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mmw.vnpolmdewmt since early February, was Ccap-- | tured on the morning of: October 17 in Morris Diamond's tailor shop, 22 ; South Genesee street. He was taken | only after a gun battle. , & Faces Many Charges hmfim.' "é E> has confessed his guilt in most cases h Among the robberies the youth is k4 * alleged to have committed are the ~ DEDICATORY EDITION OF THE NEW PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING C CThe Hake Renister °* e in n ine t en ce e annnl 220 on mm en e --_--__42 is te zen 22zgl22czslge s ies i 2cz se hee L e e ie m c a i % k ts -- 9 L . M 4 V R k e p » h e P i ® o ; y e * l ; . : F f [# | [A & . + es P k y C % p & P £ * 1 f -- C h %) -- SEVENTY-- "Lonely One* And Attacker To Be Chief Objects Of Body's Inquisition; Call De-- . cember Term Jury. GRAND JURY eral other matters now pending in justice court in which defendants may be held over to the grand jury during the next two weeks. The outstanding case to be probed by the grand jury as far as public interest is concerned is that of "The Lonely One," Orvel Weyant, 19 years old, of 627 North Butrick street, has warned youth of the evils of following in his footsteps. He has found crime does not pay, according to his letters. Among other cases expected to be investigated by the Decembér grand mxbymdh'lflmd,'::: less driving. He alleged crashed into a machine and injured William Kerr of Waukegan a short time ago. Dr. Benjamin Goldberg made an affidavit that Jones had been drinking and was not capable of driving an automobile. Dominick: Serra 18, and Peter Ahmn.bozn:'ashu.ulh-v- They are alleged to have robbed Urvin Hyde, Shell filling station at-- tendant, of $56.13. _ he informed Justice H. C. Coulson he would not contribute to the support of his family. Elmo H. White of Fort Smith, Ark., that there were irregularities in vil-- affairs. Mayor of Pfi miemocann ol piin mt bie the jury will probe affairs e the oasd 1 er of the open air market in w&_-fl'-w'fim charged with having enticed the child m.wm"?m with hfl:mw zmmm Miller of North =mma&nam aperators of the open air market in tempted rape. He'ig alleged to have aiteinptcd to make an AiHtack on the NINE CASES Waukegan, NO. 90 Local Club Is 13 Years Old With all the hilarity of the chil-- dren they portrayed, the members of the Libertyville Club with their ladies and guests celebrated the thirteenth -- anniversary of founding of the organization Tuesday evening at St. Lawrence's gfl:m The party was «ne of most enjoyaole ever staged by the club and made a decided hit because of its novelty. and everyone who attended followed the instructions. The first part of the entertain-- ment consisted of games of child-- hoodfllwithlomdfirltdd men matrons disporting them-- selves gaily at "drop the handker-- chiaf"nnd"rhgmudthl:g:.. The remainder of the evening"" mhmhmmflm _Rer(htmnndhh tra. members of the musical organization followed the prevailing 1" came in juvenile garb. , refreshments consisted of ice tbe" mmmh: munbrne oi The originality of the invitations sent out last week gave an idea of the procedure which was to be fol-- lowed. The guests were asked to ocratic legisiative . candidate, who, the official vote showed. was defeat-- ed at the pollis on November 6, that he has now gained enough votes, ac-- cording to his investigation, to have defeated Richard J. Lyons of Mun-- To the members of the entertain-- ment committee which arranged the affair must be --given great credit. have finished 2,206% votes ahead of Bolger. The defested candidate from McHenry county conitends that a re-- count will show him to nave defeat-- ed Lyons by several hundred votes, Bolger claims that in checking over 'the poll beoks in Lake county he found in three precinets, Libertyvillé 3; Benton 4, and Cuba, where Lyons received heavy votes, that more votes were counted for the four candidates for the legisiature than would have been possible if every voter had vyo-- ted for legislative candidates, which RUM RUNNERS ARE NABBED . The men taken are Alex Kochnyk, 1341 South Morgan street, Chicago, and Fred Kuzy, 1339 West Fourteenth mfigtion of the poll records Sun-- day McHenry county and that his figures show an additional gain there of 400 votes for him. He claims that his checkup figures show a'total gain of 550 votes for him over the offi-- cial vote given out. The official vote showed Lyons to for Lake Forest and stopped them. A'muhoah.