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Bracher Pearsall so as to con-- "fim«mfi- Auditor Sims. ' In his opening statement to the jury State's Attorney Smith said *'M&Mmone& a for $49,750 was drawn by -- Bracher for Pearsall on the Lake County State bank and deposited with the People's State bank, and the same night a check for $50,250 was drawn on the People's State bank and de-- The prosecutor said he would show th?t on the night of December 4, 1926, Bracher took certificates from these two banks showing that the sum of $100,000, which in reality was missing from the County of Lake, was on deposit in the two lo-- cal banks, and that the certificates were presefited to Auditor Sims. . Col. Smifth said further that he would show that these two. checks were kited and that Bracher and Pearsall knew that when these checks cleared there would be no $49,750 on deposit at the People's State bank and no $50,250 on de-- posit in the North Chicago bank. He said he would show that this check kiting was done so the county audi-- tor would not know of the money being missing and that Bracher and Pearsall at this time succeeded in their purpose. Thuzrwdu' portion of a these claims through the testimony Monday morning of Auditor Sims expected to prove the _ balance through testimony of Dalziel and Peterson. Haroid: and ~Caleb Busick, W""?'"'Y"m Lake county out A:lu'o,zo, 'h-mhdaa-.a.m. may not go to the jury until the lat-- cross examining all state %.hhr.) state witnesses Monday afternoon to son, former vice president of the People's State bank, were called as posited with the North Chicago H. C. Burnett, president of the Waukegan National bank and a strong witness for the prosecution tal bank balance of balane-- fig vach bank mepotiiely.." He sato behlchslltiheofldutbo done. He he asked the reason for the change desired and that other banks. William R. Dalziel, president of the Lake County State bank in North Chicago, and Perry A. Peter-- sall by means of false pretenses, false representation, false certif-- cates of deposit, false drafts, false vouchers, and false -zc'm l:-d withdrawn large sums of money longing 'to the County of Lake from the county treasury, and pretended Under q of State's At-- torney A.m Auditor Sims told the jury that Bracher and Pear-- sall by means of false pretenses, Pearsall told him that it was a po-- litical one, stating that he did not want each of the banks in ; Lake county to know how much county would not be possible to show a to-- on Friday, returned to the witness stand Monday morning for about an hour. President Burnett told the jury that he made the discovery of the $100,000 in county fnuds in March of 1926 and told of talks with Pearsall and Bracher about the missing money. He was on the bonds of the former county treasurers. President Burnett told obout mak-- ing two trips to Kansas and of in-- vestigation of records of the First National bank ofmI-'.uroek:,l"e,.,l:::,,.'t Bracher claims he sent the $100,000 fo Lake eflLmoney v;o be depos-- ited. Before aukegan he haid h.;mu:.% that ::.fi- ' . c auhty. *n oniinination of the soo" ords of the Eureka, Kansas bank of which institution Clark C. Nye was age of $100,000 of :omy funds had hllll "Cow ) or ml by Roy W. Bn::eradlun.m: sall, former county treasurers. in Lake courfty banking institutions. Tells of Question Sims told the jury that while he was making an audit of the county treasury books in March of 1925, while Ira Pearsall was county treas-- COVERING UP OF SHORTAGE IS RELATED Auditor Samuel Sims on Wit-- : ness Stang Tells How Repre-- Lisentations Were Made By Samuel Sims of Pontiac, auditor of books and records of Lake county &fli'c"iials lox;h.mny years, testified onday in county con-- spiracy case in the ea:t-::la!nit Judge Arthur Fisher that the short-- , that Pearsall asked him if it se# of on deposit e ® \ + 7 M + 4 ";' F y t * [ e g Ex A ' 7'2 | € a a Br past on i iimfremy? NO. 91 ter, Miss Vetha Golloway of Greens-- ter, j 't'h-o' Mrs. :Mu wih g);-?l' of the ailment which has Senators Oppose WENR Efforts of WENR, Chicago, owned by Insull power ~interests, to obtain more time om the air, were described Friday Senator George Norris, Neb., ub!- further attempt by the power trust to control agencies of public information:" ~ Judge Persons. No argument for a new trial was made in his behalf, this defendant. being satisfied to allow the Tuesday by Chief Deputy F. Brown. 