Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1920 — TWO CHICAGO AUTO THIEVES [ARTICLE]

TWO CHICAGO AUTO THIEVES

Arrested In Remington Thursday— Taken to Chicago Same Night. Sheriff Woodworth was called to Renllngton Thursday forenoon by William Bahler, who was suspicious of a couple of young men who had stopped at hls garage for some repairs on a Chevrolet car they were driving. The battery on their car had gone back on them and they asked to trade the old battery for a new one, claiming they were going to Terre Haute. Sheriff Woodworth drove to Remington immediately where the men were being held by Marshal William Geier and Mr. Bahler, and on questioning the boys, who put up various stories, decided the car was a stolen one and brought them to this city and landed them in jail. It seems the boys, who later gave their names as Bert Phillips, aged 19, and Edward J. McKee; aged 24, both ot Chicago, had passed through Rensselaer Wednesday night and stopping at the Main garage had traded a Jack and a tire pump for some gasoline, they having little or no money. Sheriff Woodworth notified the police at Chicago about the car, and Thursday evening officers came down and took the two young men back with them, the police having a record of this particular car being stolen in Chicago, but the car Itself was not taken back, being still at Remington.