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McMahon told the jury. "I went in the house and found Coffill, Snyder and Walter F. Welch drinking liquor. Coffill gave me a drink and I tasted it and did not like the liquor, so re-- fused his invitation to drink any more, and I walked out into the yard. "In a few minutes Coffill came out-- side carrying his shotgun and before I realized what he was going to do, he shot towards my feet, nearly hit-- ting me. He then went into the house and reloaded the gun, while I stood outside close to the door. Snyder had been drinking liquor but was able to handle himself. He offered to drive me away in his machine and I ac-- cepted his offer. "Snyder came outside and was getting ready to get into his machine which was parked near the rear door of Coffill's place, when Coffill came out with his shotgun and while a few feet from him, fired a shot into his face. Snyder fell over back-- father, it was learned Monday at the office of Sheriff Doolit-- tle. Two Chicago attorneys, Joseph A. McInerney and John Power, have been retained as defense counsel. The Chicago lawyers visited Coffill in jail late Saturday afternoon and talked to him at considerable length. SETTLE DEATH SUIT IN COURT was decidedly under the influence of liquor. He was found hiding behind a tree alongside the road, eating an The alleged murderer told them that he is innocent of the cHarge of mur-- John Grant Britton of Fox Lake, was made defendant Monday in a suit for $25,000 damagzes started in the Cireuit court by Miss Margaret Johnsrud -- of -- Chicago, _ charging breach of promise, Atty. E. V. Orvis filed the praecipe of the action. He said that the declaration will charge that Britton is the father of a baby, Ervin Snyder, 30 year old son of W. M. Snyder of Lake Villa, and to other evidence introduced, a coroner's jury late Friday afternoon found that Snyder died from injuries inflicted by a shotgun in the hands of Albert Coffill, 73, of Long Lake, and recom-- mended that the aged man be held to the grand jury without bonds on a charge of murder. Coroner John L. The --authoriti expressed the uudmtofi:mmumd FOX LAKE MAN NAMED IN SUIT Snyder was murdered around *:30 «elock Wednesday afternoon and Welich told practically the same story as McMahon in regard to the drinking and firing of shots by Cof-- fill. Both admitted walking away from the premises after Coffill had it." Coffill replied a number of times vhenqwflgedtbednyo(hhu- rest. by State's Attorney Smith and Assistant State's Attorney Block. "I am innocent, I did not kill Sny-- der," Coffill told Deputy Thomas Tyrell Friday afternoon. * The two sons of Albert Coffill, 73 year old Long Lake man who is be-- ing held in the county jail without bonds on a charge of murder, have engaged counsel to represent their SEVENTY--EIGHTH YEAR NO. 60 under arrest on a murder charge. He is being held in the county jail and was not brought to the inquest. No one, in fact, was at the inquest in the interest of the alleged murderer. Assistant State's Attorney Sidney H. Block represented the state. and upon finishing my job stopped "I will be out of jail tomorrow," Coffill told the turnkey at the county jail the night he was locked up. -- the shooting, that Coffill before he killed Snyder, shot at McMahon, the missing his feet. _ OVER LIQOUOR Police officers testified that when After listening to the testimony of It Albert Coffil Also Fired Shotgun At Dan M'Mahon. stimony .At Inquest Into Ervin Snyder Death Shows Shot at Ano! was brought out to Miss Johnrud and that he _ _Ehe at the home in Grays-- for the first of Dan Mc-- '1: The building has been leased, 14 from €. 