The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

was annulled Thursday by Ju Claire C. Edwards. The action wes started by Mrs. Stevens, who charged that her husband was under age when she married him and that she later The marriage of Alics and Elmer Stevens of Waukegan, which was solemnized in November of last year, LACK OF AGE-- IS CAUSE OF SEPARATION 'Assistant State's Atty. Sidneimllln m here g ni%d w e before the board of pardons and _ parolés to contest -- ef-- forts being made to obtain a pardon for George Niggemeyer. ®: :7 a radio business. The warrant for the arrest of Plummer was issued by Justice of the Peacenavvyc.CoubononJanmry «> and specifies the date of embez-- zlement as January 18. Plummer left Waukegan about the time of the is-- Assistant State's Attorney Block made a strenuous argument, talking for over an hour. He was then asked innumerable questions about the murder case by the chairman ~f the board of pardons 'and paroles and one of the board members. FTank Pummer of Waukegan was Praneis necuay by |Cons Beckman on a warrant charging him with embezrzlement. He is alleged to have embezzied the sum tl:f $750 from 1: J. Danielsya Wau-- kegan man, who formerly operated "If pressure is brought to bear to get a parole for Niggemeyer in case & pardon is denied, I am prepared to make the same fight as in the Dur-- parole cannot be granted until after 14 years of the term is served. It is recalled, however, that in the case of Jack Durand serving a sen-- tence of from 3 to 20 years for rob-- bery, an attempt was made to get him out on a parole before even the minimum sentence had been served. 'This effort did not materialize when State's Attorney Smith put up a hard fight and pointed out that Durand ecould not get out on anything but a pardon until after serving two and a half years of his sentence. TAKE PLUMMER + ON OLD CHARGE "I cannot state to you too strongly that in my judgment a pardon for Niggemeyer would be most uncalled for. He should be compelied to serve his full sentence." Niggemeyer has beem;:in the peni-- tentiary for about seven years. State's Attorney Smith says that the board of pardons and paroles has no power to allow Niggemeyer 'a parole, his Extracts from the letter of State's Attorney Smith follow: "Some 25 persons testified during the trial of George Niggemeyer for the murder of Louis Johnson that his only hope being to get a pardon. A which he lived was bad. The murder was one of the most coldblooded ever «*'One obstinate juryman compellied th~ jury to compromise on the 25 year sentence, an exceedingly light one for the crime. c given to understand that the move-- ment to pardon Niggemeyer is a strong one. In his letter to Mr. Jen-- sen, Col. Smith stated that the past life of Niggemeyer shows he was not & good citizen and that a pardon for him at this time would be unjustified and uncalled for and would be a travesty on justice. ] Smith says, became angry and de-- liberately shot and killed the Chi-- cago manufacturer. He then contin-- ued hunting. Nearly Reach Hanging Verdict The jury deliberated the fate of Niggemeyer for several hours, stand-- ing 11 to one for hanging most of the time. One lone juror held out for acquittal during all of this time and consequently a compromise verdict of 25 years was decided upon. Col. Smith says that he has been free the Lake county murderer. The application for pardon was to be heard this week at the opening session of the board of pardons and paroles at Springfield. Col. Smith sent Assistant State's Attorney Sid-- ney H. Block to object to the grant-- ing of a pardon. In addition, Colonel Smith sent a letter to Harry Jensen, a member of the board, vigorously objecting to Niggemeyvyer gaining his a mudhen fell between their boats. Each claimed he had shot it and an argument followed. Niggemeyer, Col, A jury in the court of Circuit Judge Clarie C. Edwards, found Nig-- gemeyer guilty in October of 1921, of murdering Louis Johnson, a Chicago manufacturer, who had a home at Fox Lake. He was sentenced to serve 25 years in prison. This was one of the first big cases prosecuted by Col. Niggemeyver and Johnson were both hunting ducks off Indian Point and gemeyer, Fox Lake man, who is servy-- ing a sentence of 25 years in Joliet penitentiary for murder, are bringing much influence to bear in an effort to obtain a pardon for him, while State's Attorney A. V. Smith is stren-- State's Attorney Sends Sid Block To Springfield To Defeat Attempts To Free Lake County Slayer. FREEING OF NIGGEMEYER S OPPOSED Influential friends of George Nig-- o the warrant and could not «4 not have the consent duv _ # um It was expected that Judge Pe:-- sons would take the matter under _ advisement _ for -- several