Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27
BOLD R0BBERIES
START MAN HUNT
GANG ~ GREEN MOTOR CAR
SPEEDS THROUGH NORTH
ERs ILLINOIS.
stores IN Fss- Cities Lsss-s e. casu
ses sstHsritiss cannss Trace
ousiz~s-

H.NHAa". N.NHa AaEHH na. .FH" rHr
rarix~d Mliaois cuanurs turned out
sgzsfs 20 armed men last uiEht %
hlzs for an automobile bandit sang
eGiet FAD dashed on and cat % four
cities. sffTr adde's 20 fhe darinE rob
berries Be- had staged in ts@ last monfh
.r fnars west % Chicasg.
shFrg ~ b. Riehartsou OF Kane
eoaslF started enc first posse OF q
EaH tarf ia automobile ISIS drEt
trsgEy shrrir. W. n N~1s. O.. remained
st ere trtsrsor~ az Geneva. caIlas
fsrmsFa ard Villages au over the
aartheFn part 0s uleois f8g hours.
lgaruizE taem 90 uatca Cor ghs olfiau
sand-
urfv'rE az 60 Wild o. pee chat their
aErsgFFs we're unable Co keep 10 with
Eaea. tte autonobus rad aErnts dou-
bed back and forth beterru Geneva.
tdEsE. Wees ClteaE1 and us kaib and
escaped
Roe Ssar srer.srs tfore.
TarY used ttr sane bis srrru auto
mottsr vtteH had 1Farr1 ia former
FDsteriFs shea fEeF looted the store
% john EEoEiuEd. a block from sheriff
Eiesards1E's EoHr ia erarva. y~strr-
GaF arrrupoE.
Or eas no. until fhrF bad vanished
.n "a c.01t of dusg that tl~ victim 81
their raid recalled ttas their pockets
bHiErl ait1 pistols near which they
KEPT fretr Gaads s. r4fr t1 get che
stoFrs-eu~E away FROM tl~ safe made
De- unnecessary. however. fDr tho out
Laws tp use their weapons Sheriff
ltictardsor's posse was sent ont
bel viiy armed uitH rifles AID pistols
and vas Instructed Co orius home the
men. -fs4d or alive
tt vas -0me time after noon when {
r. yCune man. clad iu shabby ciothcF. Z
sent iu SEpsiguds furniture store
and purchased bottle OF furniture
polish. Tie offered $50 bill iu pay
meuf and followed SkoEiund 90 see
Thrrr tho stores money was kcrs.
ff- walked away with an oder man 4
Eho had waited outside. An hour later F..
they came In and asked for some 4
aoodea chair seats These were en- .
zrosh~r part % the store and SkoEiuud /.
rent for them. The older man rined .
ne safs and moacy drawer while the I.
Fpgnr man went with SkoEluud.
Alarm 70 Given.
They purchased nothing on this visit
lad 90 vas some time later that SkoE- .
unt. waiting ou another customer.
.1uud Boz had been robbed. lie ran
10 sheriff ElctardEuuH home and
sithiu 10 minute che sheriff was IN
.urFuit
The bandits tore north 20 EiEin.
armcrs told Tire .hsrin. Then they
doubled back t1 West Chicago. a few
niles directly east % Geneva. About
B 20 O'Clock fary aruE directly through
iensys. proceeding vest toward De
laib. They rode through tho main
rrretr and as soon a. they reached
be C1s s.rts ~ che town pgf o. high
pFrf and scorrasd west.
u=pu'F sheriff >eispu vas advised
r fEei= rrarpearsarr half ga hour
zfrr. tte tsiesFgpsrI 20 Clinton.
1en- Cor ftf police f1 watch r1- tle
and tf~ SOC ur Enfb on fle t~iT-
hose a1a warned the police and eiti-
rns Co. uafea f1T ffe Duf'aaE and 90
rs .hrH with whatever force vas
.-eded
Hs learned tha, De Ealb had heard
g the robbers before. Wednesday they
rent 90 tnr g1sson Store ir that city s
"a bF practically frF ssmr tactics
5rtel a safe of $500 THIS time they
-ps their automobile tlrt around q
bruer and fed iu &c.
Career Covers T~s Months
Several days azD tfcs had looted a a..
afr ia ttr Hobbs Furniture com. ,
auF's store iu Aurora. Eelgins $3.50 =.
mailer deprTdatiGrE had been report ,
e 20 tl~ Aurora police from sur /,
.outGF
Tho boidEess - the rnid yesterday
ruuErd the c1uuticE through which
be- outiavs tore after tire robbery. 4
.aae. DuraEr and De EAIb county
sCTifs got thciF deputies out % once
sf posses watched the roads late into .
1r uisGt for a iarEr Er-eu sutomo- o
.lr brarirE on iicruse taE-
The gang g.. believed % make ifs q,
f1dqlnrfcra in some vacant property q.
rar uc Eaib and the posses wero or .
cred Co search that uelFhborhcod a.
1yiisht today.
In each place where a robbery took 4
acc the proprietor noticed buiginEI
10 pockets and outer coat pockets and q
II persistence with which the 'cus- 9
.mers" kept their hands IN or near 5
- pockets. e
~ n o'clock last night sheriff 3
had been unable % trace <
- outlaws and their automobile 3
rthe- than four miles west Of x
rneya. lie had been delayed so much >
tracing their course through Elein x
"a IVES, Chicago that they had 3
ar % more than an hour. x
. regular procedure. sanctioned by 6