0. Carlson and a number s,. |of alterations have 'been made to 'permit of a more efficient handling 39| of the work. The laundry machin-- aq ery is nearly all in place ani em-- eq|bodies the most modern equipment hlfor a plant of this kind. » Miller was sentenced by the cir-- cuit judge in Kane county on March rest of Miller on January 30 1924. on complaint of Charles F. Grant, vice president of the State Bank in Highland Park. Miller is alleged to have passed a bad check for tiary for several years and has been allowed a parole, will be brought to Lake county for prosecution when he gains his freedom from prison this --week, according to Sheriff Lawrence A. Doolittle He is to be prosecuted by State's Attorney A. VY. Smith on a confidence game both local men. TO PROSECUTE PAROLED MAN Another addition to the list of local industries will take place next Monilay with the openh:'g Libertyville Laundry in Carlson building at the s First street an_§ Newberry The government will start con-- deggm:ftion p;oceodinga against tthh: city Waukegan to procure g:g:y property -- at J,dim and Utica--streets for a postoffice site, William J. Miller, a Chicago man with numerous aliases, who has term of from 1 to 10 years in Joliet prison on a confidence game charge. Sewmed Prigny. The ~postmabice noun y. was authorized to make' this state-- ment by Carl T. Schueneman, as-- sistant secretary of the U. S. treas-- ury in charge of federal buildings, and John H. Bartlett, first assisg-- tant postmaster general in charge of government postal service. The postal executives conferred in Chicago Thursday 'with Post-- master Talcott and A. A. Packard, district agent, and after reviewing the case, m:ge fl\ehdefim to start condemnation The Unitel States Attorney Gen-- eral was wired in Washington to continue the original ;;hn to con-- demn. In view of the fact that the city blought the property E:ently. It will be made a to suit. Schueneman :ng%n were making a survey throughout the mid-- dle West in connection with proposed postoffice sites and hurried to Chicago as soon as the Waukegan situation was brought to their attention. ; Site Not Turned Down _The decision to condemn was in part due to the fact that a notice had been served on the Higleys that the property was to be taken by the gov-- ernment prior to its purchase by the city. Postmaster Talcott _ stated that the site had never been definite-- ly turned down and proof of this is in the hands of the postal department authorities. He stated that Mayor L. J. Yager had been a member of the committee. organized by the chamber of com-- merce, to assist the government in choosing a postoffice site and knew that the government had not planned to abandon the Higley purchase. The (Continued on Page 8) The laundry will maintain . a fleet of trucks which will pick up and deliver the work from the pat-- rons and it is planned to extend the service to cover the entire cen-- tral part of the county as well as to serve the lake regions. C The building was originally built for a laundry and was operated as such for a number of years by its owner. Eight years ago it was clos-- ed ani has remained idlbe since that time with the exception of a short period when it was used by the Countryside people as a service station for their work which was done in Chicago. New Laundry To Open Here t A nevr water softening plant is a part of the --equipment and this will provide soft water for all washing operations. An automatic oil burner has been placed in the boiler and this method of heating will replace the coal fired heater. ACT TO GET POSTAL SITE a warrant for the ar-- at Joliet /peniten-- Luella Crow of the Great Lakes hospital was arrested Monday by the office of Sheriff L A. Doo-- little on a charge of issuing a worth-- less check. The complainant is Wil-- liam K. Mueller. Justice Coulson set the bond at $200 and continued the case mgainst her until August 4. Pemble's arrest was brought about when he wrote to his companion saying he would like to make a cash settlement ~with 'the -- complainant. The latter, however, is determined to prosecute Pemble. George Pemble, 22, roomer at 443 Washington Park, Waukegan iand sought for several months by the Canton, Illinois -- authorities, was taken into custody Saturday, charg-- ed with larceny ani turned" over to Sheriff E. M. Rorer, of Fulton Pemble and a companion were in-- dicted several months ago, charged with the larceny of two old automo-- bile tires valued at less than $12. Pemble's : alleged accomplice was found guilty and sentenced to 6 months in jail. > GIRL ARRESTED CAPTURED FOR > CANTON POLICE CHICAGO MAN {Rf SUCCUMBS AT | . LAKE RF.SORTIN l o c hurch at Tiverton, Rhode , Charles A. Pice, 59, Discovered :,,:;','er,,e ,},',:"'Mn Gwyn went this their vacation. Dead In Three _ Feet Of|"*"W JC CE Tiuy