Daily Illinois State Journal , 17 Dec 1930
BANDIT WITH WOODEN LEG GIVES UP AFTER ALL NIGHT TREK, PETERSBURG-ATHENS
Petersburg, Dec. 16--Lounie [Lonnie] Creason, 29, one of two bandits who attempted to hold up and rob E. E. Clark, proprietor of a filling station east of here, last night and who escaped when his partner was shot and captured by Clark gave himself up today and is in the county jail here.
Creason who is a cripple and walks with an artificial leg said that he hiked the distance from the filling station last night following the shooting, arriving at the home of his uncle, Lounie [Lonnie] DeSpain in Athens at daylight this morning. DeSpain notified Sheriff Byron Morgan of the presence of Creason in Athens and the sheriff brought him to jail here. The man confessed to his part in the holdup. He told Sheriff Morgan that he lived in Sangamon county.
Fred Fletcher of Buffalo Hart, Creason's partner in the attempted robbery, remained under guard in St. John's hospital in Springfield today, suffering from wounds inflicted by Clark's shotgun in the gun battle at the wayside station last night.
Injuries to Clark, wounded in the gun fight, proved to be more serious than was at first believed, and he remained in bed today suffering from a gunshot wound in the groin.
Daily Illinois State Journal, 21 Dec 1930
Local Man Makes Wooden Legs At Home For 33 Years
Henry Wenneborg Was His Own First Customer.
When Henry Wenneborg, 53, of 1116 West Elliott avenue, read the account of Lounie [Lonnie] Creason, a wooden-legged bandit, walking from Petersburg to Athens, a distance of about twelve miles, on Monday night, he was proud of his workmanship. Mr. Wenneborg made the wooden leg for Creason about two years ago.
Thirty-five years ago, when Mr. Wenneborg was 18, he lost his right leg at the hip in a train accident. He bought an artificial leg, but it did not suit him, and after about two years he made one which he wore for twenty years. Then he constructed another leg which he is still using.
Mr. Wenneborg patented his product and later, after improvement, re-patented it. In a shop at the rear of his home he makes the wooden legs from English willow.
Daily Illinois State Journal, 8 Feb 1931
February 12 has been set for the trial of Fred Fletcher and Lonnie Creason, both charged with robbery. They held up and robbed the E. E. Clark filling station and store December 15. Clark was shot by one of them, but recovered.
Daily Illinois State Journal, 14 Feb 1931
FORCED TO BE BANDIT'S AID, BOY SWEARS
Fletcher Testifies Creason Drove Him To Robbery At Point Of Gun.
WERE ON JOY RIDE
Petersburg, Feb 13.--How a joy ride ended in a hold-up and a gun battle in which two men were injured was told on the witness stand today by Fred Fletcher, 20, on trial in Menard county circuit court charged with attempted robbery.
Fletcher testified that Lonnie Creason, 29, his companion on the night of December 15, when an attempt was made to rob the filling station and store of E. E. Clark, forced him to take part in the attempted robbery.
Fletcher declared that Creason and himself were joy riding in his mother's car and that when they neared the Clark store, Creason drew a pistol and forced him to enter the store for the purpose of robbing Clark.
Creason, arraigned yesterday morning with Fletcher on the robbery charge, entered a plea of guilty. Fletcher, represented by Leslie Vogel of Springfield, stood trial. The jury was obtained late yesterday afternoon and the hearing of evidence in the case required the entire day today. Examination of witnesses ended this afternoon and arguments to the jury will be made tomorrow morning. Attorneys said tonight the case probably would be given to the jury at noon tomorrow.
One of the principal witnesses for the state was E. E. Clark, proprietor of the store and filling station.
Fletcher was seriously wounded in a sensational gun battle at the time of the holdup. After his hands had been bound Clark broke away, secured his shotgun and wounded Fletcher after he himself had been wounded. Fletcher gave himself up to Clark and Creason surrendered at the home of a relative in Athens. Fletcher was in St John's hospital in Springfield several days after the shooting.