days. Attorneys said that .regard-- lfnof'hichside)vmsinme(!oun- ty court, an appeal is to be taken to the higher courts, as this is a test the defendants and Attorney Mar-- }Shin of the firm of Marshall & Ma:r-- shall of Chicago is arguing in behalf of the petitioner. ' The building commissioner -- of Lake Bluff refused to issue a permit for an apartment building at the imn-- tersection of Center and Oak ave-- nues on the grounds that such a building at that place would be a violation of building and zoning regulations. _A fight of several months standing has been waged wa.snbrought into County court on a petition for a writ of certiorari. The defendants in the action are B. E. Stafford, William Walsh, Wil-- liam A. Witt and DeWitt F. Wither-- stine, members of-- the Lake Bluff board of appeals Attorney Max L. Przyborski and Daniel R. McMasters are making the final arguments for Final arguments were being made Thursday before Judge P. L. Persons in the Lake Bluff apartment building battle. David T. Bjork is asking the court to compel the Lake Bluff board of appeals to sanction a permit for the construction of an apartment building. --The matter Jr., Mr. A. Watson Armour, Mr. Lucions Teter, Mrs. Edward Hines, Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, Mrs. William Wrigley, Jr., Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, Che WIND UP CASE ON APARTMENT Miss Gwethalyn Jones, Mrs. B. H Laudermilk, Mr. W. V. Johnston, Mr The fourth :m%ual Fort , Shéeridan the Army Relief society ogened Triway morning at 1%# o'clock in Practically every name of promi-- nence in local and north shore soci-- ety is connected with the Fort Sheri-- dan show in one way or other. Among the patronesses are Mesdames B. F. Afflock, Jacob Baur, William McCor-- mick Blair, Joseph T. Bowen, Jr.. Fred A. Britten, Abel Davis, Charles G. Dawes, John Hertz, Noble B. Judah, Frank Lowden, James A. Patten, F W. Rawson, Donald Ryerson, Edith Rocekefeller McCormick: Robert R. McCormick, -- William Wrigley, -- Jr., Robert E. Wood, Paul B. Malone, George T. Langhorne, P. M. Miles, Nelson A. Margetts. Box holders include Mrs. D. Mark Cummw,' Mrs. A. A. Schlesinger, IS,.. AIhe SsNOW will continue for two days with morning and afternoon sessions. More than 170 horses have been entered for the thirty--four classes scheduled to be shown. Among the military features will be an exhibition jumping class by five students of the Culver Military acad-- emy, driving horses from their famous Black Horse troop. In addition R. O. T. C. students will give one of the army's most interesting military for-- mations in "Escort to the Colors" at 3:00 p. m. on Friday. * | C ral Nt un oi iW csw andiized / n uin 'in jJail and given a hearing Mon-- day morning before Judge Over-- holzer. He drew a t'iqfil of five dol-- lars and costs for his pse and was released on payment of the neces-- sary sum. -- William Benner of Libertyville also paid a five dollar fine follow-- ing his arrest and arraignment on a charg: of drunkeness. Mundelein at the present time has no motorcycle officer but it is pro-- bable that one will be put on short-- ly as the speeders are becoming more numerous dailf'. This is eg-- pecially true of Hawley street since the ovening of the new paving. START HORSE SHOW FRIDAY Cecil Metcalf of Libertyville is out on $300 bail following his ar-- rest Sal:mrdayY night at ufiundelein on a disorderly conduct charge. His case will be heard with the others on Saturday afternoon. Joe Weber of Highland Park is still in the Mundelein jail follow-- ing his arrest Saturday night on a disorderly conduct charge, His case will also be heard Saturd'? and 'his bond was fixed at $300. Weker was unable to secure a signer and was compelled to remain in custody. He claims to be assistant caddy master at the Knollwood Club. a Wallie Ostrand of North Chica-- go was taken in Saturday night on a charge of disorderly conduct. He was able to secure a bond anmd was released pending a hearing of the case Saturday at two o'clock. ing ty the magistrate. Several ar-- rests were made by chief Chgln Tiffary on Saturday night and e day ind the _vtillage hl)ckup was taxee to capacity _ until arrange-- ments could be made for the release of tke prisoners. « NO. 55 The municipal court of Judge Wil-- lis A. Overholzer at Mundele%n will be }jusy Saturday -- afternoon when the hold--over cases from last week >nd will be given a final hear-- _ O. T. C. Students To Give "Escort To Colors" At 3 P. M. Of Opening Day. To Hear Cases 'At Mundelein Major wenceral Paul iss agvised against. Some reports have it that the "sea horse" has moved through the channels into the lakes. It is feared that the alligator might attack bathers and for that reason have