Letion has jist Water; Had Suffered Ab--|been received by the church clegk, The child was buried Monday, funeral services being held from the First Baptist church in Zion that afternoon. Rev. O. V. Harlow, pas-- tor of the church officiated. Inter-- ment was at Oak Dale cemetery. ,tal heart attack. _ Pice's plight was not noticed until hi; wife discovered her husband ap-- parently sitting in three feet of wa-- ter with his head slumped forward. She called to him and when he failed to answer she hurried to his side and discovered his face submerged in the Blossom McGu'pin, 6 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George McGulpin of 3004 Ezra Ave., Zion, was fatally injured on Saturday when hit by an automohile near Kenosha. Pice had waded to a point about 50 feet from shore and was standing in water about three feet deep when seized with the heart attack. The body was later removed to his Chicago home where the funeral will be held. + mobile driven by Leonard Clapp, a Kenosha merchant, and was knock-- ed down. The front whikel of the machine passed over her body. The child died two hours later at the Kenosha hospital without regain-- ing consciousness. Wanders from Mother. The attention of Mrs. McGulpin, mother of the baby, had been at-- tracted to gasoline leaking from their machine. While she was looking to-- wards the car, her child wandered away from her and started to go across the pavement and was hit electrician of 4822 North Troy street, Chicago, died Sunday afternoon Martin E. Johnson, a police officer at the Créiten station, Chicago, suf-- fered a heart, attack while swimminz at Gages lake. He was rescued and taken from the water. The tragedy occurred in front of the mother and grandmother of the little child. The McGulpin family had been out on a motor trip and had stopped for a time on Beach road just south of Kenosha. The folks were crossing the street to re-- turn to their machine when Blossom walked in the path of the car oper-- ated by Mr. Clapp. stricken with a heart attack. shortly before entering the water, but it is not believed this induced the fa-- The Pices and their companions, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, also of Chicago, Mrs. Pice summoned ~Davis who was swimming nearby and with the help of other bathers he was carried to the beach where -- resusication methods were applied, but to no avail. -- Mrs. Pice said her husband could not have been stricken more than a minute or two at the most before she discovered his condition. Hold Inquest. Dr. H. E. Struthers® of Grayslake was called to the scene and pro-- nounced the man dead immediately upon examining him. An inquest was conducted a short time later in a nearby cottage by Coroner John L. Taylor. It was brought out at the probe that Pice had been complaining of severe abdominal pains for the past three days. He had attributed the pains to a gastric disorder and had been'"taking soda for the ailment. Coroner Taylor after examining the body and hearing the testimony said he felt sure the pains Pice suft-- fered were caused by his heart. The jury after hearing the evi-- dence returned a verdict giving heart disease as the immediate cause of dominal Pains. UNDER TRUCK FOR BAD CHECEK in front of an auto-- The event was fully as great if not more of a success than the first sale held last January and those who participated are fully satisfied with the results. The visitors started coming into town early on Thursday the: first day of the sale and the sales forces of the local stores were kept on the move throughout the two days to au%)lley their neéds. merchants offered some. very attractive values and every e®ort was made by the retail interest com-- mittee of the Chamber of Commerce to help in carrying out the bargain The second annual dollar day sale held last Thursday and Friday by the merchants of Libertyville and Mundelein was a decided . success both from the stand point of: sales volume and the number of shoppers attracted by the event. er > Sheriff ~Doolittle réceived a tele-- gram on Tuesday of last week from the sheriff at Des Moines requesting him to arrest and hold B. L. Evans for them. Sheriff Doolittle and Dep-- uty Edward Dunne made a trip to the home of Evans but he was not (Continued on Page 89 nearly six years has been in ch of St. Lawrence's Church here, resigned from the local_ l'nm and has acceptel a call~ to DOLLAR DPAY SALE * IS BIG SUCCESS George Burridge,. who --was. ! by fiihop Anderson to whom the | resignation was made. The notifi--| cation stated that the resignation | of Rev. Gwyn hal been aeee&h and would take effect on Septem--| ber 30 of this year. is 5| Mr. Gwyn has been unanimougly© elected -- --rector of --Holy | Church, one of the newer parishes. of the dioces> of Rhode Island, dd«. jacent to Fall River and Néewport.