Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-12
FUGITIVE TELLER
walks ALL NIGHT:
C0NFESSES CRIME
Awakening to full realization of his crime by
conscience that racked his soul with fear, Francis
!. Carey, absconding author Of Wednesday night S

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late yesterday afternoon
surrendered himself to
the authorities after spending the
night ard day stumbling thru the
wooded and secluded byways west Of
Ottawa.
Carey, now a prisoner at the coun-
tv jait. has confessed, according To
Sheriff Ayers and his aids. that he
alone undertook sacking the bank and
making away with its vast supplies OF
currency. He stoutly denies all
charges that there were other con.
spirators mixed up with him in the
crime. shouldering upon himself fuli
responsibility for the robbery.
Like a hunted animal, his face torn
BY briers and brush which blocked his
path as he rambled blindly through
the tinbers south OF the Illinois river
after an all nights tramp, Carey at
go Thursday afternoon stumbled
into the home of Matthew kerwin.
four miles south Of Ottawa. The res
olutiOn which had lad him 10 ker-
win S did not alter his determination
any to cali up the bank and announce
| his Willingness to give himself up.
! Conscience and fear OF conse-
quences he may have to suffer. prov
ed their complete mastery over the
youth after he had wandered through
the night with remOrse as his 0nl;
! travelling companion. Like with all
who venture into the realm OF crime
| for the first time, ungovernabe ter
! rors stalked him through the night
and morning, until frantic from haunt
| ing fears. he took the only one course
available to save himself from going
mad He volunteered to surrender
himself and face the future like
stole.
Recover 1000 Of Missing Loot
One thousand dollars CT the 5000
which disappeared during the robbery
has been recovered by the officers
| ii was Carey himself who informed
them where to find this money. In
| pillow of his bed at hoMe, was
found $500 in bills, $40O in gold was
! located in the back of a deep drawer
| in his teller'S cage at the bank. and Il
| $50 gold piece was found in pock-
ct of a pair Of old trousers in his bed
| room This money was spcrete,i
| away when he Went home TO supper
! and before he attempted 10 make
| way with the $40 600 in currency and
| $4,000 worth OF liberty bonds of the
/ bank S funds.
Carey claims that he did not take
! the other $1,000 and knows nothing
/ about il A careful search OF the ad-
! Joining roots from where The money
was lowered. and OF The courtway
! back ot the bank, mas uot ehau au,
! light upOn the missing $4,000 and the
| officers yet feel that this may be re-
| covered from where it was planted
by Carey
Wounds Face and Body.
The youths face is scratched his
hand badly bruised and his hip bruis-
ed, from what he claims to have been
a tall down ravine. while he Was
stealing his way through the night.
After he had been toiled in hi, act
OF making of with the $40 900 OF stol.
en- money and liberty bonds, ne ran
out Of the alley at the side of the
! Moloney haiIdiug, and headed south
! Crossing the Illinois river bridge he
| took to the wooded way along the
river bank, where he Travelled in fear
| OF the shadow that was overhang-
! ing him, while his associates and
! friends at the bank were aiStracteliv
employing the acelylene torch to
burn lis way through the S4ro0 vaut
, door, believing that he had heen lock.
ed mp there by professional robbers
ana Vas slowly but surely being suf.
iocated to death.
Family Grief Stricken.
Today Carey is prisoner In the
county Jail awaiting hearing in /.
! court Of justice His widowed mother
and sisters are hearlbroken over his
act. His friends mainain the youth,
VINO viii not celebrate his twenty
first birthday until February, 1922,
Is a victim ~ some mysterious men.
tai disease
The first intimation that the Off.
GERS had that Carey was in these
parts was at / o'clock yesterday after
noon, when President Charles +. Tay.
!or' OF the National city bank, was
called TO the phone in his office at
the bank.
Tells Where He Can Be Found.
! The voice at the other end of the
wire Informed Mr.. Taylor that the
speaker was Francis Carey.
II am at the Matt Kerwin farm,
four miles south OF Utica" he said.
why, Francis, don't YOU know