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/ -- _ VOLUME XXXII--NUMBER 45 JURY ACCUSES 1 _ _ LAD AND OTHERS _ IN COPS' DEATH "Ed. Wapm:n--d Persons Un-- known" Put Obstruction in Road, Verdict Reads. by #®22.....;... c@me to his death bY being thrown from a motoreycle by' hitting an obetruction thrown into North ° Butrick street by E4 Wag ner and persons unknown." The verdict came after a long ses sion in which only one of the boys in the gang taken by the police had testified. That lad was William "HBil" Brown, a high school student, residing at 24 North Victory street. in «ad heen out with his friends in the gang taken by testified. That lad "Bill" Brown, a high residing at 24 North He had been out W to "raise a little hbell in answering "yes" to rected by Assistant & state. Attorney Albert Hall, counsel for the city, was present and 'directed a few questions as it is possible that civil action may Erow out of the two deaths that occurred Hallow-- e'en evening. HPC -- RERCCE mE EO fetained a few moments before inquest opened.. . A warrant for tiNe arres! !" ** °2 ned may be taken out; and again it may not. Mr. Block refused to comment on what he might do with-- out first discussing the case with States Attorney A. V. Smih. It is not at all unlikely that there will be a more thorough in-- vestigation before any criminal ac tion is takem should that be the result of last night's verdict. Cap. Thomas Booth was the first witness to be called. He had been along Butrick street at 10 o'clock, shortly before the accident. No ob structions appeared in the street then. His visit to the death scene was repeated the next day. At that time there were several short 2x4's : there and a 4x6, about ten feet long, that is said to be the obstruction that caused the accident. that caused the accidéent. ' Cop Reaches Accident M The first policeman to reach the side of the two injured men was Motorcycle Policeman William Blay-- lock. Sometime, shortly after 10:20 o'clock, he was brought to that point in patrolling the streets. He ar-- rived there, as he remembers, about five minutes after the accident oc¢-- curred. NT & taf CTD~ CA m Pelton was stretched out on tne | r walk. Gillis was a short distance | ; from Pelton in a prone position. Pelton seemed dead, he said. -- Gil® | , responded to his name. Blaylock | 1 called the police headquarters . for a superior officer and telephoned | , for an ambulance. He noted, hbe said, the car which | , the motorcycle bad struck, and the | . debris in the street, which included | . the timber and a lattice work such as can be found about zorcnol on homes. The motorcycle was turned upside down. Virgil Stewart, alley ¢ policeman, was sent out from the police station in response to Blaylock's call. He arrived, he said, about two minutes before the ambulance in which he helped place the men. 'Gillls Asks Questions "Both men were strefched out on the walk. Pelton was dead but Gil-- 1is was alive. 1 said something to him, but 1 forget now what it was. He answered saying: "'Am 1 hurt bad? "No, 1 don't think so," I told him.. "It hurts' be said but by that time the ambulance was there and 1 went with them to the hospita)," Stewart salid, referring : to his con-- ference with and over the victims. He mada no investigation of: the death scene, and could offter no fur ther testimony on obstructions tht_ro. .x L ick oe atern d it H. Block, vaPorp VOSCRAAA W CCA CC Investigation, the next morning, revealed to him, he said, that Charles Kendall, North Shore line gateman at Grand-- avenue crossing, had seen two bands of boys in the neighborhood. They had --been playing g&bout the spot where the tragedy -- happened. Kendall recognized Charles Shatawell and E4 Wagner among the boys. Stewart reporfed to the police sta-- tion, and accompanied by Gapt. pooth and Blaylock, took the two boys to the station where they revealed oth-- or nno:.. aince linked with the case. ow Crash Rugene Tuattle, 31 m' avenus, tha Artver of the automobile <iInto LIBERTYVILLE INDEPENDENT -- (Contlued on page eight) for the arrest of Wag-- le bell," bhe admitted jes" to a question di-- stant States Attorney who represented the s stretched out on the was a short distance in a prone position. ad dead, he said. Gill\® o his name. Blaylock police hbheadquarters for officer and telephoned V¥. Orvis, for _"Jlm" LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT Hall, counsel for ent and directed is it is possible