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Libertyville Independent, 2 Aug 1928, p. 2

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es k 4 x % ' --t--h;m";;lfis".'m'.fi hnfi ® g: + Tunney personally while he was in training here last September for the We are all glad that ho still lelatent" in tho Trare Tght To ve fight Heeney put up. Mr. and Mrs. Mergener and ftamily from Geneva and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bartiett and children of Waukegan, were guests of the Edward Bartlett family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Avery and Miss Ruth Avery, Pual Jr., and Rus-- »ell Nickerson attended the ball game in Chicago --Baturday. Misses Marie and Alice Reardon went to Chicago Thursday evening to attend the circus, returning home Bunday. t Mr. and Mrs. Blomgreen and Rus-- sell Talbott from Chicago were vis itoss at the home of Mrs. Ellen Tal bott Saturday.' 'They were on their way to Fox Lake to spend the week Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Thayer enter tained a tew friends Monday after-- noon, the occasion being their 7th Cay. In the afternoon the party drove to Silver Lake and on the re turn hbome they called on friends at ¥illa, Friday was captured and hus tled to his former home in Des Moines, la., within an hour after he trined Mr. and Mrs. Charles Panter, Bought for seven years by 'hmmu"nhm Thureday evening nearly everyone in town listened over the radio to the big fight in Neow York broadcast arer the world. We took parti¢uiar Interest in the event, as many here and a deputy sherift~from the lows city took him back after they had visited Gov. Len Smaill --regarding the extradition of Kvans, who made mo protest at returning. . Deputy Emmett Hastings made the arrest. Wite Cut <Wis Throat. Krans said bis wite, while ho was sleeping, tried to kill him by cut-- ~mu0°t:n'flanm. ac He related that he was awakened and left the house never to returo. Kvans denied that ho itred with another woman. He said ho made his way to Chicago where he lHred until: last spring when he moved to Lake--Villa. + At Lake Villa he took the old John him that lowa officers had traced KEvrans to Lake Villa. He reconnoit-- -u.umuuumm' Then he them. Instead of arresting Evans he waited until they arrived and then soént Hastings out to --make the arroest. Lake Villa Resident He Lenwmmsm ©0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0o o o 0 o o _ On account of the extremely hot ©0 0000000 0 0 0 0 0 A SUCCESSEUL SIX NOW WINNING EVEN GREATER SUCCESS h ando the gou. the mappen you bere this week. A LCY LUDLOW MOTOR His Throat. world's most --modern automobile plant. Why ""hl'l:':l( such figh qullltywo: 'fin-wrh.whh-tficmmhaandhngflh which Pontiac is famed. And none other enjoys the advantages of being built in the onnlnndu:mplcot / . No other six so low in price offers bodies by Fisher--with tbem grade coach--work and materials which provides. None other offers a 186 cu. in. en-- Pontiac Sixz has long served as an s winning new example of Mrs. George Heim was sertously 11 Bunday, but is better at present, A PISBH THAT SWIMS AND * _ WALKB--MAYBB IT--TALKS Woods, met death Monday, July 23, in the outdoor swimming pool of the 'Columbia Country club, south of Half Day, when he suffered, according to-- 'mmm.mnn.waadl a unique specimen,of fish while he was engaged in draining a pond for a farmer near this village. No one in these parts has ever seen any-- thing like them. William Stratton, former state game warden, and now candidate for state treasurer, has be-- come Ainterested in the didcovery, Meilinger's sister, Mrs:-- Rosoe Worth, of 1211 Walker avenue, was a witness to the tragedy. "He came to his death while bath-- ing at the Columbia Country club and in the opinion of the jury death was due to heart trouble," was the wording of the verdict. o Bathers are barred on Monday at the club, Coroner J. L. Taylor of Lib-- In spite of that the youth ran and jumped into the pool, which is 11 feet deep. ~His sister stood on the Meilinger came to the surface, she tesatified, and appeared to be on his back.. He rolled over, and seemed to be straining in doing so. The body, ahe said, had a bluish tinge. % Then Meilinger sank to the bottom offlupoolnddl'notxon. Mrs. Worth thought, testified, that he was trying to determine how long he could stay under. When the limit of human endurance should have been exhausted, she said, she ran for aid.