Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-01
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill, Feb. 81
life of ease in South America shat
tered, cried for his mother, Satur-
day night.
The boy bank robber, arrested at
Heyworth, near here, Saturday just AZ
hours after he fled from the North
ern Trust Company at Chicago with
$772,00O worth of Liberty bonds, was
home sick, repentant and fearful
that his life would be spent behind
prison bars.
The youth arrived here tonight in
custody of county officials for safe
keeping. There is only small jail
at Heyworth. All except one $500
bond which is missing from: the
stolen securities were also brought
to Bloomington for safe keeping in
the strong vaults of Bloomington
banks.
Dalton had broken down COM
pletely by the time he arrived here
and was unable to talk. Tears flow
down his cheeks as he was taken
to the jail. He had maintained his
calm, self-confident attitude until
he was asked about his mother.
Il wonder what she will think"
he cried, and then lost all self-con
troll.
Dalton was arrested while play
ing game of pool in HeyWorth. He
was q great lover of the game
first taken into custody. He said
he had not planned the robbery.
1.-THE temptation came while 1 was
sorting the bonds in the bond cage
in the bank on Thursday" he said.
Il was only making $65 a month
mother all the money she needed
and have enough to spend"
Quotes Judge Lands
The lad said he took the bonds on
the spur of the moment and was
not promoted him as rapidly as he
had said the bankers were partly to
blame in the case of the ottawa,
1 MS; r,I boy ya, na 3n6 Gary who stEIe
judge said they should have paid
Cary more, and his case seemed to
fit me. L saw the chance to take the
bonds and decided on the spur of
the moment to try to get away with
them. 1t doesn't pay, however, and
my mother and sisters. don't
kno wwhat I can do now" Dalton
broke down and cried when speak
ing of his mother, who is a widow.
Il don't know what I wanted to
do with the money" he said. Il just
an easy chance to get some money
and I took it. / did not have any
particular notion of where I was GO
ing, but wanted to get to the south
where thought there would be
less chance of my being found"
When asked what he thought his
chances with Judge Landis would be
Dalton said: Il don't want Judge
Lands to set me free. If he would,
the public. His kindness with that
boy in Ottawa got him in bad. lam
willing to pay the penalty"
He told how he walked out of the
oank- while two guards watched,
walked to store and bought small
leather bag, sold one of the $500
to a bond house in Chicago and left
on an interurban car going south
He spent the first night at Naper-
vile, I'll.
Il didn't sleep all night he said.
II would break out with a cold
sweat and tremble all over. [
thought mostly of my mother. 1t
was hell"
On Friday he went to Joliet and
from there went to Bradwood and
later to Bloomington where he
spent the night.
Feared Arrest
81 decided then that I couldn't
afford to travel on trains any long
err" he said. IT thought everyone
saw was going to arrest me-
II was so tired Friday night that
l slept some but every time I would
go to sleep I would have fearful
dreams and wake up with jerk. I
thought every one in the world was
looking for me-"
Saturday morning Dalton started
to walk south from Bloomington. He
had walked about four miles when
James DENTS, a Iaborer, living at
Norman, Ill, came along in an au-
tomobile.
DENTS asked Dalton if he wanted
a ride. Dalton hesitated a minute
and then got into the machine.
II was getting mighty tired of
walking" he said.
! DENTS said he had been reading
about the bank robbery and suspect
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