-mw o i2 maie of aquer Thies under Ing 12 under the mm:tddmwm were arrested Wednesday night by the fanking toen Tay ast o..""p..,m' T ath Mj'b':'nfl Jensen x&u as they turned Waukegan road headed Claim was made Monday b Lak: STATE OPENS RETRIAL OF COUNTY CASE other men are charged with having entered into a conspiracy to embez-- zle $100,000 from Lake county, was completed at 11 o'clock Thursday morning in the court of Circuit Judge Arthur E. Fisher. The ex-- Th Selection of the jury in the county treasury shortage case in which two Because of the prominence o# some of the defendants. it was {ound an extremely difficult matter to get a jury. ' The cost of selecting the jury alone is estimated at around $1,500. PFour special venires were ordered by the court, 120 men in ad-- dition-- to the regular panel which was composed of 24 men, being sum-- moned for jury service. WOMAN SUFFERS until afternotn. All witnesses in the case were excluded from the court-- (Continued on Page 10) Ninety--seven men were examined in the selecting of the jury. The state used 14 peremptory challenges, the 'defense, 29, while 42 men were excused for cause. State's Attorney A. V. Smith, who is conducting the prosecution of 'the Mrs. Florence Harrington, 612 Mas-- sena avenue, Waukegan, lies in a critical condition at the Victory Memorial hospital as the result of vmtkwnd ni(h?bym pa % &A machine driven by Clifford Keyser, 540 Washington | St. _ The acci-- dent _ ogcurred at 8:15 p. m. as Mrs. Harrington was crossing the intersection at Madison and Genesee streets. She sustained a double fracture of the right leg, a broken collarbone and concussion of the brain, Dr. Leon --Brackett reported to the police. Keyser was taken into custody im-- mediatey by the police and is being held in jail to await the outcome of muw\bmm The injured woman was crossing oop-mmmmv: Keyser's car, approaching from south,, knocked hx down before she scould step out of the way. Police %d!\n:nlmfiywm :'hheuuhv:fitlufllfllmh ton unless he was careless in North Chicago; F. Davis, 129 ;:'qummn.nqn-_- Rolland: Stanley, Highwood. George <Blackburn, Wauconda Irvin Drieske, Highland Park. Arthur Christensen, Lake Villa By Col. Smith In $100,000 To Be Intro-- Something novel in the way of entertainment is promised for those who attend the annual poultry raf-- fle and chicken supper which is to be given by the members of St. Mary's Parish of Fremont Center lvuhoon'l'o.thz. November 27. The stunt which been arrang-- ed for the amusement of those who watch and for the gain of those whe participate, is a turkey chase in which three live turkeys will be liberated and will be given to the The accident occurred late ai night as Herman, said to be the dead woman's divoreed husband, was driv-- ing with her toward Milwaukee on Waukegan road. The Trash hap-- pened in Cook county but since Mrs Pairo died on the way to the High-- land Park hospital and was in Lake county at the time of her death, the Mrs. Pairo is survived by Adam Pairo, her last husband, and three children. The inquest was held at the Kelley undertaking parlors in Highland Park. ' FREMONT CHURCH PLANS BIG EVENT people of the district The policy dm,.l:lh:ddy:html' w- iqhuhne-tmdndhlbeen a big factor in bank's growth and the new office and vaults enable the bank to give its customers the best in banking service. inquest was held by the Lake county person who can cdatch them. 