The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-08-12

ing suSpiciOusly. showing a roll OF
bills and trying to sell jewelry, had
been seen at Griffith, Ind, eleven miles
away. They induced a switching crew
on the Grand Trunk road to take
them over on a light" engine and
made fast run, the detectives riding
on the pilot because not room enough
in the cab.
At Griffith they picked up trail
that led them back TO Chicago and to
the house at Van Buren, street and
Center avenue, which they reached be-
fore daylight. Giving the descriptions
they had got from a brakeman and q
street car conductor they inquired at
the door and learned the men were
in bed and nabbed them before they
could show any resistance.
Two blUe-st"el rev0lyey5 thai lay
on a table where the men We're sleep.
! ing furnished one of the strongest hits
of evidence against The men, and they
were quickly gathered up by the Off
no money was found on them, but the
theory Of the officers is that they Sc
! creted their booty ard Overdid The job
! by hiding it all
\ search through the records
showed that Mcguire. under the mama
of Daniel Moran. had been before tho
police for several small crimes a year
or so ago, and was sent to the Joliet
| penitentiary for larceny about a year
ago and paroed out last June. The
police also had information that he
was arrested in Cincinnati a few
weeks ago for larceny
Smith, alias Sawyer, was sent to
the penitentiary from Chicago for
burglary in 1897 and was released oD
parole in 1899. He was arrested early
this year on the cEar5c Of carrying
burglars tools, but was not cOnvinCt.
ed.
Both men deny any connection With
the hOldup. but as TO whether any
further statements were made in tbs
sweat box" the police are silent.
The Feinberg brothers were arrest.
ed at their home, 217 Newberry ave.
nue., by squad of detectives under
Detective Sergeant Ryan. The police
are not very strongly Of the opinion
that they were in the Diamond Spe.
cia" holdup, but expect TO connect
them with q number of other rob.
berries that have been committed in
the southern part Of the city recently.
All three of them are said to have
police records, and the picture Of 10.
seph Feinberg was found in the
'rogue's gallery"
The ardor Of the chase after the
highwaymen has increased rather than
abated, and every police officer in Chi
cago was engaged upon it, specifically
or generally. The famous "dragnet"
was thrown around the entire town.
| There were dozens of arrests Of sns.
/ piciOus characters besides those re.
ported, but those who could give a
! Cltul dSAOuuI VI LutLuSClFSo WGkd
turned loose.
/ The scene Of the search for the high
waymen shifted from the country and
f suburbs near the scene Of the hOldup
f to Chicago, so far as the city police
r and the majority of the railroad de-
r tectiyes are concerned, but various
/ country constables and small town
e officers are still regarding almost eV'
0 cry bush, ravine, sand hill and strip
e of woods with watchful eyes, and eV-
cry Weary Walker that tramps the
e tracks or the country roads stands an
: excellent chance Of being chased
i down, questioned, and perhaps held in
a the nearest lookup for day or two
t. for the next fortnight or longer.