South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-15

located at 1882 vs.. washington av,
South Bend Ind and Ashuer dis
posed or them giving The gang
their percentage Cf the proceeds.
Ash1er vac placed under arrest by
The Chicago railway detectives fol-
loving the engineers confession, and
ls st che present time iu jau 10 Chi
caro. It is said that ne viii 1e held
In Chicago uu-u the officials 10 that
-ssv comp le-e a further .nvestIg5tiOn
cf tle case and then VIII be released
@ The local police oT~e~s. Whether
che Chicago department viii file any
specific charges agains, him or
whether they vlU await action from
The South Bend department was not
learned
Compiled With Order
IN the story related hy the enEi-
nrer. 81 was said. he told the officers
thst he had been operating with
kshner and the gang or car bandits
for The past few years lie - all
legged ,o have said chat only recently
Agnne- visited him in Chicago and
told him 10 "ret the gang working. ~
that his stock was ge-tins low. He is
also said 90 have advised the eng'-
reer of -he particular kind ~ me~-
chandIse ne wanted % complete his
fall stock.
The engineers was said 90 have
compiled with bis request and sew
craI car robberies between Chicago
and South Bend and Detroit was the
q or
Ashner
Besides positively identifying the
goods seized ar the Ashner home
last night Sergt. Charles Bachman.
Of The Michigan Central. declared
that DC has The mates 90 the four
odd SHOES found He said that this
robbery occurred at Petoskey Mich.
several weeks ago. The SO pains OF
SELF Schwab shoes found were loot
cd from a box car robbery which oc-
CURED on the Illinois Central near
Rock Island, H.. about two weeks
ago. while the hose and necktles
have been stolen from cars Of mer-
chandise in transit between Chicago
and South Bend. the officials say.
That the Chicago gang OF car
was intlmated by Sergt koczorOW-
ski. He declared that he was Of the
opinion that the "Jagla gang were
co-operating with the Chicago crowd
in the robberies in this city and VI
cinity. Jagla Koczorowsh SAYS. is
now in Jail in default Of $1,000 bond
and was recently bound over TO the
Grand Jury for his alleged implica-
tfons I'm robberies Of clothing stores
in this city.
Bought, ar Auction
Sergt Koczorowski also stated
stated that the local police have
been working for the past two years
90 get something on" Ashuer. He
said they had been SUSPICIOUS OF
him during this tlme. but were
never able 10 catch him with the
goods He stated that with his ar
rest i'm Chicago ana his subsequent
removal 70 this city no believed that
the local department fould be able
TO make some Roadway in attempt
ing 10 clear up the mysterious rob
berries which have occurred in this
city during the past few years.
He stated that a complete check
OF the goods now stored I'm the Ash
ner home at sos S. Chaplin st. would
be made nv the local department IN
an effort to identity merchandise be-
Ieved 90 have been pifered from
the operations OF the gang i'm this
vicinity When the officers visited
the Ashner home last night, ii was
said that the Ash1er family denied
anv knowledge OF their father helms
implicated with the thieves. They
accounted for the fact that th'
home was literally swarmed VIII
goods with q story that their father
had purchased All Of the materla
NJ an auction sale