Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-14
GUY LOCkHART AND CHESTER
DUNs, OF THIS CITY, IN JAIL
AT CEDAR RAPIDS.
LockHART coNFESsEs
TO HIGHWAY ROBBERY
In Turning States Evidence, Lockhart
duplicates Duns, Whose Arrest in
Iris City Follows Soon Afterwards
Duns Taken to Cedar Rapids to An
swer to Charge.

Guy Lockhart and Chester Duns. two
young men of this city, who have bare
~ reached their majority, are under
arrest in Cedar Rapids charged with
highway robbery. Their arr est followed
a series of holdups, TO which Lockard
is said to have made a ful' confession
duplicating Duns. Lockhart was ar
rested in Cedar Rapids Monday night.
Duns was arrested here after mid
night last nignt by Desk Sergeant
Cummings and Officer Hurd, who
Mrs. Margaret j. Duns, sos North
Third street. Duns was taken to Cedar
Rapids early this forenoon by Nigh
Captain Christensen.
Lockhart Confesses.
Lockhart, who has d locs., police rec
ord. is said to have conf sssed to the
Cedar Rapids police during his eXaml-
nation last night. that ha had had a
part in three holdups i'll that city dur
ing the last month. Soon after ne i'm :
plicated Duns, the latter was under ar
rest here. Duns returned from Cedar
Rapids only Monday evening. He told
Sheriff j. q. Edgar that the police OF
that city had ordered him out of town.
DuIls was Gi!zZe<S by the Cedar RaDIds
police Monday, but denied any know
edge OF the hoidups ana was released.
He then left town
Says Robbed Treasurer.
At Cedar Rapids today II vas learned
that Lockhart had confessed that he
and Duns had held up al the point OF
gun on the streets OF that city and
robbed ]. B. Travis, OF Marion. county
treasurer. OF SIS; r. P. Ntzhugh,. Cedar
Rapids. was their next victim. From
him they took IS. Their third victim
was j. W. Tampir, Rock Island
brakeman. from whom they stole SIS
1t is charged.
According 10 Chief of Police Lage.
Night Captain Christensen. of Cedar
Rapids, told him that Lockhart con-
fessed that Duns was the "gunman' of
the duo, while Lockhart went thru
their victims clothes. Lockhart and
Duns have been in Cedar Rapids for
several weeks.
Robbers Are Robbed.
Another phase of the story that is
of Police Lage by the Cedar Rapids Of
dcer. is that Duns and Lrckhart were
robbed. The latter was rooming with
a young man named Williams or VIII
son. said TO have lived here at one time.
After the latest of the holdups, Duns
and Lockhart are said TO have returned
TO the Soom where they spent the night
with Lockhart's friend. The latter. 1t
is said, heard Duns and I.ockhart dis
cussing the holdup. Early the next
morning Wilson or Williams arose, it IS
said, and took from his companions
clothes the stolen money. Next morn
ing he accused them OF having pulled
off hoIdup. This they denied. He
then showed them the stolen money,
and is said to have ordered them out
of the house, lest his father heard Of
it and surrendered Duns and Lock-
hart to the police.
Lockhart Has Record.
It is not known here by what clue
the Cedar Rapids police were led to ar
rest Lockhart. He has a local police
record, which includes his arrest for
the theft of a ticket to Omaha from
the union station ticket Office. and his
arrest for an alleged ho!dup. the victim
of which never prosecuted it.
Lockhart is the son of John j. Lock-
hart, $40 North Fourth avenue.
Prior to a few months ago, when he
was discharged, Duns was employed as
galley boy in the composing room Of
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