South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-22
STEINER, HELD BY
MUSKEG0N POLICE,
PULLED JOBS HERE
Yeggman Includes South Bend
in Confessing Safe Blow
ing Activities.

one. ard perhaps two. local safe
blowluE" Jobs MAY be explained by
the alleged confession OF John
steiner. q 27-year-old yegg. captured
fn NuskeEon. AIEch.. Friday night "a
hs was about 20 blow the safe Of
the general Offices Of the Standard
on company that city
Steiner coufesses 20 more than %
bu-gla<ies ~ which safes were blown
open by nftro-glyceri q Is said. In
oluded among the scenes OF MS OPP
erations. Muskeg0u police say. was
South Benz Most Of his Jobs were
pulled n inr.&ana and In an but a
Few cases a. Standard Oil offices
steiner IL said 90 have told Of two
Jobs at SIIes. Mich. and one at
Goshen, Ind
Recall Local Jobs"
Local police are seeking additional
information from me authorities re-
sponsibie for his arrest and alleged
statements. They remember two
5Obs during the last year where
soup was used 20 force openings
into safes. two OF which have never
been explained. S-eIner's home IS at
Dugger Ind.
In %overrber. last the offices OF
the Indiana Petroleum company
were entered and the safe blown
About SIS IN cash and S25 in postage
and revenue stamps were stolen.
The safe in the "club" operated b.
Frank Gustafas0u, over l26 W.
Washington av. was forced open IN
a similar manner about the same
time. The explosion started fire
which burned the place out AT the
tfus1afason csta blishfnent nothing
bad been left IN the safe overnight.
other safes have been broken into
Uut ALI but these two are said TO
have been hammer jobs where
explosives were not used. AS local
mention is made OF Stciner's opera
lions. the MuskegOn captive includ-
ing this city among his places he
visited and worked i'm. the police are
inclined 20 believe that Steiner Is
re~porslbIc for the Indiana Petro-
ieum JOB.
There were several safe robber-
les last fall" mentioned G.. T. War
rell. local manager of the Indiana
Petroleum cos offices. "A few
nights after our place was enter,d,
burglaua broke into the Indiana Re
Gnery Co. Offices nearby and a meI-
,hants shop on w Washington av.,
about "a block away. Although
these robberies were successful
nltro-glyccrine was not used at
either place.
According TO the MuskegOn al
vices. Steiner's capture was affected
when half OF the city's police force
was stationed near the scene of a
prospective robbery. a grip con-
tanning II ounces OF ntro7glycerin
and burglar tools was found near
The Standard oil offices. planted by
Steiner Steiner returned 20 recover
the grip and was trapped
Some OF the jobs admitted 10y the
prisoner during the last year wer0
az Peru. Ind. Owosso. Mich. La
sale. III: Kankakee. H.. two jobs;
Goshen. Ind. three jobs; Crawfords-
vile. Ind. two jobs. Vincennes. Ind;
Michigan CITY. Ind. Columbus. o.;
sullivan. Ind. two jobs; Niles Mich,
two jobs. Henderson. KY. Robinson.
annapolis. Wabash and South Ben
Ind. indianapolis. Wabash and
South Bend
Fiend For stations.
AT Sullivan he blew the safe Of a
bot;hug works and a and 1O-cent
store. In all other cases. it is said
he worked on oil stations. as he ex-
planned the safes were similar.
Steiner is said TO have admitted
working alone 'fNIy urst job was a
few cans OF oil from a station and
the newspaper gave me the laugh
for overlooking the money IN tho
safe j decided TO go in for the big
stun. said Steiner.
II. l. Guilf0yie. loca, manager Cf
the Standard oil company. stated
Monday that safes at his corupany's
offices az Michigan city and Goshen
had been blown open.
The Goshen and Michigan City
safes were both forced open in No
vember OF last year. he said. Again
IN the spring the Goshen offices
were visited by burglars and the
Michigan Csty safe blown for the
second tine two months aCO.