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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Source of death date and location
Death index had birth as 27 Dec 1899 but his WW1 Draft Registration of Green Co KY had 1899 as birth year. He was a mail carrier and employed by Jake Creason, dated 12 Sep 1918
[Info courtesy of Denise Behl]
BANDIT WITH WOODEN LEG GIVES UP AFTER ALL NIGHT TREK, PETERSBURG-ATHENS
Petersburg, Dec. 16--Lounie [Lonnie] Creason, 29, one of two bandits who attempted to hold up and rob E. E. Clark, proprietor of a filling station east of here, last night and who escaped when his partner was shot and captured by Clark gave himself up today and is in the county jail here.
Creason who is a cripple and walks with an artificial leg said that he hiked the distance from the filling station last night following the shooting, arriving at the home of his uncle, Lounie [Lonnie] DeSpain in Athens at daylight this morning. DeSpain notified Sheriff Byron Morgan of the presence of Creason in Athens and the sheriff brought him to jail here. The man confessed to his part in the holdup. He told Sheriff Morgan that he lived in Sangamon county.
Fred Fletcher of Buffalo Hart, Creason's partner in the attempted robbery, remained under guard in St. John's hospital in Springfield today, suffering from wounds inflicted by Clark's shotgun in the gun battle at the wayside station last night.
Injuries to Clark, wounded in the gun fight, proved to be more serious than was at first believed, and he remained in bed today suffering from a gunshot wound in the groin.
Daily Illinois State Journal, 21 Dec 1930
Local Man Makes Wooden Legs At Home For 33 Years
Henry Wenneborg Was His Own First Customer.
When Henry Wenneborg, 53, of 1116 West Elliott avenue, read the account of Lounie [Lonnie] Creason, a wooden-legged bandit, walking from Petersburg to Athens, a distance of about twelve miles, on Monday night, he was proud of his workmanship. Mr. Wenneborg made the wooden leg for Creason about two years ago.
Thirty-five years ago, when Mr. Wenneborg was 18, he lost his right leg at the hip in a train accident. He bought an artificial leg, but it did not suit him, and after about two years he made one which he wore for twenty years. Then he constructed another leg which he is still using.
Mr. Wenneborg patented his product and later, after improvement, re-patented it. In a shop at the rear of his home he makes the wooden legs from English willow.
Daily Illinois State Journal, 8 Feb 1931
February 12 has been set for the trial of Fred Fletcher and Lonnie Creason, both charged with robbery. They held up and robbed the E. E. Clark filling station and store December 15. Clark was shot by one of them, but recovered.
Daily Illinois State Journal, 14 Feb 1931
FORCED TO BE BANDIT'S AID, BOY SWEARS
Fletcher Testifies Creason Drove Him To Robbery At Point Of Gun.
WERE ON JOY RIDE
Petersburg, Feb 13.--How a joy ride ended in a hold-up and a gun battle in which two men were injured was told on the witness stand today by Fred Fletcher, 20, on trial in Menard county circuit court charged with attempted robbery.
Fletcher testified that Lonnie Creason, 29, his companion on the night of December 15, when an attempt was made to rob the filling station and store of E. E. Clark, forced him to take part in the attempted robbery.
Fletcher declared that Creason and himself were joy riding in his mother's car and that when they neared the Clark store, Creason drew a pistol and forced him to enter the store for the purpose of robbing Clark.
Creason, arraigned yesterday morning with Fletcher on the robbery charge, entered a plea of guilty. Fletcher, represented by Leslie Vogel of Springfield, stood trial. The jury was obtained late yesterday afternoon and the hearing of evidence in the case required the entire day today. Examination of witnesses ended this afternoon and arguments to the jury will be made tomorrow morning. Attorneys said tonight the case probably would be given to the jury at noon tomorrow.
One of the principal witnesses for the state was E. E. Clark, proprietor of the store and filling station.
Fletcher was seriously wounded in a sensational gun battle at the time of the holdup. After his hands had been bound Clark broke away, secured his shotgun and wounded Fletcher after he himself had been wounded. Fletcher gave himself up to Clark and Creason surrendered at the home of a relative in Athens. Fletcher was in St John's hospital in Springfield several days after the shooting.
