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S GNJAIL, TRIES _ * gUICIDE ROUTE LIBERTYVILLE INDEPENDENT _ Louls Huson, 35, of,. Libertyyille "?@ id 'Fremont, after spending an on'l Mre gay in jail trying to sharpen . & can--opener, slit his throat Tuesday _ might in a vain sttempt at sulcide. e wound, a fjfagged rip of three +~Aneh s, runs along the left side of the neck and is superficial. He will «Aive, 'mecording to Dr. Charles Lie _ ber, superintendent of thé _ Lake '_ _GCounty'® Ganeral hospital, where the 'HAD BEEN . prisoner has become a patient. flflu was placed in arrest several weeks ago on & charge of forgery . ~grow! out of an obscene letter , ie : that. federal authorities had \ worked on more than two years Ago. . The letters had been sent to Lib-- ertyville women, and the name of &A _ prom{ ent Waukegan man had been .. signet -- Investigation showed . that _ the signature was not his, and aw 4es stated that Huson had--con-- *%@ ~petition, calling for a sanity . hearing, was filed --and Huson was _ geleased in the custody of Gus Werts _ of Fremont. He failed to appear for = his hearing and deputies did not cap-- _ ture him until two years later, and . . the was on the forgery cwarrant is -- sued by Justice Hervey Coulson. _ > On that charge he was bound over , to the March term of the grand jury ; of $5,000. Wertz, although -- 'he accompanied him to the hearing, NTR " "" ';h _m!" & ket . The ca '~~.The can--open ' of the copper . _ pesrance of a <-- e about an F i# been rubt oft the < 5 ts &...« ~The incident _ Bmith by Dep: . day, and it is . yush the old m Ins _ have to pay 1 '#or his alleg Fw We MB 2 CCE C 00 . wug witness againt Huson 2 trial He bad accompanied go inspectors on the case. n, on the advice of his attorney, oral Heydecker, did not present his | ease, -- * % gm can--opener used by Huson was of the copper type that has the ap mesrante of a key and comes on k ® 2 F0 0 2 0_ ibneke _ 'for his alleged actions. This, he m had. worried him until he -- thought doath would be the best _ way out of his alleged daiffficulties. defendant first came before ' the public eye a number /f years 'ago when be was charged with tying 'an obstruction to a «ailroad track . at Grayslake in an attempt to wreck train, Vigilance on ge part of hk _ENTIRE ESTATE _ * GOES TO WOMAN, _ ~wHho WAS FRIEND Fee®s® _/ C O auned o# wfl kinds of canned goods. it was about an inch in length and ad been rubbed along the --cement of the cell to bring it to & / 'The incident was brought to the attention of Stat@s Attorney A. V. i by Deputy Lester Tiffany to-- Gay, and it is the deputies' plan to rus the old insanity petition if "fl told Tiffany that certain people bad_ told him he would lose his case in the courts and would have to pay with a prison sentence C oo GrDR W L m ha MET A TRAGIC _ DEATH Inheritance Tax Fixed Today & in Estate of Mrs. Laura Wil-- _ son of Lake Forest. _ the train crew _ Bo Mrs. Wilson made out her will eaving hor property to Mre. Price, it latter agreceing to look after her the remainder of her io. \ On August 17, 1923; Mrs. Wilson to the bome of the Methodist Whinister at Lake Forest to pay $200 which she owed on a pledge to the bw ol :: On her wuz'hono she fas struick and kined a North hiore train, only & 't;w':nn atter the papors tranuferr property wore sacorded: In-- Waukegan. | Noae of the..rolatives of Mre. Wil-- im have boon found, and as the time .g expired when -- relatives townd . & ummé of the will, fl: rops goos to Mre, Price. Be ¥a by blood, Mrs. Price will be requiret to pay a higher inherit -- ance tax thdn otherwige. The inher-- s ee tax wis fixod at $231.%1. _ With the fixing of &n inheritance tax in the estate of Mrs. Lavra Wil-- aged Lake Forest woman. to-- day came to light a most unusual example of the old saying that "kind-- as pays." L2 ol 00 C4 ¥ 1g20 WMkuaet mmwBB .. WA "* _ Mrs. Nancy Price, of Lake Forest, " befriended Mrs. Wilson after Felatives had kicked her out of their ; is made the beneficiary oft the a 'estate of Mrs. Wilson, and al-- 10 [ 1k amounted to only about & piu c acc3e34..00 s¥ css , jit -- shows apprOCIfAliOIr OL ®C!