Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-05-21
LONE YOUNG MAN
ROBS MAIL TRAIN
lOOTS MAIL CAR OF NEARLY
100000 NEAR kANkAkEE-
BATTLES WITH POLICE.
VERY COOL ABOUT HISsWORk
One of Most Daring Robberes in
Middle West in Recent Years
Got Off Train in Chicago
and Fortified Himself

CHlCAGO.-Oneo of the most daring
train robberies in the middle west in
recent years ended the other day in
the death of Il lone bandit who May
II looted the Illinois Central New
Orlans Limite" and the recovery of
currency estimated to total nearly
500, 900.
TWO policemen, shot by the bandit.
died of injuries and another is Sc
riously wounded
The bandit was identified as Hor-
ace Walton, age %, of St. Joseph.
| Mo. He fell with four bullets in his
body after barricading himself in his
| room and fighting pitched battle
with more than 100 policemen.
Walton boarded the train few
| miles from Kankakee. A Decatur
pouch containing registered mail was
taken on the train.
AS the flier pulled out of Kan
| kakee Walton stepped into the mail
car and announced he was the postal
inspector. Suddenly he drew gun
| and commanded hands up" Four
of the clerks were ordered to lie ON
| the floor and the fifth was forced to
| bind their hands. Walton then tied
the fifth mans hands and set about
leisurely sorting of the mail sacks.
Enjoyed Banter with Clerks.
With the clerks key he picked out
and rifled the bags which contained
shipments of money, remarking that
its easy when you have inside in
formation" A travelling bag apprO
priated from one of the clerks, fur
nished a receptacle for the money.
| Walton kept up running fire of
banter with the clerks until the train
reached South Chicago shortly before
a. =. There he leaped out.
| Fifteen minutes later Patrolmen w.
A. Roberts and John Hendricks met
| Walton. Roberts stepped forward
to question the man. Walton fired
through his coat and Roberts fell,
shot in the head and side.
Fights to the Last Gasp.
Walton leaped into the areaway of
an apartment building, while Ken
bricks opened fire. After an ex-
change of shot the policeman dashed
forward and Dalton dropped the bag
J and fled to an apartment house half
block away. Police rifle squads sur
rounded the building and for more
than an hour poured hundreds Oh bull
let's into Walton's room He return
! ed the fire steadily, using two guns,
then suddenly stopped, Detective
Chief Mooney found Walton on the
floor dead, with four bullets in his
body.
Patrolman Roberts was rushed to
a hospital, where he died Patrolman
Thomas Serriter, also was wounded,
but not fatally.
Walton had lived in the room where
he was killed for several weeks, ac-
cording to neighbors.
Federal officers are investigating
the disappearance of $4,000 from a
satchel containing $4,000 stolen from
the New Orleans Limited on the IL
linois Central railroad.
Boys Mother Mourns.
CHlCAGO.-Mrs. l.. T. Walton of
st. Joseph, Mo-, heartbroken mother
of Horace, has claimed the body of
her son.
The train ON which Mrs Walton
came to Chicago also brought the
body of her husband, who died Sat
urday at Bucklin, Mo-, while on his
way from ST. Joseph with his wife.
} The widow was crushed and mute.
J Mrs Walton will take the bodies of
her husband and son to Champaign,
H., her former home.