Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1917 — WHEATFIELD AUTO IS STOLEN [ARTICLE]

WHEATFIELD AUTO IS STOLEN

Machine Recovered and Clarence Michaels Placed Under Arrest. Louis Misch and William Meyers were down from near Wheatfield Saturday afternoon to see Sheriff McColly about going after Clarence Michaels of Chicago. Sheriff McColly went to Indianapolis Sunday forenoon and from there to Springfield to secure requisition papers from the governors of the two states, and from Springfield on to Chicago to get the prisoner, expecting to have Michaels in jail here by this evening. The latter is charged with the theft of young Misch’s Grant roadster on the afternoon of July 4, and it is also believed that he is the party who broke into Mr. Meyers’ house, one-.’ourth mile east of Misch’s, and stole $11.90 in cash and a gold bracelet belonging to Anna Garlick, a girl employed as a domestic in the Meyers home! It seems that the Misch’s have two cars, and Louie traded a couple of weeks ago one of their cars for a 1916 Grant roadster, a car different in appearance than any other car in that The family were at Wheatfield the Fourth and on returning home in the late afternoon found that the roadster had been taken. With Oscar Turner Louie got jerry Maloney of Kankakee township in the latter’s father's car. having learned that young Michaels was seen driving the car north through Tefft, and hastened on his trail. xVhen within about two miles of Kouts something went wrong with their car and they had to temporarily give up the chase although they were only about thirty minutes behind the thief at the time.

They returned to the Misch home and Louie and Turner took the other Misch car and traced the roadster to Valparaiso. They thought Michaels might stay all night there or in that vicinity, but he had not done so. They then returned to Demotte and got Mr. Misch’s brother Henry and Caleb Cheever and drove to Chicago, reaching there early next morning. They notified the police of the theft and went to see young Michaels’ father, Joseph Michaels, who formerly lived in the edge of Walker township and not far from the Misch home, but who now lives in Chicago. He is a hard working man and apparently an honest one. He went with the party to the police and told the latter that if his boy was guilty of the theft he hoped that he would be punished. Getting no trace of the car. however, they returned home Thursday evening and soon after reaching there received a message from the: Chicago police that the car had been found on Sixty-fourth street, near Englewood, where young Michaels had broke down with it and left it- Louie went to Chicago Friday and brought the car home. Yesterday morning he received a dispatch from the Chicago police that young Michaels had been apprehended and was in custody there, hence their trip here Saturday" to get the state of Indiana busy. Michaels is said to be about 21 years old and was but recently married to a young woman in Chicago, whom he has deserted, and the police informed Mr. Misch that three of the young man’s pals had

' recently been arrested and one of nea was sent up for fourteen lye'drs. Jter 'it is said there is ■plenty of evidence to convict !. Michaels of charge by peo-*-fe who identified him and saw h:T. driving the car away, it is robably that he, too, will where he will do no more r a time at least.