Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-11-26
2 CARS PURSUING TRAIN
FROM PEORIA AROUSE
suspicious
CHAUFFEUR IS HELD
CAPTURE SUPPOSED BAN NDITsI
WHEN AUTO IS DEMOLISHED BY
PASSENGER WHEN PHONE TIPS
ARE SENT AHEAD TO RAILWAY
DETECTIVES.

Bureau, Nov. 26.-(Special) )--Detec
tives and county officials admitted to
day that they believed they foiled a
plot last night to rob mail train
from Peoria, which passes thru here
enroute to Chicago at a. m. Three
men, Clarence Fay, %, George Newell
20 and Clarence Shaurreck. 19 are
being held prisoners in the county
jail, as suspected bandits, while Frank
Klaph, Peoria taxi driver, is being
detained for investigation.
At twelve o'clock last night two
railway detectives stationed here re
ceived call from a crew on an east
bound passenger train, that two autos,
Cadillac and Hudson. had followed
them all the way from Peoria, making
every stop they made.
Just as the train was due the Cadil-
lac pulled into the Bureau depot, and
two men alighted and purchased tick
cts for Chicago. Their auto disap-
peared and the men vanished. Train
used and that they did not ride on
that train.
At 2 o'clock the auto returned, just
as the Peoria mail was due. The
driver in pulling over the tracks, fail
ed to heed the approaching train. and
his car was demolished. Workmen
had to dig him from underneath the
wreckage. The driver said his name
was Klaph, that he was taxi driver
and was employed to drive two men
to Bureau. His leg was seriously
bruised in the accident. Officers
found a gun holster and some 3S
bullets in the car wreckage.
Fay, Newell and Shaurreck were
found riding on the blind baggage of
the mail when it pulled in. They
claimed they were bumming ride.
A man and woman arrived in Bu-
.reau at / O'Clock, driving in an Over
land car with an Oklahoma license.
They registered at the hotel. said
they were driving to Princeton, were
very tired and did not wish to be cal
led this morning. Today they We're
sought, but had disappeared and their
room had been unoccupied during the
night.
Up to late this afternoon the author
ities had been unable to locate the
two men, the man and woman or the
Hudson auto
Arrest Paxton Mail Suspects.
Terre Haute. Ind, Nov. 26.-Five
men, two of whom are negroes, were
to be given hearings today, before
United States Commissioner Randel
on a charge of being members of a
band of train bandits who on Nov
Z held up and robbed an /. G. mail
train at Paxton.
The men were lodged in jail here
last night. They previously were ar
rested at indianapolis .ov II, in con
nection with the death of Steve Fer
guson, who was found dead near
Rockville. Ind. Postal inspectors
said sufficient evidence had been OBJ
tanned to send the prisoners to I'LL
nois for trial. 1t is believed Fergu
son was a member of the gang and
was fatally wounded in the battle
with passengers and the train crew
which resisted the holdup for forty
five minutes.
Get 100000 In Diamonds.
st. Louis, Nov. 26.-Four armed
bandits entered the offices of the st
Louis Refining company, at 10 a. m
today and escaped with diamonds ant
iou,aic caid IN ho valued at $50 600
The company assays jewels and has
its offices in the down town business
district.