'l'hemul.w of the Fre-- mont Center church is an event of importance not only in that com-- munity but throughout the country and draws people frorm many miles. It is expected that this year's at-- tendance will break all previous re-- cords and plans are bing made to Started with a capital of $50,000 pBrsam mm "In &A on Jn mm. At the last call of ue thhlkn:l'hd dw; year c an mmwnflg"uw- of $565,00041. This growih is crl-- of 1. This growth is evi-- dence of the service rendered by the bank to the community and of the m.hmndndmbythe sople of the district The policy handle an overflow crowd. On another page of this paper ap-- pears an announcement and invita-- tion by the Libertyville Trust and Savings Bank to visit and hok m affice in the Hupte bor mcvhwfiu'm ?han: on td Ne ie years since its organization. BANK HAS SHOWN GREAT PROGRESS IIBERTYVILLE, M', RDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1928 View of Publékmke Building from the _ Corner of Milwaukee Ave. and Church Street Cao The Waukegan police and Chicago mlice autbo:lt'ti&; acquainted with of Ralph Ross, ticket agent at the Edison Court station of the North Sb_onuneathmn,nflylon- day morning, are mystified as Wednesday from _ gunshot womdsmmhflohunfinjmr Wauconda Wednesday. When Robel.and his friend, James Webber, also of Chicago, raised out of a blind to shoot at some ducks, Robel --excitedly stepped in front of and in 1920 to the Proctor block wberv'fi:ai:':o' located. Mr. Smith has made a signal suc-- cess in his business here and is numbered among the aggressive young business men of the village. He has built a new home on Doug-- las avenue where he resides with his family. y Harry Robel, 35 years old, Chicago, died at Palatine about 6:30 o'clock large hole in his side. The anniversary of the Smith shoe store will be observed by giv-- ing a pair of hose with every, pur-- chase of shoes made on Saturday. He is receiving the congratulations of his many friends in this com-- munity on his business success in HUNTER DIES FROM WOUNDS Libertyville. trio who forced Ross to . ride with them to Chicago after hav-- ing robbed the safe in the ticket of-- fice of $881.32. Assistant Chief Tom Kmneanr;tvumed Monday night from Chi following the ques-- tioning of Ross. Kennedy is convinced that the jot was pulled by Chicago crooks, in a!' probability the same ones who Fri-- day morning committed a similar robbery after kidnaping a ticket agent of the Chicago and North Western railroad at 141 South Clark Ross described in detail his exper-- ience with the three holdup men from the time he was stopped .early in the morning on his way to the ticket office until he was shoved out of the bandit car at 6100 North Rockwell street, Chicago, and given $2 to get home on. street, Chicago, and obtained several SEEK IDENTITY . _-- OF KIDNAPPERS At the Summerdale police station bandit takes from Waukegan one Of its old-- est and most respected citizen. moved to Waukegan. He served as an apprentice in the Tiffany and Lu-- cas harnrdware business there. Opened Hardware Store > In 1870 Mr. Melody opened his own hardware 'business, which was located where Rubins are building their new department store. About twelve years ago 'this business was purchased by Burke and Wright. In 1871 Mr. Mel-- vdy was married to Julia Gibbons. One child, Mrs. William McCarthy of Cleveland, is living. Under Presi-- dent Cleveland the deceased served as postmaster. He was a Democrat, and i ie uy wha ie ermpten of two years, huw:m residence 'at 306 South Utica street 'mmbWam The de-- vceased was a devout Catholic and was a member of the, Immaculate The cast is the dargest which has ever been used in a local production and includes entries from all class-- the Legion will realize a nice sum to repay them for their efforts. Conception church He is survived by his widow, one daughter, and one LEGION SHOW DRAWS MANY The big musical extravaganza "Kathleen" which is being staged this week at the high school audi-- torium by the local post of the Am-- erican . Legion, -- is drawing nice crowds. and is , fetmonmins accobufiecte tase who Thursday night's audience was more appreciative and that subtle psychic wave which floats over the footlights and tells the actor that the crowd is with him, was eviden: from therising of the'curtain. The show, as a result, was much better than on the previous night. ¢ -- The first night audience was true to type and responded slowly to the efforts of the actors with the re-- sultant slowing down of the action during the early part of the pro-- duction and which persisted until the necessary showing of appre-- ciation put the cast on its toes. The final performance will be given tonight (Friday) and the ad-- vance ticket sales promise a capa-- city house. ing in health for two years and in hopes