-- The body was brought and is anxiously awaiting a report from fishologists, to whom the crit-- ters have been sent. No one as yet seems to know what epecies they belong to. 'They can swim and also walk on the land. 'They are formed :m'flfl-h'"fl-'-'g'm"" ;vll-lvuhtouho. five toes on_the front feet and four on the hind feet. They havewelldeveloped hind feet. They have well devel-- oped legs that fold under them while swimiming. When the water . is shallow the varmint drops the legs and walks about on the bottom. The legs are much longer and raise the Two physicians worked over the prostrate form for two hours, using artificial and mechanical respiration but to no avail. Members of the family are confi-- Yent that Mellinger came to his death from heart trouble rather than after it had disappeared. body of the critter much higher trom the ground than lizards.. They also have a formation arising from the back center, extending to the tail that Jlooks ©like gauze, which stands orect and seeme to give them a straight 'line when they swim, as though a tiny wire was passing over i. They sgwim graceiuluy, cuvo their bodies at will and have the ap-- YOUTH DROWNS WHILE BATHNG -- AT COUNTRY CLUB Hubbard Woods: Man H a s Heart Trouble Swimming He was an expert swimmer. Bo I'll givre you the choice of post-- ponivg your trial for a week to give you a chance to get a lawyer, or a change of yvenue and trial before the ho aAvVO M ,-- VJ &y SPUALALVAIOILON : C" Burgess, "I'm giving you & break, be-- eause I know you and I know your folks, and I'm just one of you boys. So IH give you the cholce of nost-- and John Redmon were For two weeks the young Msher-- men angled--under official eyes be-- Lfi...'m 4 y tn-- were to custody by bhiet of Potice Tiftany late Saturday night, and police and G. E'.Smith, caretaker of the Leon-- ard estate, rounded up the rest of the juvenile fish fans shortly after-- ward.. . When the trial was . called Reuben Swanton, Edward Gansberg; John Baldwin, Walter Johnson, L406 xr.-tln.lo.&tal:'- m'""-'y Monday in St. Louis, Mo. 'Mrs. Irving --Mook spent several days of last week at.the homé of her mother in Libertyville. _ _ Miss Mable Murric was a Chicago visitor on Friday. Mrs. Rose Turner and son, of Kik-- horn, Wis., thansacter business here * 2 Kate Fitch, of Chicago, r8. was a caller among old friends here on Thursday. _ Irving Hook had the misfortune to to custody by of Policé Tifftany 4 LV C late Baturday night, and police and : G. E'.Smith, caretaker of the Leon-- mmm ard estate, rounded up the rest of " eye witnesses to the shooting, also took the stand;~ He declared that he heard Coffill call--to him from <his eoottage and ask him to have a drink. He stated that he took but a sip of the Hquor after smelling of it. Then, he testified, Snyder walked from the house followed by Coftill ed the shotgun and without a word fired at Snyder's head. Chris Luzx, who.picked up Sunyder and George Nielsen, who found Cof-- nnuzw.m':'mu- P emerame men, f were outy other witassscr I oo en state. : Coroner J. L Taylor, of Lib injfure his knee last Friday and it was necessary to have a doctor to set the knee can back in place. Mres. Violet Fenlon, of New York, was a pleasant caller among her old friends on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Johnson and The boys were let off easy by the court because it was their first <'of-- fense and also because the judge re membered that he had been a boy Although they faced trial on -- the three charges of trespassing on pri-- vate property, disregarding fish and game laws and stealing a'tennis--net for the purpose of taking ftish in vate lagoon on the--estate of: C. M. Leghard in Lake Forest and all had vistons of a--jJail sentence or at least a heary ftine, six youths were given a small fine on but one charge by Jus-- tice Burgess in Lake Forest Wednes-- Traverse City, Mich. Mre, Carl Christy and-- daughter of Waukegan spent the first of the week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Grosvenor. . : Tuesday. 