'ma-dmha- ving a five months sentence there, having been committed there by Judge Persons in August after being convieted on a liquor charge. LION'S RADIO O'Brien said he believed that they intended to rob him, but that they were frightened away. Both defendants went on the wit-- ness stand and denied the allega-- tions. Orasco claimed he was home in bed and Sanchez told the jury he was in a poolroom at the time the assault was made on John O'Brien Attorney J. A. Miller was counsel for Sanchez, while Attorney Jerry Sny-- Miguel Orasco, a Mexican, living hm&..Wanke{:n.whowu convicted several wee ago by a County court jury on a charge of assault with a dudl' weapon, was denied a new trial Monady by Judge Perry L. Persons and was sentenced to serve one hundred days on the state farm at Vandalis, Gullty of Assault Orasco Sancher were fouynd mufi."(flm' on John O'Brien of Waukegan on the night of Aug. 4. O'Brien testified that they stopped him in front of the South school on Liberty street and that Orasco hit him over the head A large crowd of local ard Mun-- oyees is ex ednesday ntheneomuda- ..-m business talks which are spon-- sored by the retail interest commit-- tee of the Libertyville--Mundelein Wilfred Hall, who prosecuted this case, held that Orasco was fined on a city charge and that the County court action was on a state charge. 'The court upheld the state. der, a court appointee, represented already paid a fine in police court on victed in County court. Attormey At the state farm at Vandalia, Orasco will be assigned to hard ia-- Chamber of Commerce. The meet-- ing will be held in the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce rooms, ;'fifi.'fim.m"""'*':gm"m"'. °D The s wmuw.w.w g:::nlwd Carson t & Co., who will talk on sales-- manship and his subject, which is addressed particularly to the em-- ployee, is "Is this your store?" _ ORASCO GIVEN VANDALIA TERM Mr. Geary is noted, not only for his ability as a executive, but for his keen into mer-- cantile problems and for his facul-- ty for putting his thoughts : into words. He is in great demand as a speaker on better business andtholoalehmborbgmm in securing him for this meeting. The committee is stressing the factuutithhgbwu every member only attend but that he see that his entire force is on hand to hear this message which is brought here in an effort to bring about more ideal conditions in the Business Men To Hear Talk relation of the business man to the Mrs. Joseph Alkofer and her sis-- In his argument, _ Attorney And WCBD At Hearing. an Charged With Assault Denied New Trial; Pal Gets CLAJM BACKED 5% that fist. they they city or the court will not approve any 1 The Ee P EeS ;""""::" object and that the it will be hpnh to settle the "extras" cases court as Attor-- mey Orvis desires ot have an unequal was willing to stand on --the audit of the "extras" which Pinance Commis-- sioner Carney had made. Attorney Orvis says, however, that his clients feel that the "extras" . were even greater than shown by the audit. Hearing of the objections in the Julian street paving job, Docket 760, is scheduled for tomorrow by County Judge Perry L Persons Attorney Orvis claims some $5,000 was allowed in "extras" on this job. "extras" cases in which the Lampert Construction Company is concerned. Bome weeks back Attorney Dillon said that he was through and so was pert Construction Company, the firm which received the bulk of the $100,-- 000 paid out in "extras," was in '-?nloudaymd conferred with Corporation Counsel Arthur Bulkley and Attorney Orvis at the office of the city attorney. Attorney Orvis reports that Attor-- Counsel Bulkley said that the city his own body to protect himself. The bandit fired twice as he struggled to free his gun hand and then fired the third time as he wrenched him-- self free. Mrs. Shapiro remained at the scene and shouted for help while the battle was on. Neighbors rushed out of their homes and went to the rescue. The Highwood police with a ney WOUNDED BY THIEF WHEN HE RESISTS Edward Shapire Of Highwood Shot In Struggle With Armed Bandit Near His Attorney Elmer V. Orvis, counsel for a large number of Waukegan property owners in "extras" cases in the Connt{' court, -- announced Monday that s clients plan to confer _ with State's Attorney mand a grand jury probe. When asked today if he would take this matter before the next grand jury which convenes om Monday, December 3, just two weeks from today, State's Attorney Smith said he could not say at this time. He said the trial of the county~treasury shortage case in the Circuit court has taken up most of his time the past week and that he has been un-- able to look into the "extras" matter during this period. Shapiro Monday offered a reward dnuh)g,.