Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-24
SUPPOSED SAFE
BLOWER NABBED
AFTER A BATTLE
Farmer Gives Information to
Sheriff Bruner Which
Leads to Arrest.
Is FOUND IN RESTAURANT
Woman Proprietor BUSHES at Deputy
With a Hatchet in Effort to
Let Fellow Escape.

A man suspected of being one of the
safe blowers who robbed a postoffice
in Iowa three weeks ago, and also
thought to be a pal of McCarty, who
depot in this city some weeks ago, was
arrested by Deputy Sheriffs Kittilsen
and Truxell and Detective Sehnert at
Helen Days restaurant on Seven
teenth street yesterday afternoon at 6
O'Clock, after a terrific struggle, during
which the woman proprietor of the
restaurant tried to kill Kittilsen with
q Ratchet. The man is now in the
county Jail, but refuses to give his
name or talk. He has a pal who has
been with him in the city, who has not
been apprehended as yet, but the po-
lice are looking for him and it is
thought he will be rounded up within
the next few hours. Helen DAILY was
arrested this afternoon on a capias is
sued out Of the county court, charging
her with assault with a deadly wea-
pom.
FARMER OvERHEARs PLANS.
A farmer who lives near Davenport
ernoon, overheard a conversation be-
tween the man who is now in Jail and
companion. Both men had huge
rolls of bills, and the farmer over
heard one of the men say, 81 am 60
ing back after that PAGER, and am 60
ing to get it If I have to kill some
body" The listeners suspicious
were Immediately aroused and he i'm
mediately recalled the postoff1ce rob-
berry of three weeks ago in an Iowa
town nearby, when the two robbers
put a small safe into a buggy, drove
away, opened the safe and then aban-
doned the team. The farmer immedi-
ately communicated with Sheriff o. l..
Bruner, who traced the men to Helen
Days restaurant on Seventeenth
street. Chief Brinn detailed Herman
Sehnert on the case, while Deputies
Kittilsen and Truxell were sent from
the sheriff's Office.
TRIES TO ESCAPE.
Truxell was stationed at the rear Of
the building and Kittilsen and Sehnert
entered the front door. Immediately
upon their entering the place, the sus
pected safe blower made a break TO
a side room and slammed the door IL
Sehnert's face. Sehnert. forced the
door and in attempting to land hi
man a terrific struggle ensued. Kit
tilsen started to help his companion
when the DAILY woman, grabbing ;
Ratchet, made rush for Kittiisen
shouting, you can't raid my place
This place is respectable" Thu
Ratchet was taken away from the in
furiated woman and the suspect takeI
to the county jail. His pal was not OIL
the premises but it is thought he i
still in this locality and the police ar
making every effort to land him.
Authorities think that the man car
tured is none other than O'Brien, tn
crack safe blower who worked wit
McCarty for number of years, and a
| so suspect him and his companion @
, being mixed up in the attempted rot
berry of the local depot some month
ago.
, WANTED FOR HIDE THEFTs.
: Sheriff Bruner learned this afteI
l noon through the sheriff of Bento
l county, Iowa, that the prisoner
wanted at Belle PLANES, Iowa, unde
the name of Jim Southworth, aliS
/ jim Carpenter. He is accused of I'll
theft of quantity of hides and
, thought to be real bad man" E
I forts to locate his pal have faile
r SO signally that it was decided la
: this afternoon that he had bee
. warned to get out of the city.
All the news all the time.-Tf
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