The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-28

by the police as repOrteu ny AAa.A' -
story gained credence that two of the
diamonds had been found ON Fayette
street, but there is no truth In the
yarn.
Says He Was Too Quick for Them.
MIR. McGarry, in speaking of the theft
said that he always made 1T a practice
to take the diamonds out of the window
at O'Clock. cit was $3.50 at the time
that the burglary occurred" said he,
"and I'm another five ten minutes
those Jewels would have been In a place
of safety"
81 did not think that any one would
dare to take the gems in the manner In
which they were stolen, but to guard
against any such occurrence I had n re-
volver within easy reach and so did MIR.
Heegan. 1t looked to me as though
either of us could blow a mans head of
before he could get away with his
booty, but as it was, he was too quick
for us.
j. G. Ibach Sees Bold Deed.
Perhaps the man who was In a posi-
ton to see the deed better than any
one else was Attorney j. G. Ibach, who
was going home from cOmmandery
meeting. He was on the west side of
Holman street, near the Lion store.
He happened to be looking toward the
Hammond building and saw the man
swing his hand around to hurl some
thing through the heavy plate glass.
SIT was ali over I'm a minute" said Mr..
Ibach. "After he had shattered the pane
the fellow grabbed something out of the
window and started south. He turned
the corner on Fayette and Holman, pur-
sued by two men and then L heard the
| shot and saw the thief disappearing be-
hind the Central school building. 1T
was the slickest thing / ever saw in
all my life"
Malo Gave Chase to Robber.
Tommy Malo, who was on the ground
across the street when the window
smashing took place, says that he saw
the following running away with some
thing In front of him and knew he had
stolen something. Mr.. MaIo started
after him and was gaining On him when
as the rObber turned passed the Gem
trail schoI building, he fired and "dis-
erection was the better part of valor,'
said Mr.. MaIo. 81 heard the bullet
| whistle past me. 1t was fired high and
1 believe the weapon was a magazine
| gun the way 1T flashed. The fellow
shot high as the fash was fully five
feet high. The thief wasn't just try.
ing to MAIN us, but wanted to kill us
and i didn't want any more of hi
game.'
Robbery Duplicated at Gary.
Another surprising feature In connec
ton with the robbery is the fact tina
the night before the plate gIas
windows of the Walter Acker store OIL
Fifth avenue and Broadway, at Gary
were smashed in and valuable dia
mOnd-studded fob and watch stolen. II
this instance no brick was used, blu
the thief merely leaned against tn,
pane and smashed 1t in. He got ava,
with the jewelry and made his eskap
with ease. The robbery took pIac
about 2,3O I'm the afternoon and wa
the most daring thing of Its kind eve
attempted I'm Gary. The police fin
much similarity In the two robberie
and 1T is believed that they may hay
been done by the same persons.
Similar Affairs In Chicago.
From time to time these damon
rObberies have taken place in Chicag
{ right In the heart of the city. TIL
great A1aulSOn &tTcet diamond maui
} still fresh i'm police annals. The Ham
mOnd robbery has the same earmargx
l down to the closest detail. 1t was
coup planned with care and success
] fully engineered. In the Chicago rob
berries the streets have been even NOR
crowded than they were last night /
> Hammond and the suddenness and nery
of the executioner has astounded til
police and spectators that when tn
r latter came to, all hope of a captur
was effected.
G. Chief Rimbach Is Interviewed
EI'm not bit surprised" said Chic
, Rimbaeh this morning. SMr. McGarr
:, had been warned. i believed that h
, was throwing temptation In the wa
4 of daring men. i told him that 1T ws
Z impossible to keep a policeman in froz
of his store all the time. My men hax
other places to look after and we car
not devote all our time to one pIac
We tracked the fellow and 1 might "a
that think there was only one ma
concerned In the robbery for the tracI
down the alley only show that one ma
ran down there. 1t Is too bad ths
some one In the store didn't have a gu
: ready to take after the man."
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