Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-19
500 IN W. S. S. AND THREE
HATS RECOVERED BY
OFFICERS
DENTISTS ROBBED
Ex-CONViCT. NAeBEO IN O1TAWH'
ADMITS PERFORMING JOBS ~
STREArOR, WHERE ne Sc
CURED LARGE QUANTITY OF
DENTAL GOLD

His whole appearance bespeaklns a
man sr,cely under the influence O.,
strong drugs, Roy Mack, 81, an eX-con'
Wet, was arrest I'd in Ottawa last night
after breaking into and robhtns three
Streator dental parloIs, and llinmylnI
his way into the millinery sore oi
Miss Mary Greed over the Crescent
TheateY', and looting the shop Of three
high priced hats and $50 in War Sav
ings Stamps
When Mack was taken into custody
by Captain OF Police Maurice Ha't
and Pat- olman Thomas Reiiley ~ Ne
was aDClt 10 b1ard the il:ao y. E'
east.bound interulban fGr CIichgoN h,i
whole frame was aquiver rom me a.
iects on the dope. To the office ne
admitted being a drug addict and COW
iessed he on,y short time be ere had
administered himself large dose o.!
cocaine.
After mis- clouded mind awakenc !!
to the realization that he waH caught
with the goods. Mack broke down N
had befalen him Il have ID wife and
..wee SOLD baby living in Chicago
he said oh. what will they do!
Here have stolen about s. worth oT
stun, but yet III draw down twenty
Years ter it. All The time he was
blaming his misfortune ne gave the
impression that society was 20 blame
Tor having laws that provided punisI-
ment for burglary instead OF placing
any of the responsibility upon limsell
ior having violated the rules laid down
by none too strict criminal code.
The tip which led to the arrest OF
Mack was given to the local pclict
by Conductor l.. NJ. Osserhauer ct The
C., o. Il p. on whose car Mack made
mis- getaway irCm StreatOr ton.uciol
Os.erhauer became suspicious OF IN.
man while he was coming TO Ottawa
he behaved very ecWiariy, oUe
largely TO the drug. and was in com
pany of another stranger, both met
being very cautious OF what they "a
or did whenever the conductor came
near them Mack rar,ner, if he ha'
o,a,dy in the StreatOr robberies, 90
OF the interurban az Ia sale stree
uaains west he could catch to -
Louis. Mack went on to the sta ion
got off there and must have immt
diateiy started operations AT the Cree
millinery shop. He was picked up q
II O'Clock, carrying a large hat bai
and a good sized grip. The three hat
contained in the bag We're identiiie
by Miss Creed as her property, hu
Mack denied emphatically he had ei
tered the millinery shop.
He tried to fix blame for the thel
on his companion. He prufessed know
ing nothing abont his pal, not eve
his name. nor could he give the EJiiC
a suitable description OF the accuse
thief. The officers made Il tlreles
search for the ether man, b"i secure
no trace OF him. 1t is believed r
made his escape from town be,Cr
they were mpprised Of the Streator rC|
Eerie.,
To the deputy sherifts who quizzo
him this morning Mack retracte
every statement he had made to til
police last nieht, denying he was a
diced 10 the drug habit and firm
placing blame Tor the presence
uctNtAI SUlu III HIiS UiS tlion tHt u
known and benevolent friend.
search OF the bag displayed a GOT
sized quantity OF geld and other dent
supplies, valued approximately AT $40
While he admitted last night havil
Deen discharged from the peniteniia
al Joliet only thirteen months az
he denied this morning he was ev
an inmate OF the state prison.
The rObbeiies in Streator were ps
petrated at the parlors of Drs. 7.
Henry l. George r. Mason, l.oney al
william Carroll. The burg!ares we
discovered early in the evening a
immediate warnings were telephon
to surrounding cities to be on I
lookout for their thieves. Local de-
lists vert tipped of to watch their
tices, and the Moioney and Cent?
Life buildings were kept under clc
vigilance nntil after the thief "
tucked snuggly away behind bars
the county Jail DR. l.. +. Jordan
aent to the Jail last nigh to inter
gate the burglar and helped ex'
much information which viii he
use n prosecuting the criminal.
Resides the stolen goods. Mack c
"a A. Lao Ilt RaFua