reported seeing the it slides through the x daily. enclosure enciosure and disappeared in the Fox river a week ago. Several cottagers along the river located five Bathing has given way to alligator hunts in Fox river for the past week it was learned Thursday. A vicious five--foot Plorida alligator recently sent to Herbert Wing ~and 'Chafk:s ANewbald. of Hickory Grove, GIVE UP SWIMS; HUNTING 'GCATOR Justice of the: Peace Harry Hoyt today fixed the bond of Mrs. Sinkula at $2,000 and continued her case. She is in the county jail, being un-- able to get a bondsman: under arréest, Dr. Karl M. Beck, county physician, examined her and made an affidavit to the effect that she was drunk and in no condition to operate a car. in which a youth was injured. _ Paul Weaver, 19 years old, a crip-- pled boy, who lives at 1427 Cornelia avenue Waukegan was «driving a machine hit bfi the car . driven by Mrs. Sinkule. He was bruised about the bodfi' and _ was taken to ~the county hospital. He left Thursday afternoon. The accident occurred at 11'43 o'clock in Green Bay road near Eon e n hoin'A 4 ECVE 4 2C0LR Washington -- street. Mrs. -- Sinkula was driving south and Weaver north. at the time of the€ crash. Deputy George Heckinger placed the woma~ A Chicago woman, Mrs. Josephine Sinkula, was arrested shortly before midnight -- Wednesday night on a charge of driving an-- auto while in-- toxicated after sge is alleged to have been driving on the wrong side of the street and caused an accident ARREST WOMAN IN AUTO CRASH The inquest was held in Fox Lake soon after the body was discovered and dragged to shore, and the jury r'et\qnedg a verdict of. accidental death. Searching crews continued to drag the lake Wednesday afternoon and the advisability of semding out five crews with grappling .hoogs so : that a larger area of the bay could be dragged was under <consideration when the body was found floating on the surface in the middle of the bay around 10 o'clock Wednesday morning by a Chicago woman who was taking her two children for a boat ride. The body was badly'"discolored and in a state of decomposition although it had been in the water only .two days, -- Coroner Taylor reported. Grimes' two companions who were with him in the boat when he 'el! out were unable to identify the re-- mains except by the clothes. A crew went out in a power boat that evening soon after the two men gave the alarm and dragged the bay for several hours, but without suc-- So strong was the wind that it was ¥ 40 minutes before they reached the : shore. | . Consequently the two men lost all idea of where the body went 'downl and two grrev"sl;adraggeg' the bayl at | random uesc wit in hooks under the zi'rection omgshfi { last time. > Realizing that their efforts to re-- cover the body were futile because of their inability to swim, the two men left the spot where the body went down and continued rowing across the bay, bucking a strong head wind to summon help. Grimes was crossing from the west: tpthcmtsideolthebaylnarow% boat with two -- companions. -- whose: names were not learned, when? the ~tragedy -- occurred. -- Accord--| ing to their statements he was sit--' ting in the prow of the boat and fell| 'out when he reached to the bottom the craft to put on his shoes which had removed a short time before.| theory advanced was that the , was suddenly stricken with a , paralytic or heat stroke, causing him to lose his balance and fall over the: side of the boat. ; Friends Could Not Swim f It is understood that neither of his' companions was able td go to the| rescue because they could not swim.| They made futile efferts, however, to| pull the victim to the top with their i oars before he went down for the| George Grimes, 33 years old, a pool hall owner of Naperville, IIlL., is the victim. He sank to his death Mon-- day evening near the middle of Pistakee Bay, Fox Lake, off Bald Knob Point. Marshal J. C. Riggs of Fox Lake reported Tuesday that the body has not yet been recovered. er life Monday evening, boosting the drowning death toll to four since George Grimes, 33, Pool Hall Owner of Naperville, IIl, ~Drowns As Companions Try To Aid Him. & Saturday and eight for the season. NAPERVILLE MAN DROWNS IN FOX LAKE Lake county waters claimed anoth-- orth of Cary, by broke out of its Wy sn en t t from home all day Sunday. The mo-- ther says she suffered mental an-- fnish as a result. Scholich was re-- eased on bonds by Justice Coulson __Joseph Sekolith of Holdridge Cor-- ners, who was recently divorced, was arrested Tuesday night by the office of Sheriff Doolittle on a digorderly conduct charge preferred by his for-- mer wife, Bf:;'y Nickolich. She was given the custody of the children by the court and Sckolich is alleged to Pswe 