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Libertyville Independent, 18 Aug 1927, p. 1

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VOLUME XXXV--NUMBER 33. Rudoiph Stiig, Peter -- Jansson and Nels Pearson, three youths who gave mm as Waukegan, woere to the grand jury in bonds ot $2,000 each when they were arraign ed Tuesday morning before Magis-- trate Overholzer of Mundelein, on a echarge of larceny. They were taken to the county jail. The three youths were arrested at Diamond Lake Sunday night by Mar shal Clayton Tiffany and Patrolman Russe!! McBride after three men, G. FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZE DISTILLERY IN WAUKEGAN the neighbor presence of mit Friday t suspercted th was enrsged Mrs. P B door ar 306 After marveling at the gigantic size of the 200 gallon capacity still and the completeness of the equipment for the making of at coho!, the agents probed further and found that the plant located in the basement of the home was connected by an -- underground passagewry or tunne! with the garage, nearty 100 feet from the residence. After parts of the still and other equipment and a large quantity of slcobo!l was placed on a truck, the owners and occupants of the bunga low were taken to Chicago where they were arraigned Fridxy before United States Commissioner Henry Beitler, and released on bonds _ of §$1,500 pending trial on August 15. Another brother, Leslie Inness was killed last fall whan a derrick he was handling fell against a higzh vol-- tage Public Service company wire at Jackson street and Grand Avenue. Bert A. Imnes, according to neigh-- bors was thought to have been fol-- lowing the employment of a boiler repairman d@uring the last years. HHis brother stiM worked as a bricklayer, It ie stated. Neither of the men were at home Friday. Mrs. Bert A. Innes vistted the bugalow for a few minutes that morning and then dtsappeared. While it is believed that some o! the neighbors had knowledge of the presence of the st!ll, none would ad4-- mit Friday that they knew of it or suspected that either of the Inness was er:rsgsed in the alcohol racket. Mrs. P B. Hanson, residing next door ar 306 Keith avenue declar>d today that she knew mothing of the presence of the estill near her home. §I|e also stated that she was not at Besides the still, four 900 gallon wvats which were 6 feet high and 9 feet in diameter, two large air compress& ing machines, two 16 foot coolers and fifteen five gallon cans of alconol were seized in the raid. The two federal agemts who vistted the place were forced to empkoy two laborers to assist them in loading the arti-- cles. Wade Purchase, Claim The raid was based on information obtained by a federal agents, Horac--: Lyle who vistted the establishmeut and purchased a quantity of alcouul last mouth, t is claimed. Both Bert A. Inness, who is also held by the government under the alias of "James Arnold" and E. R. Inneaes are bricklayers and sons of a contractor residing in Zion with whom they have been associated more or less in building work in Wauxke-- Assistant Chief of Police Thomas Kemmedy in commenting on the still and equipment seized in the home declared it to have been the largest ever seized in this county. Every facility had been taken eare of in order to manufacture alcohol on a large scale the raiders declared. A massive boiler for operation of the plant was located in the basement. house to the roof where a large con-- denser was located. BOUND OVER TO --GRAND JURY 0N LARCENY CHARGE Three Waukegan Youths Held in Bonds of $2,000 Each * bome when the raid was made but returned before the federal agents had loaded the equipment into the truck. She seemed to prefer that she be not involved im the affair. Olney Berg, residing at $10 Keith avenue seemed to be better acquaint-- The two brothers, it is said, own the bungalow, which was erected for them by J. Emanuelson, also a Zion contractor about a year ago. Keith Ave. Bungalow Houses Alcohol Making Plant; Bert Innes Under Arrest. A pipe lime attached to -- the still passed through the walls of the Forcing their way into the bun-- rlow of Bert A. Innes and Eimer Innes, 303 Keith Ave., off Sher-- Idan Rd.. Waukegan, and near the old Keith residence, Thurs day afternoon, federal agents uncovered the largest liquor dis tilling plant that has