Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1914 — FORMER GILLAMITE KILLED IN CHICAGO [ARTICLE]

FORMER GILLAMITE KILLED IN CHICAGO

f 4» " "J "Kill h T? hh ' '-" '•£ :Sfe 1 - •■" 7' v, "'r'" ' ■■ - c-: ■ • John W. Stevens, who was- born in Gillam township and who Went to the civil war in Company A, 87th Indiana regiment, me|, death last Thursday in Chicago. He'was the night agent at the Robey-street L ■station in Chicago and When robbers appeared and demanded the ■cash box Stevens pulled a revolver from a drawer*. Shots Were exchanged. Policemarwßowe came to his rescue tmd he ana Stevens ‘were both killed, -Geary; one of the robbers, was shot down and is apt to die.; McNally,'another of the robfunded and captured, ber, made his escape in the automobile the three had driven til the station in. , ' £ '; .* Stevens was about 70 years of age and was. a hunkmate of C. P. Wright and a .comrade of other 87th regiment boys in the civil war. He was a*man of dauntless courage Mr. Wright says of him C “He was the bravest *man I have ever known.” Stevens had sold his wife that he would never deliver over to robbers the company’s cash Without a fight. He had purchased a revolver and it is believed a shot from his pistol wounded one of the thieves. Before arriving at the station tended by Stevens the robbers had succeeded in holding up several other agents. Mr. Stevens visited Rensselaer about two years ago and his old comrades enjoyed his visit very much.