__m that will lead to the of the ban-- A. V, Smith at an early date about having a grand jury investiga-- tion of these matters. Attorney Or-- vis and his clients are going to de-- chant, was shot and seriously wound~-- ed Saturday night when he resisted a bandit in front of his home at 152 Highwood avenue in that town. The robber fired three shots during the struggle in an effort to fell his vie-- tim while Mrs. Shapiro stood nearby and shouted for help while she watched the struggle. As Shapiro released his hold and slid to the ground after the third shot fired had entered his groin the robber dropped his hat and gun, fled across the street and disappeared in the darkness. Information given out at the Sha-- piro _ home _ stated that the merchant's condition-- while serious was not alarming and that he will be able to leave his bed hefore this A; they passed by him the bandit wmxbdmmd,flun.lam army automatic his pocket and commanded Shapiro to '"stick 'em Attorney Edward Shapiro, 45 years old, pro-- Instead Shaptro seized the bandit's Home Saturday Night. his In Conference for their who ing in which he operated: a drug store from Klass and the building owner has $1,000 due in rentails At-- JILSON EST ATE TOTALS $16,500 daughter, Mrs. Brockman. The funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon with a service at the Brockman home at noon after which the remains will be taken to Rose Hill chapel where further ser-- vices will"be held. lm will be made in Rose Hill , She is survived by one son and two daughters, Charles H. Bilson of Chicago, Mrs. Emma Hartman of Chicago and Mrs, Herman Brockman of Libertyville. en years old next Tuesday. mYutwubornhbb men, Germany on November 27, 1850. At the age of two years she eanetoAmienwlthhts:mu who settled in Chicago. She was years and later returned to Chicago to a heart ailment Had she lived Mrs. Bilson wouuld have been sev-- Mr. Bilson passed away on July 4, 1923 and since that time Mrs. Bil-- Another warning is of a forger who used the names of J. B. Cook and E. F. Lathrop, posing as an aud-- itor and traveling in a motor car with a boy, about 18, and a woman, fleeced DeKalb merchants out of about $200.00 last week. _ Checks were stolen from local business men. The man appears to be about 40 and the woman about 35. Look out for them. Mrs. Rebekah Bilson, 78 years old, passed away Monday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Herman Brockman, 161 Lincoln Avenue. Death was due primarily where she resided for a number of Record Crowd Attends Opening Of New Bervice Building The formal opening of the ~ comprise the stock of the new W. E. Hardin, secretary of the lo-- cal chamber of commerce, received > -=L- c C quarters a warning to be on guard against a clever swindler who fleeced several business men at 1870 and later moved to Long Grove showed credentials and proposed to ship by express, billed as boots, shoes, or other items of merchan-- dise, a case or more of "Sunny Brook." The cash was collected in advance to avoid all trace of the transaction. Needless to say, tthe "Sunny Brook" has not arrived. couched, met the sightseers in the various ground floors and, by a def-- inite route, conducted them through mafinmmmm explaining the conveniences arrang ed for the tennants of the structure. The several offices and kitchenette The stores and shops on the ground floor were decked in gala at-- tire for the event with banks of vari-- colored flowers beautifying every apartments on the second floor were thrown open to the visitofs for the day and full advantage was taken of the opportunity to gain a know-- ledge of the layout of the upper nook and corner. .vudi:cuflut:cm}l:" oc t ons m o n ie ot busy showing the various items DEATH TAKES SWINDLER WORKS A CLEVER RUSE Captain Wilbur W. Jilson, harbor-- AGED WOMAN ILLINOIS, EAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1928 her in Tirice Weekly the school similar to the oblig and responsibility of the adult zen in