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E |._~~" Unable to Reach a Verdict After -- ~/. _._ _ $1 Hours Debate: Col. Smith A +4 JURORS IN precision. Although subjected to a Rgevere and lengthy grilling on cross examination by Attorney James G. Weich, defense counsel, the girl did mot.break down ,altering none of the material --details <of her direct tes-- The Wob-rm_ | anid that she and Martha White, also of Fox Lake, had intended to go--to the boat races At ©~*The twelve men selected to de-- fi-fich&dfl'flo&.a@nz an--who has been on trial in Cireuit court of Judge Claire C,. Ed-- wards since last Monday, were diz rang oi moted somoon in uho Jury long and session in the jury room which resulted in a disagree 12:40 Thursday afternoon and at 9:40 the following morning © they were called into court and on their the charges against him, telling the jury that he had at no time acted improperly in the presence of Char-- lotte Weber, the alleged victim of a eriminal atack, and Martha White, her companion. Wolf denied that Sither he or any of his friends, to his knowledge, had money offers to settle the case so it would not get into the courts. _ "K I was guilty 1 would have punishment," Wolf said in response to a question asked by Attorney James G. Welich on direct examina-- answering many questions propound-- ed by &U'.AMA.E" and often tried to go intw long ex> planations about non--important mat-- *ers:> The court rebuked the wit-- ment. -- When asked by the prosecutor why he had left the state after. be-- ing indicted, Wolf replied that ne had no knowledge of his indictment. when he did so. Between Oct. 8 and Dec. 17, when he was being sought by the authorities, Wolf said he was Wednesday afternoon and subjected _The case has attreted much at-- tention throughout the county be-- eanuse of the seriousness of the *to make replies that fitted the ques-- _ Charlotte answered questions of State's Atorney A. V. Smith, who with Asciatant State's Atorney S. H. __ Attorney Welch, in an appeal to the jury, said that the whole thing was a frame--up and that the jury should ~perform its duty property and free the defendant. "The case was framed to get money from A} Wolf@--and he refused to come across, because he was not g@uiltr of a crime," declared JM\ornq Welch. < tions asked. . The defense counsel made an at-- tack on Peter Gendrich, former Fox Lake constable, who made the ar-- rest, and was a star witness for the atate. Attorney Welch told the jury it ~was a money proposition with Gendrich. business missions, der the name.of Lawrence Barnes. The alleged crimes were committed in th attic of a cottage at Fox Lake, "One of Worst Crimes." E. "This man, Al'Wolf, commited one of the worst crimes possible to con-- ceive when he atacked a little girl, a mere child," shouted Mr. & "It is impossible to right flmu&::'whfi. ' can do pun-- ':~='hm'hthd- "The evidence showed that . CGendrich told Wolf that. he wou! fix' things for him for $1,500, and he did not pay this money, he would have to go to trial,." said Mr. Welch: -- _A jury was obtained late Monday flemoonaadfi;rglm the first witness by state. @The girl, ill at--ease on#the stand, told the jury that she was the. vie-- tim of a criminal attack made by Wolf on the afternoon of . 7 "ofhdymihlh'*s > was Mam&rgfi" showed _ beyond -- any reaszonable doubt that Wilf has enticed Tittle Charlotte Weber into a cottage and attacked her. Assistant State's Attorney Block in his argument Thursday morning Silent on Re--trial He (Continued on Page 8) 39. The miscellaneous program given by the Libertyville: Musical Society at the Methodist Episcopal church interesting and thoroughly. enjoy-- taw and could not be held respongt-- """'fl'mduanmdbi ployes. 