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. c.lentandmo-thisbanjslv tat-a 1 i vitantorsor’sjub-TWO YOUNG BANDITSCAPTURED BY POLICEFOLLOWING HOLD-UPPolice Radio Proves Nemesis to Youthful Pair; One a Former ResidentH)th I101- | The value of the police radio wasiemsedd inllll*for-icil.tiveGrossscene er. 1 com mpublicimporlandtveasiJohntome;Otisre.-eleSwanelect iviteders.once again demonstrated last Saturday evening and Sunday morningwhen it wav instrumental in the re-►capture of two desperate young hood- ; 1 jlums who had escaped from the boys’ 'farm at Woodstock, 111.James Duffy, formerly of Brook-* 91.4ATook field, has been a thorn in the fleshtors;ii ay and i be tionSen*“DV to . 1.0» asof the policeman of different, villages lor some time. He has a penchant for taking things that do not belong to him—things like automobiles and auto parts as well as other property.Several times the Brookfield police j have had’him in court, but it did not I seem to do any good until finally j ^ they got enough on him to have him sent to the 'house of correction.Glened | Escapes from Farm i pubiisky,haslast ; ations'“ hoiLast Saturday evening he took a 1 schoi notion to escape and to expedite his I 0pen, get-away he appropriated a truck ber | Lvon longing to a dairyman in Woodstock, i t ‘ u v ;He had with him another youth ' ui i named August Hirth and togetherb- j they rode away on the stolen truck.! The theft was reported and a check- | ^ “eup of the boys on the farm madewhen it was discovered that Duffv and Hirth were missing.. Jhe theft 1 of the truck and the escape of the TJTJ! boys were connected and then it was Ui j learned that they had a .3S automat-j ic pistol which was fully loaded. This information was broadcast, but theThinin ASeeratthe unenfugitives avoided capture by travclevera- ing infreqnented roads “and within ashoyt time reached LaGrange, where I |ai*f ’they abandoned the truck and stole 1 v a Franklin sedan‘for greater speed.andlocaltheThe LaGrange police notified thei^01*plat- Neighboring police departments by j san. T, telephone and radio, but the lads i(0 UTheCoir' theeled.• 4were not apprehended that night.Hold Up Bakery HereSunday morning about 7 o’clock ! help ood- ' they drove into Brookfield by a , say I round-about way, and wnile DutTv\sat i to *b‘111 the car, young Hirth entered the comwaspart I delicatessen of Mr. Jezek, tMoG Lin- i tencwork !oolu avenue* aiia at the point of a gun ! get i for ! demanded his'money. Jezek told him (the ; the ! moile’ was the kitclien and ! thoi each I ^iat ho would go and get it. The i job* daeh; hnexpeneitced hold-up youth said, “Al- ! roathim- ^ l Wait-M — ! \mtNow Mr, Jezek had no telephone, ,• l ass out he thinks fast and when he reach- i gation ; ,kiteh®!1 ke yelled to his wife, ; offiland 1 1 le P°hce, quick! It s a hold- i f,,uaid up-. Call the police-” ! ,n it Upon hearing the order given M*s. j*no r Jezek; young Hirth ran out the door \ san and leaped for the running board of i \v]j the .car as Duffy was pulling away, j SUp Halt an hour later Mr. Jezek re- s..i.} ported the attempted hold-up to the ■conj; J * -..V, »vvv..lT,eu HUlUTUp tV txiv' * ' Brookfield police who, put it am the : *i *linj.;,air and a short iiTtv^ afterward the i ^- *'■—I- “ - - ' . ^ ‘ ^ • V40, ' I * S ftwo hulswere captured in the stolen:* ^toi■srrieun ' car by the Berwyn police, who turn-rid at; them over to the LaGrange officers, lUn24, at who in turn lost no time in return-, ing them to the correction farm at
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Brookfield Suburban Magnet
Brookfield, Illinois, US
Thu, Oct 20, 1932
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