later life, An"Educgfi.on Night Promg'.' was given Sunday evening at meeting of the inndeldn-lvnhoc um;%&l Bupusinta:: ers were dent E. L. Nyaard, Kenilworth, and T. A. Simpson, superintendent of Lake county schools. M Nyaard told those present that a school community gave students the trdn.l:'fortho obliga-- tions of later life. M Nelhddhdmhuflllb' dent's obligation to 'his school com-- likable as Jimmy Stanton, the ro-- made;.oung man on :iwm trl:e (Continued on Page Four.) Her work in the solo musical num-- bers showed either training or won-- derful natural ability. EDUCATORS IN Miss Walrond made a bewitching heroine, the temporary victim of a domineering uncle and for whom the course of true love finally ran smoothly,. Her voice was charming in her musical--numbers and her act-- ing was without a flaw. Miss Langon carried her part qs f'lodet.bpcoquettewithanairthat gave the part an irresistable eppeal. handled by Jack Dolienmaieer, Anna Langon, guth Walrond, Hugo Gotti, Glenn Sayer and Lewis Stuller. the Teutonic store keeper, brought a surge of laughter on his first ap-- pearance before a word was spoken and the laughter followed 'him to the final curtain. His work as the struggling merchant whose safe had been robbed was convincing and at the same time excruciatingly funny. The heavy leads were admirably handled by Jack Dollenmaieer, Anna Tom as the small town cop was uproariously funny and his efforts to divide his time between courtship and the capture of the desperate criminal evolved many -- enjoyable sj!l-. Gotti displayed nishing tti displayed astonishi versatility in her part as Arabella Wilkins, the village postmistress of uncertain age. Her portrayal of the coy spinster with a well developed bump of curiosity and a longing for romance, was a sparkling gem and one that would shine in professional cmcleu. the show he remained in character with a surprising fidelity. s S N o hm xh Carl Wadman surprised even his intimate friends in his handling of the part of Teckly Bramble, the rur-- :' good wishes by the or the admiring Boy scouts were at hand to con-- duct the guests through the vault abd to the spacious conference room the second floor which is reached Saflkhtofminfnulhrur the lobby. Wors from every part of the county. -- large number were present from and the North Shore and many came from Chicago to be present at the dedication. In spite of the adverse conditions wiider which it was held the formal rludb?flkmhu'w fine bits of entertainment during the past few years, added a new record to its previous achievements last week in its presentation of the mu-- wholesomely enjoyable shows ever put on in Libertyville.: The comedy, with which the show was replete, while not of a high order, but was spontaneous and its charm lay chief-- ly in the entire absence of anything even bordering on the suggestive. The leads could not have been bet-- ter chosen and each part fitted the actor like a glove. The comedy leads were played to perfection by Tam DeLacey, Quinta Gotti, Carl Wad-- man and S. C. Kimball. GREAT SUOCE$S &"m'-:fi some LEGION SHOW IS TALK AT MEET was extremely case against the suspect and believes that the other members of the trio will be in before long. Chief Agent I continued : the search today with the help of a de-- tail of Chicago police for two other members--of the bandit trio. =<-- home by the bandit trio and forced into their automobile. 'They drove to the station and the way. forced him to turn over combination to the safe under of death. After securing the they drove their captive to the north side of Chicago where they gave him $2 and released accomplices, but Gleason was sure| -- his associates would soon come to his| !"8 While Drunk. rescue and re uncommunica-- swevommes tive throughout whole time. William McCarthy of High Recall Park was arrested on a charge Ross was picked up éarly in the|driving a motor vehicle while morning a short distance from his|toxicated and a Anmmanian _/ Gleason observed the code of gang-- land during the entire time he was in custody, refusing to make any statements. He was grilled for sev-- eral hours Sunday without success lnthehopethat'hcmkhznnmehh accomplices, but Gleason was sure his associates would soon come to his rescue and re uncommunica-- tive throughout whole time. known here for his participation in the Viking murder trial, were with Hartman when he