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(KEA Telephoto)ng2 Local BoysLand in imtrol oi Anot fic wa ships numbe the C2 source ing th nial s The, With the help of a quick-thinking _ aflead by citizen, city police Monday night'■ho arrested two local youths who ad-sh-'mitted attempting to burglarize the rn- office of Edwardsville Consumers lat Co., 200 West High street, earlier, re- Police arrested the youths, aged or-: 13 and 14, after the younger onelestheiceIo-was cornered'in a car parked onusersbackg:towarcby E| Londo starts. DullStatesimmeiBntislthe lot at the rear of Madison County Tractor and Equipment Co.,130 Hillsboro avenue, by Chester £[““j - Michel, 1211 Lindenwood avenue. iier c ial;They then apprehended the older|ters £ er youth sitting on the steps in ^jnjsiPreir.t'front of St. Boniface school.Michel joined in the chase of Qf the younger youth after the police ;tlie f squad car carrying Chief of Police war •»Jack Hartung and Sgt. Henry C.UniteLienemann, Jr. was blocked by: ^eeprs.leredbers.tion. resen opia the I gins ‘ Botal-adtraffic as the vehicle emerged j from an alley on Vandalia street 1 while following the youth from * the Chamber of Commerce parking lot behind the Main street business section.Michel said the youth, who was: wj^fe riding a bicycle, was almost iiit; erice] by bis car, which was westbound' ’£on Vandalia. Michel followed the: were .. youth north on Main street to the; ^of lot where he and Chief Hartung and jthe *( ' Sgt. Lienemann cornered him. Har-:fuge . tung and Night Sgt. Melbin Tre-jpr0p0 bing later picked up the older boy. tjon ' Police discovered the break-in at. ‘ the local office after receiving a: ®(report at .about 7:55 p.m. from another local citizen that a youth was in the establishment. Upon checking the office, Sgt. Trebing discovered a window broken out of the building and that the office safe had apparently been tampered with. Since Night Capt. El-vin Lienemann was off duty, Sgt. ^ Trebing called Chief Hartung and'Sgt. Lienemann, who began re-cheeking buildings in the downtown area, meanwhile keeping a lookout; ^ for the youth. .They spotted the 13-year-old from “‘‘hh a description given by the uniden- ™cnc tified citizen who reported seeing, him in the office. When Chief Har-' tung called for the youth to stop,: he said the boy replied “No, not DU now.” It was then that the chase out the alley began which ended. in Michel and police apprehending,athe youths.Chief Hartung said the younger; lad admitted breaking into the of-j See while the one 15 served as: lookout on the outside. The onlytoEgyp' ning : But Lhere getier tion. ball i It ; originHathing missing from the office ms ^0f3 cents, which the youth admitted, taking, Chief Hartung said Both youths were lodged in Madison county jail awaiting a preliminary hearing on charges of . breaking and entering. Hartung t said the information in the case had been turned over to State's Attorney Fred P. Schuman, who would probably refer it to Juvenile Probation Officer Louis Waller,Chief Hartung said the older;has youth had been released to the build'custody of his parents on two Ea\c months’ probation last year after' A he admitted a charge of petty lar- ImmBeg tinuin manu churc for c and congs Cos at $:appriceuy. , r,,The chief said the youths admit- ^ Eirted taking a key from a used car ‘ in the Butler Chevrolet Co. lot Monday night. They told police they intended to use the ear in ease they “got enough loot.”the Isolicition1 todurirtacte____
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Edwardsville Intelligencer
Edwardsville, Illinois, US
Tue, Sep 18, 1956
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