nawv rrow out Of the GEO. G. FRENCH . _ | _ DRUGGIST, LEAVES 1 $18.000 ESTATE :: Piorieer Lk. Forest Merchant's Estate and Many Others Act-- ed Upon in Probate Court. Letters of administration were is | sued to Frank W. Reed in the estate| of George G. French, prominent Lake| forest pioneer druggist, in Probate|-- court Monday. Mr. French died quite suddenly last Wednesday of heart dis-- ease, Proof of heirshin was taken in his estate. velued at $18,000, personal property only. Among other estates Monday and on Oct. 30, which were acted upon in Probate court were the following: | Louis Keiler, Sr., Town of Ela. I-'lnal' report approved. Estate closed. Ad-- ministrator discharged. ' John Nicholas Busch, Town of Ver--| non. Final report approved. Estate closed. Executor discharged. Candace E. Winter, Wadsworth. Fi-- wal ranart aDbroved. Estate closed. l;;;:u 6}?;;";&' al., minors. Report approved and distribution ordered. M en on Eie e We k Ee 7 ME CCC on Townsend Smith, Grays Lakzs. Mo-- tion to vacate order of May 5th, 1924, continued to December 1, 1924, at 10 o'clock a. m. Josephine Menschell, Town of War-- ren. Petition for Probate of will fled and set for hearing Nov. 24, 1924 at 10 a. m. Daniel Madden, Libertyville. Will proved and admitted to record. Stock in corporations bequeathed to brother James O. Madden and aunt, Emily Cathcart of Dublin, Treland, Frank Rose of Libertyville, aunt Annie Rose of Libertyville. $100 each to two neph-- ews; $100 to Father Quille and balance to Frank Rose. Letters testamentary issued to Frank Rose. Value of estate $2200. oS 4 1: GGfunes YImat3. _*REdward True, et al., I ville. Decree for sale entered. 00000 0_ _ Michael Wolff, LAbD°erty NC _ F """ report approved. Estate closed. Exe cutor discharged. October 30. Fred 3. Wober, Lake Villa. Final re port approved. Adminstratrix . dis-- charged. Estate closed. . ima 24 October 30. e ie To t e# Fred 3. Wober, Lake Villa. Final re| he wAas being led back to the county port approved. Adminstratrix . dis-- jail. He was permitted to explain it charged. Estate closed. to her and his> attorney. James G. Clara Klipp Rabe, Libertyville. n-\W':lch. $ nal report approved. Admi{inistrator| _ "Not so good: not so bad." Hermo dischargod. Estate closed. 'nmo said,. "better than hanging." e ECCC 00 w4 > mentremice WA Atty. -- Welich declined . to stat« _ Wesley J. Walker nal reort approved. Wesloy J. Walker et al, minors. Ei nal reort approved. Ertate closed. Orson B. Jewett, Highland Park. Final report approved. Estate closed. Florence J. Druce, Waukegan. Exo cutor authorized to sell atock. Ann Elizsabeth Vasey, Wauconda. Letters of Administration tssued to Thomas T. Vasey and Abel J. Vasey. Bond of $14,000. This paper each prints more n# "M'M any other week!ly in Northern I!linols. Wolft, Libertyville. ¥inal oved. Estate closed. Exe al., minors, Liberty-- «ale of real estate *'eter the Ball Is Over.'"' MAN, MADE ILL BY BAD FALL, TAKEN BY DEATH SATURDAY Axel Peterson, 56, of Lake Forest. | died Saturday in Alice Home houpl-l tal, where be had been taken _ two days previous, after having been found . in a serious plight on a stairway of a Lake Forest cigar store. | Peterson had been ill ror more than a year. He had suffered a serious ifall from a scaffold while employed as a painter, and since then had-- been forced to guard his health. He had been in the cigar store and had just left the room to go into the basement. A few moments later he was found semi--conscious . On the stairs and was taken to the hospital. An inquest was held last Saturday at Wenbans by Coroner J. L Taylor, of Libertyville. i HSt ctone C ns Li HERMOSILLO IS ' FOUND GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER Slayer of Peter Garcia Gets Sentence of From One Year to Life in Prison. of manslaughter Thursday a jury in the circuit court shooting of Peter Garcia, 1 Waukegan, pool room propt "Not so good} nOl 80 DAU, -- I1"?IM". a«illo said, "better than hanging." Atty. Welich declined to state whether he would apeal the case, or not. He apepared to be disappointed that he had not succeeded in getting an acquittal. L PFF L liw coos kusitriur %a an @Camndtt Whan Hermosiilo was returned to jail he chatted with fellow rrioonofi nd appenred to: be anusually cheer-- tul, No effort was made today to ob tain a new trial or to appeal the case, the usual motions tn criminal triais, which indicates that Hermosi}-- 10 probably will start serving hbis lmtnu within a week or 10 days, as wion as the commitment papers can David Hermosilio Avns_found guilty be made out. Entered at the Postoffice at Liberty ville, 4 e_._....cn '-' 2'-&-'0--.