1(ept one of the children away KEEPS CHILD FOR DAY FROM DIVORCED WIFE Austin Needham, 14 years old, of 287 S. West St., Wankegan who was arrested in Joliet some time sago with 2 other Warkegan bo s and confessed taking part gn the tieft of an automobile, was put on probsa-- An effort is being made to pro-- vide seats at the local grounds_ to replace those removed in the gen-- eral clean--up there. The game.Sun-- day will be called at three o'clock daylight saving time. Mush Crawford, who got his start at the Univérsity of IHlinois and who has just returned from a suc-- cessful stay in the minors has been added to the pitching -- staff and wflltbe- a big help in that depart-- men : NEEDHAM PUT _ ON PROBATION Left-- Kobza, ~the' Cicero -- high school star 'will probably start on the Giant team and Ray Baker will be in right field and will be ready to take the mound. khould occasion require. & ' Tiny Goodbred, the former 'Brrok-- l{n pitcher who has had charge of the team, left Wednesday for Port-- land, Oregon where he has been en-- gnged as assistant manager of the ortland team in--the Pacific coast league and his glace on the Al} Na-- tions will be taken by Hal Pelifant. --Mr. Keller stated Thursday that he: was led to bring Sunday's game here because of the enthusiastic re-- e;fi'on- actorded the exhibition on July--Fourth when his team met..fih? North Shore Athletics on the loca diamond. -- --* t e Ray and Arvelle Baker are two local lads who have been with the Keller team all ~season and Ralph Dietz, another * Libertyville boy, signed with them this week. _ The ~Ail Nations «is composed of players from Libertyville, Wauke-- gan and other places in the county and is rated as one of the best teams in this section. -- % _ _Nick Keller, the popular Wauke-- gan sport promoter, was in Liber-- tyville Thursday making final ar-- rangements for the baseball game which will be staged on the old fair grounds diamond next Sunday af~ ternoon betweén the All 'Nations and the Chicago Union Giants, the champion colored team of the mid-- -- The heavy rains during the month width of the pavement and this is of June were responsible for much being done by use of compressed of the-- delay in the operations. The air, 'first' storm came shortly after the' --A small portion of the pavement .excavators had finished removing: on Cook avenue has been removed the dirt from the big opening which to permit the connection with -- the will} contain the reservoir and before .mains at that goint. The water pipe the forms copld be put in place 0r is being laid by Joseph A. Melloy, the footings poured. 'local contractor. The water caused the banks . to| It is expected that the work of cave and yards of earth slid into }asinking the new well will start next the excavation covering the site of week. The well outfit of the W. H. the foundation walls and making.ltg_Cater company was shipped in this necessary to remove the slides bg-tweek and,has been removed to the fore the work could proceed~ This $'village lot on Second street <« where happened repeatedly and the water'the well is to be located. _ sogened the earth to the extent that _ The present outlook is favorable work was almost impossible. _ On to the completion of the entire im-- Tuesday morning following the hea-- provement by Se&ember 15, e viest rain fall nine feet of water|time specified in the contract as the stood in the excavation. > 'work on the reservoir will make ra-- UNION GIANTS TO PLAY HERE SUNDAY --~The banks on all four siges . of the opening have slid down until the hole is now nearly twice its Austin Needham, 14 years The change in superintendents was made through an agreement be-- tween the village board and M. L. Miller of Waukegan, who holds the general contract on the job: . The move was made as a result of a re-- port presented by. resident engineer Saulnier at a recent council meeting showing that the work was lagging because of lack of initiative and in-- different supervision on the part of superintendent. -- 4 Mr. Mulholland has a reputation for inexhaustive energy and the ef-- fect .of his methods is already ap-- parent in the work accomplished this week. : % the past fe\{ days. ---- e i Raliph Mulholiand, superintendent of the water works, has been placed in charge of the construction and the operations are progressing rap-- idly: under his management. Work on the new village water plant, which has been obstructed for the past several weeks by the un-- favorable weather conditions, was resumed Monday morning with a full force on the job ana a credit-- able showing has been made durinz the past few days. a= s o New Superintendent Speeds Up 13 : Work On Village Water Plant Comunmtty Rengister Published Twice Weekly , ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1928. old, of|} for the 10 was | Waucon: e ago| mischief s and| burned . 