Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1917 — 3 CHICAGO POLICE SHOT BY BANDIT [ARTICLE]

3 CHICAGO POLICE SHOT BY BANDIT

100 Officers Engage in Battle With Pay Roll Robber In Cottage. PLANNED TO BLOW UP HOUSE Hundreds of Persons Watch ThreeHour Fight Between Officers and Outlaw—Finally Overpowered by First Deputy Chief. Chicago, Aug. 31.—With thousands of persons looking on, 100 policemen fought a battle with Edward Wheede, a counterfeiter, suspected of being a member of the bandit gang in the Winslow iron foundry robbery, who was Intrenched in his mother’s cottage at 2637 Thomas street, here. The battle lasted for three hours. After three detectives had been wounded and the police were prepared either to fill the house with fumes from formaldehyde, or as a last resort to blow it to pieces with dynamite, the outlaw surrendered and was rushed away in an automobile. Wheede was taken by First Deputy Chief Westbrook at the point ’Of a rille. - Wheede’s mother and a granddaughter, seven years old, were in the house during the progress of the bat- ■ tie. ~ Three Detectives Wounded. The wounded detectives are: ‘ George Clements, attached to office of First Deputy Westbrook’s office; Shot in arm. Terrence Kelly, detective bureau; flesh wound. William O'Neill, detective bureau; shot in arm. ’ . • They were taken to the Park avenue hospital. - < The police found SI,OOO of the loot taken in the Winslow robbery secreted in the houB?. The police told him resistance was futile, that unless he gave up he would be killed, and finally their reasoning prevailed and he said he would surrender. ■ First Deputy Westbrook said he would go in and get him. Suspecting treachery, the first deputy took along formaldehyde, prepared to overcome him with fumes if necessary, and, with rifle ready for instant use, climbed into the basement through a window from the opposite side of the house while'Xhe other officers kept up their parley. Rushing up the stairs, Westbrook broke into the "room where Wheede wa.4 standing, find commanded him to '"hold up his hands. The first deputy then rushed him outside, put him in an automobile and sped away before the crowd could block the way. Chief Schuettler directed the capture of the outlaw himself. The neighborhood was thrown into a panic by the battle. The three detectives who were wounded Were shot in the view of many women and children.