& x hnartine at Tibertyville, lilinois, as Second Class Mail Matter. m en % O n nc nnmaeegys on mt * * 0n nuce mmmtemmmmmey '7 INJURED WHEN | CARSCRASHON i WAUCONDA ROAD \John Viad of Gilmer, Causes ' -- Accident When He Tries to Pass Auto. Two automobile loads of people had narow escapes from serious in-- jury early Saturday night, when both of them were sent to the ditch after becoming entargled in passage OpP the road. / Three vidtims were taken to the hospital, and four others were slight-- ly injured. . _ The crash occurred on the Rand road at Lakes' corners, just two miles south of Wauconda. Both ma chines were going north, and-- one, driven By John Vlad, of Gilmer, in attempting to pass another, driven by Mrs. George Schroeder, of 1711 Leland avenue, _ Chicago, locked wheels with it, sending the Vlad 'roadster into the ditch. | _ Vilad was sent to the Lake County General hospital by Dr. Ross, --of Wauconda, as was Clarence Rabe, of Gilimer, another occupant of the ma-- chine. Victory Sarr, of Wauconda, | went to the Barrington hospital. He was riding with Vlad. All of them euffered cuts and bruises, ° but no broken bones. Mrs. Schroeder was cut about the ftace and hands, as were two men and another woman in the Chicago m¥ i chine. s 1 200 se anclctin Wien County Motorcycle Policeman Fro-- lich, who reported the accident, as sisted |n getting the injured to the hospital, but no atrests were made. 1 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1924 HANG OUT SERVICE FLAG FOR WAR MEN Gov. Small Asks that War Time Service Flags Be Brought . _ . Out to Honor Soldiers. Springfield, I!1., Nov. 1.--Old serv-- ice flags, which hbung in the win-- dows of Illinois homes durt the world war, will appear agl'i: on Armistice day, November i1, if a request made by Governor Small in his Armistice day proclamation is followed. The governor in his proc-- lamation, made public today, called on the people of the state to com-- memorate the patriotism and bravery of the world war fighters by general observance of the day and display | of the national flag and the service :i flags. -- ' The proclamation follows: ' "To the People of Illinois, Greeting: | "Whereas, on November the elev', enth, nineteen hundred eighteen, the ereat World War, which claimed mil-- lions' of lives and laid waste the fair-- est countriese of Europe, and in' which the United States of America | fas finally involved, came to unl end by the signing of the Armis-- \uce: and _ ;. v , VV BF. R "Now, therefor, I, Len Small, gov-- ernor of lllinois, do hereby request that Tuesday, November eleventh, the anniversary of Armistice day, be generally observed throughout the state by public meetings and &Appro-- priate exercises in commemoration of the patriotism and bravery of our soldiers and sailors and in greatful \remembunce of those who made the last great sacrifice in the World War. CW. l2 1 224 Rmeatow ON ARMISTICE DAY L000 l 4 Actuseelennincietaiertnteiina in CS On that day let our National Ensign everywhere be flung to the breeze, and let our citizens hang in the win-- dows of their: homes the honored service flags so prouddly displayed while their loved ones were were fighting for the peace of the world. "In witness whereof, I have here-- unto set my hband fnd caused the Great Seal of the State of Ilinois to--be afifzed." BOY RUN OVER BY FATHER'S TRUCK; SERIOUSLY HURT Robert Moss, 4, of Liberty-- Ville, Falls Under Wheels of Ton Truck. Robert Moss, 4, of St. Mary's rond.l near Libertyville, was seriously In-- jured Saturday when he stumbled and fell under the rear wheel of a one ton truck being driven by his father, Ray Moss. C . ; The boy, in a semi--conscious con-- dition, was taken to the Victory Me morial hospital, where Dr. W. 8. Bel-- lows had X--ray pictures made of him. '"The pictures showed that no bones | were broken. _ ns Robert, with two other CBUUiCt',. had been riding with Moes in the: truck. When _ the machine . was brought to &A balt the little boy jumped to the ground, thinking the truck had come to a dead stop. The boy stumbled, according to the fa-- ther, and fell under the rear wheel. which passed over his stomach. ') The accident happened about 10 :30 D5Aatt Gaturday morning, And Dr. C. The accident happened ADUT® ""> . o'clock