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^,,.v ? 85 " ., •"-. ' ...... >-•'"'., :'••<?-J1- - -7. • ?•?*«.« ," 1 VOLUME 51 M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1925 NO. 21 BANDIT GANG ROBS THE ..&:.: WESIMJENRY STATEBANK BOLD DAYLIGHT HOLDUP NETS ROBBERS $18,775.29-- QUARTET ESCAPES IN SPEEDY CHRYSLER# Thieves Enter Bank Shortly After 11 O'clock, Force President Stenger to Open Vauit and Make Their Quick Get-away Without Interferes* ; < _ Om of the boldest daylight bank < jobberies in the history of the state, perhaps outside of the city of Chicago, -*vas staged in West McHenry last Saturday, shortly before the noon hour, when holdup men entered the West McHenry State Bank and escaped with $18,775.29, in gold silver and currency. The daring robbery was so well planned and timed that it was apparently easy for the four gunmen to secure their loot and make their getaway m a high-powered automobile before the alarm could be sounded and pursuit started. The work of the quartet was carried on in such a quiet manner that the few who were on the Streets or in the neighboring business jkouses were not aware that anything 'iinusual was going on inside the banking institution, which is one of the largest and most prosperous of McHenry county's banks. Starts Savings Account On Wednesday, October 21, a tall man appeared at the bank, three days! before the robbery, where he pur-j Chased a cashier's check, giving the' name of J. P. Verdon, and having the j check made payable to his wife. The! amount of the check was $25 and the: number of the check was 1513. On; Thursday, the next day, he again; came into the bank and announced his' desire to open up an account. j Robert Weber, bookkeeper and teller, took care of the new customer, getting his signature in the customary manner, sehured his address, whiclfc was given as McHenry, and in the conversation, which usually follows the opening of a new account, asked where he was living. The answer was "On fhe river." McHenry, being a summer resort city, the reply of the man to the query was not considered unusual, | and he was given pass book No. 2890, | the account being in the saving department. "Mr. Verdon" did *ot'; appear at the bank during the nSct-'day, which was Friday. But, on Saturday, October 24, he I did again visit the banking institution, but not alone. This time he' brought with him three companions,T two of whom entered the building and the other remained at the wheel of, the automobile. This happened some-| time between 11 and 11:15 o'clock, ac-i cording to Carl W. Stenger, president) of the bank. Mr. Stenger was seated at his desk at the time, opening up' some mail. There were no customers ! in the bank. 1 Stenger's Suspicions Aroused j When the first two young fellows rushed into the bank Mr. Stenger, fol- j his hands in the air, on hearing the lowing his usual custom, arose and: command, at first thought the robber went out into the lobby to greet them.; meant by his remark to shoot This $ijx>o ^imrd FOR WEST M'HENRY BANK ROBBERS The undersigned Federation hereby agrees to and ddes offer a reward of Ont Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) to be paid for the capture of taking DEAD OR ALIVE of any person or persons who robbed the West McHenry State Bank of West McHenry, Illinois, on October 24, 1925, or for information leading to the conviction of any person or persons who robbed said bank, such reward to be paid on conviction of the guilty parties or upon such guilt being clearly shown. The intention being to offer only one reward of One Thousand ($1000.00) Dollars for capturing the robbers of said bank, the same to be apportioned in the event more than one shall be entitled to a portion thereof, as may be determined to be just and equitable, and to be apportioned in accordance with the number engaged iq, the robbery or burglary, including tihe "advance man," commonly termed as the "spotter" or the number of parties to whom loot is distributed, commonly known as the "fence," or both. The Protective Committee of the undersigned'County Bankers Federation shall be the sole and final judge as to the right of any claimant to any reward. It may, in its sole discretion, waive or modify any of the foreign requiremnts, and may reject any claimants altogether when it considers such claim not proved. In the case of rival claimants for the same reward, the Protective Committee may, in its sole discretion, pay such reward to any claimant or divide such reward between any two or more such claimants, or may reject all such claims; and its decision in all such cases