that a change might prove benficial, Mr. and Mrs. Melody left Waukegan about five weeks ago to spend the winter at the home of their daughter .: 5 Mr..Melody was Born in Chicago, April 9, 1843 to Michael and Cather-- ine Melody. When one year old he was brought to Lake county and he The rformance is filled with beautifug:musical dancing numbers and has a hilarious comedy vein provided 'by the two premier fun makers, Bud Kimball and Tom WM.:MELODY IS TAKEN IN DEATH William, A. Melody, a pioneer of Waukegan, passed away 'Tuesday evenl# at the home of his daugh-- ter, Mrs. Wm. MoCarty of Cleve land, 0. The deceased has beepn fail-- According to present indieations 4 8 » Pa 6 f E & I 4 ?'2 8 l P i m I | 4 ¢ " PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY WILL DEDICATE BEAUTIFUL NEW BUILDING SATURDAY Spacious Utility Headquarters, Libertyville Trust & Savings Bank, And Stores In Readiness For Grand Opening; Expect Hundreds Of Visitors. Local Lumber Firms Growing "Down by the old depot, been there over 20 years"--There prob-- ably isn't a man, woman, or child In fact this lumber concern has been in existance nearly forty years and is growing every day under the competent direction of Manager O. A. Newson and his assistant, War-- ren Nicholas. Saturday, November the 17th, will mark the formal openingy of Lil~ ertyville's newest and most beautiful commercia} building» The New Public Service store and office structure will officially throw open its doors to the public at 8:30 a. m., completing another chapter in the re-- markable growth and development of Libertyville. Glistening in the sunlight the new building, a most unusual type, is an architectural gem, with its exterior of stucco finish and brick trim. ----.zzzz2zz z_ _ --------iThe building is two stories high, L l L b !irr:intéh on }tl)ot.h' Milw;ukee avenue oC | urch street, and has a beauti-- ..q u','..l er _ _ |ful landscaped courtyard opening off residing in the western part of bake County who doesn't know the name of the firm to whom that slogan be-- longs. But for the benefit of new residents let it be stated the slogn belongs to the Libertyville Lumber the Legion to aid him escape the death penalty. Pleading in Ms letter he stated he is an ex--service man and further states that he does not really deserve the extreme sentence because of the fect that he is not guilty of the act-- ual murder but is guilty only of par-- ticipation in the robbery which pre-- ceded the killing at the Beck home. Claude Clark, co--defendant, is blam-- ed for the actual shooting. Clark, Bresette and John Brown are to be executed for the crime. Woodard stated Thursday he will inform Bresette there is nothing the case a}un rwafly investigated &tahmuu':aun. an "Bill" Franzen came to Liberty-- ville just about 14 years ago and went into the lumber business. Many things have happened to him since his coming here, but always for the good chiefly because of his never tiring energy, ability as a business man, and sound business principals. Mr. Franzen didn't have much of a business when he first started. But for the past 12 years--that's a dif-- ferent story. His staff has grown from twoi to over a dozen. "Bil}l" never complains about business. He's Fourteen years isn't such a long time--but a lot can happen, good or BRESETTE ASKS . AID OF LEGION ed to die in the electric chair Dec. 15 for his part in the murder of Wil-- liam Beck, farmer who lived | near Milburn, in a letter to William Woo-- dard, commander of the eighth dis-- The Libertyville Lumber companyi"' is one of the largest in this district and handles hundreds of thousands| of feet of lumber annually besides other building materials. Adequate| storage sheds have graduaflyeq?m::o added as the increase in business has | P demanded until practically all avail--| _; able space for warehouse sheds has |° been utilized. The most recent ad--| ;, dition to 'the concern is a general| . office for the bookkeeping depart-}th ment, private offices for officials, and display room where customers!m may see samples of the various ma--| j terials offered for sale. I n The fair treatment accorded cus-- tomers by the Libertyville Lumber Co., at all times, has brought it an enviable reputation