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Lake County Register (1922), 8 Apr 1925, p. 1

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» TCVj nignl and arrested Sebastiap _Gotter, 45, and Paul Gotter, 17, the on charges of assaulting Mrs. > Aue . The latter appeared at the ¢? office yesterday to sign & Villn, Hving on the estate of hlh-.n-l-h.... . Fest of two of the family on charges of assault with intent to kill and the RAiling of a suit for divorce by the . wwife. _ Sheriff Edwin Ahistrom waus call-- ':b&tfi-bylr.hh--ld- >A *l'-lmlm' : , 45, and Paul Gotter, 17, the r on charges of assaulting Mrs. ter. 'The latter appeared at the The winners of the dresses at the style show held at recently were: first P F afld third Miss V have discharged Gotter, which led to the latter's quarte] with his wite. rdnmmm' ty." She was granted arn injunction writ restraining her husband from wuly §, 1988 :2005 5080 09 C c.s .'l'lomcohvh-m-nw' wd were arraigned before Justice Harry Hoyt Monday afterncon. J beating her or disposing of $3,8300 In money which she claims he took Hiving there with his second wifé. He had 'three children by his first wife and they were said to be the enuse of the ruptare in the domes-- He ranks. . Lehmann is reported to uborift's office yesterday to sign against the two. She ET&-&\.&'&-J 'M:nhh:? gardener on the Lehmann estate and has been --Che Lake Comty « Family troubles of the Gotters at Court Hears Marital Woee of Gotters; Injunction is Granted. FAMILY TILT --UP IN COURT Witterson off to the side Miss Jones was struck by the left fender, to pass a truck also m-m.' Just as Witterson was about to pase the truck the driver swung the truck aie...hund.of'mflnfi."m---;? "lmAe::h'ndlu mw ace on 11, pending come of Miss Jones" injuries. * 1 M.u.maw:' witnessed the accident, the Jones was walking south on the left hand side of the road fully five feet away from the edge of the nv-s' when Witterson came north at a hzflh-'lqmudl@.} day that although her condition is Still very serious she showed signs of considerable improvement Tuesda for the first time since the accident. _ The car after striking the girl everturned on her in the deep ditch uthldtddeofthc'm.d.fluit not been for the 14 inch space be-- tween the bottom of the ditch in which she. was lying--and the auto she would have been crushed to Chicago. Hans Armanson, of Chi-- eago, companion of Witterson who was riding in the car at the time sufféred minor injuries Both had been drinking Constable Dennis Limberry of Libertyville said Reda Jones, 18, of Libertyville, is at her home suffering from internal injuries, and deep lacerations on face and neck as a result of the An eighteen year old girl may die ms a result of injuries she received late Saturday afternoon on Milwau-- b'.mu one mile south of Lib m-vhensb.vumuby. ear driven by William Witterson of BSEVENTY--FIFTH YEAR + The two were married on .who is SITaight--forward told '!u;rh-t-huok::'m one of the jurors said, helped him to 5 to have McKee not guilty, and 6 to 6 to have Ben Smith found not oat. with the case. Hanging N I Aufih'fittm Thlh there never was a of a verdict for any of four defendants. Both Bernhard Mylin and Ed Smith were found guilty, but the jury could not fix the amount of punishment for them and failed to agree on life or a b:.dm ene time, the jury was report ""hfi:hlf.whfln'h Smith, ex--Chicago copper, and McKee: ' These two had the remot. cision, and he slyly winked a merry eye to one of his friends. The *hers heaved a<sigh of temporary "If there was the slightest possi-- bility of the jury coming. to some agreement," Judge Edwards said, *I would send them out without hesi-- tation for further deliberation. As it is, to put the jurors back into the jury room would be giving them un-- the jury may be considered discharg-- ed and the defendants remanded to the custody of the sheriff." A smile broke over the fase of Edward J. Smith, "the brains of the 'Hiave you come to any agree-- ment?" Judge Edwards asked. We cannot agree." "A decision is far away.? ."l".-vbfi;h c-b no for a verdict." Mdofiwdfiv same trend showed there were 12 wparate minds in the jury instead: same «grounds as the past one No attempt te change the murder charge to that of manslaughter will be considered, he said. At 9:30 o'clock Monday morning, Judge Edwards stepped up to his restrum and a few minutes later the j-yfihdh.