Saturday morning, and Dr. C. Galloway, who was* callled, omerod the boy to be taken to the Ital. PGTH C ETTE TT the tabulated vote of Lake county, Will be found on Page one of the second Full regurns of the d A ssm na en is iviP it d ie M Som EiO other children, election, with| ed by fire la ke county, will| _ Last week of the second , Lake Forest den't. | by fre _ CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS CONSTITUTTD HERE Libertyville Chapter No. 272, Royal Arch Masons, was formally constitut-- Z2A CAE EME GERNUERAEg e P CE yc ed Wednesday night at Masonic hall, in the presenue of a distinguished company of Royal Arch Masons from Chicago and nearby towns. The Grand Officers in charge of the impressive and beautiful ceremony were as follows: G. Secy.--Al Whitman. G. Chaplain--C. Ferrin. C. 0. H.--F. E. Shurerman. R. Aa. C.--Edw. Constadt. Third V.--G. C. Heiber. Second V.--IL Jersa. First V.--V. W. Retty. G. Steward--IL Y. Olsen. Tent--D. Donnan. Ark Bearers--Edw. Mullins, A K. Davidson, Chas. Wiggins, Al Parker. After the formAl ceermony of con-- stitution, the officers selected to goV-- ern the new Chapter for the ensuing term, were installed as follows : E. H. P.--Edward L. Du Bois. King--Earl Corlett. L Gceribe--Warren A. Nicholas. Treasurer--Franklin 8. Kern. Secretary--Chas. D. Nalley. Chaplain--W. G. Wells. C. of H.--Julius A. Treptow. P. S.--George Sturm. R. A. C.--Chas. F. Smale. ~ ist V--W. I. Collins. 2Ind V.--Aug. F. Krumrey. $rd V.----Wm. F. Fendick. Stew:rd-----'!'homn Russell. Organist--Aug. H. Jeppe. Sentinel--Dewayne Young. |' The visiting members Were ente! \tained at diner in the parlors of th _| Methodist church at 6:30, where se , | eral splendid speeches were made. '\ There were visitors from Chicag PR Souknoudr=Gorue . TCTC) T. rm, were instalie0a as 1/""""~* ETs Nee SOE i E. H. P.--Edward L. Du Bois. Evidence bearing on this case had ._ King--Earl Corlett. come before the federal grand jury Gceribe--Warren A. Nicholas. during the early part of the week -- Treasurer--Franklin 8. Kemm. and it is said that Ritz himself . Secretary--Chas. D. Nalley. knows nothing about the investiga Chaplain--W. G. Wells. tion and probably knew nothing: of -- C. of H.--Julius A. Treptow. what was in the wind until a U. 8. P. S.--George Sturm. marshal today arrived to serve pP&-- R. A. C.--Chas. F. Smale. ~ pers upon him. The . chances -- ist V--W. I. Collins. are as a result of the indictment be-- nd V.--Aug. F. Krumrey. ing returned, Ritsz would. be in @r--: 3rd V.--Wm. F. Fendick. rest by the time the Sun goes to Stewa}d---'l'h'omn Russell. press and this article is being read. Organist--Aug. H Jeppe. Ritz, who is about 24 years old, bas Sentinel--Dewayne Young. leteiy Aeekh _ working in & store 9% .\ the west side. io. . w# The visiting members were °°t°"|~ anoording to the evidence befOr® tained at diner in the parlors of the the federal grand. jury. he could ot Methodist church at 6:30, where sey-- get along on the Salary " BG M cral splendid speeches were MAG® _ | making as a substitute carrier : of There were visitors from Chicag0»] ins Waukegan post--Office, especially Waukegan, Highland Park, P"":" in view of the fact that he had & and Desplaines Chapters. | INSDPITNE|cottage at Druce's lake and the #& talks were made by many of the 044| port put before the jury: WaSs that ol town guests. he installed his sweetheart and hef _ The new Chapter starts out with &\ mother during the summer and paid hmemberShiD of about eighty--five. The| expenses therefore. His income was stated convocations _ Will be on the\|insunfficient to carry on this sor first and Fourth Monday nights O( of an existence, however, and ac each month. cording to the evidence, he resorte« A great deal of credit for the OrEAD--| to pilfering the--mails to get a littl 'ization of the Libertyville Chapter is | more money. due Ed DuBois, who has put forth a| It is reported tha«e the postal de lot of time and éffort in behalf of the| partment 'suspecting that be was dis rganization. honest, sent a decoy letter throug! (oet m n the mail containing a sum of mone! GRAVEL PIT CAVE _ IN BURIES MAN; . BREAKS HIS LEG Max Miller of Grayslake, Badly Injured in Accident Monday. EBE OBR PC CC 000000 Miller was extricated who were hear by and and. Peterson a_mbuluce {Biddlecome SCcnool BUuiIlt J After the Civil War, De-- ' stroyed by Fire. corlar Doue. PVEREPWI O OO OO ' serious plight that he was unabel to give an account of the accident to the 'doctors. He was semi--con-- sctous but in a great state of shock. KX--ray pictures, taken by Dr. Flor ence Stone, chowed the fractures but there were no indications of in ternal injurtes. SCHOOL BURNS TO THE GROUND MONDAY NOON ' The Biddlecome school in the Town of Newport, located between Russell | and Wadsworth and recognized as one | of the oldest schools in Lake county, \bured to the ground Modday. 