| He--»will enter upon his new work: on October ist. SR The local authorities under:tand that Evans is charged with leaving Des Moines with a woman with whom he is alleged to have lived for several years. There was a woman at the-- farm Friday and when questioned about her, Evans said she was his housekeeper.. ; Rev. H. B. Gwa To Leave Local ' Church 10r Pastorate In East rect supervisicn of Bishop Ander-- son who will name the pastor who is to succeed Rev. Gwyn. The local church officers have not been in-- formed as to who has been select-- ed and it is probable that this choice will not be made until the time of the present incumbent Has expired. f + ts Mr. Gwyn has }r\iad i't;'hechlongut' t ministry of any priest . arge 'a St Lawrence's. Since his coming the total debt on the church prop-- St. Lawrence's is not an organiz-- ed parish but is known as a mis-- sion and as such is under the di-- erty, incluling the rectory, n:: been paid and wledged. . Val and' extensive additions have been made to the property. The sanc-- tuary has been beautified by many gifts, the offerings for missions and outside work have increasei each' year and, are the largest on record; offerings for current ex-- penses have cfoubled; the -- church school, according to official rating, school, according to official m is one of the leading small of the doicese. . *' s ; in Lake county since early -- this spring. -- His chicken farm is on the old John McCredie farm. He also operated a concession on the side of the road near the farm. Deputy Hastings says that Evans has a long scar on his neck, which he claims resulted from the -- razor @ttack made on him by his wife. He said that he has been in the state of Iilinois for about five years, being in Chicago for over four years and Evans, Sheriff Doolittle says. told the authorities he was ready to go Dack and face the charge preferred by his wife. 'The authorities started the return trip within an hour aifter he had been arrested. Tried to Kill Him, He Says "P left my wife in Des Moines sev-- en years ago and don't ever intend to live with her again," declared Ev; ans. --"While I was asleep one night she attempted to kill me, slashing my throat with a razor, so the following day I left her. I regret pow that in-- stead of leaving in the way thai I aid that I did not have her 'arrested on a charge of attempted . murder. Apparently she does not appreciate the good treatment she received from After being sought for the past seven years on a charge of adultery, B. L. Evans, 42 years old, was ar-- rested late Friday afternoon on a chicken farm he has been operating in Lake county close to Lake Villa by the office of Sheriff Lawrence A. Doolittle. : He was arrested by Dep-- uty Emmet Hastings on a warrant sent here by the sheriff of Des An excellent choir has been built up under the direction of Mrs. A deputy sheriff, James O'Brien, and an assistant district attorncy of Des 'dfl)epm here Friday and were with uty 'Hastings wnen he took Evans into custodyv. Evans is said to Shave denied being guilty of adultery. The ITowa authorities came here with .extradition papers from the ITowa governor, but Evans agreed to waive extradition, "so it was . not necessary to get the papers signed by Governor Len Smaill. - NABBED AFTER a 7 YEARS SEARCH Rev. Herbert B; Gwyn, who n wWwas Inauc, . uo AMA* | ated that the resig::zm' Gwyn hal been aeeeadi d 'take effect on Septem--| " this year. $# vyn has been unanimo | rector of -- Holy | me of the newer parishes EDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1928 . _For seven years Mr. . Gwyn was Eth%.