Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-29 | Page 44 | Posses Scour Northwest in Renewed Hunt

it I p. p st UH t NORTHWEST IN INk k RENEWED HEWED H HUNT HUNTi NJ i T r lka jve B Bus Passenger 1 Prompts Prompt S Search ar h for f 5 4 California V c a I-f I I Killers Kall I era S. S PORTLAND ND Ore Sept t. t 2 28 United nh Prell P Press Police lice of tho the north v today were making attempts to to tol l apprehend the g gang na or V members rs of thi the party that robbed the Rodeo It Cal Ca CaU branch of the tile Bank Sank of f Pinole of nf oO and killed Constable Arthur Ar ArthUr thur M McDonald ra last Th S Poli Police e Deceived their tip Up from a apa pa sen r i f ji a Southern rn Pa Pacific Iri bus busat busat bus bus' S. S at nt Eugene Ore lato Jato Friday A AS S woman woman told Deputy Sheriff Strait at t Eugene te e. e that a- a passenger aboa aboard d S. S tho had bus fh told ber that a a. w J appearing lih bo under the inU Influence of ot dru sf f J. J c about bo t th the 1 holdup and shooting S Tho conversation between the passengers s g rs' rs occurred soon COOR after ate they I e S lef left Oakland kland Cal Cat Straits Strait's Informant caid While e re reading a newspaper ne paper a ac account i ac-i aciS S count of ot the gu gun battlo battle and holdup holdupS Pl S the woman almost fainted tainted authorities author author- tie ties 5 yere were vere told TALKED INCESSANTLY The won an n. a n. c chunky coarse oarse featured dark dak complexioned ned woman n about 35 talked Incessantly of ot tho the Rodeo holdup the Informant said lIaM When she that 1 I was to get Bet off oft the stage at t Eugene she asked ked me to deliver a a- message to toa toa a man man and a a. woman who ho would be waiting waltIng a at a a certain small ant anti antiS t I S T The e message sago was wan s to be given n a a. aS aman man and md woman oman In a a. new tan Bulck 1 S roadster h and d was 8 0 to the effect that the woman woman on the stage wanted to tobe tobe tobe be taken off ott the vehicle somewhere b between lw e 1 Eugen Eugene and Portland and that they would then go to Seattle and and Allen AIJen D During the confidence the tho woman worn wom oman an n V was l very er nervous nervous 1 Straits StraUs In In- In n oj t formant t said Strait notified Portland ortland police olce who In turn turn informed Informed d Seattle and other northwest peace pe c officers At Halsey the stage ge driver told p police U e the bus was was overhauled d by bya a a. new tan Buick Bulck- and imd thc the garrulous woman passe passenger g r. r tr transferred to to It it W WANTED TEli B BAGGAGE S The w woman maJ ma wanted to transfer h her r baggage but was told that a transfer could only be made malle at the salem Jem st stage depot t. t t i 5 The bus overhauled the BuIck Bulck a a. afew afew S few miles mUes out of ot Sal Salem m a and d fol followed fol fOh- lowed It until he lost lost it ne near ar New w Era Ore The The- to Thatcher Is eq with sith I California 1 plates The he dilver the car according of of the th and pas and pas pan eri ers on ri the bus answered closely S the description of ot J Jake fu ke le leader der of ot a a. band of at western estern bandits who ho is suspected of ot the Bodeo Rodeo robbery During her running fire tire of t conver- conver S atlon the tho mystery wom woman n was 5 slid said Id to that one member ct the of-the bandit garig gang was wan shot In the In safe sale flight but that he was a place IN CAR Captain of Dei Detectives U es Harv Harvey y A. A Thatcher concurred with Straits Strait's opinion rt that the tho wounded man may have be been f 1 dd hidden n under the rumble seat Beat of the B J Another fact ia t which led police o tJ the might i be bo the right ones Is th that t th they y had had Just about o tut le fI to r reach ach Oreg Oregon n a t the robbery bery when thc they yere ere first r reported ported S 'S Fleagle and b lila his s gang have been f operating for a period of ot ten years ears z banks bank in C Colorado oro Or Oregon gon and Kansas K fin l 1919 they th y held up I Ithe the Haynes Haynes- Ore bank and re ret returned returned re- re t turned rn d I 10 y years later r and escaped aped with nl a a a. large rg sum aun Th They f used airplanes air air- planes plane boats and cars arsIn In their activities lUe eJr