Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-11-19
THE Police ARE
SEARCHING FOR
BOLD ROBBERS
Sleuths Trail Cracksmen Who Tried
to Blow Hudson
Safe.
HAVE NO DEFINITE CLUES
Bloodhounds May Be Used by Of
fcers to Run Down
Yeggs.
HAVE NO DEFINITE CLUES

Waterloo, Nov. 15.-The combin-
ed efforts of the city and county au-
thorities, Great Western railway
detectives and detectives for the
bankers association are being d.
rected towards the apprehension of
the three professional burglars who
made an unsuccessful attempt to
reach the cash box in the vault OF
the Hudson Savings bank yesterday
morning. Several clues have been
secured, but no arrests have been
made as yet.
One of the burglars fled from the
bank SO hastily that he lost his new
gray cap. Yesterday morning three
strangers, despatched with mud,
appeared at a barber shop, and one
of them wore new hat. A num-
Der of ex-convicts who have been
seen here during the past week are
being sought, and no effort will be
spared to run down the guilty par
ties.
The officers believe the uncom-
pleted job at Hudson was the work
OF cracksmen who endeavored to
rifle the safe of the bank at Albur-
nett a few days before. A suspect,
now under arrest, admits he was in
Waterloo last Saturday.
The trio who blew the outer door
OF the safe of the Hudson bank neg
Iected only one factor in their cam
paign of precautions. The telegraph
instruments in the depot were
wrecked and the wires cut, and all
the telephone wires We're severed
save one which was overlooked.
Spools of barbed wire had been plac-
ed on the sidewalk near the bank,
30 that pedestrians who might be
hurrying to the scene after the ex-
plosion would fall over them. A
gasoline hand car, the property of
the Chicago Great Western, was In
readiness to carry the robbers away.
In the expectation of securing
bloodhounds, if possible, man was
stationed at the point where the
handcar was abandoned mile and
q half southwest of town. No one
was allowed to touch the car or
walk near it.
Waterloo, Nov. 16.-Surprising
work was done by two bloodhounds
owned by H. G.. Strumpfer of
Springfield, H., in trailing the three
yeggmen who tried to rob the Hud-
son Savings bank Wednesday morn
ing. The dogs arrived yesterday
morning and were taken at once to
the abandoned handcar, which was
ditched near the Chicago Great
Western track miles and half
south of town.
In a short time the trail was TAX
en- southwest for forty rods, thence
across a corn field to the end of
Prospect park car line. There the
dogs seemed to be confused
They refused to board a street car
that was waiting, but took up the
trail on the next car, even spotting
the seats which two of the yeggmen
had occupied on the first trip, yes
terday morning.
In the business section the dogs
renewed the trail which led to a
restaurant, a saloon, barber shop,
shining parlor and then to the east
side Chicago Great Western depot.
There 1t was lost.
Later the animals We're taken to|
hotel, where three strangers had
spent two nights, and the trail was
renewed. leading down the back
stairs, through an alley and to al
restaurant nearby.
The officers have been able to Sc
cure a good description of the three
yeggmen. Eight detectives repre-
senting the bankers and other inter-
ests have been in the city working
on the clues thus far available.
Sheriff Shores took the dogs to
Hudson yesterday afternoon and lat
err to Reinbeck, where four suspects
were under arrest.
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