made the investi-- gation. Lieut. Norton stepped to the courtroom door and nabbed Gleason as he was leaving after Hartman made his identification of Assistant Chief of Police Thomas E. Kennedy and John Iverson, chief special agent for the North Shore Line, and Lieut. John Norton of the Chicago police department and well HIGH SCHOOL IS ASKED IN ~~WEST TOWNS arrived in the city and _W,-_-_-._ waain " Taphe" usough Pungh aylor, Oltusky, local professional bonds-- for preliminary 'hearing on one of the robbery charges pending against him there. Hartman declared that Gleason is the man that entered the station, cpened the safe and casually sauntered out with the cash box under his arm while he was waiting in the station for the 6 a. m. train to ar-- rive. Hartman declared he is ab-- solutely sure Gleason is the man. Evidence of | Gleason's alleged underworld connections was seen Monday morning when -- associates Two warrants have been issued for the defendant charging kidnaning month. | Includes 27 Square MiHes The proposed district includes about 27 square miles It takes care of territory that is without high school facilities. Most of the students in it attend the Libertyville, Gurnee and Antioch high schools. s An attempt was made some time ago to orgunize a high school district in the included in Satur-- mmatmmm and, for that reason, may bring a more favorable vote. If the plan is approved, the next step will be to organize the district issue bonds, and build a school. 'The the support of the school is the reef member of the Leo Mongoven gang, was positively identified Saturday afternoon as the leader of the ban-- dit trio who kidnaped Raiph Ross, North Shore ticket agent, and rob-- bed the safe of the Edison Court station in Waukegan of $681.32 af-- ter forcing their captive to give the safe corn!finnfion. The identification was made by Leo Hartman, a carpenter, of 40 South Butrick street, the only eye-- on which the project may be wrecked. Many feel that the expense would be too great, inasmuch as nearby schools are available for students. Assistant Chief. Kennedy said , in Munici-- William McCarthy of Highland Park was arrested on a charge of driving a motor vehicle while in-- toxicated and a companion, Gust Leverich, was taken on a drunk charge Saturday night, following an accident on Green Bay road, west of North Chicago. | Chief of Police Frank Tiffany of North Chicago received a report on g:cruhmdaemtwoomoeu*m an investigation. They found that McCarthy had crashed into= & car and done considerable property damage but no one was injured. 'Two bottles of liquor were found in the car by --McCarthy. The two and the lHquor was turned to the office of Sheritt Lawrence A. Doolittle by the North William McCarthy Of High-- land Park Booked For Driv-- ~"ing While Drunk. PAIR NABBED Doolittle discovered the brewery in *the basement oi a jarge barn on the old George Wolf farm in Antioch township, near the junction of the Grass Lake _ and _ Bluff Lake roads. They found five vats, cach with a capacity of 450 gallons. which contained about 1.350 gallons in the process of being brewed. Charles X. Marshal Of Liber-- $500 FINES IN LIQUOR CASES Fernandez and Yopp denied being the owners of the brewery, but ad-- mitted tb.l't' they had been working it for & Jméph Fernanc--z and Edward ¥Yopp of Grass Lake. who were ar-- rested on charges of manufacturing liquor three weeks ago when a raid was conducted on a "wildcat" brew-- ery, were fined $500 each by Justice of the Peach Harry Hoyt Frida .g They paid the fine and were releas= The offices of State's Attorney A. V. Smith and Sheriff Lawrence A. quests are made for them. There are only one hundred sixty tickets avail» able and when these are taken there will be no mere reservations made. The parents of the players will be given preference in the allotment of tickets and after that the members of the Chamber of Commerce. Tick-- ets may be secured from F. J. Wright or from any member of the Football Squad _ Will Be Feted I$ HELD FOR the hearing by the state. A. owneéd by Marshal just out-- side of Libertyville was burned to the ground on October 9 and a probe was immediately started by the office of the state fire marshal because of peculiar circumstances. Marshal left home shortly after 6 The deputy state fire marshal told the court that the house was ap-- raised at $800 and the contents at $200. He said that Marshal carried $1,500 insurance on the house and $500 on the contents. He further testified that most of the best furni-- ture belonging to Marshal was found stored in his chicken coop. Marshal was arrested some months back on a charge of passing a worth-- less check. committee. Charles X. Marshal of Libertyville was held over to the grand jury to-- day on a charge of arson by Justice of the Peace Hervey C. Coulson. His bonds were fixed at $5,000 on recom-- acting for the office of State's At-- /Deputy State Fire Marshal Paul E. Bertram, who signed the complaint two weeks ago for the arrest of Mar-- o'clock on the morning of October 9 and a few minutes later his house was on fire, a neighbor testified. The annual dinner for the mem-- tyville Bound Over On Arson Charge Today. j IN CAR CRASH HOUSE BLAZE $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE day by the bake Fwrext palles 'mn Y e on electrocuted in Illinois. Warden Green will direct the execution of 3 HUNTERS ARE TAKEN BY COP The trip to the prison ':tty was started at 9:30 o'clock Sheriff BDoolittle expected &0 have his pris-- The electric chair was voted by the last legislature to take the place of Martin were allowed to plead guilty to manslaughter. They were sen-- tenced to serve indeterminate terms of from 1 to 14 years in Pontiac Re-- formatory and began their sen-- tences a few days ago. |_ Bresette and Brown were convict-- ed of murder and their punishment i fixed at death by a jury in the couit of Circuit Judge Claire C. Edwards. The court overruled a motion for new trial and fixed December 15 as the execution date. Clark pleaded 'guilty to murder and the court sen-- tenced him to be electrocuted. Bres-- 'ette and Brown had hoped to be able to raise funds to enable them to take 'an appeal to the Supreme court, but | were unsuccessful. A member of ,the board of pardons and paroles of | Iilinois was here last week and ques-- \tioned the murderers making de-- | tailed inquiries about the murder and concerning their life history |It is expected that attorneys will \appeal to Goverpor Len Small dur-- ing the next few weeks to commute the sentences from death to life im-- | prisonment. The authorities do not |anticipate any change in the sen-- 'tence of the local 'tourt. the gallows and Bresette, Brown home when he resisted attempts at robbery. Clark confessed that he fired the shot which ended the life of the Lake county man, but claimed he was only trying to shoot the lock off the door, when Beck closed it when he discovered the bandits The evidence showed that Bresette, who had been given some money a year before by Beck when he came to his house and told a "sob" story about his needs, conceived the robbery idea. Brown purchased the gun used by Clark. Harold Martin and George Boone, both colored, were picked up in Chi-- cago to take part in the robbery. They stayed in the machine which was parked about a mile from the Beck house. As they played minor . informed Friday that Mr. Woodard had sent wud' nothing could oe Bresette, a veteran of the World war, appealed to William Woodard, commander of the eighth district, American Legion last week to make a fight to have his sentence com-- muted to life imprisonment. He was done by the American Legion as his gated by officials and that their finding and that of the jury was conclusive. "I am ready to die," Bresette said when told of this word. prison. I know that place like a book," Clark told the sheriff. The trip to the penitentiary was made in three automobiles. Be-- sides Sheriff Doolittle, there were nine others along to guard the mur-- derers, most of them deputies. The deputies were heavily armed. every precaution being taken to get the trio safely to Joliet. handcuffed to a deputy. The prison-- ers were guarded by Sheriif! $D0o-- little, Deputies George Heckinger man, Leo Daley, T. J. Stahl and Jo-- land and now they want my soul and body and they can have it," Bresette "An innocent man is to lose his life," was the only comment made today by Brown, when taken from the county jail. confinement as soon as we get in oners qeiivered wargaen _ Eimer Green by noon « R was to be feted by Gmen at din-- DeT. % caid. "I will walk to the electric cheir with a smile on my face and Clark, Bresette and Brown were in REMOVED TO JOLIET PEN Killed During Robbery © was killed last May in his Frank at