shall be final. M'HENRY COUNTY BANKERS FEDERATION R. M. Calvin* President, Harvard. W. F. Bartelt, Sec., Huntley, 111. G Can't Fool Him This Year ;Si^ - lulu. Ml M < H.O.) BURGLARS ENTERED FOUR HOMES IN M'HENRY LAST FRIDAY NKHT M'HENRY HEAVIES WIN OVER ANTIOCH TEAMS HANDICAPPED BY SLIPPERY FIELD TREES MUTILATED ON SAYER FARM i ARE HONORED One Thousand Dollars Reward Offered McHenry Ponies fell to a 13 to 9 defeat at the hands of the sturdy Antioch seconds, being outweighed by *1 would have rather have lost $1,000 than to have had those trees touched," Mr. George J. Sayer is reported to have said as he surveyed the mutilated cedar and fir trees on the Sayer Farm, No. 1, at Pistakee Bay. And although the damage cannot One of the men was tall and the other short and stocky. The tall fellow went to the first check desk, while the short one went to the second desk. Mr. Stenger's suspicions were at once aroused, he states, due to their actions belief unconsciously caused Stenger to drop his hands to the sides of his head. Forced to Open Vault "We want you in here," commanded and also to the fact that they were £e.Ilow' Porting to the vault, strangers to him, he not having been miAat ® ^.5* 1 advised of the opening of the account by the tall man a day or so before. Both the strangers fussed around the check desks in a nervous manner. The short man's face was covered with a heavy growth of beard, apparently not having a shave for a few days, but neither of the robbers wore anything over their faces. As Mr. Stenger drew close the tall fellow ordered him to throw up his hands, at the same time drawing from under his coat a 8a wed-off shotgun, which was pointed at Mr. Stenger's head. The president was ordered U* keep his hands up, turn and face the wall and get over in the corner. Leaps Over Railing. Leaving the short man to guard Stenger, the tall one leaped over the railing onto the president's desk, from where he made another leap over side of the vault it was neocessary to unlock a heavy gate, which the bank's head was forced to do. Pointing to the cash box the bandit ordered Mr. Stenger to open it. "That's got to open," he shouted. Although working under a terrible tension, Mr. Stenger was able to make the proper turns of the lock and the door swung open, exposing to the view of the robbers thousands of dollars in paper, gold and silver. As the heavy door swung open Mr. Stenger was forced back against the wall with ili, his head jammed in the corner of the steel room. It has been a habit of the bank, after the vault door is opened in the he husky Antioch lads by nearly ^ "Paired, he is offering $1,000 rethirty pounds to a man and with the I war<* ^or name of the person who greasy old field and ball the seconds j committed the. crime during his abwere handicapped very much, not be-! sence on night of October 10. ing able to use Geir's neat pass work, j The seven mutilated trees are locat- The lineup for McHenry was: Frett ed directly across the driveway from and Zuelsdorf, ends; Vycital and'Mr- Say°r's summes borne and were James Fay, tackles; Stenger and Mnonfir the numi>e(r that completely Thorsell, guards; Vales, center; John I surround Farm No. 1. Fay, quarter; Joe Barbian and Bob J- Smith, who resides on the farm, Thorwell, halfs; Stanley Geir, full | was at home at the time the damage back. Substitutes* Granger for Vyci-'was done, but reports that as the tal. I trees were near the roadway away, The Heavies dashed away for a! fjom ^js farm-house, he did not notice touchdown in the second quarter to 1111 attention was called to morning, to throw the bolts so that the, heavy door cannot close, which might field with a splendid center rush but win the tilt, with Patzke and Captain Page out of the game on account of injuries, progress was very slow at first, but Krause, our fleety quarter back, soon had McHenry hitting the line for continual gains and then an end to very good advantage. During the second quarter with but a few minutes to play before the half, McHenry Had the ball four yards from goal and four downs in which to pull the touchdown over in. Two bucks at the line proved no gain at all to McHenry. Then Newman, Overton, and Krause huddled together for a conference which everyone knew would turn out to be a fake or a fooler of some sort and, sun# enough, it was. Krause faked the ball to Overton and Newman carried it across. A pass for an after point proved a failure although completed from "Ding" Newman to Hitchens. First Quarter--The two teams went onto the field in about six inches of mud last Saturday at 2:30 p.m. but although a