Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1912 — CHICAGO IN GRIP OF HOLD-UP MEN [ARTICLE]

CHICAGO IN GRIP OF HOLD-UP MEN

Keep Your Hands on Your Poeketbook If You Visit Windy City These Days. * • An era of crime is on in Chicago and the police are kept on the jump. House robbers, holdup men, pickpockets and safe blowers are plying their trade with great vigilance. The crime wave usually starts a month or six weeks later and the police are considerably put out by the sudden outbreak. Four robbers In a big red automobile terrorized the city Tuesday. They robbed several homes and held up Roy Hardin on the street, taking S2OO In cash and jewelry from him. Samuel Rubin was knocked down and robbers took sl, overlooking S6OO he had in a vest pocket. Porch climbers are also, ransacking homes.