-tdth-u-{ shaven and showing the effects of 48 hours of argument. Ralph N. McKee seemed the most worried of the four defendants as the judge put the question of agree-- ment to the jury. The other three wore stolid masks of indifference. for Aipn 30. Staw's Attrracy Bain .. s Attorney Smith announced his determination to pro-- when Judge Edwards State's Attorney A. V. Smitht moved to put the case on the tria! eall for a week ftrom Monday but later agreed to set it for April 27. pense to the 'state and defendants has gone for naught as the case will have to be tried over 'b' oc' _-- After 48 hours and 20 min-- utes of deliberating and vang-- ling, the jury hearing the case of tne Viking quartet, charged (Continued on Page Eight) Jury Polied by Court Gives No Hope and Members are Dis-- charged From Further Duty ; New Trial April 27. _"A Passage to India," by E. M. Forster, has charm, beauty and a compelling interest. _ It will give you many hours of rare deight. '"The Loring Mystery," by Jeffry Farnol, is delightful sword romance with a-- murder--mystery that defies solution until the final pages are nearly every buman emotion por-- trayed in a marvelously sympath-- . By confessing to his part IS UNABLE TO-- REACH VERDICT No 27 time, the count was LIBRARY "Mkw'flmm she do the stunt in the When the time came for seene Miss @wanson added 'to her wardrobe the bagey trousers and big shoes, and "went over like a million dollars." lnhrhl-.-t:m-h.l handled," to Tuesda: flMMH Gbfll"l-ofi-mh-fi her abiltiy as a mimic. In one of Ti rengrogint kay a studio Miss Swanson does of Charlie Chaplin that has been the talk of the studio. _ The injection of this bit of mi-- "Iu Pikkpoums Papoet* are competing, Holman will be un-- the addition of several new ones, _ _ _Duse to association rules that for-- _ _ NHoelman reports that he has a stronger team than ever before and '."fi.mw' bunting mailed to the Fair Grounds Fag pole before the season is over. the town's merchants and through the sale of season tickets This money will be used to repair the feld, purchase uniforms, balls and other equipment and to get the team started. on its uchedule. |Libertyville to Have Stronger. | Team Than Ever, Enthusias-- | .tic Manager Declares. ager Libertyville's baseball plans for the 1925 season will begin to bloom HOLMAN PLANS PENNANT DRIVE the farm was also owned by Charles Westerfield who was one of the most prominent early settlers -- in Lake thnkw chimney. _ The fire was red almost immed-- fately but because of the dry cona: tion the' Aames. spread rapidly to every : of the house. Hu&no{uuingmowrbu as well as the employes from the othe Insull farms came to the rescue and practically all of the furnitare and other furnishings were saved before the flames reached the first floor. D"bhdofflnflmw. atus the rescue workers were power-- less and could not extinguish the The fire starting in the attic o+ the. 50 year old frame house wm caused by sparks which showeres burned to the ground. three miles south of Libertyville at the southwest corner of the Town Line road and Milwaukee avenue Lake County was destroyed by fire Sunday morning when the home-- stead on the old Kennedy farm, now ~wned by Samuel Insull, located (Continued on Page Pour.) FIRE DESTROYS OLD LANDMARK One of the oldest land marks LIBERTYVILLE, .ZLLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1925% who will have Pester was.arrésted on the |:{':"'=, au..orm charge® . « me of A nthomy bmmm.-hn.m was absent. . Following | escape from the village jail he had been left by the sheriff faor uafe keeping until soch a time as he Q!Hhhrth'uhmb was sought for months by the coun» ty authorities before he was apure-- Burke was arrested several ago by the shariff's ofice after he is alleged to have aided Irving ; of Lake Vills, to break jail by j Ing a heavy plank in the cell eupled by Pester. The Lake ' constable was also said to hfl!t cepted a $10.bribe from Pester go away a few minotes for a c _ Justice Wilfred Hall Friday m ' ing dismissed 'the charge n onl ho there was Relent evidence. The case was to Judge Hall's court from " Coulson on a cha a Court Rules Evidence is Insaf-- BURKE--FREED OF CHARCES Ebel said that Amundson i to move from Chicago tomt Lakes this summer and had intend-- ed to start construction of his home Sunday. Ebel and Amundson -- had plarned to handle most of the caom in Ebel's car into the path of the ma-- chine driven by Miss Prouty, west in Belvidere road. Ebel told the sheriff that the woman was driving lance wa seent out to take the in-- jured man to the Victory Memorial hospital. He died on the operating ville, He was dragged for am' 200 