ever been seized in this section of the coun try. at Mundelein. Reject Bids for Sewer and Water' Systems At a meeting of the board of local improvements at the village hall last Tuesday night, all bids for a public improvement providing > for & sani-- tary sewer and water service in Ken-- lock Park Subdivision, in teh extreme The same action was taken on the proposals for the sewer jaob. Only two bids were submitted &s follows: The raids in the Waukegan dis-- trict followed closely on the heels of lake region sorties. The eponge squad, for more than two weeks, has been raiding in that vicinity. While" Col. Smith was silent re garding the arrests it is safe to pre-- sume that the ~Waukegan district western edge of the village, were re-- jected. The engineers® estimate on installation of the watar\lé $35.207. Four bids on teh work wire opened, as follows: j J. A. Melloy, Libertywille, $30,887. Sieg Construction Compsnfy, Water-- loo, lowa, $31,295. J. L. Fry, Lake Foest, $382,22%6. + Thomisren & Thomsen, 348 Milwau-- kee Ave., Libertyville, $36,970. On motion of President Corlett it was decided to reject all bids and re-- advertise the job for letting on Tues-- day, August 30. The yote on this motion stood 3 to 2, with one member At the same time several of the proprietors admitted that they were preparing to close. ¢ Close investigation failed to show that any government agents were work in the county as had been reported. This rumor became cur-- rent Saturday, one day after the agents had uncovered the giant al-- cobol distillery on the north side. It probably founrd its birth there. In addition a number of places were hit in McHenry county, a commun-- ity that has never, felt the prohi-- The council room -- was crowded with men interested in the imorove-- ments, and material men. E. L. Sayre principal owner of the property af-- The public hearing on ©rnamental street lights for Sunnyside Park sutb diviston was continued until Tuesday night, August 30. stable George Stried, head of his sponge squad, he stated that he understood ' that beer samples had been taken in these places and that if these developed an alcoholic content the injunction proceedings Armstrong, Widman & Bédman, of Milwaukee, $41,200. ° J. A. Metloy, Libertyville, $22,620. The engineers estimate on this job bs $46,2065. -- with the bid& and a to awand the contract Taking cognizance ol beer salo0ns, which have sprung up like musgk rooms in the past few weeks. States Attormney A. V. Smith today admitted that he had launched a drive against these places with the resu't that over the week end a number were raided that will later feel the sting of the padlock. o _ These places, ie said, would be Joe Bush, Green Bay road; Leonard Townsend, Green Bay road; Aler Stasovich, 211 Water street; Dounie Hill, Sr., 101 South Sheridan road, and the old Lux place,. Sheridan road, North Chicago. While complete reports had not been made to him at noon by Con-- At the meeting of tbe{P\b:urd of trus-- tees PBugene Luce and ter Hansen were name« as members of the volun-- teer fire department 'These names were chosen bythe members of the department and prsented to the coun-- cil for confirmation. Jake Goldberg protested against paying a bill submitted to him for breaking one of the ornamental street lights Jake said he was not the guilty party. In a short time Mar-- shal Limberry brought Jake's partner to the--room, and deposited $18.50 in toll payment for teh éamage done. At least six places will be adorned with the padlock, the prosecutor ad-- mitted. A resolution was adbhered to for the paving of Lange court, from Lake st. to Cook ave. The raadway will be paved with concrete 21 feet wide and seven inches thick. The estimated cost is $5589.38. Many citizens are complaining on account of having no dwmping place for refuse amd garbage. This was dis-- cussed but not solution arrived at. In Stried's report he charged Hill with having> moonshine and Stase-- visch with having alcobhol on the The question of painting the water swoply tank was diseussed. The A. Legnault Industrial Painting Co., of Chicago, offers to do the job for $275. The matter was referted to the water committee, with npower to act. APPEALS FINE OF $200 FROM ZION Several bills and estimates were read an Gordered pamid. SMITH SETS HEEL DOWN ON NUMBER