'He blamed the Volstead for making such v fih.lndnfl.thl-tm bmumfl~um,§ fight padlocking of the hotel. _ -- «athered most -- of . the They posed um llobdnonoeln.ndoxpooedm lish mannerisms about the lobby to offset suspicions. | The evidence they '.to r wathered involves Thomas McWi)-- liams, manager of the huge new RHo-- tel ,a house detective and . other employes. . Harry C. Moir, president of hotel. company, insisted today that the Morrison had tried to obéy Warren~G. Bragg whose keen responsible for h perfectly balanced the piano soloist of : evening, played 'with style and technique and made a splendid impression on Two beautiful numbers, the Aria from Isaiah and Fairy Cradles, were ably sung by Miss Frances Bishop The two flute numbers by Ed-- ward Remilland, of Waukegan made a pleasing variation in the program and were greatly enjoyed. ommm Miss Bishop "was in good voice and, in the opinion of were well chosen and presented in .mlyflchorvoiee,withdh enunciation and pleasing manners. Mr. Cook sings with the pleasing Tervor of the singer whose song is Two dry agents of a new * * sent 'here personally by> Lincoln |C. Andrews, assistant secretary of treasury in charge of prohibition an-- forcement, are understood to-- of Chicago's new $10,000,000 M son hotel--one of the most steps ever attempted in enforcement --appeared pogsible t day' as federal agents prepared |t take their evidence of alleged violations into a federal court. -- MAN TAKEN IN WILD SHOOTINE North Shore Line officials : ounc Tuesday -- morning ! flfi ~ ibfi mi flhtd'brshohhdmlrodiu two trains at Racine. °K. J. program were, Mrs. Mabel Wallis, Miss Edla Peterson of Waukegan and Mrs. Ida Neal Morris, admitting that hbe has--made numer-- is under arrest in that city, with having fired a shot, struck one of the occupants of a vustneinfiohfldthit: anud -- antfarad n ~ saaln"© aramnait ing target.. He took a couple. of -hounhshs.aid'vlnnthuekd train passed the bullet went through the window striking Shifris. 4 According to the officials, Roghan Mhluhfihmdlhng: trouble in the last feow years. has been held for burglaries, and on '-o---donm-uhhfl.-lw be paroled later. He denied m-&&"dl: lyn Latimer and Jimmy Sears MAY PADLOCK -- THE MORRISON ous trips to the darkened places purposes of robbery. r' Chicago's New 'Ten Million Dollar Hotel In Danger On and. suffered a scalp wound. No one elso was injured. --= 4 Roghan told authorities and off-- cials of the North Shore Line that he was out walking last night with his gun and saw the train as a mov-- ided much to the success of Iry Law. Program Good will go to Fortress Monroe, Va., ordnance to Aberdeen, N. J., avia-- venient c ~ At ~--was . said. Bl(h-doom'l'.c.uifi will also camp "at Fort-- Sheridan~in-- stead of at Camp Roosevelt. nounced Wednesday at the office of Major --Gen. . W. 8,. Gtraves, com-- mander of the Sixth 'Corps Area. A change~to Fort Sheridan was has an attendance of between seven-- ty--five and eighty--students was or-- dered closed for an indefinite per-- lod on last Monday by Dr. Daniel Rogers, city health physician -- of measure. Ten families who, it was school were found to have contracted scarlet fever. Upon learning the eonditions there the city health au-- discovered have been touched by the disease are under strict quarantine. The epidemicas far as is known AT LAKE VILLA The infantry signal corps and T C satt rom: cleges. uoe * > units un Chicago district camp spread first in the Ridge school. Lake Vills with three goals. Manager Haroid Berglund has a heavy basketball program this week. Between the *"Y" and his . Clothiers he has basketbal; on his mind, Tues-- town team, 15 to 12 in . a --hard fought game in the: Allendale gym. The Waukegan five was leading 10 to 4 at halftime, but had a dif-- ficult job holding the margin to the end of the game. -- Lake Villa crept up in The second half and came near tying the count. f Moore and Kenyon topped scor-- ing for Waukegan, the former drop-- ping in two baskets and the latter the: same number, plus two free tosses.. Falch was hign man for and Saturday: FORT SHERIDAN R. 0. 1. 6. CAMP oceur in other sections of the city. Berglund's Clothiers of Waukegan traveled to Lake Villa Wednesday night and nipped the: Lake Villa PARK HAS dot > 4 ds nr.r.c.mehin-fi opened offices in Libertyville a Sew The . Foulds' Famous © Five of Libertyville almost acquired 'a. point Local The Famous Five > »---- Beats Great Lakes Station at Great Lakes on Tuesday night, 88 to 14. ¥s & ; The team was entertained at the Indiana--Northwestern -- game © Mon-- day night and showed the effects of having gained some of the finer points --of basketball, --in their--one la mgistaring omias t We oo markable -- passing, and floor work in general. ' M o . 