* Y 'of Mre. Price, ' Mprs. 'Wilson> was taken into the Wu after relativas uo longer y to have her around. L r hgarmid n P Weer: . ;s He Obscene Letter Writer roat With Can--opener LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT had been sent to L4DP | o+p en, and the name 0! & |/p,, 'aukegan man had DeeR | r¢, estigation showed that],,,, s was not his, and aw | , ed that Huson had--com-- | 2PD tle, Ind..----Poter Juno, 45, of Gary, Ind, today began a sentance of from ' to 14 posed aftor his conviction of BOUND OVER avolded disastet. NO. 51 Is. _0 _ ferring to the appellate court the 'rsyborski -- was 'Im""l :om em:":uealt court of againt HusoN|yor, county by John J. Cahill in 4 accompani®d |n;, case against the Plumbers, GA3 s on the C488--|_nyq greamfitters and Helpers 10C@Als of his attOrne}; o} waukegan for damages for prO-- not present biS| u_in» a strike in Highland Park. The local circuit judge dismissed by Huson WA5 in, case when it was presented in at has the &AP" pig, court, and comes 0N °> THE KBOLL CASE nned g006%. !t| us gecision' in the* Agnes Kro!l in length @bd4} ___ "a, related yesterday, provOked #1 inheritance FOUR SUSPECTS GIVEN FREEDON -- Rour negroes, all of Lake Forest, who were quizzed--for the past two days i1 the county Jall, and later place® in the city jafl with two negro detectives, tm *hopes that t: Sport Bhop robbery, @imounting 40 $3,000, ~could be solved, were te ;hud today. Atty. E. * V. Orvis obtained the release of two of them. 'The Sport Shop, a Lake Forest bus-- iness house, was robbed Déc. AFFIRM JUDGMENT . _ OF CO. COURTIN ST. PAUL TAX CASE John J. Cahill Case of Highland ' Park Transferred to Appell-- | 'The supreme court at Springfield Tuesday handed down an opinion affirming the judgment of the county court of_Lake county in the case appealed by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway company from }the local --county court in which the county court gave a judgment 'mtnflt the railroad company in {fa-- vor of County Treasurer lra E. KROLL RULING INTERESTS SEOTION TWO _ LIBERTYVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1924 vor of County Treasu Pearsall for delinquent 1923. The railroad had may a portion of its ta Pearsall for delinquent taxes 1923. The railroad hbad refused pay a portion of its taxes and pealed from the judgment of eounty court. The company now must pay the tax. CASE I8 TRANSFERRED The supreme court -- Tue: also handed down an opinion t {ferring to the appellate court appeal from the circuit court imu county by John J. Cahil his easa against the Plumbers, and Steamfitters and Helpers jocals of Waukegan for damages for pro-- curing a strike in Highland Park. The local circuit judge dismissed the case when it was presented in his court. THE KBOLL CASE The decision' in the* Agnes Kroll case, as related yesterday, provoked much interest here. ~The . aged iNorth Chicago woman was Con¥icted of selling intoxicating liquor and 'quMhnddluoanu gunmeed to serve 99 days in the county jail. The supreme court NoW affirms the judgment of the local 'eoulfiy court and the defendant must serve her sentence and pay got fine. "BIG NOSE" WILSON FACES LIFE TERM Kaylorville, III., Dec. 17--Tom "DiF Nose" Wilson, alleged East St. Louis: gangster, was facing a sentence of from 10 years to life today following his conviction on a charge of rob bery with a gun in circuit court here. The jury returned a --verdict of guillty last night after being out three hours. Wilson was charged with robbing a filling station hers last July. * Dr. H. Harrison Wedig of Gran Ite City, defense witness arrested on a charee of perfury as he left the a charge of perjury as he leIt stand,; was released on $1,000 t His hearing was set for Friday. U. S. TO SUE Washington, Dec> 17--The Couzens Senatorial Comumittee, investigating the tax returns of great industrial corporations today called on the In-- ternal Revenue Bureau to institute suits to recover the many millions of dollars lost to the government through tax evasions. . '% = '-'\.