OF BEER SALOONS At Least Six Will be Hit m in-- junction Proceedings, States Attorney Deciares. ~'\""" Z'{'e'di»' 4 T 1 > se us ~ f A 4 o Y INDEPENDENT -- Lote .Gounh + Big . Waebly -- Wal s 2 * ~LIBERTYVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1927. The following morning the dog was killed and as a precautionary meas ure its head was amputated and tak-- en to Chicago for examination to de termine whether or not it was mad. ~--The report submitted by the -- ex-- mmd that the dog had been A from a well pronounced 'gase of rabies and Mr. Fisher --was i--to. take the Pasteur -- Institute ient at once.: He will be inoco lated .with the serum daily for sev-- Charles J. Fisher, freight agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul) railroad at Libertyville, left for the Pasteur Institute in Chicago last Monday to be inoculated with anti-- rabies serum, following the discovery that the dog that bit him on the right arm last Friday night was suffering of hydrophobia. « The G@og in question belonged to Mrs. A. Dietz of Grayslake, daughter of Mr. Fisher. Mrs, Diets was visit ing at her parent's home last Friday night and brought her pet dog with her. Mr, Figsher reached down. to pet the animal and was bitten on the Those killed were taken to the Gil-- bert undertaking roome irf Crystal Lake while Mrs. Huels was at firet taken. home. Dr. J. A. Ross of Wau-- conda was called and found her to be euffering from internal imrjuries and a double fracture of tne arm, and had her brqught to Waukegan. The other injured persons were taken to the hospital at Elgin. An inquest, conducted by the cor-- oner .of McHenry county at the Gil. bert place in Crystal take, was held Sunday morning and a verdict of ac-- cidental death was re"Urned. It was brought out that the crossiftg was unguarded, and that :n the mist of the night, the driver cpuld not see the train until it was too late to avoid the crash. It was also stated that no lights were showing and that the crossing should have been guarded. While Mrs. Huel's condition is not counsidered serious, hospital authori-- ties here have not been able to tell Mrs. Agnes Huels 6503 South West-- ern avenue Chicago, is in the, Victory Memoria! hospital euffering from a fractured arm and severe chest in juries, following an accident near Cry-- stal lake in McHenry county late Fri-- day night in which three persons were killed and four injured. Mrs Jeanette Hellatine and Vict-- or Berdine were kilied instantly from broken necks, Garrett Kileg of Fox River Grove died on his way to the Woodstock hoepital while Mrs. Huels, J. C. Burnette and Charles Gibbons were severely injured when the auto in which they were riding. driven by Burnette, crashed into a Northwest-- ern freight train, stopped across the crossing. Most of the victims spend the summer at Williams Park accident as it is feared that a re on Slocum lake, and were on their way to the summer homes from Wan-- conda when the acecident occurred. endanger her chances for recovery. CwES FISHER, _ |me 56 the tirt ies heen Qrownc es BIT!;'RTWIILE, [Q |Sete for iefel. the shoutdere are not FN BV MAD DOG| Mrs. Martha Heath Cel Victim, Freight Agent of St. Paul Railroad, Goes to Chi-- WQM AN RECOVERING FROM ACCIDENT TN Mrs. Agnes Huels of Chicago Recerving Treatment at Victory Hospital. () WHICH THREFE DIFD (Copyright, W. K. U.) cago For Treatment. * _ _ fntered at the Postoffice at Libertyvilie, Iiinols, as Second Class Mall Matter. yoad in Lake Forest, was on his waJ |outthat -- the gasoline tax is one home on that street at 10:30 O'cle m»mmaflmmaflr ie ol t oo Tt Roiorll ie ie t bosttee urnctie e eontie; bandit. _ Pauling contributed $5 to mlaflnm state of Illinois and is not On Monday, August 15, Mrs. Martha Heath celebrated her 90th birthday, at her home on North Milwaukee Ave-- nue, when many friends and rélatives The work of building shoulders is elso being completed on the Deerfield road while on the Wadsworth road some of the dirt has been thrown up on the road side and while the road is eafe for travel, the shoulders are not yet complete. ebrates 90th Birthday "Aunt Mattie," as she is called by those who have known her for many years, is a source of inspiration to her younger friends in I4bertyville. Bhe has been a resident for-- more than seventyfive years,> and 'duting all of these years, her cheerfuiness has been felt thruout the entire. com-- munity. 