0 0O~ / .. ~ ~$"bootleg twins" today were busily (More than a score of witnesses| engaged preparing data to show that talled by the defense testified that}they 'are --no. multimillionaires and Julius Schad was sound mind when | therefore--do-- not owe very much in he made his will." Included in the | income taxes. * > defense witmesses were Attorney| According to stories told federal Benjamin J. Parmalee and Mrs. Re--|agents, Druggan and | Lake: made na Osterman, who witnessed the will | profits of from $3,600,000 to $5,000-- They said that Julins Schad --was of| 000 in the sale of beer from their sound --mind and in dictating his will | breweries. | 5 mada 4 bequest of $100 to John and| : Driigan laughed at this story and said: : !aho denied _they had split. profits "Idhh has chourh."* with three politiciang. & Arguments started Tuesday morn-- ing in the suit of John Schad in the Circait court of Judge Edward D. Shurtleff, in which the Waukegan hardware dealer attempted to have the will of his brother, Julius, set aside, on the grounds that he was not of sane mind.= . -- SEEKING TO BREAK WILL OF BROTHER breaking crowd is expected. fiercely 3 n 7 AP LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2s, 1926 -- * Before State Medical Board Published T wice law and are stubject to. arrest and prosecution as is Dr. Lewis. * veram Tos the bes mig dars of program two y8 the Lake County Farmers' Instituts which is to end the annual session at day, January 29 and 30, has com-- pleted the arrangements and can as-- sure those who attend of something well worth The . Friday afternoon program, will feature Prof, J. Paul . Goode Ph. D. whose talk on "Chicago, the City of Destiny" has held . thou-- sands spellibound. Dr. Eva M. Wil-- son will also speak at this meeting, her <topic being"Better Health for take in appeal but at the request of Jack did not do so, the youth preé-- ferring to take the punishment met-- ed out to him. . .> "_-- * Miller is in the L county jail, not having been sen as yet. Motion for new . was made by Attorney George "in: behaif of Miller 'at the term, but has not been heard. |-- Mrs. Durand says she believes Mil-- ler will not be sent 'to the penten-- Appeal In Lake Bluff Youth's Case® Is. Flanned:. Foster-- m' ; on robbery charges and sen-- tenced to. the pententiary, the rec-- ord being ordered by: Mrs. Scott DRUGGAN, LAKE MAKE DENIALS CHICAGO, XUL, Jan. < 19--Terry Sia eC C tond uin PS m s Poled h > P s s es . 3. . Mrotunet \ m oul \i, > -- * Speda t c . Th Fe o o. B Casutt 20 Jav ho semest C + tm A en 5C o h se r _ rob x 7« fffz es s B ct s "@ letis n kc y Lz wl o fia&ktmhc'oznlhdhfin rounding up of a of six sol-- diers from Fort Sheridan, including a sergeant and corporal who have 'been carrying on robberies in Lake -- Five of the alleged bandits now hfl-aieg::x'thfle is in tz guardhouse at Fort Sheridan. The men in the county jail, according to Tiffany, signed confessions Wed-- nesday. The band of alleged ban-- dits, it was said at the sheriff's of-- ies and also of making two unsue-- cessful robbery attempts: <The en-- tire gang, however, was not directly implicated in all jobs. SBeek New Clews. The sherifft's office is also. work-- ing on--new clews which may lead tofllepmtofbandiuwhorobbed the homes of .several milliongires in Lake county during the past few months. The soldiers arrested deny ::? impli i:' any of these jobs ut are '\to have furnished in-- formation of a valuable nature.~ Foug of the, soldiers alleged® to hv:%uflgedfidr guilt, are now having been bound over during re-- been 'out on bonds, bit were taken im-h'x-dfl : . Investigations ~which have been seeretly conducted in the past few weeks by the office of Sheriff: Ed-- fashion. -- This announcement -- was « Much credit for the> clearing up |naturai life and upon her death the of the robberies and the obtaining of | property is to be left to several confessions from fln&dhfiu children. Mrs. Rogers and Melvin is due Deputy Sheriff Carl Ablstrom.