\'l'ti\"c;;i--tfénce indicating the gov-- ernment was deprived of tremendous sums through conflicting tax rulings on the part of féderal officials the committee dmeanded that the bureéau make public its attitude toward the findings. Most of the money lost, it was said, resulted from alleged laxity on the part of the bureau's tax col lectors rathet--than through efforts of the corporation to violate the law. Three miles of mu:g land, just east. of Zion, illumina the sky i." that vicinity for. the greater part of Tuesday night, following a fire that started in the afternoon. Bevetal fires started along the flats between Winthrop Harbor and Zion, and sont great clouds of smoke into the air. At a distanca i# appeared as if the entire city-- were in flames, Rt is not unusial for fires on the> Oats but it is seldom that they reach the proportions of the one witnessed Tuesday by hundreds of people' in Zion and passing motorists, ® MARSH BURNS FOR MILES AT ZION Wilton Junction, la., Dec , 17--A sentente requiring them td aAttend charch and ."",m school regularly ate Court. TAX EVADERS n the* Agnes Kroll yesterday, provoked here. ~The _ aged oman was ton¥icted icating liquor. and n addition to being Dec. 17. --Tom "Big Tuesday trans-- for to SQUATTERS CASE . ARGUED BEFORE SUPREME COURT Local Police Believe Machine Was Stolen b.J, Robbers of South Side Store, Facts unearthed by the local po-- lice convince them more than ever that the Public Service company car that was stolen in Waukegan Mon-- day night was taken by the thieves who burglarized the William Cal-- houn electric store in South Genesee street. They believe the robbers used the machine to make their &vuvny. _ Word was received by the local police yesterday afternoon that the Public Service company car has been recovered in Chicago, having been : abandoned in Carroll street. The po-- lice were not able to learn anything about the thieves. . It has been established also that the Chevrolet sedan which waS abandoned near the scene of the robbery was stolen in Chicago Mon-- day night from Otto Sandgren, an adjutant in the Salvation : Army. Sandgren reported . the theft to the1 police chief of Chicago shortly afterl robbery took place. | It is apparent to the police that the thieves stole the car and drove to Waukegan, parking the machine %n" an allay next to the Calhoun IDENTIFY -- SEIZED AUTO It is apparent to the poiicoe |N@} the thieves stole the car and drove to Waukegan, parking the machine in an alley next to the Calhoun store, where they planned to ob tain a load of loot. When they were surprised by-- the police they bad to V Ww N_AAA ahant Caeld d i Gunchadiihes, M e h dx hoii dn V t leave the machine and looked about for another machine. It is believed that the robbers first tried to steal an outamahita belonring to> Melvin an sautomobile belonging to-- Melvin Anderson, 549 McAlister avenue, but were unable to get the engine start-- ' c d o o 0 usls ed after the mathine -- bad been pushed out of the garage, They ap parently then went to the J. T; Far-- rell home, a short distance aWay, and drove off with the Public Serv-- lce company: machine, BAD BOOZE RAISES _ DEATH TOLL TO l New York, Dec. 17-- The Holiday death toll here from poison liquor increased today to oleven ¥ictima within a week, making a total _ of twenty--soven for th{. .l_nortl. Bmail 'hope. was held for the Te covery of twelve oft the sixty--seven PM" in RBellevue hospital, /while woenty others are threatened with blindness. M'ADOO PATENTS VACUUM BOTTLE Baltimore, Md., Dec. 17.----William Gibbs McAdoo, candidate for the Dem-- ocratic nomindtion at_the New York convention, has added the role of in-- ventor to those of moving:> picture magnate, ralklroad director, -- treasury sdcretary, ranchman and a score of others, it became known today. -- While . convalescing at Johns Hop kins hospital here -mmum % _ Lake:--Gounty's Big Weekly _ WAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN Circulation Greater than ALLEGED VOTE ~-- FRAUD PROBED Detront, Mich., Dec. 17.