bit crippled, they never worried. On the first play Newman carried the ball to the McHenry 40- yard line, where he was downed outside. Krause, Overton, and Ferwerda all carried the Pigskin for another first down for McHenry. And many more followed. Second Quarter--With the ball in Antioch's hands they started down the imprison sonieone in the vault. After this was soon stopped by McHenry's strong line. McHenry ran back a punt about 30 yards and then went ^ ^ ^ _ securing all the coin in sight and on the'top "of the cage, landing on the j retiring from the vault, the tall felwork counter inside the cage and then' Jow took hold of the knob and tried; triumphantly down the field with to the floor. j 8ee ^ the door could be closed everyone making gaintf till "Ding" Miss Verona Niesen, assistant cash-j evidently intending to lock all of the ier, and Mr. Weber immediately recog-, captives inside the steel room. But niaed the man as the one who had finding that the bolts could not be opened up the savings account there operated, he evidently decided on ana day or two previous. They stafe that their first thought was that the intruder had suddenly gone insane. They did not see his gun until he landed on the floor inside the cage. In the meantime the short fellow had escorted Mr. Stenger into the telephone C » VI J VIIV o-- w Newman carried the ball across the goal at the end of the first half. Second Half--The second half was very exciting with both McHenry and other course and they were all ordered Antioch fumbling, recovering, slipping to get into the back room and lie face downward on the floor. There were six in all, being Mr. SMnger, Miss Niesen, Mr. Weber, Floyd Foss, another bookkeeper and teller, and the two customers, Mr. Anderson and Mr. booth, which is located on the westjKrepel. ^Harold_ Bacon, another em side of the room, between his desk and the workroom of the bank. About this time a third robber was noticed at the front door, taking care of any customers who might come into the room. Two did so, being H. 0. Anderson, a cement man who has been working on the hard roads, his home being at Grayslake, and Walter Krepel, a farmer. They were ordered to put up their hands and join the others inside the cage, all of them being instructed to face the wall and keep quiet, the short man still being their guard. The leader of the gang, the tall man, went to the inside desk back of the windows in the .cage and started to ployee of the bank, was not present during the holdup, having gone to lunch at the time. "We're Not Gone Yet!" While the six were on the floor the robbers were heard to say: "Don't look real battle, around, we don't want to kill you. Don't you dare move, we're not gone yet. We're not gone yet." As the sounds of the voices died awaf, Mr. Stenger's impulse to get up and spread the alarm became strong, but Miss Niesen hung onto his coat until it was thought safe for. him to move out into the bank's main room, probably saving his life, as the despeand sliding in the mud. The very good punting of Earl Conway and the spectacular tackles of Zuelsdorf proved to help win for McHenry, while Newman starred with the touchdown. Next Saturday Coach Stringer and his "Wrecking Crew" will go to Harvard where they will battle in their fourth Conference game. Don't forget McHenry's last game at home, Armistice Day, November 11, when Barrington will-come for a it by Mr. Sayor on his return. The vandal evidently had laid his plans well. Mr. Sayer is the owner of three of the best cared-for farms in this vicinity in which he takes just pride as he has not spared expense in adding to their beauty. He is wellknown and well-liked in this vicinity and McHenry friends are rightly indignant over the action, for which no justifiable cause can be surmised. MILK PRODUCERS An inmportant meeting of the milk producers is scheduled to take place Friday evening of this week, November 30, at the Community High School Auditorium. The meeting is called for the purpose of discussing the tuberculin test question and to elect a delegate to represent this local proDaoiy saving nis nie as »e aeSp - meetin? to be held by officials of winaows ,n -- , ^.7'the MiIk 4-oci.tion Imclean house. He «U of Af£r ^y e.ring ^ ^ il atHte-dJ money. A. fter pickin„g up a,,D i rus.h^ed to the street and spread the but the escape was well under that he could find the leader, pointing to Mr. Stenger, shouted, "There he is get him, that's the cashier!" Mr.' ^ Stenger, who had been standing with way by that time, the car going east from the bank to the corner west of (Continued on Page Nine) antine