| McKernan were not mentioned in the ceny, being charged with the theft of a machine belonging to Major Reed Landis, son of K. M. Landis. high.commissioner of baseball. Imbo has been out in bonds, while the other two soldiers were lodged in jail, in default of bonds. **%, Lawrence Green was 'bound over to the grand jury for thée lareeny of a machine stolen from Charles Bieger of Lake Forest. He was out in bonds." * made Thursday by Ch Sheriff Lester Tif{any. by one of the men, now al e eonfessed about. a robbery in fi:@ ne was.implicated, m Deputy® = Ahistrom _ immediate'y launched -- an investigation, being later joined by Chief Deputy Tif-- fany and Deputy Benjamin Neely. Ahistrom questioned those in the county ijail, alléged to have been in-- volved and after lengthy grillings got them to make admissions and name others in the gang. Tiffany and~ Nvely assisted in rounding up men named by the prig-- oners and much time was'devoted by the three deputies Wednesday after-- noon 'and last night in obtaining con-- fessions. a The men alleged to have confessed follow : 4 c . ~ William Hutchinson, 26, a private. LaVarne LaRoche, 21, a corporal Lawrence Green, 19, a private. Curtis Donley, 21, a private Anthony Imbo, 25, a private. _ LaRoche is alieged to have been the ripgleader of the gang. He is said to have told Deputy Ahistrom that Sergeant Rosezanna, now in the brig at Fort Sheridan, and who assisted in one robbery, made theé suggestion to him that robberies be "We figured the authorities would be unable to locste--us. believing that soldiers all looked more or less alike., which would prevent positive identi-- fication," IaRoche is alleged to have told the deputies. . _/ In on,.Car Theft. -- LaRoche, Imbe and Donley were bound over to the grand jury some weeks ago on charges of grand lar-- mmm"t{""flrmw.mm in o2 ts . ee: "A2 me~~'cee" ~fPOivil war and was a member of llnyltobbefien. wA Roche, Donley and. Imbo a~Ford sedan 'belornging to . Landis on | December 19. ar was. taken. from --the (Cantinued on Page . 8) Th Five Confess'® -- in 'each job fol-- Durst and his hundreds of friends are hoping for his speedy recovery A tribute was paid his integrity and civic conscientiounsness a few nigh's ago by a standing vote of respect at the Chamber of Commerce ban-- ory street Waukegan, is gravely ill at his home according to word re-- ceived in city hall circlées Thursday. It has been known for some time that the city's chief executive has been suffering from the effecs of a taken a sudden turn in the last few days, it is said. _ John G. Regan Post away at Palatine on Tuesday, Jan-- 19. He was well known by z'dd'rnddenhofthhm Mary E. Rer of Diamond Lake, a daughter of one of the ploneer settlers of the locality. Besides his wife he is survived by four sons, Harrison of Seattle, Robert of Crystal Lake and Morti< mer and Gilbert of Palatine. The funeral services were held on will contest, being heard in Cireuit |.""~"" 2,"°~"" _ _ oo 10 oovrried a JndgeEdMD.Bhnrwaeourt. bndodicanonfiold-flhlv nndthojnry_mto,gettheanmmm'--"'-wfi late this afternoon. Louis sharpshooters swooped . Anstteuptisbeingmadebyu""fi:'h"itm > the vpieed Araa dn Pss jas y L'bMtfwnnymhhn"'w party in _ their state~. will set aside. . The plaintiffs are Bride WMinois Cirl _ _ Mrs. Ca _'m'm' muuw--- nd Melvin J. McKernan, a grand.| 80 rudely interuppted son of the deceased. ' Miss Irma Suilivan, of Cornell, P ® feg .00 0sts on es ie . t se -- Meipe The. border country southwest of peared driving a new coupe, one of Santonio has been| watched closely | the type agents claim made him easy for the last week by federal and to trace over the country. --.~ state officers in a search for the "Let's go down to East St. Lovis Newton brothers, who were believed |and get married," he said. to be preparing to depart for Mex-- "Imwimng."tbebfidenid. ico after digging up cached loot. -- *~_ Worries About Bride Sheriff Matthews of Uvalde coun-- But there is one thing that Dur-- ty captured them without resist-- \kin is worried about. That is for ance.' They deny existence of a the safety of pretty 18 year old Irma cache. $Cms Sullivan, the village blacksmith's , wnmeniinnrnennei i ominimminntionistmmmmmces daughter of Cornell, IIl., with whom f he eloped and with whom he was myon msr . jfound when captured in St. Louis. Arguments started at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Matthew MAYOR