'The body was taken to Chicago, where the funeral was to After hearing six witnesses a cor-- oner's jury at Grayslake Friday aft-- ernoon recommended that Alfred Coft till, 73, Ingleside chicken farmer and truck gardener, be held to the «Octo-- ber grand jury to await its action in connection with the murder of Irvin Snyder, 30, of Lake Villa. The jury-- reported 01 Buyder eame to his death from & gunshot wound July 25 at the hands of Cof-- The defendant, unrepresented by counsel, was not present at the in-- quest. He was held at the county jJail on a warrant signed by States Attorney Smith charging hbim with the Snyder murder. The prelimin-- :ryhmhchubuamtotm William M. Snyder, father of the Lake Villa man, was the only rela-- tive of those involved in the trage dy present: at the inquest. He tos-- Mr. and Mrs. Barr and daughter Dorothy, of Chitago, spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrg. Geo The Misses Alite and Theo Smith spent several days of last week on a motor trip thru northern Wimonsin. Mr. and Mygs. Merrick Richardson of Miami Florida, were pleasant vis Mrs. Kennedy entertained a large party of childreéen on Saturday after-- 'mmmmamm'aunh- A very large crowd attended the buncteo party given by the St. An-- drews Choir at the Guild hall on Friday evening. A very enjoyable time was 'held. ' July 22. JUDGE EASY WITH Recommend--That Coffillb e Held to Await Action of Against Group of Boys Held For Trespassing. ° rs. Jennie ESbarboro, who has spending the summer at Third --paksed awuy suddenly on last thance to get a lawyer, or a otvuuudt:hlmm y th-- e minimum fine of $20, b it," boys," said Chietf of Po-- F in e Benjamin <B. Bryan's speed 'boat. Abe ~"ub--a--Dub--Dub in which he had irtended to commute for the remain der of the summer between ~ Lake Forest and Chicas~, was lost yester day off its dock near the . Bryan home. ~ It is believed to have-- been blown away by the higt wind and to have sunk in the lake. -- Mr. Bry-- -.nokamul,borotthgj%m &Brn_nbrmmn.m the boat about a:week ago for : $6,000. 'He traveled in it from his 1y this "The report also showed that there were 30,751 boys and girls in <--the mmm"g-otn years against 29,671 in % [' Of that number 17,507 were shown ;umumm sec-- ondary ~schools.: Most of those 'be-- tweon the ages of 18 and ~21, Mr. Bimpson explained, had ~completed their courses. * pu township high school 1,820. : There had been a total enrollment of 16,926 in 1927. From the elementary classes there were 1,096 promotions to . secondary ---- Teachers received a total salary of $1,220,124 against $1,225,265 for a ~>'The bonded indebtedness for the entire county reached $3,178,950. The report is made annually to Francis G. Blair, secretary of the de-- fln_uto!mmnuonmdoduu' of the state. by Mr. Simnaan flon of the state, by Mr. Simpson; In this is the individual report of Expenses, Mr. Simpson stated, ran about the same, with a normal} in-- crease in enrollment. Camp Holliday men this year will have a chance at a prize that prom-- ises to spur the contestants to sup team, as the corps of officers or-- dered to C. M. T. C. daty this year ----the kind he uses exclusively--and an : autographed league baseball to be given as a prize to the C. M. T. C. who shows the best all around work in intercompany --jnter--state baseball <cmatches during the Citi-- zens Military training camp at Fort Bheridan, II1., July 27 to August 25. Boys between the ages of 17 and #5 will form the teams --entered. in the series. Some of the best am-- ateurs in Illinois and -- Wisconsin will be found on the --teams.