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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Source of death date and location
Death index had birth as 27 Dec 1899 but his WW1 Draft Registration of Green Co KY had 1899 as birth year. He was a mail carrier and employed by Jake Creason, dated 12 Sep 1918
[Info courtesy of Denise Behl]
Daily Illinois State Journal , 17 Dec 1930
BANDIT WITH WOODEN LEG GIVES UP AFTER ALL NIGHT TREK, PETERSBURG-ATHENS
Petersburg, Dec. 16--Lounie [Lonnie] Creason, 29, one of two bandits who attempted to hold up and rob E. E. Clark, proprietor of a filling station east of here, last night and who escaped when his partner was shot and captured by Clark gave himself up today and is in the county jail here.
Creason who is a cripple and walks with an artificial leg said that he hiked the distance from the filling station last night following the shooting, arriving at the home of his uncle, Lounie [Lonnie] DeSpain in Athens at daylight this morning. DeSpain notified Sheriff Byron Morgan of the presence of Creason in Athens and the sheriff brought him to jail here. The man confessed to his part in the holdup. He told Sheriff Morgan that he lived in Sangamon county.
Fred Fletcher of Buffalo Hart, Creason's partner in the attempted robbery, remained under guard in St. John's hospital in Springfield today, suffering from wounds inflicted by Clark's shotgun in the gun battle at the wayside station last night.
Injuries to Clark, wounded in the gun fight, proved to be more serious than was at first believed, and he remained in bed today suffering from a gunshot wound in the groin.
Daily Illinois State Journal, 21 Dec 1930
Local Man Makes Wooden Legs At Home For 33 Years
Henry Wenneborg Was His Own First Customer.
When Henry Wenneborg, 53, of 1116 West Elliott avenue, read the account of Lounie [Lonnie] Creason, a wooden-legged bandit, walking from Petersburg to Athens, a distance of about twelve miles, on Monday night, he was proud of his workmanship. Mr. Wenneborg made the wooden leg for Creason about two years ago.
Thirty-five years ago, when Mr. Wenneborg was 18, he lost his right leg at the hip in a train accident. He bought an artificial leg, but it did not suit him, and after about two years he made one which he wore for twenty years. Then he constructed another leg which he is still using.
Mr. Wenneborg patented his product and later, after improvement, re-patented it. In a shop at the rear of his home he makes the wooden legs from English willow.
Daily Illinois State Journal, 8 Feb 1931
February 12 has been set for the trial of Fred Fletcher and Lonnie Creason, both charged with robbery. They held up and robbed the E. E. Clark filling station and store December 15. Clark was shot by one of them, but recovered.
Daily Illinois State Journal, 14 Feb 1931
FORCED TO BE BANDIT'S AID, BOY SWEARS
Fletcher Testifies Creason Drove Him To Robbery At Point Of Gun.
WERE ON JOY RIDE
Petersburg, Feb 13.--How a joy ride ended in a hold-up and a gun battle in which two men were injured was told on the witness stand today by Fred Fletcher, 20, on trial in Menard county circuit court charged with attempted robbery.
Fletcher testified that Lonnie Creason, 29, his companion on the night of December 15, when an attempt was made to rob the filling station and store of E. E. Clark, forced him to take part in the attempted robbery.
Fletcher declared that Creason and himself were joy riding in his mother's car and that when they neared the Clark store, Creason drew a pistol and forced him to enter the store for the purpose of robbing Clark.
Creason, arraigned yesterday morning with Fletcher on the robbery charge, entered a plea of guilty. Fletcher, represented by Leslie Vogel of Springfield, stood trial. The jury was obtained late yesterday afternoon and the hearing of evidence in the case required the entire day today. Examination of witnesses ended this afternoon and arguments to the jury will be made tomorrow morning. Attorneys said tonight the case probably would be given to the jury at noon tomorrow.
One of the principal witnesses for the state was E. E. Clark, proprietor of the store and filling station.
Fletcher was seriously wounded in a sensational gun battle at the time of the holdup. After his hands had been bound Clark broke away, secured his shotgun and wounded Fletcher after he himself had been wounded. Fletcher gave himself up to Clark and Creason surrendered at the home of a relative in Athens. Fletcher was in St John's hospital in Springfield several days after the shooting.
