Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-11-19

Ira ID. Perry Jr., "a, and Harold Sui
liyan, "a, two Chicago bandits, who
were arrested on suspicion by Sheriff
Ayers In Ransom on the, night of Oct.
, and held In the county jail over
night, We're arrested with four other
men by the Chicago police yesterday
as members OF one of the most no
torious gangs Of bandits carrolei by
the Chicago police since the DAYS OF
the car barn bandits" Perry and
sullivan were released from tho
county Jail here on Oct 10 after eacE
had pleaded guilty to carrying re-
voivers. For the offense Sullivan was
hnod $50 and costs and Perry S25 and
costs by Justice Of the Peace Koenig.
Ira Perry Sr., inventor of the Perry
safety lock for autos, rushed to OF
hwa with an attorney when he learn
ed that his son had been taken in
charge as a suspected auto bandit
Perry Sr. assured the Ottawa author.
tiles that the big Stanley steamer in
which the two were riding when they
We're arrested was his own car
Sheriff Ayers went to Ransom and
took charge of the two at hotel
where they had put up for the night
when he was informed that they were
driving big Stanley steamer without
q license, were intoxicated and were
armed. The numbers on the revolv-
ers had been jimmed off, so their
identity could not be traced
Perry Sr. informed the Ottawa or.
ficers that the revolver his son had in
his possession when he was arrested
belonged to him.
The Chicago police were notified of
the arrest and asked to see if Perry
or Sullivan were either of tn IN want
cd in Chicago for any crime They
reported back that they were not
wanted there, although they said that
Sullivan was an ex-convict and that
Perry Jr. had been in trouble before.
1t Is believed that the tip of the OF
tawa officials may have helped in cap
turing the men
The Chicago Tribune this morning
contained the following article on
their arrest;
six men, the oldest of them o. sat
In the detective bureau yesterday and
told a story of wholesale crime which
stamped them as one Of the most
brazen, vicious band of criminals cap
tured since the days of the car barn
bandits
Smiling, one CT them told how he.
fired the shots which killed Paul J.
Loberg, jeweler, in his store on Dee
c2. 1929. Two. other men have been
ifeAtified for the Staying and have
been indicted.
sBoastfully they told of having rob
Der a score of jewelry stores by the
daylight ,holdup method
They Dragged CT having held up
fifty or more Standard Oil company
and Sinclair Oil company filling sta
tions.
They laughed as they told OF
scores of street holdups, numbering
as many as twentyfour in one night
And every night before they start
ed out to rob, they said, they stole an
other high powered automobile in
which to speed from one part of the
city to another so as to throw police
"The six men are;
Joseph Shean, 81, 6743 Newgard
avenue, who was shot ard captured
last Monday night when he attempted
to rob filing station at Western AMI
Addison avenues. A bullet passed
through his arm, glanced from a safe
and killed the filling station manager
Andrew Baylie, %. 1888 Belmont
avenue; accomplice of Shean.
Ira d. Perry Jr., "a 1923 Chase
avenue, Rogers Park; son of the in.
ventor of the Perry safety lock for
automobiles.
Walter Witt, %, 1919 Devon ave-
nue.
Edward F. 'Cronk. "a, 1919 Kenil-
worth avenue; semi-prcfessional
ball player, pitcher on the st. Je-
rome's church team, Rogers Park, AMI