The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-01-27
Bess Captured
i'm San Antonio

The St. Louis -Fredericktown Taxi
cab line is apparently thing of the
pastt. the service having been usu-
pended Saturday of last week, when
the passenger cars run into the ga
RACES. The paper delivery service
and the freight business were stopped
the day before.
The suspension of the line came af-
ter the failure of the owner and man
ager, Carl Bess, to return to st. Louis
following a trip to Chicago, Peoria
and other Illinois towns.
The line was instituted by Carl Bess
several months ago and reliable sourc-
es credit it with having been a profit
able undertaking from the beginning.
Four fine Hupmobile passenger cars
made round trip daily to st. Louis,
making all the lead belt towns on a
regular schedule. Contracts were
then made with the st. Louis daily
papers for delivery service to the
towns served and along with that an
express service was instituted.
The line was a great convenience
and the people along the route will be
sorry for its suspension, though there
are several persons even now seriously
considering reviving it.
The financial affairs Of the line
seem to be in somewhat tangled
condition. The whereabouts of Bess
are unknown, though he is thought to
be in Chicago.-Fredericktown Demo-
crat-News.
The st. Louis Star Of last Sunday
printed the following in regard to the
defalcations and disappearance OF
Carl Bess:
The police are seeking Carl L. Bess
former head of the st. Louis-Freder'
icktown, Mo-, bus line, who on Janu'
airy 10 disappeared, leaving his wife
formerly Miss Rura Davis, to pay q
months rent on their apartment al
the Argonne, 1864 Washington boule'
ward after she had failed to cash his
bad check for $25.
At that time also, the police say
the Weber Automobile Company, loS.
Locust street, learned that five auto
mobiles it had sold to Bess for his bu'
line and on each of which the compan!
held 5000 mortgage, were missing
The company also held two OF Bess
checks, one of 5000 and the other TO
$50.
The the Marquette Hotel manage
ment stepped forward with seVel
more checks amounting to $425.
All the checks had been returne'
from the bank stamped "insufficien
funds"
Mrs. Bess now resides at 2521 Cole
man street, but inquiry there ellclte
the reply that she was out.
Bess formerly conducted an auto
mobile business at Fredericktown, an
until his disappearance he has main
tanned the apartment at the Argonn
as we'll as quarters at the Marquett
and at Fredericktown.
On January 18: eight days afte
Bess departed, Mrs. Bess received
long distance telephone call purport
inc to have been from Eagle Pas
Tex, but when she tried to talk, tn
other party rang off.
Bess Captured in San Antonio
The st. Louis Globe-Democrat {
, Tuesday gave the following accour
of the capture of the versatile youn
man who until recently was manage
: of the late St. Louis-Fredericktow
Taxicab Line:
Carl L. Bess, 28 years old, who fol
merly lived at the Argonne Apar
: ments, 1864 Washington boulevar
' and who was arrested in San Antoni
/ Tex, on instructions from the 5
n Louis police, will return to this Gil
: in company with Detective Sergeal
Fred Reinwald, who will depart fl
! San Antonio today.
4 Bess and two other men, Charl
Stephenson of 3677 Olive street, al
: man known only as ]. D. Root, we
3 arrested in connection with the di
: appearance of four mortgaged aut
D mobiles on January 10 last. Bess
also sought in connection with Il
E cashing of several alleged worthle
: checks.
e Bess, who until the day Of his d
parture from st. Louis. operated Il
: st. Louis -Fredericktown, Mo-, au
n bus line: recently bought four aut
: mobiles from the Weber Impleme
i Company, at 1877 Locust street,
0 the time-payment plan:
The company now holds S36