-- The training and the games wilt be held under the direction and coaching of expert athletic officers. No admis-- sion is made for these games, which Assesses Minignum Fine "Now, boys, again Judge Burgess was speaking, "because I know you and you are all .Lake Forest boys with good jobs, we'll just let the one %Wumw property, and let you pay the minimum fine as a lesson to you." ~."When do we have to pay that fine, Judge!?" asked little Leo <Red-- mon. "Within the month? Can I pay halt of mine now?t" . "Now keep out --of: those ftish ponds, boys," concluded Game War fellows for a long time, and now that we've .got you here, you can't laugh it off any more."> -- walked out of the station to talk it m'ummlm:rmy Training camp at Fort Sheridan form a team that will take part in the rifle division of the > national riflse and pistol team matches to be held in Camp Perry, 0. from Awnw Seneral Past 6 Malons. commund. Paul B. Malone, command-- ant of Fort Sheridan and in charge The--valuation of all Lake <county public school propertz today ~was shown to be $67,062,726 in the an-- nual report of T. A. Stmpson, eounty RIFLE TEAM FROM FORT SHERIDAN 1O CONTEST IN MEET $61,062,126 1S VALUATION OF Will Select 13 Men From C U. T. C. c.T.to Take Part in Meet. are held --at Fort Sheridan --eve afternoon during the camp period. In 1927, Company "A" won the im« ter--company series, and the Wiscon-- sin-- State Team won mmu series. This year the Illinois boys ites. "'Shoue $0cTot Under 2 Years of Age. are getting set to take the cham-- plonship away from the Wisconsin-- BOAT nesday, July 25, when an aged re--| Coffil! had been drinking heavily mm%m throughout the day at the latter's blank 'with a at the head | home. of a young man, 45 years his . | _ Neither however could give infor-- n.mgm"um";o mation as to the possible motive for years old of Antiloch, dropped in a|the crime. . .. mwmmu'm "There had been no argument and Albert . aged ~75 years,| we were unaware that Coffill held charged with the coldblooded mur--| any desires for revenge., against ler of Snyder squirms in his cell| Snyder. The two had had a quar-- in the county jail where with braim'rel several days ago but it was clearing of the clouds of drink, he patched up and both seemed friend-- cries over and over--"I don't re-- ly to each other" were the words of arrest and was 'placed in the sher-- iff's automobile and taken back to his small home for questioning. Daniel McMahom of Long Lake fatal drinking party at the Coffill cabin that ended in the tragic death _ NC > _ eeenmmmmmem .. ---- Tell Story of Slaying Mandlin mirth of a drinking party| Both admitted in answers to m,uMhmumotMthtothmbymu- In a clearing of a small homestead| sistant states attorney and --deputy ih the woods near Ingleside, Wed--.| shorifis that they with Snyder and Meanwhile attaches of the sher-- Shoots Without Warning Ifift's and states attorney's--office are -- "Coffill suddenly left us in the utilising every means possible to Yard and hurried into the home. uncover a motive for the crime.: We held no suspicions as to his in-- This motive may lie in a statement, tentions. .When he emerged --he made. by Coffill to police, while he grasped a double barrel shotgun in was ~still under the influence of both hands. Raising the gun and "That fellow hit me and kickea| PuYder fell," the depositions of the me several days ago," he mumbied , twWo men state. | when pressed by Assistant States| 'The shooting occurred at about Attorney Sidney Block in an--inquiry 4:30 o'clock and attaches of the se mm YpAes nk, Shoots Guest With-- |ha« occurred in Lake county in »4 TTD p < . ] which the: country--side was combed URDECRMH <]|and Hkewlise taken to the dwelling se e e .L in~the woods {or:--questioning. _"*'n"; Di ullontlultoryotthntwo 's'i,w'a men who claim to have been eye-- C 0_ _ _ + ~] witnesses :to the killing that the M / 54 . states attorney's. office hopes to con-- Crazed With] viet Cottill of--slaying Snyder in one Srca~at fafrfat _ | of the most revolting murders that a4, t Choice of the % l. 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