Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-05
PAT JUDGE GETS PAIR
LOITERING IN SOFT
DRINK PARL0R
Z NOW IN TOLLS
TWO MORE OF GANG CAUGHT IN
HOlDERMAN'S BARN THREE
MILES EAST OF SENECA
BLACK LEADER is STILL AT
LARGE.


the result Of "A reign Of terror follow.
ing the escape from Joliet. prison Of
thirteen desperate criminals were al
lcviated this morning when officials
announced the capture of four of the
folOns AT Seneca ana in the western
part of Grlndy county early this morn
in.
The men lakcn at Seneca were:
Milish Mondich. alias Peter
Brown, No, 1869. 20 years old. Re.
ccived April II. 1910. from Bureau
county on murder charge. Sen
tencc OF forty.fve years.
Frank Miller. alias Frank Lcvan-
dowski, No. 2607. 26 years old: re.
celved Aug. 9, 1912. from Cook
county on one to ten years charge
OF larceny. He escaped Dec. I from
honor farm. Was arrested in Chi.
caeo Saturday and returned to
prison.
Tho arrest of the two conNicts was
brought about by Marshall Patrick
Judge, whose attention was called lo
two suspicious looking characters who
were seen TO enter one Of Seneca s
soft drink parlors, lie followed the
men into the place and took them in
custody, After locking them in the
village basiilc the men admitted they
were members Of the bantit gang.
On the theory that perhaps the rest
Of the bandits were in tho vicinity Of
Seneca. Il posse ol more than a hun
drcd men. all thoroIy armed. was
formed and deputies were called from
Ottawa to lead the search for the 9th
rrs. William MiSch6e and Arthur Bar
rctt responded TO the summons and
FASTENED to Seneca, Nhcrc they took
part in the chase that led to the sam
IIoldcrman farm, whore p two othc'
men were seen acting strangely
Just as thc la Sale county poSs,
reached the lIOldcrman homcStca,
they were joined by Morris Scarchcr'
aud the two men were rounded up ii
the barn. They surrendered without
protest and the four were taken bacl
To Joliet The twn men captured a
llolderman's were
William Gils, No. 1921, 20 years
old. Received May 25. 1914, from
Cook county on a one year to life
sentence for robbery.
Michael Geary. No. 1898, 81 years
old. Received Nov, II 1914 from
Cook county on murder charge,
Serving a life sentence.
Ask Food OF Hired Man.
Gills aud Gcary appeared at tn
lIoldcrman farm just at dusk. The
met the hired man and offered hin
Il dollar for some food. The uan b.
ing obliging went into the house t
Zip ott' his employer that some c
the cons were outside and a tclephou
message was sent 10 Morris inform
ing The deputies of the catch
After giving the men SOME food th
hired man furnished them couple {
blankets and permitted them to slcc
IN the barn. They were just about
"hll tho hay" when the shcriN's poss
arrived ana took them into custod
without any resistance
Negro at Large.
R'imors HAT joum Clourc. the negr
leader Of the mutinons crew of cu
lhroats had been captured in thc
20, were reported as false AT the pri
on this morning. Clourc Is The "
black who intimdalcd passcngcrs ,
the intcrlrban car Monday night ai
who apparently was the gcncralssin
cf ''e ~'n" w al It's evil operations
!" AT tho penitentiary it was report
that Clourc. who murdered anoth
negro at the prison last week. is
bad aud desperate man and will fix
for his life, II driven into a cornt
70 homes are held out for his capiu
by tho warden or his deputies
identircd Overceat.
One Of the events hat took lea
ng part in the capture of the men
S~"""a waa brought ahont thru Il |
culiar Circumstance. William Dona
i,~ ovne.a s.at.on agent OF the
D. & r. who was passenger on {