The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-05-14
CHICAGOPOLICE
KILL TRAIN BANDIT
Gentleman Traveller Robbed
New Orleans Limited-Is
Cornered by Rifle Squad.
LAD "INSIDE NEWS"

he most daring train robberies In the
Iniddle west In recent years ended this
norning in the death OF bandit who
asst night looted a mail car of the Illi-
lois Centrals New Orleans Limited OF
urrency estimated to total about
100000. The money was recovered.
)ne policeman shot by the bandit died
ater in hospital. and another was
wounded seriously.
The bandit was identified as Horace
NaltoD, aged 49, of ST. Joseph, Mo.
1e fell with four bullets in his body
fter barricading himself in his apart.
nent and fighting with more than 100
'ollcemen, including several picked rifle
II iqnads.
Walton boarded the train at Gilman,
few miles from kankakee, last night,
skiing a seat i'm a Pullman A pouch
containing u shipment of $105,000 from
Decatur bank was taken on the train
II Gilman.
II AS the flyer pulled out OF Kankakee,
JWalton stepped into the mail car and
Wector. He walked toward Elmer F.
Harris, chief clerk, and his four assist
n ants. then suddenly drew a pistol and
commanded hands up" The clerks
obeyed. Harris and three of the clerks
1were ordered TO lie on the floor. James
q. Burke, another clerk, was forced to
Dind their hands behind them Walton
1then tied Burkes hands and began in
eisurely fashion sorting the mail
III pouches.
Used Clerks Key.
n Armed with the clerks key, he
picked out and rifled the bags which
contained shipments of money. remark
Hing. IT'S easy when you have inside
Information" He took a travelling bag
1ffom one Of the clerks and put the
lmoney into 1t.
Oh Nfter filling the bag Walton kept up
4 running fire OF banter with the clerks
until the train reached Englewood sta
IN tipn. In South Chicago, shortly before
H l1a M There he leaped out
Fifteen minutes later Patromen Will
n liam A, Roberts and John Hendricks
met Walton Their suspicious were
aroused by a bag he carried and Rob-
III elts stepped forward to question the
man. Walton, with revolver in his
Il pocket. fired through his coat Roberts
i fell. shot in the head and side.
II Walton leaped into the areaway. OF
an apartment building, while Hendricks
il dropped behind Roberts body and
n opened fire. After an exchange of shots
Il the policeman dashed forward and grap-
Il pied with the man. Walton dropped
4 the bag and fled.
Surrounded Apartment House.
Police rifle squads, summoned by
neighbors, located the man in an apart
ment house a half block away. They
Il surrounded the building and for more
4 than an hour poured hundreds OF bull
4 let's into walton's apartment. He re-
1 turned the fire steadily, using two guns,
4 then suddenly stopped Detective Chief
4 Mooney led dash on the room. Wal
/ ton was found on the floor, dead, with
4 four bullets In his body.
,., membership Sard issued ar6 6y the Istfar ss:
addressed to Mrs. L. ". Walton, No.
/ 5a3 Y. Seventh street, Sc. Joseph, were
| found In his pocket.
patrolman Roberts was rushed to a
7. Ia ItaA nf fAR AM
hours. He is survived by a widow and
five children. Patrolman Thomas. Ser
retter also was wounded, but probably
not fatally.
WaIten had lived in the apartment
where he was killed for several weeks,
according to neighbors A postal in
upcctor's s badge, a mail pouch key and
AN Illinois Central time table, printed
IN pencil on a card, were found on the
body.
The bandit Instituted new meth
cd in train robbery. Instead Of fore
ing the engineer to stop the train
at the point of a revolver. In the
time .honored wild west fashion, he
boarded the train as Pullman
- lie was we'll dressed. and to de.
scribe him in the language OF
Chicago woman and her daughter,
whom he engaged In conversation
for a few moments, "had every ap-
pesrance Of being gentleman trav.
eIer."
But Just before the train pulled into
Kankakee, ILL.,, he left his seat and
went forward through the train. For
ward in the mail coach Chief Clerk
Elmer Harris was preparing the mail
pouches to turn them over to the post
office auth orities on the arrival of the
train at Chicago. His four assistants
were helping him.
suddenly the door to the coach opened
aud the bandit walked in, smiling.
Alert, the mail clerks arose from their
work. 'I'm the inspector" said the
stranger reassuringly, and reached in
his pocket as though to produce Gre
deutials. Instead he whipped out
blue steeled revolver and pointed 1t at
the clerks.
Throw up your hands!"
He commanded. ''Ill croak the 'hrst
guy that makes false move"
Like Every. Day Affair.
Then the gentleman traveller" forced
four of the clerks to lie down beneath
a sorting table. Che fifth he com
RELIED 70 bind their hands behind their
backs. while he nonchalantly stood by
and superintended the Jobs. Then he
served the fifth clerk in like fashion,
Leisurely. and with as much ease as
though it were an everyday affair, the
with keys taken from the clerks. call
ing especially for the keys to the
decatur pouch" This afterward, led
the police TO believe he had obtained
Inside news as to the amount of
= money carried on the train.
Called Cherry Goodnight.
Discarding what he did not want from
the pouches, the bandit selected pack
ages containing fortunes in gold ana
currency dumping these into grip
owned by one of the mail clerks.
Then as the train pulled into the
SetNty Third street station at Chicago,
he called out a CHEEKY goodnight to
The bound and helpless clerks, aud
lcnped from the coach, vanishing into
the night.
Thirty minutes later Policeman Rob-
crts. while walking his beat met Park
Policeman. John Hendricks, and the
two strolled along together. In Few
moments they encountered n man car
,Ning a satchei. and Roberts decided to
investigate. They noticed that the man
kept his hand in his right hand coat
pocket, where there was a suspicious
bulge.
what have you got there?" asked
Policeman Roberts.
Two spurts OF flame bclched from
tir ba nd,t's pocket; Roberts fell To the
ground. The bandit leaped TO an area
way and continued to FIRE. Dropping TO
the ground. Hendricks drew his revolt
Ncr and fired over his comrades body.
,rounding the robber.
Dropping the grip containing his loot.
tb,. bandit ran through the areaway.
leaving a trail OF blood behind him.
Ffffy detectives were rushed TO the
scene The bandit was tiailed 20 his
ansrtmcnt in Fifty first street.
Come out and surrender" COM
--,nanded Chief Of Detectives Mooney.