Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1902 — Hopp Kept on the Jump. [ARTICLE]

Hopp Kept on the Jump.

' Constable Vick returned from Chicago on tne late train Wednesday evening. He did not bring the party who is wanted here for doing up a lot of our speculative citizens on the “United Merchants’ Supply Company” scheme, as heretofore related.

Leo Hopp, Haup or Hoop, whatever his blissful name is, was under arrest there, but though a member of the gang he proved not to be the one wanted here. This Leo Hopp was tried for embezzlement, but the charge could not be maintained. Warrants charging him with obtaining money under false pretences were then sworn on*, but before they could be served Hopp took a skip, and jumped the building. But the police are after him, and probably his arrest will soon be effected.

The party wanted here is Willie Hopp, who collected the payments here, and went by the name of R. Hawley. The Chicago police are hot on his trail, also, and they will keep Hopp on the jump until they catch him, which is felt certain in a day or two, at the most; and he will then be turned over to Constable Vick for trial here. It is said the very thought of being brought here for trial makes Hopp hop side-ways, for the reason that a prison sentence can be inflicted here for false pretences, while in Illinois the penalty is en-ly a fine.