1eft of | conda, 1 proba=} Edward ry . L. cago. Clara Gordon, three daughters, Mrs. Ethel Bowler, Rose and Lillian Gor-- Mr. Gordon was taking his place at the breakfast table about 9 o'clock that %te)rnine%' vhen the dttack came., It is believed heart trouble caused The deceased was well known in' Waukegan and North Chicago, hav-- ing conducted his furniture business on 'Tenth street for the nast 20 Charles Gordon, 62, owner of a furniture store at 144 Tenth street, Waukegan, fell dead this morning in his home at 322 Gillette avenue. CHAS. CORDON DIES SUDDENLY Justice of the < Peace Hervey C. Coulson issued the warrant, Turk signing the complaint. The warrant was turned over to the office of Sher-- iff Lawrence A. Doolittle for service. Turk told State's Attorney Smith that he secured permission from the owner of the land to put up the sign, but that Lusk did not like the State's Attorney Smith 'f'uesday authorized the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of Raymond Lusk of Wauconoda on a charge of malicious mischief. -- He is alleged to have burned down a large sign at Wau-- conda, --valued at $75, belonging to Edward W. Turk of Broadway, Chi-- SEEK WAUCONDA MAN WHO FIRED §$75 SIGNBOARD B. H. Tigler, negro, wanted in Port Gibson, Miss., for alleged for-- gery, surrendered to the Waukegan police Thursday and was turned over to Sheriff S. H. Bagnell, of Port Gibson, who immediately start-- ed on the return trip. , .. Tigler refused to waive extradi-- tion following his arrest and it was necessaréofor Sheriff Bagnell to ap-- peal to Governor Small for extradi-- tion papers, which were granted. _ development during his stay there Bunday morning. This will be fol-- 'lowed by a progrun of sports and 4 ts at four thil't'g. ' $ K occasion marks e -- public St. Mary's parish, which lies in the center of the richest farming community in the county, is in charge of Rev. Bernard Laukemper who has made a record in church TAKE NEGRO TO FACE CHARGE This is the first step in the de-- velopment of Fremont Center and is a part of a p 'am of preparation for the grmu_al opening of the greater Chicago area of which that section is a part. * The occasion marks the -- public opening of the new community hall which has just been completed in connection with St. Mary's church and which will be used for social and educational purposes in the community. . ' i The work of laying the twelve 'inch main from the new pumps to \the connection on Milwaukee and Brainerd avenues 'has been under . way all week and the part west of ?Milwaukee avenue is practically _compléete. The work necessitates the driving of a tunnel under the full width of the pavement and this is \ being done by use of compressed air. The-- affair will be held in the church g:'nd untler the big shade trees where tables have been built on which to serve the dinner which opens the festivities at eleven o'clock _ Under the present plan the excess m to be thrown toward th> ' of the excavation to allow : 1lor the pouring of the footings and *g:' the construction of the side walls, ~When this part is completed \the dirt will be removed with a | drag line and used for back filling behind the walls which are to be so «onstructed that the floor can be 'keyed in to produce a water tight joint. : _ _Final arrangements are beinz made : to accommodate a monster crowd Sunday at Fremonht Center when the new community hall at St. Mary's church will be officially op-- ened with a picnic .iiven by the members of the parish. _ & EXPECT CROWD AT CHURCH PICNIC The present outlook is favorable to the completion of the entire im-- provement by Se&ember 15, the time specified in the contract as the work on the reservoir will make ra-- rid progress once the footings are n and the forms in place to prevent further cave--ins. _ The greater part of the footings are already in rlace and indications mkthat it will be all poured this week: original size at the top. lt was necessary to shore up the pump house on the west bank to prevent that going into the exceavation when the bank caved right up to the toundation. * and two sons, Ben and Cliff Well Known in City posed by Justice W. W. Bartliett on a disorderly conduct charge Connolly was originally placed under arrest on fraud charges when Bath alleged that the defendant had run up a $300 bill. Later the charge was changed. STARTS TERM TO CLEAR FINE 'Walter Connolly, a roomer at the home of Frank Bath, in Highwood, started. a 20 day sentence in the county jail Tuesday because of his failure to pay a $100 fine im-- While in jail in Fullerton, Coleman attempted to commit suicide, slashing the back of his neck with a razor. Coleman made an oral confession to Sergeant John Gregory of Puller-- ton that he killed Thomas Morrison. a special officer on the Chicago, Mil-- waukee & St. Paul road, on May 30, 1815. He made a iatal slip of the tongue while serving a sentence of 12 days in the California jail for drunk-- enness and vagrancy He since de-- nieéd the confession. 