'The fire broke out during the noon re cess and is supposed to have started l from a defective chimney. Befor® vol-- unteer fire fighters could arrive on the scone the school was a mass of flames. The Biddlecome school was bullt \ shortly after the Civit war and had | been in constant use ever since. It was 'a one--room school and housed about ltvn\y-vo pupiis. R VC 1z lusa fanrth 'school in Lake twenty--ve puplis. ' This is the fourth school in lLake county to burn within a few months. The 03finoy school, located south of Wauconda, and the Vasey achool, just north of Wauconda, were destroy-- t! p--D. Davidson. G. H. p.--W. Eichlér G. King--I. Dorne G. Scribe--H. Lathe. G. Treas.----Al Bauer. 'u;o' @chut's achool near was practically destroyed School Built Just $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE INDICTED OR ROBBING MAIL IN WAUK. DELIVERY 24--year--old Youth Who Need-- ed Money to Maintain Good Front Faces Prison. _ : Unable to meet the expense that comes from maintaining hbis sweet-- heart and hbher mother at a rented summer cottage, Everett J. Rits, & substitute Carrier on the Waukegan postoffice force until a short time ago, is charged by postal authort, ties with having started in a Care fully lat&, plan of pilfering m and taking money out of envelopes addressed to patrons on his routé. As a result of evidence along this line Ritz was indicted by the federal grand jury in Chicago late Thurge day aftervoon on the charge of ::x 'lng pilfered the mails turned to him for delivery in _V_llukega& i2 P 3 20,ME hunditiabds ale uh in e he installed his sweetheart and. her: mother during the summer and paid expenses therefore. His income wAS insunfficient to carry on this sort of an existence, however, and ac 'cording to the evidence, he resorted to pilfering the--mails to get a little more money. s It is reported tha«e the pOSIAI NW partment 'suspecting that be was dis honest, sent a decoy letter through the mail containing a .sum of money which had been --properly marked. This letter went into R_lu:l m according to reports and he failed to deliver it. ~Other pleces of evi dence were procured, hence the in-- vestment. a $87,506,280 IS COUNTY, SAYS BD. _ Board of Review Fixes Assess-- _ ed Value of $957,575 More _ Than in 1923 { The Board of Review completed its work on Wednesday of last week and the figu®es turned over to the county clerk show the total full 't ue of all property in the county , $87,506,289. ~The assessed value as fixed by the board is $43,802,415, the total assessed value of all property is $957,575 higher than a year ag0, the figures show. * $ 1 & Less qo oo i0 ty dn ad: axoale Lao 1@ WECD Om CC These figures by the board do not include rolling stock or right--ot--way of railroad property nor capital stock of a cerporation assessed by the state tax commission. 4 1 k L l us o oo nociies . "Tak _ The full value of all propor the county is $1,915,150 higher in 1923. es The assessed value of personal property in 1923 was $10,260,205, which is only $11,210 lower than this year, the figure this year being $10/ 217 475. The lands, lots and complete to-- tals are as follows: § Full Value Improved Innd;. 216,449 acres . Improvements ..-- Unimproved, 44,285 atres ...-- Railroad lands, Value as fixed by the Board of Review ... Improved lots, 14,103 Full valuge --.------------------« Improvements ..--------=«--= Unimproved lots, 37162 Railroad lots, 23....._~ Total full valuge ~.---- Total value fixed by bOATd ..=»--«=--»--»a««=« Total value of all real 'estate o we ns se n ie on it tae Total value as fixed Co. Board ..--«=----=« Total© value of : persof ' m «on on oi n un ce on t n Tatal value fixed bJ 'w"v'w' e 'd' w -- . 219 acres Total full value c m o oe n ais s ts as ce c s ons t mt s c ces as us m on ce on uts ot , «l __.$11,888,770 _ __. 1,464,870 . nc ash.: _2. > MISG _ $23,000,180 -- o .. .$11,508,080 _ weeal h right--of way _ :'DM M * by the state.:. property im . higher than -- ot personal -- _ tRFOUBA ._.__ mml-,j * 8 failed yea de L.'fl