Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1917 — DIDN’T MIND A LITTLE BUCKSHOT [ARTICLE]

DIDN’T MIND A LITTLE BUCKSHOT

Newland Man Shot By Gary Officers Makes Escape From Hospital— Officers Scour Country. Gary officers arrived in this city Thursday evening and in comp my with Deputy Sheriff John Robinson, are busily scouring the country for a fellow who is going under the nameqf Steve Lutz. Lutz gave his home as Gary, 'but it is said that he was, or is, a resident of Newland,, Ind., and it is for that reason that the Gary officers came to this county to look for their man. Lutz, it is alleged, in company with others, is a brass thief, obtaining his plunder from about the Pennsylvania railroad yards in Gary. Bedclothes, tied together and fastened to a radiator, offered a means of escape for Lutz from a Gary hosfutal, where he had been confined folowing wounds received in a clash with railroad detectives. Lutz obtained his freedom in spite of a close watch which had been maintained by both police and nurses. His condition was such that it was believed he could not escape unassisted and as a further precaution he was assigned to a room on the third floor. The nurses were instructed to Watch the exits.

Lutz made his escape between 3 and 4 olclock, and his absence was not discovered by the nurses until he had sufficient time to get several blocks away. He was clad only in a nightgown and a bath robe when he made his precarious descent. The police scoured the vicinity for the fugitive. It is believed that friends awaiting outside in an automobile helped him make his getaway. Lutz was found wounded one night about a week ago when he and four companions motored to a secluded wood near Gary to claim some brass, which they had stolen from freight cars in that vicinity. They had care*fully concealed their loot, but, by some unexplained method, the detectives learned of their lair and laid in Wait for them. When the thieves appeared they were ordered to throw up their hands. They fled and one of the detectives fired a shotgun a t them, and Lutz was struck by one of the flying bullets. Deputy Robinson and the .police are scouring the county today in an effort to locate the fugitive, but at the time we go to press there was no word indicating that any trace had been found of the man. Lutz is said to go under several aliases and it is not known for certain wfhat his right name is and about the only thing known of him is that he is known about Newland.