Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1915 — Ocers Reward of $500 For Capture of Fugitive. [ARTICLE]

Ocers Reward of $500 For Capture of Fugitive.

Sheriff Henry Whittaker, of Lake county, offers through the Pinkerton National Detective Agency of Chicago a reward of SSOO for the. arrest, detention or surrender to him of John H. Voelker, the diamond thief who escaped from the sheriff as he was being taken to the state reformatory on iSept. 24th. Sheriff MeColly, of Jasper county, and Deputy Rice Porter were on the same train, the latter taking Louis Jemison to the penal farm. Sheriff MeColly and Deputy Porter were not in the car with Sherig Whittaker and his four prisoners at the time the escape was made. Voelker was handcuffed to another prisoner and slipped his hand through the metal cuff and jumped from the window as the train reached Lafayette. Sheriff Whittaker was blocked from firing at him by several school girls who came along the street at the time. Voelker rain through the yard at the old DeHart property across from the depot at Lafayette and' made his escape. Sheriff Whittaker left the train and instituted an immediate and thorough search, being aided by the entire Lafayette polioe force. Nothing was found of the man, however. Sheriff MeColly continued to Jeffersonville, taking the other prisoners from Lake county to the reformatory. Vdelker’s description is given as follows: Name John H. Voelker; aliases E. T. Hanks and John Bolker; residence New York; nativity American; occupation clock maker; age 30; height 5 feet, 6 inches; weight 160 pounds; build, medium stout; complexion, light; hair blonde, eyes-brown. He is an inveterate pool player, visits gambling and sporting houses.