4 son, Omar, in the heart of the busi-- ness district of Libertyville. Many friends and relatives called during the day and Mrs. Mm the recipient of a number of gifts bouquets, together with all: the good Mre. Heath does all her own house-- work, maintaining the home, with her more happy birthdays. The north miles of the newly paved Green Bay road is now completed as the shoulders have been built up and the strip is ready to turn over to the county. Work of building the shoulders through out the length of the road is progressing in fine shape as the contractor has enjoyed fine ;oad building weather these last tew ays. A paver will be moved on to the location at the Ivanhoe--Grayslake road the first week in September and workmen will be laying concrete be-- fo:e the end of the week according to R. M. Lobdell county superintend-- ent of Highways who declared this morning that by that time all of the culverts on the road will be bullt and graded. The work of building . and grading the culverts is going ahead rapidly at present. °_ The village council of Mundelein at an adjourned meeting held Mon-- day night awarded the contract for water service in Idlewild avenue and other streets to Joseph A. Melloy at $35,059. Only one bid was submitted, as the work was done in advance, at the present time being nearly completed. The same action was tak-- en in awarding the Armstrone Con-- struction Co. the contract for sewer in the same streets for $29,415. The estimate on this job is $35,059. Partial estimates were allowed con-- tractors for work done. There was considerable discussion in regard to one contacto receiving a voucher on account of disputed claims. The mat-- ter was finally settled among the dis-- putants, the board holiding that it was not responsible. The board ad-- journed to meet again Monday eve-- Mundelein Board Has Short Session Monday LAY CONCRETE FOR IVANHOF--GRAYSLAKE ROAD NEXT MONTH R. M. Lobdell Announces Work Being Carried on This Week -- _ in the County. with her on this festive oc-- The Hub on -- Sheridar uh ane, 0 <Gnule, rmpes't att Snb 79 whos S o We uienss * o s n mlph > m'} 5e qr'" 585 Springfield, II1., Aug. 12%.--An em-- ploye of the federal government is not entitled to evade payment of the Tli-- nois gasoliné tax, either by obtaining a refund from the filing station op-- erator o rby buying direct from the distributor without paying the tazx, Attorney (General Oscar Carlstrom ruled today in an opinion given A. C. follinger, director of the state de-- partment of finance. > . The ruling will affect a large num-- ber of rural postmen and other gov-- ernment employes. | -- | _ _ Mary: A. Miller, Waukegan--Order entered. for administrator to execute deed ftor sale of real estate under Samuel C. Litwiler, Round Lake---- Letters of Administrat on issued Lyle Lity fler. Bond of $600. Proof of heirship taken. > Marie Massett, Fox Lake--Letters of administratior issued to Joseph R. Massett. Bond of $200. Proof of heirship taken. _ Charles Pender, Ant och--Le'ters of administration de bonis non is-- sued to James Webb. Bond of $6,000 Inventory approved. Flora Fox Clark., Lake Zurich-- iFnal report approved. ~Estate closed Robert H. McElwee, Lake Forest --Will admitted to probate. Letters testamentary issued to Elizabeth Spalding. McElwee and William F. Hayes. Bond of $5,000.000. _ Conrad Hollsten, Waukegan--Ap-- praisers appointed. Mary Jane Rafter, incompetent, Lib ertyville--Final report approved. Con-- servator discharged. Lorraine Hawley, minor--Inventory approved. Guardian authorized to invest funds. James Monroe Laird, minor, High-- land Park--Guardian authorized to pay hospital and doctors bills. . FEDERAL EMPLOYEES MUST PAY GAS TAX Mary Vanucha, North Chicago -- Will admitted to probate. Estate valued at $2200 personal property given to her five children. Bond fixed at $2200. _ Mary Jane Rafter, Libertyville Inventory approved. William E. Slevin. Waukegan -- Final report approved. Estate closed Henry A. Crabtree, Waukegan -- Inventory approved. ; John F. Welich, Barrington--Peti-- tion for probate of will filed and set for hearing Sept. 12. Fern Nicholls et al minors, Wau-- conda--Letters of guardianship issued to Myrtie Nicholls. Bond of $1100. Inventory