South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-19

or, notorious Chicago gunman.
man bridge in the Cook county
Jail at Chicago. where he il
sentenced to pay with his life the
debt incurred by the murder Of
a Chicago policeman. has prac-
tically been abandoned by the
Elkhart police, the Elkhart ooun-
ty sheriff, railroad officials and
others who Wednesday believed
the fugitive to have committed
the mail robbery and boldly de-
lIvered a portion of the contents
of the pouch 10 the post office with
his compliments. Their search has
centered upon the accompHces Of the
man whose identity is revealed bv a
foot impression IN the snow. and by
tnumbprint on the message OF re-
turn One. whose name is known.
is missing. But Tommy O'Connor"
might have been an idol OF one who
aspired 90 match his daring bolduess
and do the things that ne might do.
I'm the hat of Dan Ingram. Police
Chief Northrup found, between tho
sweat band and the felt a part OF
the Chicago Tribune OF Dec. j.. bear
ms the account in brief of the dar-
ing escape of O'COnnor from the
death house IN the Chicago jail. and
the haring headline. torn I'm part.
TOMMY O'C.' Parts OF an Elshart
newspaper OF Jan. ~. and oil the To-
ledo Times OF Jan. 16 were also
taken from within the sweatbaud.
He who stole the valuable securl-
ties. II he was ana admirer OF Tommy
O'ConnOr, mI-SpelIed tho name or
the notorious criminal. for on The
note was spelled "TomuIe. and net
the ever familiar Tommy or The
eunman AMI the paper Ana the hat
have given the police mysterious
angle, yet another clue upon which
10 work
Hold Negro BagEagcman
How. while returning TO the has
gage room Tor ii forgotten" mail
pouch. someone had taken from Lhe
I truck "a certain pouch coutaiuiue
thousands 0t dollars wsI,h OF valu-
able paper and made h.s getaway.
IS the story told Dos Dan Ingram. IS
and colorcd. % bacsaEeman employ
ed by the railroad ln the haudilne
OF mails. Ingram teId his story.
then repeated 10 time sud again
"Wednesday as ne faced erBss-ars
questions OF Chief of PoIIrs Jack
NOrthrOp and Seth SpHnan. n city
detective. His story held together
there was He sign eff weakening. F4r
did not take the pouch nor deliver
part of the contents. value unknown
10 him. 90 PestmasteT j. j LlttreU.
Ae emphasized Eight hours al
'sweaune did not change the stef~
OF the suspect. bat eHHeers believe
that solitary night ln the city iau
here viii tend 20 bring Forth any
Information wanted
A rubber eversh8e. taken br the
police TO a spot beneath a car on the
siding. fitted the foet impression per
tectly, officers said And the eff
GERS know from whose feet the over
shoe was taken. The lsne print b
all those ieft in the nisht which
covered about three blocks. gave sai-
GERS the opportunity 90 fBllsw there
clue.
"Gunny-Sacl'' Gone
The mail bandit who chose from
among the nine pouches OF mail Ave
OF them registered and consigned
from New York 10 Grand RaDids
over the New York Central. ignored
q p open path around the end of carr
but cut diagOnauv from the truck
and stopped low beneath the box car.
There, after placing the government
pouch in "a "E1nnr-sack. known ~
have been there for several days. he
left Impressions OF his his shoe
toe and "a foot. and or ouch and
sack. Footprints beyoa the track
were those OF another. 30 believed
the accompIice of the tflef Foot
prints on either side ~ the tracks
: were not the same. 81 was said on
cially. Working around the dead"
cars near the station Monday an eu-
ploye OF the railway company found.
hidden beneath a box ear a glunv
sack. He picked ~ up looked az go.
then placed IL back i7 i-s position.
Wednesday morning following The
mail robbery he recalled the incl
dent. returned 20 the place. the
gunny sack was missing In o.. tie
believed the immense loot was car
ried away down Tyler av.. 20 Third
ST., and then 20 HARRISON and Third.
where The trail was lost
Iugram's statement 20 the Doifrs
"Wednesday was withheld. ln form.
by the police pending the arrival %
government operatives. But he told
them or the theft and how. upon SIS
discovery within 90 seconds after he
had left the truck and ran 90 ths
baggage room 100 feet away. ne Rad
given the alarm 90 Ed WilIbarger.