Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1912 — “A BEAST AT BAY.” [ARTICLE]

“A BEAST AT BAY.”

Interesting Automobile - Chase After Sid \\ alker, a Chicago Doctor. A Chicago man. giving the name of Dr. J. Sidney Walker. Jr, driving a Marquette Buick roadster, drove into the Rensselaer Garage one day last week and asked for a new outer casing, which was furnished him by Dan Waymire, and when the stranger nervously tendered a check signed by himself; .in payment for the casing, Mr. Waymife took the check immediately, to the State Bank, and had the cashier telephone to the Chicago I bank on which the check was drawn to see if Walker had any funds on deposit there. On being informed I that Walker had plenty of moneyj in the bank to cover the check.! Waymine’s suspicions. caused by the furtive actions of the man while; I making out the check, were allayed.! and he returned to the garage, only to find that Walker's other J rear casing had gave way during! his absence, and Walker had asked j the mechanician. L. C. Canada, to! replace it with a new one. So short had the lapse of timei [been with the dealings between; Waymire and Walker that Canada, 'who had nor been informed that] ' the second casing had not been paid ] 'for. naturally supposed that bothcasing#. were covered by the check j I given by the stranger to Mr. Way-: mire, and Walker departed without offering to pay for the second casing. Mr. Waymire then telephoned; to Remington and the marshal of that city took the man and machine' in custody upon his arrival there, and succeeded in getting a check from the man for $S less than the! amount of the bill, and allowed the; stranger to go’ merrily on his way' I never doubting but what Ire had ■ (secured the correct amount, and I that the affair was ended. Later developments, however, j show that this was by no means j the case, for, when the first check was sent into the city for payment by the bank, ilt was returned here with a protest of $2.85, Which the garage was forced to pay, beside the $75 loss on the tires. Tuesday morning about 9 a. m., or a little after, thei car carrying a couple of men be-; side Walker, and some camping equippage, 1 was seen bowling along in front of the garage by Mr. Way- j mire, who, with Delos Thompson, I Sheriff Hoover, and M. R. Kepner,; started in pursuit in Thompson's! Marmon,. after the strangers had! the advantage of about 20 minutes! start. The city marshal telephoned! to various points 4a along the route from here to Chicago in an effort; to have the car and its occupants apprehended. < < It seems that Sidney had (.telegraphed the Chicago bank and stopped payment on both the checks, which were given on the Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago. In spite of the stranger's lead! of possibly 20 minutes it was thought that the Marmon would soon eat up the distance between the pursued and pursuer, and thht the race would be a hot one. Later—Just as we go to press the pursuing party returned with the information that they overhauled the “fugitive” machine at Fogli’s place op the. Kankakee, where it was discovered that the parties were not the ones wanted.