- editor 'of "The Chicago Dio-- 'cese" and for the past fifteen years 'he has been the Chicago correspon-- (dent for the "Living Church," the '«national weekly of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Gwyn is a member of 'the Pi Gamma U, a National fra-- 'ternity. age on ie =4 lake Sunday. His injury is not re-- garded as serious. t* Mrs. F. Stamtikow of 1435 N. Lock-- wood --avenue, Chicago, sprained her ankle while playing ball at a picnic at Round Lake. She is believed to have been running to catch a fly ball, tripped and fell. * Herbert Wagner of 4036 Drake avenue, Chicago, received a lacera-- tion of the face requiring several stitches while he was taRing a fish-- ing trip to Fifth lake and the car in which he was riding was sideswiped by w@nother car being driven in the same direction.. His father was with him at the time but escaped without a scratch. Gwyn with Mrs. Frank Stafford as organist. The organization which has contributed most of the financ-- es of the parish is the Womans' Guild with its loyal presidents and faithful members. Rev. Herbert B. Gwyn is a m- uate of arts and theology of ~ ty college, Torcnto, Canada. Most of his ministry has been in the dio-- cese of Chicago. He is the founder of St. Simon's Church of: Chicago where he built the church ani par-- ish house and after a ministry of ten years there, left it with a mem-- bership of 500 communicants. He was the rcector of the church of the Holy Comforter, Kennilworth for four years. His other charges were at St. Edmund's, Chicago and at Naperville, Tllinois. While at Nap-- erville he began the mission of St. Catherine's at Brookfield. Numerous accidents took place in the vicinity of Grayslake, Sunday. Most all were of a minor nature. CRASH SPOILS --FI8HING TRIP ville, Ohio. ~ : s She is an authority on medieval history and the drama . and has written and's'poken» on both sub-- jects. Some of her talks have been made recently at leading woman's clubs. At present Mrs. Gwyn is ser-- iously ill at the Truesdale hospital. Fall River, Mass. k greatly to the work at St. Law-- rence's particularly as director of the choir, church school and altar guild, is 'a graduate of Radcliffe college with honors in history. She tal:ight at Lynn Classical -- School and at Robinson Seminary, Exeter N. H.. Later she was Yrofessor of English at Lake Erie college, Pains-- LEGION EV ENT AT FOSS PARK ---- _NEXT SUNDAY Chicago. 'The American Legion will hold its district meet at that time. Legionnaires and their friends are invited. It is planned to arrange picnic features in connection with the gathering. In the absence of Mr. Gwyn this summer the services . at St. Law-- rence's have been conducted by Mr. W. D. Dalgety, licensei lay reader. Six arrests were made over Sun-- day and Monday by Officer Joseph Manczak who is filling in for traf-- fic officer Druba during his absence due to a broken leg suffered Satur-- day afternoon. Next Sunday there will be an-- other big affair at Poss Park, North MANY VIOLATIONS OF TRAFFIC LA WS Forty miles an hour on South Mil-- waukee avenue was sufficient --to cause the arrest of M. C. Keyser, of Chicago, Sunday. His case was put over to Monday and his bond for-- feited when he failed to appear. Monday morning Gordon Stien-- berg of Chicago was taken for pa® sing on the wrong side. He plead gufty and was fined ten dollars and costs «; ~Axel Lundgren also plead guilty to the ct --of excessive speed on Som"ukee avenue md was released on payment of ten dollars and costs. > Alvin Richards, of Chicago, was taken in Sunday for violation of Section 40 of the motor vehicle. laws when he passed another machine on the wrang wide at the intersection of Cook and Milwaukee avenues. He put up a cash bond for his appear-- ance Monday morning but failed to show up for the hearing. Howard Peder, of North Chicago was taken in Sunday evening in a charge of driving while intoxicated. His car was held here and the case set for a hearing Monday. Peder showed up for trial and was granted a further continuance to Saturday of this week. $ Joseph Kunz, also a Chicago man was arrested Sunday while: driving thirty--five miles per hour on South Milwaukee avenue. He also posted a cash bond when arraigned before police magistrate Fred H. Smith and the bond was forfeited Monday for