Protective Association will also be up for consideration ~ FRANK H. WATTLES, Pres. THOS. A. BOLGER, Sec, Single copies of The Plaindealer can be secured at Bolger's Drug Store. Members of the McHenry Kiwanis club met in weekly session last Saturday evening at the Justen Hotel, where they enjoyed a dinner and program Reports were presented from the heads of various committees, which showed that the club's activities are being taken care of in the proper manner. One new suggestion was Offered by President Matthews, which was referred to the Public Affairs committee for investigation, and which, if found advisable to be carried out, will mean much to McHenry. Anew song written by Covalt, was sung by "Our Pet", much to the delight of the banqueters, and followed by the usual salutation in song to the artist. The next meeting and dinner will be held Saturday evening at the Jus~ ten House beginning at 6 o'clock. Im» portant matters will be up for dis* cussion. All members are urgently requested to be present. The evening of Thursday, November 5, has been selected as "Ladies' Night" by the club, at which time a dinner dance will be enjoyed at the Justen Hotel. Members of the Libertyville Kiwanis club are expected to be guests of the evening. RESIDENTS Of M'HENRY DISTURBED BY REPORTS OF ACTIVITIES OF THIEVES FORMER RESIDENTS CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY The Plaindealer recently received the following account of the celebration of the golden anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Covell, former residents of this city. Both Mr. and Mrs. Covell lived in McHenry and Ringwood during their childhood and it was in this city that their marriage was celebrated on October 4, 1875. In 1904 they moved to, Portland, Ore., where they have Bince resided. On Sunday, October 4, 1925, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Covell celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage at the Washington Masonic building, East Eighth and Bumside streets, Portland, Oregon. The hall was beautifully decorated with yellow dahlias, autumn leaves and ivy. Ices and wafers were served from tables decorated with large bowls of dahlias, and lighted with yellow candles. During the afternoon violin solos were given by Mrs. Roxana Waldorf, Miss Clara Smith at the piano, and vocal selections by Mrs. Alice Casebeer. Remarks were also made by Dr. C. E. Clark, pastor of the First Congregational church. About two hundred and seventyfive guests called between 2:30 and 7 o'clock. The guests were members of the Martha Washington Chapter, No. 14, O .E .S, Ionic Court, No. 1; Order of Amarath; Evening Star Grange, No. 27; Oregon Shrine, No. 1; White Shrine of Jerusalem; First Congregational church, of which Mr. and Mrs. Covell are well-known members. Many beautiful baskets of flowers and gifts of Jewelry and money were presented to Mr. and Mrs. Covell. Three brothers-of Mrs. Covell, S. W. Smith and A. V^. Srpith of Ringwood and D. N. Smith of Portland and an uncle, Mr. Bradford Smith, of Portland, who were at the wedding fifty years ago, were at the anniversary celebration. Messers S. W. and A. W. Smith made the trip from Illinois to Oregon especially for the celebration. Mrs. Sayler E. Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Covell, and two grand children, Helen J. Smith, and Covell E. Smith, were also present. Crooks Obtain $55 From Ben Stilling Home, But Are Soared , Away From Father Nix's, K. Koepke's anA . ; F. Schroeder's Before Getting Loot P«tly were very busy in this: had been in a hurry,"<8^^'• city Friday night, October 23, accord- room having been left in order. ing to reports made to Marshal Jack1 Finding the kitchen window open, Walsh Saturday morning. Three the family came to the conclusion that houses were entered and attempts the thief must have entered during made to enter another but without their absence the night before, and success. Entrance in each case was that on their return shortly after midgained through an unlocked window night, it was quite probable that the " and a hurried exit made in the same open window and the missing money way. The houses selected by the had thus escaped their notice. thieves for their work were Rev. Escape Through Window Charles S. Nix's home on Pearl street,! Discussing the subject with kH the Ben Stilling home, the K. Koepke neighbors Saturday, Mr. Stilling : home, and the home owned by E. | learned that the Koepke family had Lasch of Chicago and occupied by been awakened the night before by F. Schroeder, the three latter places someone cautiously making his way