Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1917 — THAYER MAN IS ARRESTED [ARTICLE]

THAYER MAN IS ARRESTED

Found in Chicago in Possession of Stolen Automobile. Edward Metcalf, aged 23, of Thayer, was arrested in Chicago Friday while driving an automob!'e that had been stolen from George Stalph of Racine, Wisconsin. The arrest was made by Policeman John Schultz when he recognized the stolen car. When ordered to stop Metcalf put on more power and endeavored to escape. The officer fired at the fleeing auto and in his efforts to escape the bullets Metcalf drove the machine into a telegraph pole, where he was captured.