3 Sheriff Lawrence A. Doolittle and a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail-- road company detective are enroute back --to Waukegan from Fullerton, California,with John Coleman, 63. cconfessed murderer, according to word received Thursday at the sheriff's office. They are believed to have started back with the prisoner Wednesday. --_ COLEMAN Is ON Young Lumsden leaves to mourn his death, his parents, and three sisters, Hetty and Alice, of Zion, and Mrs. Harold Shoreman, of Wauke-- gan. . When the tragedy occurred Tues-- day afternoon plans were being made at the Lumsden home for a birthday party which was to have been held Wednesday evening in honor of the youth's sister, Hetty, who is 19 years old. : Lumsdéen was well known among the: students of the Waukegan high school having attended classes dur-- ing the last term..He was spending his vacation working for the Hutch-- inson Construction Co. to earn his education.> The verdict stated that "Lumsden died of multiple injuries received when the bin under which he had backed his truck collapsed from the weifi'_ht of tons of gravel which fell on him." ~--The probe was held at the Wetzel and Peterson funeral home under the direction of Coroner John L. Taylor. Among the witnesses who testified <were Joe--Wheeler, loading foreman, and William Sine, of Zion, hopper attendant, who were injured when the huge bin collapsed. _ The jury, after hearing the testi mony of eye witnesses and official of the Hutchinson Construction Co. which owns the hopper, refused t« include any recommendations in th« verdict. "~ _ The jury inpanelled Wednesday afternoon to investigate the tragic death of William Lumsden was un-- able to idetermine the cause of the accident after hearing the testimony &lid returned a "straight open ver-- ." Joe Wheeler, the loading foreman. who was standing a few feet to one side of the hepper. was buried to his hips in gravel and suffered severe bruises, but no other injuries Or-- dinarily Wheeler stands under the hopper, in which case he would have met certain death. * Sine Hurled to Ground Sine was on top of the hopper a: the time and suffered paintui cuts and bruises when . hurled to the grourd by the impact of the thud. Both were rushed to the -- Victory Memorial hospital where medical at-- tention was rendered. They were later reéemoved to their respective homes:: Lumsden was breathing his last when rescuers reached him. but he died before they could extricate him from the huge pile of debris Victim Badly Crushed > The sixteen year old victim,. a truck driver, was sitting on the seat of his truck which he had -- backed under the hopper a moment 'sefore to be loaded when the structure col-- lapsed,. piling heavy timber and over seven tons of gravel on top of him. So great was the pressure that a portion of <the. shattered steering wheel passed through the vouth's body. ~His entire body from his shoulders down was crushed An investigation was started Wed-- nesday under the direction of D. W. Owen, superintendent, to deterimine the cause of the disaster. One theory advanced is that the heavy loading crane struck one of the supports of the hopper. All of the victims are employes of the Hutchinson Con-- struction Co.. which is building con-- crete roads in one of Frederick H Bartlett's subdivisions. William Lumsden, 16 year old son of Mr. and Mrs, John Lumsden, of 2630 _ Sheridan -- road, Zion, was crushed and smothered to : death Tuesday afternoon and 2 men were injured when a wooden kopper col-- lapsed under the weignt of tons of gravel which the trio were loading into trucks near Camp Logan road. The injured men are: ; _ William Sine, 3110 Edina -- avenue, Zion, hopper attendant. > Crushed To Death When Timbers And Gravel Fall On ZION YOUTH 2 CRUSHED BY ----BIG HOPPER Joe Wheeler, Winthrop Harbor, denly Collapses. Him After Structure Sud-- WAY BACK HERE, Jw 2t k T SOL A nurse at the Great Lakes Naval|house He & Train Station hospital, Luella car, while t Crow, named in. a warrant is-- | through a f sued by; Justice Coulson, charging | utes, he said her with issuing a worthless check. then a short William K. Miller is the ~amplain~ | turned. Ma: ant. the shooting The warrants were turned over to thing. the office of Sheriff Lawrence A. "They talk 'I:outueby.mmeeConhanforserv- whisper and Po ® 4 ghe 5oo ul ® A