Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-30
AUTO THIEVES SHOOT
MILLIONAIRE SHERIFF
William Welch, Son of the Grape
Juice King. Badly Wounded
by Gang.

Buffalo. March 3O.-william WEIGH.
son of Dr e. T.. Welch, millionaire
President Of the Wclch, Grape Juice
COMPANY. who has been taking a hand
tn catching bootleggers as side line
to turning ont I}ryan's favorite uppie.
yesterday morning escaped death at
the hands OF automobile thieves he was
chasing 10y a ruse lie feigned DEATH
lying face downward in ditch hlicu
with icy water until the gang thoush'
he was dead from the five shots they
had pumped into his body. ana speu
On toward this city. Although one OF
Welch's wounds is serious. II II SAID AT
the young mans home in WcStheid
last night that he viii recover
Welch. who is an executive IN the
main company founded hy his tath'r'
has been active of late in citmrilEHs
AGAINST hootlcEEcrs running north from
pennsylvania. For this reason he asked
Tor and obtained a warrant as Deputy
sheriff of Chautauqua county. lie mas
been actively engaged with trl'' -
police In tins work
Monday night when sedan car
owned hy Edward Heal. treasurer OF a
hir Erie ,orporatiou was stolen from
,n front of the E!ks' club in that city
the chief Of tn Eric police t'lcrhon"d
,vclch al Wcstn,ld. as most auto thieves
from Northern PENNSYLVANIA cities pass
that city ON the way 10 luifalo.
Mclch. who rather likes tho game oi
plaving policeman. dressed and set ont
staur IN, road which tn. bandits would
tHahably take lie Was at the wheel
~ {, brand u,w ia,ng roadster
quite uu, ,>p,. t,d, the sedan hove
INTO >t.v Wcich drew oT 10 the side
al uc road IN tho dark and waited.
when tho other machine drew M along
si, hr commanded tine men 10 hait
Thr answer Was i roar from the sedan
,t-uut as thu driN,r ST. ppod on the
a,,eleiatot.
IN, .ltse WAS on through the main
streets pt W,StfrId 9ud out onto The
country U.>eud It was evidently ar
paroui a. th, thi.,.~ that N'l'h :
can v3e A, fast ani they decided
IS nrht Il out with pistols. Nclch.
however Was u.t buhiug Tor any
.u move ana vh,n the sedan cam"
+. 4ton 81. thar.ht M" thieves We're
anoat a. surr,ul.' IT st"rr'd from
Its own ,tr
Tu, guu - oae ol the r"hh"rS
1lh,d bul.rt rippcd into N"
..tpr ra.i.anltr,s ahould,r Nnoth,r
lsped his rirbt hand as the ihi'N'S
sI,Auee5 fuN,..rl hir'
Nou take E.s ,.tr la.k tac loader
.t ttc band e.t1.
1,k tri,a 81 S'tt 'hr e.l "1t
Th. ~ ptrars ordered
Wl.h II. Show tu,m hos, .t,s ta hell"
,a. b.~ tr-v,t IS h started to run
3.bt,. a +. u, .d 81 Eim. y tab
..e ,n.t nal una unl> r,~h
ea.ttl4
Wa.n a..ts.a d. r, zraa~d and
lI.d ti l'atar oi the
ad, tt ,.afa.n ta,d With icy
A.. " 81 IS nsu un that time
l heard .n, ~ tH. tEt.N,s saw lS they
st... aoal.u- + va .t hi> stiil figure
r4 r,l-ted a. t4k, arotlr,t shot b he
n Ill. .a.,,~ vert haek 70
At -. ,st ariae ~het~ tarorch caeh
tH. tl,~ to pet t .lt ~ commits
u 0uc, more the SEDAN was pressed
.Utn rs,.. snd the bandits sped away
satisfied after few minutes tha, the
..t.Nts W,r, gone W,leh weak from
- - blood aud ylnr u iho cold water
t.ad, his wa, a. o., Disabled machine
aua CROSSE homo. WEese rhS Sielaus were
.aIle1
Weeh IS uot aa., ta talk much about
ii, advcntur, to-ncht. Physicians adj
tlii tho vUura. ar, mot fatal but say
h, needs rest
Going T. quit being a deputy sh"r-
IT. he was asked "\ot on your life
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