The Calumet news., 1912-09-27
YEARS CHASE
TERMINATES
AT ST. LOUIS
J. C. Adams, Alias Walter Stacey,
Taken as Result of Clever
Detective Work
WOMAN LEADS To CAPTURE
Officers Trail Her and Arrest the
Man in Street Shortly A.
ter They Meet
WOMAN LEADS TO CAPTURE
BELIEVED he IS ONE WANTED

Chicago. H., Sept. 27.-One Of the
two Canadian bank robbers. who es-
capped from the Sidias saloon here, af-
ter beating Lieut.. Burns insensible,
has been arrested at st. Louis. Mo-,
according to report to Assistant
Chief Of Police schuettler today. De-
tectives trailed a woman. said TO be
the sweetheart Of The thief She went
10 st. Louis disguised as a cripple The
arrest was made when the two met
Schuettler said;
our information is the man arrest
ed at St Louis is Walter Stacey, alias
]. c. Adams We haven't connected
him with the Ss20,OQO bank robbery
at Westminster B. c.. as yet, but be-
lieve he is one Of the men who at
tackled Burns in the Sidias saloon"
Detectives are Clever.
According to Schuettler the arrest
Of the thief was as clever as the work
of Lieut.. Burns here was bunglesome.
~ ne man dIIehItu Is utrtIlDtu tS a
short robber" The woman was To-
Gated on the South side, Chicago, and
was permitted to learn that the detec-
tives were searching for her. She
boarded a train and went to a town
outside 90 Chicago, where she purchas-
ed "a ticket for ST Louis. She walked
with the aid Of crutches and used
them every time she walked on the
train. according TO the four detectives
who rode in the same car 20 st. Louis
Arriving there she met the suspect
within a few minutes at a roomng
house. In their anxiety 10 prevent the
man from escaping again the detec
tives closed in about him, when the
couple came out of the house. payiny
no attention 10 the woman. who threw
away her crutches and ran through
an alley and escaped However. she
was located and arrested last night a
search of her baggage disclosed many
clippings relating TO the escaped rob-
bers, and a revolver.
Believed to Be Gang Leader.
St Louis, Sept 27.-A years chase.
following the $4,000 bank robbery at
Westminster. r. c.. ended IN st. Louis
in the arrest last night Of ]. c. Adams.
declared TO be wanted as one Of the
robbers The arrest Of his supposed
wife. known as jeanette Little, in Ed
wardsvile, H.. last night, completed
the task Of the local police and private
detectives. who Were holding Adams
since Wednesday morning. Adams, al
so known as Walter Stacey was de-
clared by detectives TO have been ono
OF two men who beat Lieut. Burns,
of Chicago, into insensibility in a sa-
loon on Sept 10. When Adams was
arrested he was entered on the books
by the name of Stacey and a charge
Of murder was placed against him. II
was explained he was a suspect In n
local case.
Mystery is thrown about his arrest
wednesday and Thursday. Detectives
said the arrest Of the woman was
key To the situation. She waslocated bv
Acting Chief Schuettler of Chicago
and private detectives in EIkhart In
diana, where she disguised herself ~
. member of religious order and pre-
tended TO be lame. when she left
Elkhart. four men trailed her 20 a st
Louis rooming house where a man met
her. II was when the man and woman
left the house that the man was ar
rested. and the woman allowed TO de-
part. only 10 be arrested last night.
Adams or Stacey Is believed by To-
cal Bertillon officials 10 be George
west. leader OF the Canadian bank
robbery.