Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1923-10-11
HOLD DUP MEN
CAUGHT HERE
Springfield Corners Is Scene of
Daring Car Theft; Robbers
Come to Baraboo In Stolen Ca.

message from Madison. about eight
! thirty Monday evening stating that
trio Of holdup men were headed
/ this way in a stolen car. The mes
sage was received by H G. Okern at
the city hall and it was only a few
minutes later that Mr. Okern spotted
his men at the Tarnutzer garage on
Oak street, where they had stopped
to get gasoline. The men were taken
to the city hall by Patrolman Capener
and as the Baraboo policeman
was opening the door to take his
prisoners into the lookup, two of the
men jumped over the small porch
rail at the side door of the city hall
and made their getaway.
The third man was locked up here
and the Madison authorities came
to the city last night and took him
back with them. He gave his name
as William Burke Of Chicago and is
said to be the son of Portage man.
/ HoIdup Well Staged
The holdup for which the men were
wanted was we'll staged Joseph
BURY, st. Paul, salesman for q drug
company, was hurrying toward Mad
ison in a Ford roadster when he
stopped at Springfield Corners for
some gasoline and while there MOTTO
ed a peculiar looking Ford coupe. The
coupe had large box built on the
rear end This car left the gasoline
station ahead Of him
When he had gone about mile
out of Springfield Corners. he sud
denly found the road blockaded by
the coupe Three men were stand
ing beside it. They waved their
hands for him to stop.
Take SaIesman's Car
The men ordered BURY to hold up
his hands and presuming them to be
holdup men wanting his money or
valuables, BURY reached in his
pocket and slipped his purse contain
ing $50 under the cushion of the seat
as he got out of his car. While he
stood in the road, the bandits trans
ferred various packages from their
coupe into his car, told him to geE
into their machine, and drove off in
the sa1esman's car. BURY was takeb
to Madison by passer-by and there
notified the police.
I Young Burke was arraigned ia
Superior court in Madison this mora
ing and was held over for trial at the
November term of court under $4,000
bail
Police have a good description of
the men and Immediately wired all
surrounding cities and villages.
The two men are reported to have
stolen another car in making their
getaway.
Baraboo Man Sees Car
William OFT, Baraboo hardware
dealer, believes that he came near
being the victim of the holdup men.
He was returning from Madison las
evening and at about the same place
at which Mr.. BURY was stopped. Mr.
Oft noticed a car standing half
across the road Believing that there
had been an accident Or that the oc-
cupants might need assistance, Mr..
OFT slowed up his machine. Before
he had come to a full stop, he no
ticed man with a gun step from be-
hind the car in the road and Mr..
OFT Immediately stepped on his ac-
ceIerator and speeded off.
Call Barely In Time
In commenting on the affair to-
day. Mr. Okern who captured the
three alleged holdup men, stated that
IL was only by accident that the
call to the police department here
was answered in time to make thu
arrest Mr.. Okern, as a member OF
the finance committee, was at the
city hall when the telephone rang
and by prompt action after receiving
the message detected the car at the.
Tarnutzer garage. In a few minutes
more the men would have secured
their gasoline and been on their
way. When Mr.. Okerns reached the
car. he reached in and took the key
to the lock with the auto standing
between himself and the former oc,
cuDants who were then on the side
walk. When the latter started to
demonstrate a gesture from Mr..
Okern led them to believe that he
had them covered with a revolver
and their arrest followed as soon as
Mr.. Capener could be reached.
Mr.. Oker1i did not accompany the
prisoners to the city hall but stayed