The Omaha morning bee., 1924-10-23
Killer May
Be Suspects
Companion
Description of Arrested Mans
Pal Fits Tom O'Connor,
Chicago Cunman and
Jailbreaker.
Seen in Railroad Yard.
BY JEROME TO,ySLEE.

BN Ji.lsOAlE tOss SI.IsL
Criminal history Of Illinois entered
the search for the bandits who looted
the bank at Little Sioux early Tues
day morning. after terrorizng the
residents Of the town and escaping
amid a fusilade of shots. with the
identification Of the one suspect ar
rested as Pat Carroll, notorious bank
rohber of Kansas.
The description OF the companion OF
Carroll. alias Raymond. tallies with
that Of Tom O'Connor. Chicago gun.
man. who escaped from the Cook
county jail or the eve OF his death
IN the gallows for the Staying of
Police Sergeant Mccarthy.
81. riff Lanison Of Council Bluffs
checking the description. declared
that the possibility that the man
wanted was O'Connor was good.
lO'Connor Is known to have once been
associated with a gang Of Kansas
bank robbers. His criminal record
includes several bank robberies. the
sheriff points out. and the where
abouts Of the man has heen a deep
mygtery ever since his escape fIom
Jail
Carrolls companion Is described az
being a mar of medium height. sandv
Completed. with a short blend mus
taohe which is sprinkied with grey.
Suspect Identified.
Identification Of Carroll came from
the chief Of detectives Of Kansas City.
The Bertillion measurements Of the
suspects were taken Wednesday morn
! ing al the Pottawattamie county tail
They were sent 10 police authorities
at Kansas City. Minneapolis. Chicago,
| Denver and other cities where it is
believed the man may be known.
Late Wednesday the chief Of deteo-
tives at Kansas City teiegraphed that
fths man was Carroll. wanted in New.
ton. Kan. for jail breaking and bank
robbing.
Carroll was arrested last May as
suspect in a robbery Of a Manhat-
tan. Kan. hank in which $4,000
We're stolen. He was lodged in jail
at Newton 10 await a preliminary
thearing. With him was another sus-
pect, Clyde Mindrack.
Broke Jan.
Friends OF the two men planted
some nitroglycerine at one corner ef
the jail. set ii off and aided Carroll
to escape through the hole. Mindraek
did not get out.
Carroll told authorities wednesday
that he is a tailor by trade. lie ar.
counted for the S275 he had in his
pocket at the time of his arrest by
saying that he had earned 1t working
as an itinerant taller.
At the time OF his arrest Carroll
wore a dark gray pair Of trousers
and dark gray vest. evidently part
( Of comparatively new suit Ills
Coat. however. was Of a light gray
material and older and more worn
than his trousers and vest.
He denied having a coat to match
his trousers. But when officers in
spected the clothing that had been
found in the automobile wrecked
near Tabor. they found a coat. near
ly new. of the same material as thai
in Carron's trousers.
The wrecked automobile. II vas
discovered Wednesday. was not own
I'd in Illinois but had been purchased
from an agent in salt Lake City last
June. The license plates on the car
had been stolen from n parked auto.
mobile at Hindsdale. III.
Police Officer Slack is expected 70
arrive in Council Bluffs from Min
den. lie will attempt TO identity
Carroll as one Of the occupants Of
the Ford coupe who. early SUNDAY
morning. shot and killed Chief q
Police Ace Ransom.
The chief was chasing two men
who were suspected Of having roebed
the Peterson Hardware store AT Min
den One Of the suspects had been
captured red handed by Slack. but
his companion effected his escape
from jail while Slack was checking
the damage 10 the stope
Carroll is believed 10 be ere q
the burglars who looted the Sonsn
Clothing store in Fremont week
ago At the time OF his arrest he
was wearing a hat with the Sosin
name and trademark in it and
shirt which IS believed 10 be part Of
the loot.
The robbery OF the Sonin store WAS
one OF series Of three rohberie-
committed that nisht. Although the
scenes of the three robheries were
fairly widely separated. IL was be
iieved at that time that one gang a.
men. working in an automobile. were
responsible for all three OF them.
Carroll is being held In solitary
confinement ST Council Bluffs pen0
ing his removal 10 the Harrison
county Jail by Sheriff Millimar.
Since his visit TO the Rertilllon room
he has done nothing but sleep. re
tuSinS TO wake UP long enoush even
10 eat.
T.. L. Jones. driver of the poultry
truck ia which enc ef the hsndits
rode distance toward sidney. Ia.
after the wreok ~ their car. snd
fuck Handy. companion 81 Ioncs ~
That time. loekcl al earr,il wcanss
day afternoon. They sld that he
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