then broke
open the door Of the cashiers Office
with a sledge hammer and took from
the desk $4,000 in bills, They then
made their escape
Four men were arrested three hours
later on suspicion Of being implicated
In the crime, They as yet have not
been identified
REWARD FOR ROBBERS.
Chicago Aug, 3l.-Wth the Incentive
of $1,000 reward and urged on by chief
of Police O'Neil who has taken per-
sonal charge Of the case, every member
of the police department Is on the alert
to capture three men who committed
the double murder in the barns OF the
Chicago city Railway company carly
yesterday morning and then escaped
with approximately $4,000 IN cash.
The police have reason TO believe that
the slayers are the same men who on
the night OF Aug !, shot and killed b.
c. La Gross while IN his saloon at 2l20
North avenue These robbers also shot
Adolph Johnson. a customer. IN La
Gross place. and he died from his
wound next day.
The bullets fired az La Gross and
johnson were Of peculiar pattern and
are discharged from particularly des-
tructive revolver which was put on the
recently From the walls Of
the city railway office number Of
bulleta have been dug and they are
Identical with those fired during the
North avenue hold-up. The police have
made q score OF arrests. but they are
not satisfied Of the guilt OF any OF
the prisoners
The men held by the Engewood po-
lice are John Sleuder George McLcroy,
John Blake Daniel Lynch James
DOYLE Lawrence Doyle and Tony sea-
pardino. Three men have been detan.
ed by the Woodland police. but their
names arc helng withheld
Slauder, one Of the suspects. Is said
to have contradicted himself several
times He is q former employc Of the
city railway company.