The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-23
WILL TRY ONCE MORE
TO. BRING HOBECk BACK
Man Who Walked Out of Blucfield
Jail Under Arrest In
Ohio.
WAYMACK GOES FOR PRISONER
Police Sergeant Says He Will Deliver
Prisoner In Richmond or Not Come
Back-He Is Charged With Steal
ing Gasolene Launch.

! There was glce In the voice of po-
lice Sergeant W. Il. Waymack and
)ubilation in his eye as he stood In
the office of Governor Stuart yester-
day afternoon expressing his thanks
for an executive paper tina, had inc,
been placed In his hand by Secrct,.,
Alexander Forward
by the great horn spoonv, the no.
nee sergeant circulated II am yoin,,
after this fellow Hobeck as fast as
raliroad trains can carry me. He got
away from me once. That was his
fault If he gets away from mo on,in
1t will be my fault. And. believe mo
II he should give me the slip again
YOU VIII see me no more. love my
wife and Riddles, but if 7 don't come
back here with Hobeck 1 will have to
! empty-handed."
Sergeant Waymack left for Cincln-
natl on the $40 o'clock train last night
lie VIII be In Columbus, Ohio, this mr.
terhoon. He carries with him Cover
nor Stuart's requisltion on Governor
lanes NJ. Cox for the surrender to the
i,ichmond police OF william c. uo-
WaHmack many months Hobeck is In
jail In Newark, Ohio. where he was ar
rested several days ago and held as n
fugitive from justice from Virginia
CHARGED WITH THEFT
OF GASOLENE LAUNCH
AS the sergeant relates the story
HobeclS purloincd gasolene launch.
the property of w. C. Wilmer, of South
Richmond. May .. carried IL to VIII
liamsburg and removed the engine
from the boat He sold the hull in
Williamsburg. then shipped the engine
to Lynchburg. Thus disposing OF viii
mers property. Hobeck set out to visit
MS sweetheart I'm Newark, Ohio De-
tcctive Captain Mcmahon learned of the
| movements of Hobeck and put Ser
seant Waymack on the case They got
INTO communication with the Newark
police. and when Hobcck turned I'D on
his spooning expedition, May %. he
was nabbcd and jailed. Sergeant Way
mack went out to Ohio and got the
prisoner. Returning cast with him.
they were compelled to spend the night
In Bluefeld w. Va
II turned the prisoner over to tho
keeper at the islucneld Jail" the SER
Geant relates, and Went to hotel.
was awakened in the morning l,y
policeman, who Informed me tina. my
prisoner had escaped during the night;
went to. the Jail to investigate How
he escaped is mystery ] have never
solved. He certainly didn't break out
by force. 1t was plain to me that
somebody opened door and the pris-
oner walked out.
SENT MOCKING POSTCARD
TO SERGEANT WAYMACIS
81 was pretty mad, tell you. The
longer I thought 1T over the madden
got. But | got maddest when, n few
days after I returned to Richmond, j
received postcards from that iInpu-
dent rascal, dated ut some little town
in Canada. That rascal had the I'M
pudence to write to me:
"'Denr pal-EJpv, did Won lilo
folks in West Virginia? Amt they
bully good fellows down Blueneld
way? Affectionately yours.
"HOBECK.' !
Now, a joke is n joke, and In its
place it's all right But to be insult
ed in that manner by q blathcrsl;ite
like Hobecll is no Joke. His imperti-
nencc was simply insuTerable. But
what could do eXcep. hope and pray?
My prayer has been answered.; my
hope will be realized as soon as / can
get to Newark. Hobeck was arrested
bv Chief OF Police ). S. Sheridan, of
Newark. who is Il fine fellow. he has
second time he arrested Hobeck In that
towr. He was OH the lookout for him
He knew that Tlobeck would return
some time to see his sweetheart. We
all knew II. IIobeck wcGld have sneak
ed into Newark to see that girl some
time or other, II there was Il sixteen
foot wall built around the town and
a detectives head poking over the wall
at every three feet OF Its length.
"Good-by. When you see ME again
will have Hobeck with me. and he
won't he in a humor to write any frn-
ny postcards. either"