Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-09-17
REv0L LVERS BARK AS
OFFICERS INTERRUPT
PAIR L00TINC STORE
Hit by bullets fired at them while they were at
tempting to burglarize the Denison grocery store,
633 E. Superior street at the zero hour this morn

ing, William Fox, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Fox, East Superior street
and Joseph Farrell, 62e st. George
street are patients at Ryburn Hos.
pital. The shots that feIled Fox and
Farrell were fired by Officers Ben
Ford Edgar Huston and James Fox
at 1890 o'clock after a hurry-up call
had been sent to the police by neigh
bors who had seen the two men enter
the store.
Farrell Hit Twice.
Farrell is the more seriously injured
OF the two. He is suffering from two
gunshot wounds, which were fired
from the muzzle of officer Ford's
automatic, after he had failed to
obey the bluecoat's command to halt.
One bullet entered Farrell's body at
the groin. passing diagonally across
the leg and out at the side, while the
other entered his left arm near the
elbow, slightly fracturing the bone.
Foxs Escape Prevented.
Fox is suffering from only one bull.
let would from the muzzle of Officer
James Fox's gun. He was shot as he
was crawling out of a cellar window
on the east side of the building after
he and his pail had been caught in
the act Of robbing the store The
bullet entered his left leg near the
shin bone, following upward as far
as the knee cap where it was removed
this morning by DR.. Samuel Parr.
Neishbors See Burglars at Work.
The attempt to burglarize the store
owned by Albertus Denison was first
discovered this morning by Dick Hal
ligan, who resides just across the
street He noticed the two men en-
ter by way of cellar window on the
! east side of the building. He called
police headquarters and informed
them that they had better hurry or
they would not catch the pair Off
GERS James Fox, Edgar Huston and
Ben Ford responded to the call.
Huston and Ford remained on the
outside. while officer Fox entered the
building
When he got inside he discovered
that the bandits were in the cellar.
They heard the police officers foot
steps and scrambled for the window.
Farrell succeeded in getting out first
and was in the act of pulling his
buddy out of the window when Officer
Fox stepped from the cellar stairs in
the rear end Of the store and COM
manded the pair to halt. Almost ST.
multaneOusly Officers Huston and
Ford, who had been in front of the
store, rounded the corner of tho
building just in time to see Farrell
let go of Fox's hand and dash away,
An order to halt was yelled out by
the officers but Farrell failed to stop.
Automatic revolvers then popped and
manw bullets sped forth from the muz-
zles of the guns In the rain Of bull
let's Farrell received his two wounds.
Fox Shot by Relative.
While this was going on William
Fox attempted to make his getaway
through the window by which he had
entered officer James Fox who is &
cousin of the wounded man not know
ing who it was, ordered the former
to stop, Upon the failure Of the man
to obey his command the officer fired
The first bullet struck Fox in the let
leg and he Immediately surrendered
to the police officer
Farrell Makes Dash for Liberty.
Farrell in the meantime had sue
ceeded in making his escape, despite
the fact that he had been wounded
twice and was bleeding profusely. But
a few minutes later he was taken into
custody at the home of Mrs Anna
| Rossitor, 729 St George street, where
it was expected he would be. Fox
was taken to Ryburn hospital in the
| police ambulance while Farrell was
removed there in a taxi
According to attending physicians
this morning. none of the wounds are
of serious nature. although they ale
| very painful. and the bandits are eS-
| pected to recover within a few days,
Foxs First Slip.
Up to last nights affair William
| Fox had borne good record, having
| been in no trouble before. The at,
! tempted robbery last night will be the
! first blot against his record Farrell
| has been engaged in various troubles
| previously. He is under indictment
on charges of highway robbery and
! no doubt last evenings affair viii
| go hard on him
Fill Sacks with Groceries.
Upon investigation by Chief OF Po-
| lice Grove this morning it was dis.
| covered that the two men had filled
| two large gunny sacks with groceries,
! One sack was partially filed with po-
! tatpeS v.-hiIa tho pthar tras Ioadpd
with canned mustard. several bottles
! of catsup and other canned articles
The arrest of Fox and Farrell will
no doubt bring an end to the rob
berries at the Denison store During
the past few years Mr.. Denisons