being located close together on River- through the dining rt>om. Mr. Koepkeside Drive. immediately turned on the electric Thieves Enter Priest's -flome litfht in his bedroom and thus fright- Upon returning to his home at about the visitor, who quickly closed 11 o'clock Friday night, Father Nix the door between the dmmg room ana was unlocking the front door when he! ^ k,t<*en a"d, dlsaPpear^d heard someone run from the reception >e ^^dow before Mr. Koepke had room to the rear of the house . He en-| 'me T ^ Noth!nK ^ tered as quickly as possible but thebee" sto k len' ^he thiefhavingjust arthief had already made his get-away.!nved when Jhe mmates of the home Inquiry revealed the fact that the W€Te a*"ous • . housekeeper, who had been sleeping in k Jlscufs,or reyeal<* ^ fact her room uDstairs had been disturbed that the Schr0€der fan"ly, who are oc- ,b y threo osmou nds in the arodo m ?b eneatlhu, Tbuf t]s. pying ,t he. E. . Lasch co..t.t asg e,' h, ad al1s o hid paid little attention to them, n.t- bee" k,,,.."' * fOT urally assuming that the p^U,i had k„by th,ev.e»' J1"5 Unr,e . . _ . . was no open window for an easy enjust returned. ^ j trance, and the intruder had been A careful search showed that noth- j seeking other means when the family ing had been stolen, the intruder ap-, awakened and he was frightened by parently having been surprised be-! the sudden lighting of the house. fore he had begun work. ' For a long time there have been no On Saturday morning Miss Lillian reports of petty thievery in this city Stilling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben and the knowledge that there are char- Stilling, was surprised and greatly' acters of this type in this community • annoyed to find that over $55 had com- j is causing many of the residents to pletely disappeared from her room; No' become uneasy. Windows and doors other member of the family discov- j are now securely locked and, due to ered any loss, the thief evidently hav- these precautions, the thieves will ing been disturbed at his work, al- j have a hard time to gain entrance to though there was no evidence that he j any of the homes. m /v M JURORS CALLED FOR DUTY NEXT MONDAY BIG CELEBRATIOW ON ARMISTICE DAY GREEN STREET NOW " OPEN TO TRAFFIC FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ^ GIVE HALLOWE'EN DAffCE The McHenry Fire Department will hold its next dance on Saturday night, October 31, in Stoffel's hall, West McHenry. Preparations have been made to make it a Hallowe'en affair. The music will be furnished by the Paradise Night Owls of Chicago, one more piece being added to the orchestra. Tickets for the dance will remain at $1 per ^ouple. NOTICE! The Riverside Drive Market' will close on November 1, for the winter, reopening in the spring. All accounts must be paid to the undersigned not later than November 15. 21 P. J. HEIMER AUTO OWNERS! Now is the time to have your auto curtains examined. To have celluloid windows put in see, B. Popp, West McHenry, 111. fp-tf - As a result of very hard work on the part of the men in the employ of the McGucken & Vander Heyden company, the paving of half of Green street is now completed and the road open to traffic. Pearl street is also finished as far as Green street. Work was begun on North Green street Wednesday morning, but discontinued on account of weather conditions. For the same reason the men are not working today. Green street for some time has been almost impassable and had not the workers taken advantage of the few days of fair weather offered, would probably have remained in the same condition for many days to come. The McHenry county court house I will be a busy place again next week. I Judge E. D. Shurtleff of Marengo will be in the county-seat all week, at which time a number of criminal cases will be heard. The petit jury has been called for Monday morning. Members of the petit jury who will answer the call of the court are: Marengo--Thomas Dinnon, Ed. Culey, Joe Sullivan. Chemung -- Wm. Englebrecht, A. Grashel, Floyd Earle, J. B. Englehart, Harry Ehle, Wm. Eichman, Albert Eichman, W. C. Eichstadt, F.. H. Dobson, Elmer DeitlofT, Roy Goff. Hartland--Frank Brady, Thos. Rafter. Coral--Ed. Kahle. Dorr--John Rowe. Richmond--Thos. McCafferty. McHenry--Edward Sutton, Chris Smith, John Thennes, John Schaefer, Math Steffes, Floyd Cooley, Edward Smith, Ray McGee. - Nunda--Elmer Gorham. Algonquin--Clarence Franke, John Price, Al Samuelson, Cal Morgan, Frank Clasen, John Clasen, C. W. Kublank. Among the criminal cases which appear on the docket for Monday are: Henry Broecker of Lily Lake, charged with violating