approved. Dying within one month of each other and each leaving a will be-- queathing all their property to the other, presents a strange case in the probate court, takemn up Monday before Judse Martin C. Decker. Charles D. Chappell died in Zion on July 11, willing his $2,200 estate to bis wife, Lizzie. Mrs. Lizzie E. Chappell died Aug. 2, and her will left het $2,800 estate to her hus-- band. Charles, then deagased. Ict eourt Monday letters of ad-- ministration in both cases were is-- sued to Hugo Anderson, proofs of heirship were taken and Anderson's total bond set at $10,000. Other matters taken were: Charles D. and Lizzie E. Chap-- pell Leave Matters to Pro-- bate Court. MAN AND WIFE DIF LEAVING PROPERTY TO FACH OTHER opinion, Carlstrom points up in court )0 In that a large share went to Trigg Waller, of Highland Park, his nephew Waller had preceeded him in death hy a short time and the tulk of the money left to him went to his heire, a widow and one child. Another large split with other relatives of the banker. Police called to the scene of the accident arranged for remova of the remains to the Wenban Funeral home where Deputy Coroner Ed Conrad held an inquest at 3$:30 o'clock Satur-- day afternoon. Joseph O'Keefe, aged 80 years, a resident of Lake Forest for most of his life, was killed instantly at about 5 o'clock Friday afternoon when he walked into the path of a southbound Chicago and Northwestern train at geltminster avenue crossing in that ty. The aged man had waited at the crossing while a northbound train passed and then he started across. He walked into the path of the train and eyewitnesses doubt that he knew what struck him. According to the claims of Joseph Slater, the gateman, the gates were down and aged man walked around them to cross the tracks. The train passed over his body, the head and one arm and leg being se vered from the torso. The deceased was born in Lake Forest, but he spent many yeers of his life in Chicago. He has spent the last fifteen years with his sister in Lake Forest, however, coming there after retiring from businses It is believed that the vcitim who made his home with his sister, Mrs. James L. Steele at 241 Oakwocd ave-- nue, in Lake Forest, was on his way to his home when the tragedy oc-- The crossing on which the accident occurred was the scene of another accident several months ago in which a youth .named Hanson was killed. In this case, however, the young man drove his car onto the track in front of a southbound train after a north-- bound train had passed aud the gates were raised. The will of the late Robert McElwee Lake Forest lumberman, broker and bankbr, disposing of an estate estimat ed at $2,500,000 but possibly as hbhigh as $4,000,000, was admitted to probate by Judge Martin C. Decker Monday. Th remainder 'of his estate was left to the Continental and Comme~ clal Bank in trust for his widow, to paes on her death to Trigg Waller. In case of Waller's death before that of Mrs. McElwee the residuary estate will be equally divided between Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Miller Mrs. Bartholo mew and the heirs of Waller. it was composed in tne main of 2,500, shares of capital stock in the Contin-- ental National Bank of Chicago. There has not been a share of this stock sold for more than ten years, it 's understood and there is hesitancy on making an appraieal on this. Inability to get a definite check en the estate came through the fact that The income from 100 Continental shares was }left to the Chicago Home for Destitute Crippled Children, as the Nancy McElwee Memorial. Joseph O'Keefe, 80 Years Old, Walks Into Path of North-- western Train. M'ELWEE LEAVES wIDOW FORTUNE THROUGH WILL Mrs. Elizabeth Spauling McElwee, his widow, was named princtpal he'ir She was left 1,000 shares of stock in the Continentel and Commercial Na-- tional Bank --of Chicago, all real estate furniture and household goods, and the McEiwee automoblle. OLD RESIDENT OF LAKE FOREST IS KILLED BY TRAIN One of His Chief Beneficiaries, Trigg Waller, Highland Park, is Dead. The income of another fund of 39" shares is to go to Flora McElweeo Miller until her death,. after which her son, William McElwee Miller is to re-- ceive 150 ehares outright. the other 150 shares going to a working gir'e home. Codicit To Will A codicil to