The day book. [volume], February 15, 1913, 2, Image 7

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WEBB TAKEN AFTERGAME
Robert (Teddy) Webb was
captured last night by Detectives
O'Connor and Egan of the cen
tral bureau after a chase of sev
eral miles.
The actual arrest was made by
Detective O'Connor, after Webb
had fired five times at O'Connor,
and missed each time.
The arrest was made in the
Hyde Park police district, which
is in charge of Police Captain
Paddy Lavin.
Lavin was specially detailed to
"get" the auto bandits. It was
through his fingers that Webb
slipped after the murder of De
tective Peter Hart.
As soon as Lavin and his chief
aide, Lieut. Hogan, heard that
Webb had been captured by de-
tective bureau men, they set out
in pursuit.
Hogan chased, the street car on
which O'Connor and Egan were
taking Webb to the detective
bureau in a patrol wagon for a
dozen blocks.
Policeman Courtney, one of
Lavin's men, who arrived on the
spot just after the capture of
; Webb by O'Connor, tried to take
Webb away from O'Connor. He
failed.
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ed thev could not fret the most
wanted man in Chicago away
from O'Cormor and Egan, they
hit the high places for the cen
tral bureau.
They arrived there out of
breath, and Lavin immediately
began a song and dance about
how O'Connor and Egan had
FIGHT WITH DETECTIVES
"stolen" Webb from his man,
Courtney.
Lavin, who was detailed to get
the auto bandits on the orders of
Andy Lawrence, who hoped that
Lavin would make a brilliant
pinch and give some foundation
for his appointment as chief of
police, realized that his hopes
were going glimmering last
night. He hasn't got over it yet.
Webb is little more than a boy.
He was quite cool and calm after
his arrest. Speaking of Detec
tive O'Connor to Assistant Chief
Scheuttler, he said:
"That's some copper you got
there, chief. I fired at him five
times, but he kept coming after
me. I'll admit I lost my nerve
then. I hadn't thought they
made coppers like that."
Webb denies that be murdered
Detective Peter Hart. He says
that if anyone shot and killed
Hart that person was Mike Cas
sella. owner of the auto bandit
love flat where the murder oc
curred. Cassella was in the flat when
Hart was shot. It was he who
first accused Webb of the mur
der. He said that he stood and
watched the murder committed.
When asked why he had not pre
vented it. he said:
"I didn't realize what was hap
pening. I was like a man in a
dream."
Cassella was very vague'as to
the exact way in which the mur
der occurred and contradicted
himself several times.
Last night, Webb said be