----A-- speciai detail of police has been busy for several days attempting by means if" a house to house canvass to in-- vestigate the charge that scores of non--residents voted 11 the recen! election, it was revealed today, Po-- lice have reported finding about 20 instances in one precinct in which voters were barred from franchise ibomnse other persons had vyoted un:-- der the same names. «& AGNES KROLL TO > CONTINUE BATTLE TO ESCAPE JALIL Aged Woman, Convicted of Being Bootlegger, Will Seek Pardon of State. | REHEARING ALSO SOUGHT Mrs. Agnes Kroll, 70 year old North Chicago woman,. convicted on a bootlegging charge, and ordered to pay a fine of $200 and serve 90 days in the county jail, will not accept' her fate until she has ex-- hausted every resource.-- _ 5 The sentence was, imposed in county court . here. Mfis. -- Kroll's counsel, E. V. Orvis, took an appeal to the appellate court where the judgment of the county court was affirmed. The case then wa# ap pealed to the supreme court, Yester-- day afternoon word was received from Springfield © that the supreme court bad affirmed the judgment of the appellate and county courts. Atty. Orvis announcted today that there are but two courses open--to ask for a rehearing beforg the su-- preme court, and to Beek a pardon. Both of these courses will be taken, he said. While the petition asking for a rehearing by the mpremel court. is pending Mrs. Kroll will continue to enjoy her freedom on bail. On Jan. 31 Atty. Orvis will appear before the state pardon board and 'vfll ask for the pardon or parole of his client. Mr. Orvis points out that at the trial of the case a wit-- ness testified that he bought liquor of Waliter Kroll, a 'kon of Agnes. In spite of the fact, according t0° Orvis, the jury found Walter Kroil not THE MAGIC TOUCKH CETC 11441 ENCO guilty and convicted his mother CLAIM STEEL MAN ROBBED BIG BANK Detroit, Mich,, Dec. 17-- @CINIOTA 5. HW steel -- contractor, was today charged with be-- Ing the man who bleow the aafte of the Mount Holly National bank, Mount llw N. J., in 1910, and escaped with Cuv{il' o o aaaalaaa ol > _ According to police, living in Detroit with W. Bmith, 305 Philip ording to police, Hellét has been ; in Detroit with his wite. as L. mith, 305 Philip avenas. --Mis of wete at 402 Wayne sttout _ wA m w)) 17.--Clifftord 8 and JADRICH DISBAR-- -- MENTCASE TRANS:-- -- ---- FERRED TO CITN TO REPORT CONCLUSIONS -- Springfield, #i1., Dec. 17. --The Su-- preme Court has issued an order in the disbarment case against Atty, Jo-- seph Jadrich of North Chicago, referr-- ing the cause to Eugene M. Runyard, master in Chancery of Lake County, for the taking of evigence and report-- ing his conclusions to the court. 'This ruling on the part of the Su-' preme Court brings the real trial of the disbarment proceedings to Wau-- kegan. The state Bar Association in the petition filed with the supreme court, asking that Jadrich be disbarr-- ed, pointed to . Certain admissions made by the North Chicago. attorney in testifying against. Mayor Henry Deacon of North Chicago who was on trial in circuit court on a charge of extortion. e C waee Te on Several days ago Jadrich filed an answer to the charges of the state bar association, The state bar association filed -- exceptions to -- the _ answer and -- asked that the court In-- struct Jadrich to file an amended answer. . The entire matter now is turned over to Master In Chancery Runyard who will hear all the evi-- dence and then will make a report to the state supreme Coutt. The . case has produced much interest here. uflf;{:'e Court Refers the er Back to Master in > Chancery Runyard. UNIQUE RULING --____ IN DAMAGE CASE Paris, I!k, Dec. 17,.