Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-24
BANDIT BAIT
CLEARS H0LDUP
ON UTAH TRAIN
Robber Whose Mate
Was Shot in Chicago
kidnapping Confesses.
Father Of Slain Desper-
ado Shakes Hands of
Cop Who Fired Shot.

Chicago. Dec. 23.-Clyde Timmons,
whose companion, Earl Timmons, was
shot and killed Thursday might after
they had kidnapped and robbed Mrs
James j. Callahan, her daughter and
brother, in confessing to the police Fri
day that he and his partner had par
ticipated in several holdups, including
Utah train robbery last August and
the sudden interruption of card party
at the home of Jacob Loeb, in Chicago,
last June He also was partly iden-
titled as the masked bandit who last !
Tuesday night robbed passengers on a
Baltimore 4 Ohio passenger train as
it was leaving Chicago.
Following the confession. police took
into custody Miss Mary Roberts, -,
WHO is said to have been an intimate
acquaintance Of the dead robber.
Alfred Timmons. Chicago yeterl-
nary surgeon, identified the dead man
as his son. As he stepped from the
witness chair after q testifyIng, he
walked to the policeman who had shot
his son and extended his hand.
Il never thought that | would shake
the hand Of the man who killed my
son." he said ''but if ever a killing
was justified this one was. You merely
did your duty and, after all, it is better
Tor my DDy.
The August train robbery. Timmons
said, was on an Oregon Shrot Line
train, on August 81, when the two col
lected $3.50 from passengers.
Held Up Card Party
Last Friday the pair held up J. +.
Walsh in Chicago, according to Tim
mons confession, robbing him of his
automobile and So watch. The auto
mobile was later recovered.
Timmons told the Hyde police that
his home was in Hammond, Ind He
said that his companion alone had
staged the Leob card party holdup
when several wealthy men were rob-
bed A $500 diamond ring, taken from
one of the victims, was found IN his
pocket Thursday night, the police say
The captured robber was also known
as Claude Thomas and his dead com
panion was sometimes known as Carl
Gilbert.
May Have Been B. & o. Robber
Victims of the Chesterfieldian ban
dit who robbed several passengers on
the Baltimore and Ohio flier Tuesday
night, called at the police station for
the purpose of identifying Thomas, as
the bandit who robbed them.
Thomas and Gilbert had kidnapped
Mrs. James Callahan. wife Of the for
mer manager of the Chicago American
league baseball team, her daughter
Margaret, Ii, and George Hardin, her
brother, just after they had entered
taxicab in front Of their home on the
south side.
Had No Cash, Gun Solved All
Policeman William McNaughton.
leaning from the running board Of
pursuing car. commandeered by Mr..
Callahan, killed Gilbert and forced
Thomas to surrender, after wild, zig
gag chase, which ended when the Cal
lahan car was wrecked by the robbers
Thomas was well dressed and when
taken to the station had 500 in his
pockets. Officers said he resembled
the bandit who held up the j. & q.
train on Tuesday night, the night he
said he arrived in Chicago. He said
he met Gilbert year ago in San
Francisco and came with him TO Chi
cago from Omaha.
..Neither of US had any money said
Thomas, ''and Gilbert had gun. so
we decided to hold up somebody