n at the Great Lakes Naval Train Station -- hospital, Luella Crow, named in. a warrant is-- sued by; Justice Coulson, cherging her with issuing a worthless check. W!Awam K. Miller is the complain-- Justice of the Peace Hervey C. Coulson | has issued a warrant for the a t of Genevieve Sandbourne of Antioch on a charge of larceny, follo the theft of a fur soat from #&. J. inblatt of Antioch. A w nt for the arrest of Julian F. Goflof 534 Poplar street, charg-- ing him with obtaining money un-- der fa pretenses was issued yes-- terday Justice Coulson. The com-- plaint signed by Mrs. A. E. Gar-- land of Waukegan.' THREE NAMED IN WARRANTS iuesday morning by Deputy Wil-- liam !an.rkowsh to) attend gxe fu-- neral of his father, who died on Sun-- day at his home. Deputies in the office of Sheriff La#rence A. Doolit-- tle raised the funds to take care of the expense of Bhaorek. The young boy is serving a sentence in connec-- tion with a postal robbery. Tuesda: Joseph Bhaorek, 19 years old, Chi-- cago, a federal prisoner in the Lake Eounty jail, was taken to Chicago | wearing gold, white and blue scarfs | L l"llnl Bervice Sunday DEPUTIES PAY BOY'S WAY TO DAD'S FUNERAL Other units in the procession will be the famous Zion white robed choir oi several hundred members the Zion guard robed officers Zion junior band 'and hundreds of men and women ing the offertory and selections by the choir. 'I'hemmiconthueclosf ing days of the feast, each year, is especially fine, Zion choir rendering some of the world's greatest anthems and oratorios. On Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock the final service of the feast will be-- gin. Visitors, thousands of whom visit the tabernacle and radio sta-- tion each summer, will be allowed to come and go at any time, except dur-- Next Saturday, July 14, will be a public nolid#y in Zion, ~being the twenty--eighth anniversary of the date when John Alexander Dowie conse-- crated the Zion Temple Site, 10,000 people at that time traveling from Chicago by excurfion trains to at-- tend the ceremonies. A parsde around the temple site with fiying colors and hundreds of in line will be held in 'the afternoon being led by the Zion band Wednesday evening it was decided lived near Milburn, last May, are to.take her to Chicago and an am--|now under arrest on charges of bulance was summoned and the murder. patient removed to St. Luke's hos--| The last two fugitives were cap-- pital where the operation was per--|\tured in Chicago early _ Thursday formed. Mrs. Lusk was not able to morning. _ It is o recalled _ that rally from the ordeal and passed'two of the Allenf murderers were away Thursday morning. arrested in Chicago the day following The remains were brought bnck'"lt killing and a third arrest was Friday morning to the home west of ade this week in Louisvilie, Ky. Libertyville where the funeral ser-- | The men -- arrested are both vices will be held Saturday after-- Colored. They gave their names as noon at two o'clock standard tnme.'Gme Boone and Harold Martin. | Burial will take place in Ivanhoe Clever detective work on the h:l" : 1 etery. Constable George Stried, c = _ 'Myrtle Smith was born in Fre--| YeStiEator | for the office of State' imon:' township on May 1, 1878 "diAtwrney A. V. smith, led to the ar-- ,wn- tha Aunalhtar nit {'inhnl-e hm ol rest of u'e l'st two negroes. ernacles is in full swing, having start-- ea on the evening of July 5. All pub-- lic buildings in Zion City are deco-- rated with flags in honor of the oc-- casion. Meetings are being held a considerable portion of each day, the early morning service starting at 6 a. m. and the evening services last-- ing until about 10 o'clock. These annual convocations are at-- tended by members of the I.\: or-- ganization from many parts the Umnited States and Canada. Public Buildings In City Deco-- rated; Final Services Sun-- day Afternoon. A LION HAS FEAST OF TABERNACLES She is survived by her husband, Grant Lusk, one daughter Mildred of Chicago, and her mother, Mrs. Jeanette Smith who has made her home with her daughter for the past several years.* She leaves al-- so one brother, Clarence Smith who lives in Minnesota. Several years ago she, with her family, moved to Libertyville from Ivanhoe and built a home in the western part of the village where she resided until her death. 