Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-23

girl the other called wildly for help.
He jerked the purse away from her
and she rushed at him furiously and
recovered It,
shut up and give me that purse
or I'll kill you." said the thief as he
made another rush and overpowered
the two girls.
He escaped with the handbag and Its
contents. gold watch and a small
amount of money. and fled to Elm
street. turned west and disappeared In
an alley.
Frightened and trembling with ex.
citement. the girls ran home and told
Of the robbery. Mr.. Browne imme-
diately notified the police OF the Chi.
cago avenue station and detail was
sent out to work on the case.
Mr.. Browne watched the newspapers
carefully for two or three days for an
account Of the capture Of the robber
and for story OF the robbery. but
none appeared. He also read the pa.
pers carefully to see II any other rob.
berries had occurred in the neighbor.
hood. but II any others had been per-
petrated they were as carefully sup.
pressed.
The next step was to write letter
to Chief Steward acquainting him with
the conditions in the fashionable resi-.
dence neighborhood and giving an &C.
count OF the robbery OF Friday night.
The reply came promptly, couched
in polite and assuring language. He
had obtained report on the robbery.
and had set the machinery OF the de.
partment in action with view to
apprehending the robber. No report
OF the arrest OF the robber has been
made.
Chief Steward said he had made no
effort to suppress the news OF the hold.
up The letter reached him In ordi.
nary course, he said.
The actual suppression, It was con.
ceded by those acquainted with police
routine, would have been done at the
police station. where the original re.
port was made. Chicago avenue.
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Two kidnapped children were held
for twenty.four hours at the Hudson
avenue station without Inspector
OBrien being notified. either to give
the kidnapers a chance to get away
or the detectives chance to entertain
company in saloons.
The sooner Inspector O'Brien makes
the singing policemen get into uniform
and travel beat, the better It will be
for all concerned.
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A burglar has been caught on the
North Side, but not through the agen
cy OF the police. A woman gave the
man away and two officers arrested
him. We still maintain that Inspec
tor O'Brlen is all right as a police of
ficer. but that the fact that he has
bartenders who never wore a uniform
working as detectives" must disheart
en- the man as II Is disheartening the
people.
My companions In the peniten
tiary at Marquette, Mich, warned
me TO never have anything to do with
women, and ! lived up to their coun
sci for more than five years. I'm as
guilty as sin, but the first one | spoke
10 In all that time caused my arrest
and the prison doors will close on me
for the remaining twenty years of my
sentence for murder"
Such was the statement of Asa Tefft
alias John Brandon, who was caught
In the saloon Of Max Schroeder, llG
Wells street, while planning to en-,
gage In a series OF daring robberes
along the north shore. a magazine
Gey0lyer and several vials OF nitro
elycerln were found in his possession
According TO the police Tefft shot and
killed Leroy Rogers, cousin, in Has
tlnss, Mich, fifteen years ago.
Tefft arrived in Chicago Sunday
night, and few hours later, while
looking for Thomas Quinlan, a com
panlon who deserted him In South
Chicago. he met Goldie Jacobs The
woman was asked TO locate some
good gun"
She agreed, but instead went to see
Inspector T.. ID. OBrien, and returned
to the saloon with Detectives Staple
ton and Strc.nberg. When assured
that Stromberg was safe TeYt said
he knew OF places to get any amount
OF money with little danger of ar
rest.
Stapleton pressed revolver at