non--appearance. * . who has contributed ty Renister Both were to a r Monday before Justice of them Herveysc'!.Ooul- ROUND LAKE MAN HELD IN Fire Marshal Bertram Takes Man Into Custody For.Ques-- tioning; Cossman Charges TWO ARREST S BY MOP SQUAD After and all day investigation Thursday at Round Lake into the mysterious fire which destroyed the home of Charles Cossman, Deputy State Fire Marshal Paul E. Bertram and Deputy Edward Dunne took Jack Goldenberg, alias Jack Burch of Round Lake, into custody that night for further questioning. He was lodged in the county jail. Goldenberg was questioned again Friday by Bertram and -- Dunne and was then taken out to Round Lake to be present during question-- ing of Simon Chowkowski and wife at whose home he rooms. Bertram said that contradictory stories weore lold by both Goldenberg and | Mrs. The new bond of $12,000 of Wil-- liam R. Dalziel in the estate of Fred Gruner, incompetent, was approved. The inventory and appraisement bill was approved in the estate of Jacobus Koek, Libertyville. Final reports were approved in the estates of Peter Henry Gleistein and Mary--Gleistein, Libertyville. The es-- tate of Peter Gleistein was approved. Distribution was ordered in the es-- tate of Mary Gleistein. to defer questioning him until the fo'loy-ing- day.' i & o HD A: BESdT: cnberg slept in their garage the night of the fire. She said he made 'the discovery of the fire and came to "the house to spread the alarm. When asked if charges were to be filed against any of -- the persons questioned, Deputy State Fire Mar-- shal Bertram was indefinite, He said that Chowkowski was not at home Thursday so it was necessary Goldenberg is a barber at Round Lake and has been going under an assumed name, Jack Burch, accord-- ing to Bertram. The authoritiés se-- cured this information from court records, Goldenberg having retently been sued for divorce. y e The guardians in the estates of Lawrence Rolf Russell Dawson and Edmund Russell Dawson,,. minors, Lake Forest, were authorized to in-- vest $7,500 for each of them. the property of Cossman. Golden-- berg told Bertram and Dunne that The inventory and appraisement bill in the estate of Charles B. Pow-- ell, Highland Park, was approved. Chowkowski home the night of . The will in the estate of Catherine T. Mason was admitted to probate. The estate is estimated at $7,300 and is to be divided between sons and sisters. The bond of the executor was fixed at $15,000. Awakened at Time of Fire The home of Simon Chowkowski, where Goldenberg rooms, is close to fire and that he was awakened at 3 o'clock in the morning by | Mrs. Chowkowski, who cried out thar the Cossman house was on fire. Mrs. Chowkowski, on the |other hand, told the authorities that L}olg!- $6,000 in personal property. The bond of the administrator was set at $12,000. Proof of heirship was taken. Five men are to be tried for the murder of Beck. Both Mrs. Chowkowski and Gold-- enberg admitted they had not at-- tempted to get the fire department out to fight the fire. Golidénberz said he did not know what to do, as "he Cossman house is just outside of the village of Round Lake -- Mrs. Chowkowski said she did not cal the fire fighters as she did not think it| would do any good to «have, them | Letters of administration in the estate of William A. Beck, Lake Villa, who was murdered in his home early in May when he resisted armed bandits, were issued Thursday to George E. McCredie by Probate Judge Martin C. Decker. Beck left set on fire by their enemies. Bad feeling is believed to exist between the Chowkowski and Cossman fami-- lies as there has been trouble be-- tween them for a long time. _ Cossman and his wife and one daughter, who left on a trip to Northéern Michigan. returned . home Thursday. The Cosgman child was stricken with appendicitis and this accounted for their sudden return, as they had not learned of the fire un-- til they got back. * + BECK ESTATE TOTALS $6,000 The damage, according to Bertram, amounted to $7,000. The house was burned to the ground and all the contents were destroyed. The value placed on the house was $5,000 and that of the contents, $2.000. Coss-- man carried insurance of $4,000 on the house and $1,500 on the contents Vacationers Return