the prohibition law; Otto Broecker of Lily Lake, charged with violating the prohibition law. V. S. Lumley will act as attorney for the Broeckers. John Hansen, charged with operating a confidence game and Tobbie Willard, charged with rape, have been given attorneys by the court. D. R. Joslyn, Jr., will represent Hansen, while William Carroll will represent Williard. J. G. Hauck of Fox River Grove, charged with violating the prohibition law, will also be represented by^V. S. Lumley. The case of Attorney William Carroll to Deliver Address Armistice Day is to be observed in McHenry with great celebrations, judging from the plans now being formed by the McHenry Post of the American Legion. The day's exercises will begin in the morning at 10:30 o'clock in the auditorium of the ^Community High School. The address will be delivered by Attorney William Carroll of Woodstock, after which the Legion will present to the high school a beautiful American flag. In the afternoon at 2:30 a football' game will be staged on the school field 1 between Barrington and the local squad. In the evening a big dance and Mardi Gras will take place at the Polly Prim Tavern, the music to be furnished by the Edgewater Beach Spiders of Chicago. The business houses of the city will be closed at 9:30 o'clock for the balance of the day. Everyone should do their best to assist in making the event one of the •- best ever given in McHenry. 'ifcifcl' METHODIST CHURCH "The Mount of Vision" will be tts subject on which the pastor, Rer. A. C. Landon will speak at the mornmg worship hour. ' m A better time each Sunday evening g iiijg)"" is in store for Epworth Leaguers. An f J hour of rollicking fun begins at 5:30' p. m. sharp. Eat your lunch at home ; this week, but leave room for a large juicy apple. Miss Harriett Bobb will lead the devotional hour, using as her topic, the story of Easter. Yeggs Fail to Crack Safe at Woodstock Burglars Centered the office of the Dacy Lumber Company at Woodstock Tuesday night and knocked the knobs from the big safe, but had to give up the job before opening the strong box. An employee of the company discovered the attempted burglary the next morning upon going to work. Harness Shop and Auto Repairing I am prepared to jta all kinds of Harness repairing and Oiling. Also will do all kinds of Auto repairing. New Tops, Curtains, etc. R. Patske Main street West McHenry fp-tf The official board, which was elect- - - the People ed last Sunday, will hold its first meet- ' against Ike Wickertts, "charged with ing at 7:30 p. m. Saturday, October < larceny, will also come to trial next: 31, at the church. wwielel kr.e present the Wickerus. 1 Urt. Real EatatoM.. • . • ' The grand jury will also be in ses-, Kent and Green anounce the »; sion next Monday. Although there is of the 225-acre farm at Fish Lake very little work on schedule for the j owned by Frank H. Wattles of Mcgrand jurors it is expected thatj Henry several indictments will be returned. ^ to M. J. Kent, local police v I»I - magistrate of this city. This farm is Judge"E^'ri'ix'Reynolds of RockfordJ located on the banks of Fish Lake, will probably hold court the second j one half mile east of Volo, on the conweek in November, at which time he crete road. The deal just consummated will give his decision on the arguments for a new trial in the Barnes- Lumley case. Ford Builds 8,466 Cars and Trucks in One Day The Ford Motor Company's record moved up to a higher peak than ever during the last week. Figures given out by the company Saturday afternoon showed that for the week of October 17-23 the domestic production totaled 49,004 cars and trucks, a record for any six-day period. The bigjeest day for the week which reached a new record, was last Tuesday when 8,466 cars "and trucks were produced. Knox Motor Sales are the McHenry dealers. represents one of the largest real estate transfers in this section in i time. A ""B investment in a classified ad in the Plaindealer wiit paj BD" expected dividebda. TEACHERS* EXAMINATIONS Examinations for Teachers' Certificates will be held at the Cental School, Woodstock on Friday and Saturday, November 6th and 7th, 1925. ETHEL C. COE, Co., Suflt NpTICE, LEGIONNAIRES! A regular meeting of McHenry Post, American Legion, will be held in Foresters' Hall, tonight. All members are requested to be present. ROMO BOBB. Adjusta# • f ATTENTION. DAIRYMKNl ' We are prepared to supply dairymen in need of springers and new milkers in different breeds of cattle These are all tuberculin tested. For further information call E. E. Monear Phone 123-J, McHenry, or " " ward, Phone 11, Hetw.