feet. His sakull was fractured badly mangled. m&- office iaman -- avenue was:iatally in-- jured Sunday morning. When he walked in front of a machine driven by a Winnetka woman at Haines-- Hans Amulfifl.fl years old, a Chicago building con-- tractor living at 2283 North [BARN BU Kin Tells Sheriff Woman Driv-- er Was Going at Excessive A smail barn owned "errill' Roper of Zion City was ed tofi the ground--this morning.when a + grass fire got beyond gontro; of children who had sta the blaze} and set fire to thm The damage was "Estimated at between |~ $50 and $75 by members of the Zion City fire departmnt:. . _ P to Appear --at Inquest. Published Twice Weekly which the defense council AT ZION CITY RNED P KA MRF 1 Antally zxt of roses, William Strong making the presentation. %hnflthaht_aty great of the temchings m!.cf.u.-aqmm rs. Jennie Just, whom ¢alled "Mother Just" in the old days ber of Commerce rooms which were beautifully dedbrated with yellow Rowers and balloons. A large birth-- day cake was cut by Miss Hood. There were fifteen "Look--Up Leg-- lon Boys" and their wives present. Hhtw'mnd!nn boys Finnish Temperance band gave a program of music which was much Nllceddev.m"hu'. Greetings from the 'Look Up Leg-- lon Boys" were given by L. J. Yager and by others as follows: «--Woman's club--Mrs. C. A. Keley. : LIake County League of Women lighted as each a survey of five years. mmm Legion sang and Mrs. Mabel Courson gave her reading for which she won the grand diamond medal She in-- uch & OUriiit----as -;;.m*m of fifty years given by the Yourg People's branch eake covered with fifty candles was well done invocation; a qaurtet composed of on; & Mr. and Mrs. Raiph Hendron, Miss ._'.._,""L, and Gage Stevens and that the organization will con. A suppér was served at the Cham-- who paved the way for a' better world to live in; to renew pledges to fellowmen, to God and country. ent at the "Y" help celebrate the purpose of the meeting was to pay respect to the pioneer . women dn ie d ate ds cck 2s 1 of the Waukegan W. C. T. U. The president, Mrs. R. E. Thomas, made the opening 'remarks, stating that Fiftieth Birthday of Local Unit ..~Celebrated With Due Cere-- timeso 'Walsh's upper lip was split and his eyes swollen. . Walsh charges tiat the attack -,*hla.dbok out a war-- #ant for the city marshal's arrest. W.C. T. U. HAS (Continued on Page Four) ~-- TFThe row followed anargument Fom the verdict returned by the jury hearing the liquor case in which Peno Sarvecelli of Highwood was a déefendant. It appears that the jur; i the man _ and uwmthQGn jury was 'framed." Llewellyn was arguing over the merits of the case with one of the jurors, Peter Bronton, in the pheei owned by Alfonso J. Bellei at < OF HIGHWOOD ollowing an alleged beati itc us p lie y - to witnesses xrel, Liewellyn struck 'him badly '-- Frank Liewellyn, city marshal of Highwood, was arrested -- by -- the wheriff's offices Friday on a war-- charging assault and battery, following an alleged beating which said to have administer-- Frank Walsh, also of High-- E'nfl'fi' to witnesses of the trel, Liewellyn struck the other mian without provocation and beat ie man should have been ." said Liewellyn. hundred and fifty were pres-- GREAT EVENT Sunday afternoon to the fiftieth birthday a listener, Rentsater at that morning and said: "You may tell ev erybody that the notorious village io dookc : be a da in Libertyvillo, 'The ticket is as fol. Hapke and E4. 1 -m'lw%.i'nm.. ty bonds arrest for auto-- i following and night towing service and mechanical inspection and advice. Automobile detective service in the finding of lost or stolen auto-- mobiles. Discount of 1 cent a gaillon on gasoline and 5 cents a gallon on cil on purchases made at "official Met-- ropolitan stations." Free legal service, including rep-- resentation in the municipal, county and state courts, either as plaintiffs or defendants in all civil and crimi-- nal automobile cases. In tne case of the Metropolitan. it is charged, two years' complete in-- surance and service were offered to motorists for $39.50. Among other things, the corporation promised the following for the comparatively to a showdown with the three who #re suing him. He said that the in-- dictments in Chicago are proof that To oi n e s o. ease of the ioehnnl.mn.