Bertram says that Cossman and his wife charge that their home was Blaze Was "Grudge Work." (Continued on page four.) 1V AILLVM 1N Motorcycle officer Frank J. Druba was painfully injured Saturday af-- ternoon when he was knocked down FlRE PROBB run over by a machine driven y yJulius Sachs, proprietor of the mss ock Shop 614 north Milwaukee Officer Druba Hurt In Crash Frock Shop 614 north Milwaukee avenue. The accident happened shortly af-- ter two o'clock Saturday afternoon on Milwaukee avenue on the east side of Cook Park. Druba, who was south when Sachs backed his ma-- chine from where it was parked at the west curb, @nto the southbound traffic lane. According to those who witnessed the mishap, the car was backed out so fast that the officer had no chance to avoid a collision. Druba had his motorcycle stopped when the car struck him but was unable to get out of the path of the oncom-- ing machine becausesof the heavy lSat:m'day traffic in the northbound ane. In North Chicago, a chimney on the house of Jake Wurgler at Seven-- teenth street and Park avenue was hit and knocked to pieces The bolt struck the top of the brick stack and caused the bricks to crumble. The North Chicago fire department was notified but was not called out since accident, was called to attend him. Because of a deep cut on the in-- side of his leg just above the ankle it was at first thought that the of-- ficer had suffered a compound frac-- ture and that the bone had protrud-- ed through the flesh but a closer examination disclosed the fact that only the small bone in his leg was {fractured and that the cut was caus-- ed when the machine ran over him. The bone was found to be broken in two places, at the ankle and about two inches further up and the small portion forced 'but of place. An X--ray was taken immediately after his arrival at the hospital and the extent of the injury determined. The broken bone was adjusted and the injurednn.pheed in a plas-- ter cast, Mr. suffered a great deal of pain Saturday night but was resting -- easier Smdlmz Another X--ray was taken M y and it was found that the bone was not perfectly aligned and it is probable that another adjustment will have to his right leg at the ankle. He was hurried to the Elizabeth Condell Memorial hospital and Dr. F. H. Severe bolts of lightning, flashing during the thunderstorm Thursday afternoon, struck two homes in Waukegan 'and Nort.!; Chicago -- al-- most simultaneously but caused nc fire. Several barns out in the coun-- ty were also threatened by the close-- ness of the flashes but none were Druba, with motorcycle, was thrown to the street and the rear wheel of the machine passed over BIG CROWD AT * ARCHER FETE piece orchestra. HOMES STRUCK BY LIEHTNING This is the second serious accident the officer has had in his work for H. Fall, the manager, expressed their appreciation of the way in which the many visitors greeted their opening. The new eight--story structure is modern in every way throughout, and, as a place to live, is a symbol of home. Over $635,000 hais been expended upon the building.© More than $240.-- 000 has been paid to local employes Elaborate bouquets of flowers were received from the Karcher's many Waukegan and Lake county friends. They were on display in the lobby throughout the informal opening Appropriate music for the occasion was furnished by the hotel's eight-- Messrs. Benfer and Fall are to be complimented on making it possible for Waukegan to enjoy such a fine hotel as the Karcher. k Mrs. Benfer, wife of the owner, is said to have selected the furnishings §nd the interior of the Her choice met with the approval of the many visitors. The new dining room which is now open for business daily is one of the finest of its kind in Waukegan. The splendidly arranged menu of the opening day was greatly enjoyed. The new Karcher hotel was hundreds of Waukegan an county people at the informs The site for the new Karcher :s said to have been selected by George county people at the informal open-- ing on Saturday and Sunday. Messrs. George W. Benfer, the owner, and W. trip to Waukegan from Freeport over a year ago to search for a favorable site on which to locate a hotel, he vpicked the Washineton and Utica corner as the logical spot It is