--Motorists ali over the country are interested in a dectsion handed down by Judge Mar-- shall of the Edgar county eireult court, The decision came at the close of a damage sulit mum,gc from a collision on the Danville and Marshall road. The judge holdingk 'that when a motorist runs Over the lbhck line drayvn in the center of the pavement he does so at bhis own BY Gouwy. Nby wow'T Know NYouRSsELF When 168 TapouGgh peril. Ceeaikg CC CCE ETCOE American thieves stole the jowels fot the Chleago man at his behost after he had sonc'}xt unsuccesatully to buy them, the Neows#s «aid. After getting the jowels, the nu] 8t thieves, all American, came to New York with them, the story said, but the Chicagoan died the day the thieves artived in New York. Conftronted with this situation, the thieves feared mts try ta dispose of the jJewels in the open. market, and, RICH AMERICAN IN THEEFT PLOT London, Dec. 17--A Chicago mil« lonalre, now dead, was implicated in the theft of Lady Ludiow's famous collection of antique jewels, accord-- Ing to a sensational story in the Ey-- ening News today. Je 1 PW 00 cloks oi Anesntn therefore, arranged 17,--Motorists ali for them to be ACCUSES FRIEND -- CF TAKING $45 Lester Diectmeyer, of Wadsworth, turned deputy overnight, and arrested Dominick komonuski, said to be. _hi} friend, on a charge of larceny. Diet-- meyer told the night turnkey that the man had taken $45 from him, Romon-- Aski denied it, and the case was con-- tinued. DEPUTIES CHECK ! STORIES OF MEN WITH CLOTHING Several Hundred Dollars Worth of Clothing Held by Sheriff for Investigation A truck load of clothing, taken from Sam Gingiss and a man named Spoon, who gave their addresses as Chicago, is on display in the sheriff's offi¢ce to-- day awaiting the arrival of Irving Hook of Grayslake, whose store was entered last summer by thieves who carried away several thousand 'do} lars in loot. 7 CALL ROBBED MERCHANTS The two men, who are held in the county jail without charges, exhibit numerous bills of sales in protesta-- tion to their detention. Deputy Les-- ter TiffAny is investigating these bills of sales through the detective bureau in Chicago. The men were taken late Tuesday when farmers in the neighborhood of vicinity clous. _IF was reported at the same time that a number of furs had been stolen from a trapper in that community. .w'fl-lewclvt;t'!;fi?x' consisted of coats, fur-- coats, jackets, overcoats, and similar incidentals. DENIES REPORT HE WAS SLAIN Denver, Colo., Dec. 17.--Reports by Kansas City authorities that he had been murdered in that city recently, were denied in person here today by Mike Lichter, 2922 Champa street. Denver police were requested by Kansas City authorities to make an investigation when the treasurer of Jackson county, Missouri, reported re-- ceiving a check signed by Lichter in payment for taxes, dated Denver, sometime after the murder, | _ _--_ -- Lichter stated he was unable to ac-- count for the report of his murder, saying he had left Kansas City last summer. EBERT FAILS 1O FORM A CABINET Berlin, Dec. 17.--President Ebert faces a deadlock in his efforts to have a new cabinet formed, it was indicated today. After charging for-- eigh iMnisier Stresemann with the mission of forming a new cabinet, Stresemann announced that he would not be able to do 80. -- . > _ _ -- Stresemann suggested that Scholt leader of the German Peoples patty, be asked to form the cabinet. SOLDIER CALLS ON WIFE; KILLS HER Indianapolis, Dec. 17+----"This is what I came for' were the words John "Jack" Dorsey,; army private, used as he fired two shots into the heart and temple of his wife, Fernie Mae, 2%5, according to information '(hn po-- lice today by her mother, Mrs. Nora Eaglofeather. Dorsey accompanied his wife from whonr'he was separated to her moth-- er'e home "to get their marrlage 1 lconu" which he gas --going to have "annulled" "Mro. Eaglefeather: said. The Dorseys had been married skk years and formerly lived at Vin-- cennes, Ind. REPUBLICAN SUC-- CEEDS BRANDEGEE Hariford, Conn., Dec,. 17.--Connect-- tout followed tradition and sent-- a republican senator «to Washington to succeed the lato Frank B. Bran-- degee, election figures revealed to-- day, While Hamilton Holt of New York, standing for the senate from Connecticut as a.,. democrat, carrled the large towns of the state with the sole exception of Bridgeport, Ht-- tam Bingham, once a Yale rdunr and now governor--elect of this state, swept the small towns in yester-- day's special election and went into his second office in silx weeks by a plurality of about 50,000 votes, . __ _ ont called stated that _ trying to. won -- Bingham had campaigned on the slogan, "Coolidge