the will cancelled gifts of the income from a trust of 150 shares, to be given to Washingten and Lee University at Lexineton as the Willlam M. McElwee and Annie Harvey Memorial. A nephew, Trigg Waller; a daughter Virginia McElwee Bartholomew, and a niece, Mannine Waller Patterson, each were left 300 shares of bank stock. Other gifts were $5,000 to William Hayes and $1.000 to Gaeton Robert mentioned as friends; $3,000 and $100 for each year of eervice to Peter Wil-- son, a like sum to John Newbore. $18N for each year in his service to Charl«s Fisher and $1.000 to Mergaret Mc Laughlin, should they be working for McElwee at his death. They were. Four hundred shares of Continental stock wase left in trust. the income to go to a brother. William M. Mc-- Elwee, and to the brotner'e wife. Fam-- nie. at the brother's Aeath. Of this trust, 200 shares were to pass to Trigg Waller at the death of the two beneficiaries. tides; 'especially in narrow inlets, put a break on the earth's spin and thus tend 'to lengthen the day by about & The Glenwood Manual Training School of Cook County was giver $5,000, as was the Allendale Home for Bove. Afty--thousandth part of a second every Effect of Tides Mrs. Catherine Lancaster and i are invited to witness "Rookies," a mmmwfiwg or Tuesday nite, as guosts of the Inde-- pendent and the Management of the The Jenkins family had been spending the week end at their cot-- tage at Diamond Lake when the ac-- cident occurred and all three of the eccupants of the boat went to the Jenkins cottage where minor burns were treated. Miss Jenkins had hber forehead burned, her eyelashes :snnd front hair singed. and the little girl suffered the same. Brown had his right hband and arm burned con-- siderably. The damage to the boat was not great. THE INDEPENDENT $1.50 aA YEAR DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME EACH JEEK. NO CHARGE FOR DELIVERY Judge Martin C. Decker _ went through an exceptionally short and quiet session of the probate court yesterday. The following were the matters taken up: Robert C. Higgins, Libertyville -- Inventory, appraisement bill and widow's selection approved. -- George Wallace, Grays Lake--In-- ventory approved. Mary Vanucha, North Chicago -- Hearing on petition for probate of will continued to Aug. 16. Sarah E. Chamberlain, Waukegan --Hearing on claim of Mary Fubrer and claim a'lowed for $100. tinguish the flames with wet sand. The fire department was called, but their services were not required. Marcella Shimulinas, Waukegan-- Final report approved. Estate closed. William R. Burns, Waukegan -- Petition to execute deed under con-- tract of sale filled and set for bear ing Sept 8. Alfred L Baker, Lake Forest -- Final report of administrator to col-- lect approved and such administrator discharged. Inventory and appraise ment bill approved. Balance Sheet of Alifred L Baker and company ail-- lowed to stand as copartnership in-- ventory. QUIET SESSION IN PROBATE COURT Mise English had taken little Dor othy Olsen of Chicago for a boat ride in the motor launch owned b» Dr. Crane of Diamond Lake, and driven by Ralph Brown, a boatman of the same place. Brown had ex-- perienced considerable trouble start-- ing the boat, but it finally started and after backing away from the pier bhbe swung arooand anda headed into the open awter. The motor back: fired and the carburetor, apparently flooded. exploded, sending a sheet of flames over the three occupants of the boat. A large crowd gathered on the beach and men waded out to the burning boat and were able to ex-- aJckson K. Dering, Lake Villa-- Second account and report filed. Brown jumped overboard immedi-- ately and called to Miss Jenkins to follow. The flames were rapidly nearing the gasoline tank when the girl, with the baby in her arms, leaped into the water. She was able to wade to shore with the little girl as the water wase only about waist deep. Miss Irene Jenkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Jenkins o! §72 Caroline place, proved to be the heroine of the day at Diamond lake Sunday afternoon when she leaped from a burning motor boat with a five year old girl in her arms and saved the child from serious injury. LEAPS FROM BOAT WITH BABY GIRL AS GAS EXPLODES Miss Irene Jenkins of Wauke-- gan is Heroine in Burning Boat Incident. OUR INVITATION