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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Source of death date and location
Death index had birth as 27 Dec 1899 but his WW1 Draft Registration of Green Co KY had 1899 as birth year. He was a mail carrier and employed by Jake Creason, dated 12 Sep 1918
[Info courtesy of Denise Behl]
BANDIT WITH WOODEN LEG GIVES UP AFTER ALL NIGHT TREK, PETERSBURG-ATHENS
Petersburg, Dec. 16--Lounie [Lonnie] Creason, 29, one of two bandits who attempted to hold up and rob E. E. Clark, proprietor of a filling station east of here, last night and who escaped when his partner was shot and captured by Clark gave himself up today and is in the county jail here.
Creason who is a cripple and walks with an artificial leg said that he hiked the distance from the filling station last night following the shooting, arriving at the home of his uncle, Lounie [Lonnie] DeSpain in Athens at daylight this morning. DeSpain notified Sheriff Byron Morgan of the presence of Creason in Athens and the sheriff brought him to jail here. The man confessed to his part in the holdup. He told Sheriff Morgan that he lived in Sangamon county.
Fred Fletcher of Buffalo Hart, Creason's partner in the attempted robbery, remained under guard in St. John's hospital in Springfield today, suffering from wounds inflicted by Clark's shotgun in the gun battle at the wayside station last night.
Injuries to Clark, wounded in the gun fight, proved to be more serious than was at first believed, and he remained in bed today suffering from a gunshot wound in the groin.
Daily Illinois State Journal, 21 Dec 1930
Local Man Makes Wooden Legs At Home For 33 Years
Henry Wenneborg Was His Own First Customer.
When Henry Wenneborg, 53, of 1116 West Elliott avenue, read the account of Lounie [Lonnie] Creason, a wooden-legged bandit, walking from Petersburg to Athens, a distance of about twelve miles, on Monday night, he was proud of his workmanship. Mr. Wenneborg made the wooden leg for Creason about two years ago.
Thirty-five years ago, when Mr. Wenneborg was 18, he lost his right leg at the hip in a train accident. He bought an artificial leg, but it did not suit him, and after about two years he made one which he wore for twenty years. Then he constructed another leg which he is still using.
Mr. Wenneborg patented his product and later, after improvement, re-patented it. In a shop at the rear of his home he makes the wooden legs from English willow.
Daily Illinois State Journal, 8 Feb 1931
February 12 has been set for the trial of Fred Fletcher and Lonnie Creason, both charged with robbery. They held up and robbed the E. E. Clark filling station and store December 15. Clark was shot by one of them, but recovered.
Daily Illinois State Journal, 14 Feb 1931
FORCED TO BE BANDIT'S AID, BOY SWEARS
Fletcher Testifies Creason Drove Him To Robbery At Point Of Gun.
WERE ON JOY RIDE
Petersburg, Feb 13.--How a joy ride ended in a hold-up and a gun battle in which two men were injured was told on the witness stand today by Fred Fletcher, 20, on trial in Menard county circuit court charged with attempted robbery.
Fletcher testified that Lonnie Creason, 29, his companion on the night of December 15, when an attempt was made to rob the filling station and store of E. E. Clark, forced him to take part in the attempted robbery.
Fletcher declared that Creason and himself were joy riding in his mother's car and that when they neared the Clark store, Creason drew a pistol and forced him to enter the store for the purpose of robbing Clark.
Creason, arraigned yesterday morning with Fletcher on the robbery charge, entered a plea of guilty. Fletcher, represented by Leslie Vogel of Springfield, stood trial. The jury was obtained late yesterday afternoon and the hearing of evidence in the case required the entire day today. Examination of witnesses ended this afternoon and arguments to the jury will be made tomorrow morning. Attorneys said tonight the case probably would be given to the jury at noon tomorrow.
One of the principal witnesses for the state was E. E. Clark, proprietor of the store and filling station.
Fletcher was seriously wounded in a sensational gun battle at the time of the holdup. After his hands had been bound Clark broke away, secured his shotgun and wounded Fletcher after he himself had been wounded. Fletcher gave himself up to Clark and Creason surrendered at the home of a relative in Athens. Fletcher was in St John's hospital in Springfield several days after the shooting.
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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Source of death date and location
Death index had birth as 27 Dec 1899 but his WW1 Draft Registration of Green Co KY had 1899 as birth year. He was a mail carrier and employed by Jake Creason, dated 12 Sep 1918
[Info courtesy of Denise Behl]
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