far enough away from the bus-- iness district to enjoy quietness, yet close enough to be with pleasurable walking distance from the two main thoroughfares of the city. It is close to the North Shore line terminal, the postoffice, the court house and Roose-- velt Park )r. Martin said Sa,turdaiktlut it Mfin"eflt smoothly Mr. Dru-- would back on duty within a (fi'flnned on Page 4) to the $200 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE gunhd by Attorney James G. elch, while Attorney Minard Hulse prosecuted for the office of state's Attorney A. V. Smith. Talley furnished a bond of $1,000. Doyle 1alley of Zion, was bound over to the grand j Friday Judeeotthe!'eweg;ynrha&l:! son on a serious charge Miss Hazel Bmerquk&u,umdflnu- T'?flo;fvmgz;iber Tall dd":ot't ¢ * ey take the witness stand. He was re-- FATHER AND BOUND OVER ON SERIOUS CHARGE _ Discovery of the accident was made Sunday morning about 2:30 o'clock by wo Cary men, Howard Freeman and J. Hogan, who were returning from a dance at McHenry. They noticed the overturned machine in the ditch when they Gdrove around the curve end upon investigation found the two was an Essex and was driven by C. A. McGoss of Chicago. The injured a deep scalp wound, was badly cut about the face and received a sprain-- ed back. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnson of Elim-- hurst, were on their way to a picnic at Fairfield, Illinois, when the ma-- chmemwhichunymtmnm struck by a car coming in oppo-- site direction. Mrs. Johnson was thrown through the windshield. She was cut '&bout the face and arms and received a dislocated knee. Mr. John-- son received minor injuries. The cars were badly damaged. North Moody avenue, Chicago, were lifted up and the injured men extri-- cated. They were taken to the hos-- several machines With the aid of pital at Barrington and attended by Dr. Graber of Barrington. The elder Hoelscher suffered a fractured skull, numerous cuts and bruises, and internal injuries, while his son sustained internal injuries, a ditch some 35 or 40 feet away, bot-- ascertain just what time the accident had oecurred. He is of the belieft that the men were pinned under the machine for several hours before be-- ing found by other motorists. The car tom side up. The men were pinned underneath the machine. Fog and wet pavement are believed to have caused the accident. an unconscious state. * Move Overturned Auteo Freeman and Hogan were unable to move the overturned machine, so machine of Arthur E. Dohrick of 3322 North Kenneth avenue, Chicago. Mc-- Gregor was going north and Dchrick south and the latter was crowded off the road, so Deputy Dunne claims. was badly damaged Dohrick sustained a sprained neck and cuts on the nose and forehead. Arthur Dohrick Jr.. suffered a sprain-- ed back. Fred J. Gunderson of 2935 Kenneth avenue, Chicago, had a hole punctured in one leg. They were ukentomcbaneo(rx.w Struthers in Grayslake and in= juries dressed. Nine stitches were taken in wounds on the face of the the car ahead. No one was injurea. C. B. Brown of Barrington,}Illinois, whohworuncatnoovet'segn.n- ceived serious injuries about head and face when the hayrack on which he was riding was struck by a car on Rand road. Brown is said to have fallen off the hayrack and plunged head first to the pavement. The car Charles L. Conroy of 6541 Sheridan Rd.,Chng:' , was arrested in Green yro.dneutbesm Shore cemetery after he had cut around traffic, forced one machine in and charged with reckless driving. Theodore Jensen of 719 Ash street, drove into the ditch to avert being hit by Conroy. The car struck by Conroy was driven by Maurice E. Hat-- tenbach of 1329 West 98th street, Chi-- cago. No one was injured. Conroy was fined $31.25 by Justice of the Peace Hervey C. Coulson and agreed nue, Chicago, crashed into the rear end of a car driven by J. McKinzie of Chi o,Sundrmg!;' t in Green Bay roacctagAwm'?ven Herman Sch-- muckel of 721 North Evergreen ave~ nue, Arlington Heights, pulled of the concrete ahead of Greigel quite suddenly and the latter ocould not Etop quick enough to avoid hitting elder Dohrick the ditch and hit a car. He was taken into custody by Deputies George Chicago In Critical Condi-- tion After Mishap. UNDER AUTO (Continued on 8)