Will County IL Archives Obituaries.....Beltzner, August 1908
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Cook County Herald, Jul 10, 1908
Cook County Herald, Arlington Heights IL
July 10, 1908

Joliet Boys Confess Murder

Bluth and Stariba, 18 and 19 years old, respectively, were arrested charged 
with the murder of August Beltzner, a Joliet merchant, at his place of 
business on a recent night. Stariba confessed that they had gone to Beltzner's 
store to rob him, but when they leveled revolvers at him and ordered him to 
throw up his hands the old man chased them to the door, where they fired at 
him. The boys went to their homes and went to bed, but the police secured 
evidence of their identify from a young woman who had seen them in the 
neighborhood before the shooting. Both have been identified by street car men 
as the men who held them up and stole their watches and money at the end of 
Granite street line. They were also identified by Peter Murin, a saloonkeeper, 
as the holdup men who locked him in his ___ box and rifted his cash drawer. It 
is believed that a long list of crimes, including the mysterious murder of 
Arthur Yack, will also be cleared up in their arrest.


Robbers Slay Joliet Grocer

Aged Merchant Resists Two Hold-Up Men Who Invade His Store

August Beltzner, _6 years old, was shot and killed while resisting two hold-up 
men in his grocery store in Joliet, shortly after 8 o'clock Wednesday night. 
The bandits fired three shots at the man. One of the bullets pierced his 
heart, and death was instantaneous. Posses have been formed in the hope of 
capturing the bandits. They are described as each being about 21 years old and 
fashionably dressed. Beltzer was counting the day's receipts when the men 
entered. He resisted their demand for cash, and they opened fire upon him. A 
number of citizens heard the shots and saw the murderers escaping, but 
thinking boys near by were shooting firecrackers or blank cartridges paid no 
attention to the fleeing men.

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