PRESENT THI8 AT THEATRE: DJ Gu' ONLM KIHD OF KHOCKING "THAT THERES ALM EXCUSE FOR S COUSTRUCTIVE KUOCKIHNG\ ME KIWD OF KHOCKIIG THAT BE TRAS A SOUR DSPOSMON IS OF No BENEFTT To AMGOOU, BUt THE KmO THAT ME BUS4 CARPEWNTER DOET is mujc vo M EARS! 1C 4OV MUSY USE A HAMMER, BVUILO SOMETHING ! _ . Fredericks Says: According to Redmer, he was driv-- ing along the road and saw a manr walking in the same direction. along the side of the road. Redmer siow ed down until a car passed him, go-- ing east, and then swung ~--a#ut to pase the man who was wailking along with his back toward the boy in the coupe. Just as Redmer pulled abreagt of the man, Drach started to cross the road to his nephew's home on the south side of Belvidere roamd in Volo. He was struck by the left front fender of the car as Redmer swung his car back to the right side of the road. Drach was knocked down in the road. Redmer baited and jumped out. The nephew of the injured man ran across the street to hbhim, and to gether they put him in an auto and rushed hbim to the Lake County Ger-- eral hospital. A cursory exramina tion showed a compound fracture of the left leg which, doctors claimed would necessitate amputation if ir ternal injuries did not prove fatal Fred Drach, 64, of St. Louis, Mo, who had been visiting with his daughter, Mrs. Carl Rossdeutcher of Round Lake, died at 4 o'clock Sur day. afternoon at the lLake County General Hoepital from injuries he sustained when be was struck by Chevrolet coupe, driven by Stanley Redmer, 1818 Sunneyseide avenue, Chieago, on Belvidere road, near Volo. A coroner's inquest absolved Redmer of all blame. Redmer, as soon as he got to town, reported to the sheriff's oiffice where Deputy Donald Doolittle investigated the case and declared that the Red-- mer youth could not have avoide@ the accident. $10,126 TAX IN on Belvidere road west of Waukegan with state route N east of the Soo line wWOmAN IS KILLED WHEN CARS CRASH IN BELVIDERE ROAD east of the Soo line tracks Clougher. together with hbis wile and two children. a daugbhter of 1¥ and a son of 13. have been occupying a summer cottage on Long Lake. Sat-- urday afternoon they drove to Wausre gan to get a supply of groceries «ud were on their way back to the cottage when the accident occurred. Hockstra, accompanied _ by his mother, zrundmother and brother, had been at Antioch, and were on the way back to Chicago. They were driving south in route 21, while Clougher was going west in route 20 Clouzgee, who is said to bave been drivimg about 85 miles an hour, did not stop his car before crossing the intersec tion.. Hockstra, apparently having the right of way, also continued with out a pause. The two machines camo together with terrific force at We intersection Both welre burled on their sides. _ Drach, who lived in St. Louis with his wife and daughter, was visiting in Lake county with the Rosedeut-- chers in Volo and his daughter, Mre. Carl Rossdeutcher of Round Lake. | The inquest was held Sunday night at seven o'clock at the Wetze! ang Peterson funeral home, with Deputy Coroner Edward Conrad presiding. The verdict of the jury exonerated Redmer of all blame. . Both Cars Are Hurled Upon Their Sides When They Meet at Intersection. that ber husband had failed to Sstop has car before driving across the ir-- tersection. No blame was attached to Hockstra as it was shown that h car had the right of way Fred Drach of St. Louis Dies in County Hospital After Bad Accident. i*~ crasb and instantuy. MAN KILLED WHEN HIT BY AUTO NEAR VOLO SUNDAY NOON automobile accident that ber husband I was almost compl« Clougher. who was hand side, receive For purposes of setting the income x in the $255.441.39 estate of Louis Tewes, the appratsal and 7 h_'"v-"hhog TEWES ESTATE rt h 1+]1)¢ d $1.50 A YEAR driven by Clougher letely wrecked. Mra¥ & riding on the right ed the full force of w treved to *ave died logan sSquare, crash -- occurred bout ten _ miles the intersectw® 21 This is just (lougner wAas i and Petersem n Waukegan. nqueet prec€ided oroner Edward morning at the i funeral bome v was to the ef-- a Clougber had the reeult of ar due to the fact ers ot Gray®e shed to the ig that Mrs. ie -- physiciam the injured. painful cuts ing attende€ was able to ! Hockstra's injuries COR: ruises and

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