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III)NABS BICYCLE THIEVESc.Night Policeman Piltz Arrests Two [embers of Chicago Gang Early[orbingI rThielaon, twenty years old, 403 SouthRichmond street^ Chicago.Regan is well known to the Chicago poIicerhaving at one time been convicted of murder In connection with a hold-• ^ % Nup. For this crime he was sentenced to forty*five years in the penitentiary,but for some reason was pardoned.'■ ■ r - * • - ■ ■The; LaGrange police believe that the gang of which Regan and Thielsen afe members could explain the disappearance of the numerous bicycles stolen here recently, and following up that theory, Chief Marshall and PolicemanPiltz, in company with two Chicago/ , 1 % .detectives, visited the homes of ten members of the gang Wednesday night. Everyone of the ten was found to have a bicycle in his possession, but the officers were unable to identify any of them as having been taken from LaGrange.1)• t(1(]1(1 /Two members of a well known , gang of thieves who make their headquarters in the stockyards district ran afoul of the law in the person of Night Policeman Otto Piltz about three: o’clock last Sunday morning, and as a result bothare now in the county jail awaiting■ * # r. * * * •action by the grand jury.The men had stolen a bicycle from lt;the premises of Frank A. Russell, 140 ] South Waiola avenue, when they were discovered by Policeman Piltz who was making his rounds on a motorcycle. The thieves j uVnped upon two bicycles which they had planted’' nearby and attempted ta escape. The chase led out to the quarries south of town, where . Piltz overtook the fugitives and by displaying his revolver forced them to surrender,The prisoners gave their names as 3 Charles Regan, twenty-three years old,♦• ^ • • A lt;- -4434 Soiith Sangamon street, and Chris, ji
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La Grange, Illinois, US
Fri, Jul 07, 1916
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