'Mrs. Grant Lusk -- _ Dies Suddenly Myrtle Smith was born in Fre--. mont township on la{ 1, 1878 md; was the daughter of Nicholas and Jeanette Smith, g'exoneer settlers of this section of country. Prac-- tically all of her life has been spent in the vicinity of the old homestead. Mrs. Lusk was taken ill Monday but her condition: was not thougxrt serious until Wednesday when i F, H. Martin was called. Mrs. Lusk's daughter, Mildred, a nurse at St. Luke's, was called and the patient was taken to the Elizabeth Condell Memorial hospital where prepara-- tions were made for an immediate operation. Mrs. Myrtle Lusk, 56 years old, wife of Grant Lusk, passed away Thursday morning at St. Luke's hospital in Chicago following an emergency operation performed Wednesday for intestinal obstruc-- Zion's twenty--eighth Feast of Tab-- B 1 Brown &N | was h(; ArE~ | promis U"-- | Boone, yes-- Om ~ o. .4 then a short time later the trio re-- turned. Martin said he asked about "They talked in the back seat in a whisper and were counting up money o (Continued on page 8) Martin said that the Indian direct-- ed him along the route and that they stopped some distance from the Beck house. He and Boone stayed in the car, while the otHRr three wealked through a field. Within a few min-- Martin, in a written confession, said that he met Clark, Bresette and Brown about 6 o'clock on the night they came to Milburn and that he was hired to drive them here, being promised $20. He said he picked up Tells of His Part Stried and one of the Chicago po-- licemen took him out of his car be-- fore he realized what it was all about. One of the officers drovye Mar-- tin's car while he was taken to the Maxwell street station. After being grilled for an hour, he related the part he had played in the murder and told the police that Geo. Boone had gone along on the trip. Boone was Tound eating in a south side restaurant -- at 445 o'clock be-- it:& pointed out by Martin. He t practically the same story as 3 a. m. Thursday morhing, while the officers with the 2 negro infor-- fl_!ers were 'tlounng theldistrict, Mar-- tin drove along in a la machine with a mngm mrgew off Wabash avenue into Michigan boule-- vard. When he was stopped by the traffic lights, the police took him into custody. Chief Thomas E. Kennedy joined Constable Stried and the Chicago lioeintbeseardeed_modnydta. g)suntsotlluunwmvxdteddm the evening, but to no avail. Around | *e"s * i~~-- The man who had supplied Col. Smith with the first information about Martin got his tip from a dope peddler in the Maxwe!l street dis-- | triet. Search for this dope peddler was made Monday night and all day Tuesday until he was finally located Wednesday morning in bed at his home. & colored woman who was rounded up by Stried and the police from the Maxwell street station aid-- ed in locating him. i mwmwhomwm Genied the peddler was and tried to stop the officers from making a seatch When informed that they had a search warrant, she admitted the dope peddler was there, and he was taken by the police. When questioned about the Lake county murder this man denied ev-- erything, but later told the authori-- ties where Martin lived. give much of a description, so little hope was held out for their capture until the receipt of the letter. The colored man related that Mar-- tin said that Bresette and Brown did not know him or his friend, and that as Clark was still at large, there was no danger of his being arrested. Constable Stried worked on this case since Monday morning, getting but five hours bf sleep since Sunday night. He hid in and around disor-- derly houses and places of dope ad-- dicts so as to get more information. a m: . Alnis t (uo 0s aga Col, Smith had previously been un-- able to get any information concern-- $200 PER YEABR IN ADVANCE friend of his that he had driven Clifford Bresette, an Indian, and two colored men, John Brown and Claude Clark, to a place near Waukegan stating that he had read a poster about the reward for men wanted for murder in Lake county and that he had some information. He said h-- preferred to take up the matter with Col. Smith, rather than with theChlcagopouce.r State's attorney Smith sent Con-- stable Stried to Chicago with a let-- ter to the colored man, assuring him that all information would be treated confidentially. Stried was told by this man that Harold Martin had told a EState's Attorney Smith received a letter Monday morning of this week from the colored man in question, the men. The sum of $700 will be divided between a Chicago colored man, whose name was not divulged because it is feared that he will be killed if known, and the Maxwell street police, who aided Constable Stried tremendously. the obtaining of information con-- cerning the whereabouts of one of Col. Smith says that the posting of rewards of $350 each for the cap-- ture of Boone and Martin resulted in The last two fugitives were cap-- tured in Chicago early Thursday morning. It is ; recalled that two of the lllecel" murderers were arrested in Chicago the day following ALL OF BECK SLAYERS NOW a IN CUSTODY T aken . Into Custody Chicago Raid. but no one Fugitives, George