Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-15
GUY LOCkHART BREAKS DOWN
UPON CHANGING AT MiSslvEs
TAKEN FROM POCKET.
"WRiTE AND TELL NE YOU
ARE BEING A GOOD BOY'
Confession as to Three Bold Grimes
Complete - Alleged Highwaymen
Laugh at Fright Of One of Their
Victims Because He "Ran With
Hands in the Air"

That mothers letters to her erring
son played an important part in the
confession of Guy Lockhart. of this
city. alleged "sticl1-up man. is de-
clared in a Cedar Rapids account of
the arrest of Lockhart and Chester
Duns, also of this city, charged with
three holdups.
Lockhart's mother had written her
son, asking him 10 write her and tell
her that he had NOT been staying up
late nights. that he had secured WORK,
1t was not until a packet of letters
from his mother had been removed
from his person While being searched
by the officers, that Lockhart broke
down and wept, and made complete
confession of the three crimes charged
against the youthful pair.
Penalty is Severe.
The penalty for highway robbery is
severe, twenty Years in the penten
tiary, IN the event the highwaymen
were armed and used a weapon in rob-
bing their victim. The charge against
the two young men al Cedar Rapids is
that Duns used a gun in each Of the
alleged holdups. II lighwaymen are
unarmed in holding up d victim. the
penalty is ten years in the peniten-
tiary.
A Cedar Rapids Account.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette of Tues
day evening tells of the details of the
alleged crime and arrests Of the young
men a follows:
One OF the most important arrests
made by the police in several Years
was brought about at 11:5o last night
when Guy Lockhurt. a Marshal!toWn
product. was arrested on a charge of
having assisted IN the three recent
highway rohberies in this city. He
confessed to the crime. A short time
later his pal, a youth named Chester
Duns, was arrested al MarshalltoWn.
where he had gone when he received
information that the police we're after
him.
The arrest was brought about thru
some fine detective work on the part
OF Tom Caldwell, former deputy sher-
if and now patrolman on the police
force. and Leo Coolidge, young man
who lives at 1913 Mt. Vernon road,
where the TWO highwaymen roomed iii
! til a few days ago. Last Saturday Of
ficer Caldwell received information
concerning the rather suspicious con
| duct of Lockhart and Duns and his per
/ sistent following up OF this clue re-
suited in the arrest Of Lockhart last
night in rooming house a I 61O North
Sixteenth street.
Has Record at Marshaltown.
'I.ockhart and Duns came TO Cedar
Rapids about a month ago from Mar
shalltown. and secured rooms at 1913
Mt. Vernon road. Officer Caldwell
learned that Lockhart had been ar
rested previously for highway rob
! berry.
/ since receiving this informant ton the
| officers have been working quietly in
an effort to locate the two Young men.
Last evening it was learned they had
| changed their rooming place to $40
| North Sixteenth street. Al 1850 Of
fcer Caldwell, Sergeant Christensen
| and Detective Cook went to that num-
Der and placed Lockhart under arrest
! just in the nick OF time, as he had
made preparations to leave the city.
!
! them with another roomer for safe
! keeping, an dlater admitted he had re-
ceived tip that the police were
looking for him. Duns also had learned
he was suspected of the robberies, and
left yesterday afternoon.
Robbed Ticket Office.
when he was brought 10 the station
Lockhart was questioned regarding
IL; a,i,, at Low e.t,..' NJ
and admitted he had robbed the North :
western ticket office at that place and
secured a number of passenger tick
cts. He was arrested for this offensc.
and served thirty day sentence in
the county jai! in Marshall county. He
also said he was arrested for the hold :
UP in the court house square at Mar
shalltown, but the victim refused to
prosecute him because ne had prev
iously furnished Lockhart with liquor
He stoutiy denied, however, having
had anything 10 do with the local
holdups.
Leo Coolidge was then brought to
Lockhart and Duns. Mr.. Coolidge said
he shared his room with the two men
when they were stopping at his home
on the Nj. Vernon road. On the night
of Sept 20. the date upon which r. P
McHugh, Gil First avenue, was held
up near Third avenue and Seventh
street and robbed of Sc, he said he
went to bed early and was awakened
when Lockhart and Duns came in.
Had a Good Laugh.
when they came into the roon
Lockhart remarked that he would moi
forget that night until his dying day
and both laughed al the frightened ac-
tons of McHugh when they pointed q
revolver at him, and after they had Sc
cured his money.
THAT poor devil went up the alley
with his hands still high in the air.
said Lockhart. and they both had mucf
fun over the occurrence.
Lockhart also remarked that the s.
they had taken from McHugh wa
safely concealed in the watch poke
of Lockhart's trousers, and after the.
had gone to sleep Coolidge looked il
his trousers and found the money con
sisted of a s. bill and silver dollar
which was the money Ntzhugh, report
ed had been taken away from him.
"Lockhart, Duns and Collidge slep
together in one bed, and during tn
night they talked of having held Vi
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