Show SHOTS fIRm FIRED AS OFFICER CHA CHASES f MAN UP MAIN ST 81 Fugitive Hides Hides' in EleS Ele- Ele Eleva Elevator Ele Ele- S va vator or Pit of Newhouse Newhouse New- New i house Hotel Noori hour crowds were treated to o an excl exciting ng chase starting at Fifth S South uth a and d Main streets and anden en ending ing In In Inthe the elevator shaft of the Newhouse ho hotel el Tuesday when Ralph Ralph A. A Sargent alias A. A R R. attempted to escape from Deputy sheriff Karl Riedheim The officer fired two shots In an attempt at- at tempt empt to intimidate the fugitive but ut this only augmented his speed I r I saw Sargent driving a new coach each with an Ohio license at Fifth South and Main streets said the officer and Sand I r started to question him i I- I dont don't know mow just what aroused roused aroused my suspicions that the car carras was ras stolen He jumped back into the he car and drove to Fourth South and nd then east to State street I r was a a. minute or so before I could get in my car and get on the chase hase Ho Hc doubled to Exchange place lace where he left his machine running and leaped out I r continued continued contin- contin ed to run after him on foot He dodged edged into the Newhouse building and nd and out again agarn into the New Grand drug chug rug store and outI out I r I fired a couple of shots in the sir air ir Then he dodged into the west basement entrance of the Newhouse hotel otel and we could not find him According to C. C J. J Hooper the hotel otel engineer the elevators suddenly sud- sud enly lenly stopped a few minutes later In Fn n trying to find the trouble Hooper spotted potted Sargent crouching in the pit it Had one of the el elevators ascended to the top floor the weights would probably have crushed the theman theman thenan man nan according to the engineer The officers were called and Sargent Sarrent Sar- Sar rent gent gentas was as taken a prisoner onel Examination Exam- Exam nation revealed that trat in jumping into the he le pit Sargent had severed a contact con- con tact act wire and stopped the elevators Sargent was placed in the county jail au all and wires were sent to the Ohio Ohi authorities at once to attempt to the ownership of the car carIe carle he le Ie was as driving Riedheim declared that hat he believed Sargent is wanted somewhere In the east cast Sargent rave gave his age as 30 years ears and said Lie he le is a member of the American Legion region He refused to give any explanation of hispanic his panic and flight |