The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-24
ARRESTED IN
FULL UNIFORM
Patrolman John Mckay
Locked up for Robbing
Stanley Jankowski.
owns Up To THE CRIME
Policeman Who With Shamus O'Brien
Despoiled Victim of $135, To
Be Prosecuted for Crime.

John Mckay. patrolman in thsl
Englewood station, who travelled a beat
from the South Chicago station until
last Friday, was arrested while travel
ing his beat IN Englewood at 8 o'clock
this morning and locked up in the
South Chicago police station in full
uniform, charged with robbing Walenty
JankowskI, STA Luella avenue, last
Monday night.
The arrest was made by Lieutenant
Smith, Detective Sergeant Altman, and
Detectives Altman and Hallicki. Nc
Kay was relieved of his star and pa
troll box key and placed in a cell along
with other malefactors, without being
booked. Before being locked up he
made a complete confession of the
crime to Captain Dorman and Lieuten-
ants Smith and Jenkins.
Witness Gives Information.
The information upon which the ar
rest was made was furnished by a
witness living at $500 Colfax avenue,
who was former neighbor Of Jankow-
ski and who saw him leave a saloon
in company with Policeman Mckay and
a man named Shamus OBrien shortly
before the robbery. This witness pos
itively declared Mckay was the pre-
petrator Of the crime. and on his dec
laration the policeman was arrested,
after he l@c been twice in the South
Chicago police station in the past two
days and Jankowski had failed to iden-
tify him.
Details of MeKay's Confession.
In McKay's confession he declared
that he met Jankowski in the saloon of
NJ Albrecht, Ninety third street and
Anthony avenue, and had several
drinks with him. Here Jankowski dis
played his roll. They went to Pat Con-
I Iey's saloon at Ninety-third street and
Commercial avenue, where they met
O'Brien, who is an baseball player
Here they had several more drinks and
Jankowski asked the policeman to take
him home. O'Brien volunteered to ac-
company them and two other men, one
of whom is the witness referred to,
! started out with them.
| AT Seventy eighth street and South
| Chicago avenue, Mckay and OBrien
| fell upon Jankowski and beat and
robbed him. The money taken, which
Mckay declares was only SIC, was cut
up by the two assailants. who sep
arated, Mckay going to his home in
Englewood. OBrien proceeded to get
drunk on his money. and Wednesday
night he was picked up on a disorderly
charge and sentenced by Judge Girten
! to pay fine of S25 and costs the next
| morning. In default of the payment
! he was sent to the brideweI. This
morning at O'Clock Captain Dorman
telephoned the bridewell authorities
to hold O'Brien at all hazards. a state
4 warrant charging robbery having been
/ sworn out against him.
McKay's Career on Police Force.
Mckay. the confessed bandit was ap-
pointed to the police force on April
1, 1905. On July 1 he was transferred
from the eighteenth precinct to South
Chicago, where he remained until last
Friday, when he was transferred to En-
glewood. While here he wore star
1927, and that star was on his coat
when he robbed JonkowskL Jankowsk
told Lieutenant Jenkins when he made
the complaint that the star worn by
his assailant began with the figures 16
When arrested Mckay wore star 1898
which had been given him when h,
returned from the trip to South Chi
cago when he committed the robbery
and reported for duty at Englewood.