Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1914 — Modern Thief Runs Away With Box Car of Gloves [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Modern Thief Runs Away With Box Car of Gloves

CHICAGO.— All hall, ye Knights of the Road and ye members of the Society of the Dark Lantern and the Jimmy, to “Tip” O’Neil, Grand High Mogul of the Brotherhood of Modern Thieves. For some one stole a box car and

switch engine and “got away with it,” and there is much myßtery, and much denying. The police are seeking c,7 Tfp”~ A few weeks ago a New York importing house received an order from a Chicago department store for silks and satins, and four cases of silk gloves, valued at SIO,OOO. A special watchman was to accompany— the goods in transit, and stay with the car until delivered. Ten days ago the consignment,

guard and all, started for Chicago. In due time they were shunted into a spur in the Northwestern railroad yards, preparatory to being unloaded and recatalogued by the surety company which gave bond to the importers to guarantee the safe delivery of the goods. Until then the guard had proved faithful and never Shut an eye on his thousands of pairs of gloves and hundreds of yards of beautiful silk. But the heat of a scorching day drove him to the outer air. . Half an hour liberally covers the time he, the guard says, was away from the car. When he returned he was just in time to see the car, attached to a switch engine, scurrying down the yards. Vainly he called and yelled. The engine would not stop. When the uproar finally brought out the railroad police the car and engine were lost to view. Later the car and switch engine were found near Thirty-third street. The gloves were gone. The guard told his story to the police and described the grinning face that looked back at him oyer the receding tender of the switch engine. Vainly have the police waited for “Tip” to return to his Parnell avenue home.