-'._..u...'f 1me indictments were topics of much discussion in Waukegan Sat-- urday as it was felt that many mo-- torists in this section were included in the 85,000 victims. _ When interviewed, Kelso stated Samuel D. Kennedy and his associ-- ntes in the corporation have trim-- med 35,000 gullible antoists in Chi-- engo and the vicinity of $1,200,000 since September 1, 1923. The three men late Friday, through their attorneys, Harry Weintrant and Harold J. Hansen started suit against Kelso for false arrest, asking $10,000 apiece. Whi.thonitvulflncflag.t. tention in Lake County four officials of the Metropolitan corporation in Chicago were being named in indiet-- ment returned in the court of Fede-- ral Jddge Adam C. Cliffe, who issu ed bench warrants for the arrest of the . defendants. Shorty Miller called up gen by the sheriff's office on war-- rants taken out by Kelso, were the Ones who brought suit against the local Chicago Motor head. Kelso had charged that the three men mmungfuuinpw ting automobile owners to take out the Metropolitan Insurance and ser-- While A. J. Kelso of Wauke-- gan, head of the local office of the Chicago-- Motor club , was being made the defendant in a series of suits totalling $30,-- 000 in the Circuit court, the compan which the plain-- tiflnlnylmtohfl!b'.m ed was being indicted in %:oncmu-lkt'i'z{ I ts of over a million At ACTION IS TAKEN FOR farm property as of that date. Call or write the farm adviser at Liber-- tyville if interested. The County Bankers Association will offer some suitable prizes for the best hy" farm records. has some record of his expenses and receipts since March first, and ean also make an inventory of all spring. These Farmers all intend to carry the project throughout the year, and will receive assistance during the year and also at the end of the year in closing the accounts. We would be glad to help any one else who wants to get started on this work for this year, and who Nearly thirty farmers have been given personal assistance by the farm adviser in getting their farm FARM ACCOUNT WORK From Chicago of Compary's Being Named in Indictments by Jury in Federal Court. terviewed, Kelso stated was _ willing to come 6 Joe 'Hart, Schneider WELL STARTED . Ma-- Chris One man was infored and a truck badly damaged in an antomobile &c-- cident that occurred at Lake Zurich at 8 o'clock Saturday night. A. Stubbings of Waucondsa sut-- fered cuts about the face and head and numerous body bruises when the Mhm'flvh'"luqo owned and driven by M. F. Peterson. The latter had stopped before a rail-- roud crossing just before the crash turned turtle on the tracks and bare-- ly missed pinning the man to the truck into the tracks The trock MAN IS HURT IN COLLISION tired in a sulit, light spring coat -ndmmtnp. He escaped in a Chevrolet coupe, 1923 model, iH-- ecente number D826074 Wis. *26. The m'.miudth-" is 7901 Working grimly to avenge the m*hw'd: threw all their resources into n search for the slayer of their fellow tired in a about 10 o'clock Saturday night. The"local police were informed the salayer of the detective is 27 years old and about six feet in height. He Roads leading to Waukegan from the north were patrolled by the po-- The Waukegan police were on the lookout late Saturday night -- and during the early hours Sunday for two murders, one colored, wanted by the authorities in Milwaukee. The negro took the life of a companion, POLICE SEEK to forestall any further action on the part of the contracting company. was stated by the United Press. The United Press in an interview with the law firro of Wilson, Mcli-- vaine, Hale and Templeton, legal counsel for Bangard and Christian-- son, was told that the bill was many months overdue and that the claim had never been paid in full. It is believed that there is little brought to trial for some time, it make a $2,000 a month payment un-- til the debt is cleared up. At a meeting of the board of directors of the hospital sometime ago an agree-- ment was made with the company that the debt would be paid off in a series of payments of $2,000 2 month each. 7 was started in the Federal court at Chicago last Thursday by Bangard and Christianson Construction Co., which work-- edonthebocfl':l,weord, ing to word received this week from the United Press. _ The officials of the Bangard and Christianson firm have indicated that they will drop the proceedings providing the hospital continues to START DEBT SUIT AGAINST Action to forecl?'o on a me-- chanic's lien for $13,000 against the Victory Memorial hospital Institution Able to Care for Debt, According to Advices Heré; Federal Court Re-- ceives Foreclosure Suit. $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE KILLERS HERE HOSPITAL

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