DURST CRAVELY ILL Testimony Is Given In Short| Martin Durkin to Diamond Lake Cemetery for in-- WILL CASE NEAMJ:E(B The estate is valued at $25,000|She and Durkin were martied in and the entire estate was bequeathed | East St. Louis, IIL, two weeks ago, to his widow for the period of her| She told detectives. naturai life and upon her death the| The marriage Hcense "'fi Friday at the late home in Palatine District <court is scheduled to open at San Marcos on February 22. auests, they desired. <--* _ The plaintiffs presenited but little in the Hays county jail in Texas in default of $6000° Wnds. They are charged with robbing the San Mar-- cos State Bank and Trust Co., Jan. ment in Colam county for alleged participation in the robbery of the New Braunfels State Bank. No date has been set for their trials, Sheriff Geotge -- Allen said. hanna, with Attorney Eugene Run-- yard, represents the plaintiffs, said they depended --to a large extent on the evidence® of the defense not be-- ing sufficient proof. W. H. Waker, one of the witnesses to the will, was unable to state whether or not Matthew was of sound mind when bhe made the will. On the other hand Attorneys Al bert Hall and Clarence Diver, de-- fense counsel,. maintained they had proved that Matthew was of sound mind and not influenced in the least in making his will._ 4 Veteran Dies -- At Palatine Two Newton brothers, Joe and| "Where were you going," Jesse, who were released two weeks asked his ceaptive, ago after having served time in the| *"Back to Chicago," Durk Rondout mail robbery are now held | wered. _ HOLD NEWTONS IN BANK THEFT Mayor Charles M. Fosket, age 82 passed Time In Matthews Fight. * ing lived for a nwaver of years Tvanhoe where he operated -- a of the of ~Mayor $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Girl is Held \ The gir' is being held by the i state's attorney's office for any in-- 3 formation she can give them con-- *J cerning Durkin's recent movements. ,i And Irma, who insists that she _ _ did not know her dashing young d suitor was Martin Durkin, Chicago's _ On the long train ride from St. Louis-- to Chicago last night, Durkin was allowed to sit beside his bride and bury his head in her soft mink coat--a $2,000 ~oat he had given shangins Nar® ho evepped as ie 8 n" as were separnted: Marty objected when they led her away. murder, laughed at the law and pre-- He refused to divulge his plans upon arriving in Chicago. ¥ l"ini-lluh-'dgm;: 7,;.7; The young bride told t police that she had no idea her husband was the notorious Clueugo sl."'s til after they were married wgel dicted he would go free. perhaps, as he inwndeutuh"E it was the same haughty, laugh that he gave Chicago's pol when they bungled their job and al+ lowed him to shoot his way out of Durkin known as the most notor-- -- jous killer in the middle west was armed with-- three revolvers and his -- bride of but a month old carried a¢ fourth weapon when a squad of St.. years, captured in St. Louis Wed-- year old bride as they were return-- ing from a romantic honeymoon in "Die on the gallows?.. That's a laugh. A good alibi, a clever law-- Durkin : then showered her with gifts and a short while ago be ap-- peared driving a new coupe, one of the type agents claim made him easy fears the law in ITIilinois. _fe was so handsome : couldn't forget him," she said crack shots were ready on the plat-- form with riot guns at their shoul-- ders. Other picked men were sta-- *I first saw him two years ago on the beach in Chicago. _ see ' en his name &s Martin Durkey and party 'to Texas-- where the gunman eluded them only to be trapped here exits ready for any emergency. . -- At a knock on the door Durkin op-- ened it and was immediately pount-- ed upon by Ising who grasped his wrim.ofihly"m'.'d in pain. The others of the arrest-- ing party broke into the room and seized DurlYn's pistols and his bride "You've got me," Durkin wailed, police--declared. _ "If I'd have shot my way out, its not over yet. . You wait and wrestler, stood ready beside the Dur-- -- Lawyer--And Its Cinch," He But on That's how much Marty Durkin (Continued on Page Kight) artin Durkin was arrested at Louis Wednesday with his 18 Squad Meets Party STATE LAW _ it's +x that T