Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-26
EFFORT GET
RETURN OF BOND.
JUMPER FAILS.
Authorities Here Receive No
Word From Stevens Trial
in Illinois.

Authorities here are still uninformeo
and apparently disinterested as to their
chances Of bringing Ed Stevens, bond
jumper and alleged safe blower, to this
city from Carlinville, H., to face trial
Stevens was arrested in the Illinois city
with two other men by William Il
Morris, sheriff He was identified by
st. Louis detectives, and was awaiting
trial for the alleged blowing of a safe
in that city, and according to informa-
tion received some time ago by the In
dianapols detectives department was to
have been tried last Friday. What was
the result Of that trial or if the trial
was held the Indianapolis detective de-
partment has not been notified.
Immediately after the man held by the
Carlinville authorities had been positively
identified as Stevens, Inspector of De-
tectives Herbert Fletcher sent certified
copies Of the indictment and capias
pending here to Sheriff Morris by regis
tered mail. TbVse copies were accom-
panied by a letttr requesting that Stevens
be held for the indianapolis police pro-
vided he was not convicted in Carlin-
Vile
STEVENS CASE
Is NOTABLE.
famous in the annals of the criminal his
tory Of Indianapolis More than a year
ago a series of Swallowing jobs occurred
in and near Indianapolis and the de-
tectives worked overtime in an effort to
make arrests. The police obtained in
formation that a black leather travelling
bag of an unusually expensive make with
a heavy brass paddock on it had been
checked at the Severin hotel. The bag
was found to contain enough explosive
to blow up two hotels, and the most
complete set of burglar tools, fuses and
electric wires ever seized by the local
department. The detectives watched that
travelling bag for hours At last it was
called for by neatly dressed, clean ap-
pearing man and they followed him to a
room in the hotel, where they arrested
him. He gave his name as Arthur Well
ing.
\ few minutes later a rap came at the
door and the detectives opened the door
and with revolvers drawn covered a giant
man whom they arrested. He was Ed
ward Stevens. Records show he has
served time in Leavenworth Prison for
safe blowing and that his home is In
Chicago. yelling led the most daring
Jail delivery on record in this State.
Twenty-fOur prisoners escaped from the
Marion County Jail last July, but the
hole left by the saving of one bar was
not large enough for the giant Stevens
to crawl through. He remained in Fed
eral row in the local Jail until clever
lawyer arranged things"
BOND REDUCED
FROM $4,000.
His bond in the Criminal Court was
$4,000. and in the Shelbyville court
where he was also wanted it was $1,000.
Stevens and yelling were alleged to have
blown a safe in the Western Oil Com
pany's filling station, at Twenty Fifth
and Meridian streets.
The $4,000 bond was reduced by spe-
cial judge in Criminal Court to $1,000
when Claris Adams, prosecuting At
torney, assured the special judge that
the reducing Of the bond met with the
approval of Judge James Collins who
happened to be out of the city. A cash
bond was put up for $1,000 here, and
1000, at Shelbyville and months later,
when the cases were called for trial, the
police were not surprised when Stevens
failed to appear and the bonds were
forfeited.
No trace Of yelling has been found.
The detectives have run down numerous
reports that Stevens had been arrested
in various cities, but not until Sheriff
Morris arrested the alleged "yeggman"
at CarlinviIe did these reports prove
true.