The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-02

recent disappearance of 100000
worth of Sinclair Oil stock in New
York might be connected up with
the organization.
In several of these cases, notably
the Council Bluffs and Mount Yer
non robberies, actual participants
in the crimes have been convicted
and sent to penitentiaries. In the
case of the Pullman robbery, Big
Tim Murphy, a Chicago union
labor leader, and Vincent Cosz-
mano, a close associate of Murphy,
are under arrest.
The present indictments were re-
turned secretly and their existence
did not become known until
WorthiEgton and Evans were ar
rested yesterday. The development
resulted frcm four month sol steady
work by a number of men under
direction of Patric ]. Roche, spe-
ciaI internal revenue intelligence
agent.
They checked every mail robbery
and bank loss for the last five years
but because of the many ramifiCa-
lions / is expected that several
D.
can be brought to trial The prose-
cution is in charge of John Y. Clin-
min, assistant United States district
attorney.
French Named.
1t was indicated today that the
connecting link which put the in
vestigators on the trail of Worth
ington and Evans was the arrest of
Charles W French in October, 1919.
French was charged with operat-
ing a clearing house for bogus Sc
curities and it was alleged that
many Of his dealings were with
! Worthington and Evans.
/ Worthington was also arrested
! when it was found that he gave
: SIT 900 in stolen securities TO a
/ Chicago bank cashier in order to
gain control of a suburban bank
and trust company.
| WOrthington was sent to Joliet
penitentiary and released only last
January. The others were apparent
! ly cleared but Evans lost his posi-
ton as bank examiner.
! Worthingtoa was taken to Wau-
! kegan Jail last night but returned
! to Chicago for aFraignment in
/ United States district court Evans,
who spent the night in the Cook
county jail, was also arraigned to-
day.
/ Representatives of the Central
I Trust company, which yesterday
/ was appointed receiver for Worth
ington, who had started bank
ruptcy proceedings, turned over to
the federal investigators all books,
papers and financial documents
found in the safe of the Central Sc
curities company. These will be
| checked by the federal men and the
trust company representatives
"Nothing ON Me.7
| Waukegan, ILL.,, Aug. John
W. Worthington, who was arrested
in Chicago last night on indicI-
ments charging possession of al
tered or forged government notes
denied the charges here this mora
ing.
Fade away. boy, fade away" he
exclaimed when one reporter ask
ed him about the charges. Those
! charges are mum. They have moth
ing on me. / have been in Chicago
'-NAo Gnu SAPoot u DC eHSAe
much longer.
Il did not even known what the
charges Were when l was arrest
ed and l have been trying to find
out ever since. / do not know q
thing about any fake revenue
stamps or altered liberty bonds"
Worthington was taken from tbs
Lake county Jail where he spent
the night, by John ]. Doyle, depu'
ty United States marshal. They
had intended to catch the 6:15 a. II
train for Chicago, but missed i
because after leaving the al
Worthington discovered that he has
left his false teeth in his cell.