which is justly deserved. bad, in that period. Take, for in stance, the case of William F. Fran zen, Jr., a lumberman of ability.. -- The concern is keeping step with the progress of Libertyville and the future will undoubtedly see more and larger buildings erected to care for the ever increasing business. The remarkable growth of the lumber company bearing his name during the years he has been pilot eliminates all necessity for referring to his ability and integrity. Every-- one who has had dealings with Mr. Included in the equipment he has added are three huge coal storage elevators, warehouses, lumbersheds, and motor trucks to facilitate ser-- vice to customers. always busy getting it. Franzen is familiar with the high calibre of his business methods. ho ul can do since the $2.00.PER YEAR IN ADVANCE ;openfl six weeks). -- |_ Countryside Motors, Church street side, agents for Chrysler cars. l The second floor of the building |\ _A wide stairway located just north lof the arcade leads to the second \ floor offices and apartments. The \living quarters on the east side of the building all look over the beau-- tiful courtyard. -- S of, the arcade. A beautiful electric lighted fountain stands in the center of the courtyard to enhance its beau-- > e -- -- The building is twb stories in height and is a modern adaptation of old English architecture. The ar-- cade, with the beautiful fountain in the courtyard visible from the street, is directily in the center of the build-- The first floor of the building comprises seven stores and commer-- cial quarters. The largest quarters are occupied by the Public Service store and the Libertyville Trust and Savings Bank. The other retail con-- cerns in the building, some of them new enterprises, are: ing. .Stores of the metropolitan type flank either side of the arcade. State's Attorney A. V. Smith and Edward Hargrave, head of a Chicago detective agency bearing his name and Sheriff Lawrence A. Doolittle are still continuing their investigation: They hope to discover some explan-- ation for the puzzling case of self-- torture, if it were that. Two discoveries Monday seemed to throw much light on the reason for Miss Knaak'yact. One was a let-- ter to her from am intimate friend, the other was a religious book which had been in her library. The letter, which was turned over to the investigators, was at first be-- leved to have been written by a dis-- appointed suitor. Alvin Knaak. bro-- ther of Elfrieda, said that it had been is given over to 11 business offices and seven kitchenette apartments of the latest type. _ e _ Monday afternoon and it was. dis-- maJmuummuvm- ten by a woman with whom Miss Knaak had correspondéd. Even the smallest detail has been made to fit Architect H. V. Von-- holst's plans. The decorative value of such things as electric light fix-- tures, clocks, and other hand acces-- sories has not been overlooked. In the apartments every inch of space has been utilized and built in elec-- tric refrigerators provided. _ Under each store is an individual basement running the full length of INFORMATION WILL AID DEATH PROBE Information of an enlightening nature in regard to the strange death of Miss Elfrieda Knaak, 30 years old, who was found fatally burned in the Eifrieda was "forgiven," but that "she would be sorry." It enclosed a reli-- station on the morning of October 30, was unearthed Monday by inves-- tigators. Miss Knaak was found in the jail basement by Christ Louis of the Lake Bluff street department She was in a nude state and was leaning against a furnace, her head, arms and feet burned to the bone. She was questioned considerably at Bluff, from whom she had taken a rourse in public speaking and sales-- Recall Verdict Last Saturday a coroner's jury which had listened to testimony of 30 odd witnesses for several hours ren-- dered a verdict that Miss Knask had come to her death from burns, which the Alice Home hospital up until a few minutes before she died by at-- tending physicians and the authori-- ties. She repeatedly claimed that she had burned herself to prove her faith in God and her love for Charles manship. She died at 3:55 o'clock on the morning of November 2. The Model Market. National Tea Co. Frock *e. (t be