noeds me," -- and 8SEEK NEW CABINET Berlin, Dec. 17 --President Ebert Sinhineiole insd to form a new . _ Btresomant was a member of the M x Ca rere taken late Tuesday : in the neighborhood of ed the: sheriff's 'office hat Gingiss and Spoon to sell clothing in that a farmers became suspi-- $1.50 PER YEAR. IN ADVANCE C. & N. W. RAILROAY HEAD SUFS DOCTOR Suit for $300,000 against Dr. San-- ger Brown and others connected with the Kenliworth sanitariunm was filed yesterday in behalf of James B. Shoe-- an, former vice presiqent and general counsel of the Chicago and North-- 'wenorn railroad, who alleges that he was illegally detained in the san'tar-- ium and as a consequence lost his position, the salary of which was £30,-- '000 per year. e o Fraw. us James B. Sheean Alleges He Was Detained in Hospital and Lost $30,000 Job. UNDER GUARD, CHARGE The suit was filed in the U. 8. District court because of Shecan's present residence in Trenton, N J. At the time he says he was taken to Dr. Brown's sanitarium, Sept. 1, 1923, he lived at,l'.fl'o Chicago avenus, Ey-- anston Sketch of Life In a sketch of his life Mr. Sheean relates that he was born in Anamosa, la., in 1863 and that his mother was an only sister of Maj. Gen. John A. Rawlins, Gen. Grant's chiet of staft and secretary of war. ------ tasl c C He declared Dr. Charles Joheph Swan Bad operated upon him in the Evanston hospital for & sinus infec-- tion in August, 1923, and that soon afterward. he found himselft in the sanitarium. He named as defernd-- ants with Dr. Brown the following: -- Peter Basscoe, Sherman Brown, Jo-- hanna Hoyland, Paul Rouvier, and Orville Williams, all affiliated ~with the institution. e y 4. Says He Was Imprisoned * In the language of his complaint, he alleges "that when sald defend-- ants got possassion of his person and imprisoned him, he was unconscious and suffering from the shock of an operation and deadened by the opi-- ates administered, that with know»-- ledge of the plaintift's condition they: put him in charge of a guard. They housed him in a ward having locked doors and harred windows, and fore-- ed him to walk about the yard every day for four hours, and as a result plaintiff became weaker every day." '--Mr. Sheean said that since bis re-- lease he has consulted specialists of John Hopkins university ~and has been treated by Dr. Henry A. Cotton of. Trenton, a specialist : on soptic poisoning, who located infections-- in his tonsils, teeth and colon and who removed then: by operations to the great improvement of Mr Sheean's physical condition. It is contended that he was at no time insane, that his delirium was indficed by these in-- fections. ASKS TO SEE GUN;-- cOMMITS SUICIDE Richmond, 'Va., Dec. 17 -- E.. N. Stone, sixty, a contractor, walked ln's to a local hardware store today an asked to be shown'a shot gun and some shells,> & While the --clerk was displaying them, Stone inserted a shell into one of the guns, turned it on himself and blew -- halft his face away. He was stllt alive this afternoon but physi-- clans said ho could not ®recover. . HALT BOOZE FLOW INTO MICHIGAN Deroit, Mich.. Dec. 17,.----Federal, eounty and city authorities were pre-- paring today to stop the flow into Michigan of _ holiday -- refreshmens from Canada. ' § ' James R. Davis, prohibition Airector and Thomas H. Brennan, group chief of the prohibition agents, vaid they would import federal agents for an active clean--up during the holidays. Police Commissioner Croul promised co--operation. MILFORD BANK TO PAY DEPOSITORS Warsaw, Ind., Dec. 17----Dr. J. ¥. Peterson, indicted director of : defunct Farmers State Bank of | ford, today declared depositors and all other victims of the nearly 000 defaication of James T. . former cashler, now in the . te tiary, will be pald in full. tw 4 o in " o lnites n nds ¥3. _-- Representatives of the state bi ing commission, however, . expre the . view that depositors, will tortunate if ner cent. COL. SMITH TO MAKE $ HSiates Attorney A. ¥ speak before the Hlint torney's Asociation in banquet and hold at Hote! Sb ao. on moelt F0R$300,000 e He they receive even fifty *4