The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-17
MONEY RECOVERED
AT LAST MOMENT
Sum Is Stolen in Transit From From
Chicago To East Chicago Bank
Last Evening.

Chief McWeeney Of the Chicago
police force, and John Halpin, chief
of the detective bureau, might do
well to come to East Chicago and
take q few lessons in frustrating
criminal projects, from Sergeant
John Weifenbach Of the local police
force.
It Was Quite A Job.
Had it not been for his perspicaci-
ty, East Chicago might have had a
$4,000 express robbery that would
have done credit to the big metrop-
oils. But of course, John had to butt
I'm and spoil a good story. 1t was at
first believed that the attempted rob-
berry involved $4,000, the package
which 1t was sought to steal, being
SO marked.
Got Busy In Hurry.
At $40 .. m. yesterday sersean.
weifenbach was given the ZIP thd'
1.rona ROGERS 90 years old. driver
for the Adams Express company q. IN
diana Harbor, but working IN As
r.htcaro territory, was suspected u
stealing a package of bank notes con-
et.neA hy the First National Bank OF
{ sSsssss..SS s, 4ha- 1ua1f cnfcsg0 bank
Took Him Four Minutes.
At 5:3I the doughty sergeant remov-
ed his feet from his desk replaced the
telephone receive on the nook- a
:s5 with the aid of Onicer HI Kerr ne
had arrested the alleged express roo-
hsr ana a companion, Sam Milligan.
aged 21. of 1910 Magoun avenues a".
6fteen minutes later he had recovered
ths $4,000 package minus $105 from
seat in the Pennsylvania depot
where IT had been placed, covered with
stud,ous carelessness by an old news
paper.
Had Money ALI LAY.
7! The package of currency had oeen
| received at the Adams Express oHlce
! in Indiana Harbor early yesterday
morning. 1t was placed by the Adams
: agent. Glen C. Boone In Rogers care
with instructions to deliver 1t is carry
as nossible to the bank Shortly after
noon Boone in talking with rogers
B over the telephone, inquired whether
the bank package had reached It's
destination and was told that II nao
F. and its receipt was duly testified upon
the company's books. by one OF the
banks officers.
Quizzed About Package.
aicyv, the subject
from his mind, until shortly after five
o,c,oc1< when he was called up from
chicago headquarters with a query es
to what had become of the package OF
money consigned to the East Chicago
bank cit was delivered all right. re-
plied Boone, remembering his conver'
sation with his driver.
TT has never been received" cams
l the reply from the other end of thu
wire. "Get busy and look it up"
He Also Got Busy.
The local agent got buster thar
| ever before in his whole life He be
gan burning up the telephone line
from the Adams express office II
Guthrie street, to the East Chcagt
bank. and then to the police station
1t is not every day that q package o
SO. 900 in currency goes astray in In
diana Harbor.
AS soon as he had briefly explained
the situation to Sergeant Weifenbach
the latter grabbed his coat and hat
cast his weather eye over in the di
| rection of the Pennsylvania depo
1 where in less than ten minutes tw
trains were due from opposite direc
tions. If the weather eye did not mis-
lead him. that was the Adams expires
wagon standing. at that very moment
before the depot which is but stone
throw from the station.
|, Hi" There With Bells On.
: Come on Hi. here's chance for u
to distinguish ourselves" said the ser
4 geant addressing OFFICER Hi Kerr VIII
t was in the station at the station a
the time. And the pair started out tn
door.
: Sergeant Weifenbach in the direc
tion Of the depot. while Kerr went o
toward the four corners, lest til
wagon might have been left as de
,coy. while the culprits were awaitin
transportation on any of the fou
: street car lines which meet at thi
point
We're In Depot.
J. ] The driver and MiIligan were in tn
y depot at the time Sergeant weifen