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Lake County Register (1922), 29 Jul 1922, p. 1

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1 _----Cbe Lake Coumty Reqigster _ The rear wheels of the dnn""',l: ear had passed directly over mfm meck. of little Marie, all but sever--|\;}°, P wes Woibly mangiot, and one | *t!! f Was compietely amputated. 1;':" 'Holland ambulance was °D | been the .scene immediately, and little w sSEVENTY--SECOND YEAR-- NO. 57 is evidence of the desperate attempt made by the street car motorman to avert the accident. e + _ Marie. Nolichek, aged 6, is dead, Doris Weich, 9, and Russell Weich, &m suffering cuts and bruises, mwd Francis Foley, 12, is nearly prostrated with grief, as a result of a horriole accident at Washington and, West streets, Waukegan at 6:30 Wednesday night. for Mr. and Mr of 100 North o n n are on through the we dren live at The pony dashed in front of the car, slipped and fell under the wheels. Little Marie was thrown under the ; u.:-?-;"rmm two 1 to the streot. io dn * 44 The four children were playing in the pony cart belonging to the Foley boy, and as theydrove south on West street, F'nn& dropped a box he was carrying and stopped the pony to get out and recover it. In play, the other children whipped the pony to run away from Francis, who made a desperate attempt to stop them, but only caught the rear of the cart and was dragged along the street for several feet. * How Tragedy, Occurred The cries of the .children fright-- ened the pony, which started at a gallop for Washington street. At the corner of the Faox hotel, a street car hove into view, and with a streech of brakes, Motorman A. The . body of the completely amputated. "Holland ambulance was on Tekalh "Weith 'was reshed to his elch was rushed to his horte. Later, the Weich girl was witBoke rouxp cuiuty | AFTER nmuu.. River, Mich., who are keeping house honte. Later, the Weich girl was taken home, and Francis, the owner dlh'_"'.i!_l out his grief. s Has to Shoot Pony ?' John Rahling took charge of gituation and took the names :"m He was forced to the pony which was still under the front wheels of the car, and supervised the removal of the body of the dead child to the Hol-- m- held Thursday. _ Au-- thorities got in touch with Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Nolichek of Iron through the west. The Weich chil-- dren live at County and Water streets, and© Francis Foley is the youngest 'son of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Foley of Washington street. The wreckifig 'crew of the Chi-- éago, North Shore and Milwaukee railroad was called to Waukegan to Hft the car while the pony was thken' from under the wheels. The jury filed into the box a sec-- cfidx and each one stated that 6 Whas to find Wiborg %' on two counts, as was cor-- reotly stated in The Daily News for July 15. The jury retired a second time, this time with the information, and immediately returned a verdict find-- thg Wiobrg guilty on two counts. Joseph E. Wozrniak, of Fox Lake, who is also charged with liquor vi-- olations, failed to appear in court this morning and after notige was sent out by Attorney Fields, the liquor case against Fred Eiter was that the child will be buried in Waukegan. _ _ & jury in the county court on July 15, but in which sentence could not be assesed because the jury hadnot recéived the information and could not enumerate the counts, was call-- éd 'before Judge DeWolf again to-- day. for Mr. and Mrs. Clark W. Cnandler of 100 North Utica street, tre nts of the child while = are on . a _ motor trip The liquor case in which Andrew Wiborg, proprietor of the Randolph hotel at Nippersink lake in the Fox Lake region, was found guilty by Little Marie is the only child of RUNS AWAY his | front | visit the second floor, confining him-- lnlf!onwmltblmomjaur ,tht rear of the house. She ' ex | pressed the belief that he may have | guilty to gambling and was fined for operating a gambling place %fi' es« she said, She digscounted the with the Hamp. A neighbor, how, The cause of the fire re-- mains a mystery today when uttempt= vw»re made to ascertain the origin. kKeports cireulated about at first state: that ND Normandie as-- cending the stairway to the second fcor carrying in his hand am oil dAaump. It was said that he fell, send-- ing the lamp to the floor at the bot-- tom of--the stairs. The flames from the lamp ignited the -- furnishings, and later spread to the other part: of the house. In attempting tc fight the fire the aged man re-- Geved severe h»umms. He was found lying unconscious neur the rear door some time after the fire had beer discovered _ by _ neighbors. _ Hi-- sweater was burning and his face had been scorched by the fire whict had destroyed his flowing beard. I: the a2mbulance of Werzel and Peter-- son the man was ta%en to the Vic-- tory Memorial hospita!. Contradicts Report Mrs. Clarence De Normandie 8003 Elisha avenue, Zion, daughter in--law of the victim, declared that the reports concerning the lamp causing the fire were false. She said that no one afld ascertai. just how the fire started rince ber father--in--law was alone in the heuse and that he--was in flames Rescue Aged _ | Recluse From . Burning Home ever, declared that she heard what seaemed to be the noise of a fall some time before the flames were The Zion fire department respond ed to an alarm. Rose appeared in court Tues-- day and declared that as was the custom "among the boys in Lake Forest," he had gathered with a few of, his friends for a "little crap game" in the garage. He claims he ¢id not rum a gambling place, but that when two of the boys started to fight, he threw them out of th« place and that they, for revenge, signed © the : complaint. He pleaded W, D. DeNormandie, 84 years old, sole occupant of a tworstory building at 2600 Gilead avenue, Zion City, was severely burned about the face, arms and body late Wednesday night when his home was totally destroyed by fire. been lying deown in the rear room when the smoke entered from the front part of the house choking him, and caused him to seek the rear door. Edward Newbury and William Emig, both of Fox Lake, and under separate charge of liquor violations, appeared before Judge Perry 1. Newbury, charged with possession and sile of intoxicating liquer, was fined $221.40. He paid the fine and was released. Declaring that be was the victim of a plot f@# revenge, Edward Rr;c.[ of Lake Rorest, pleaded guilty to gambling,, amd was fimned $100 and | costs by Juwdge Perry L. Person= ir | thne eourt Tuesday, | Rose :n @rrested on complaint | of two Lake Forest men who de-- | clared that he operated a (nmb"ngl place in the garage at the rear of his bome on Oak street, Lake i'«-'-l est. % Edward Rose of Lake Forest, who on Monday pleaded guilty to gam-- bling and was given until today to pay his fine of $100 and costs. ap-- peared in the county court early this morning and remained until aft-- ernoon. No action was taken or his case and Rose returned to !ake Forest. Persons in the county court Thurs-- day aftervoon and entered pleas of Emig, charged with the u ful possession of liquor, was $100 and costs. _ Emig pai« fine and was also released. Chemicals and water played 3porn the home of Mrs, A. Huber, living to the south, saved the latter's house. The ~orth side of the Huber home was @iTected somewhat by the TWO FINED ON BOOZE CHARGES FINED $100 ON flames Th daughter--inlaw insisted The cause g be traced to wtion in a pile in the *'i building or crossed GAMBLING CHARGF , Mrs. Ho ed ke e | liquor. | In nis opening staiement before 't.he jury in Judge DeWoilf's county court Thursday, Attorney Joseph A. Miller, counsel for the deiense, \ claimed that the Metzier place was Fnidod in Decemoer of 1921, and {tnn Meizsler admitted making whis-- ky becauge he believed he was per-- 'rr itted to make it for his own use. 'Thc raiders, Attorrey Miller de-- clared, carmed away part of the liquor and allowed Metzler to keep the rest as an "anti--freeze solution" for his Ford. Metzler appeared in court in January and naid ®# fine on his confesmon to the charges of making liquor. On July 20, 1922, the Metaler farm was raided again. and the sponge squad members declare that Metzler had made a "new batch ef moon" and had another still in kis possession. Metzler claims that the liquor and materials were left over from the old batch. Claiming that operatives _ from the state's attorney's office gave him permission to keep three gal-- lors of moonshine for use in the radiator of his Ford during the win-- ter months, Otto Metzier of Dia-- mond Lake is making a fight-- for acquitt:! of the charges of mak-- ing and _ possessing . intoxicating The jury returned a veraiet of guilty but recommended lemiemey or account of Metzler's wife and children. A motion for 2 new trial will be heard next Tuesday. If a new trial is denied Metzleris sen-- tence will be promounced at that Judge DeWolf wil' returnr to Wau-- kegan next Wednesday to hear the arguments of Attorney Field for new trials fer Andrew Wibo#tg and Nearle was taken {| »~ Friday, ahd after being attende| by a doe-- tor in Lake Villa he «> removed to the hoapital in Wavkegans He declared that he had fclt i after eating cold slaw, a food made from fi and it is belieed that the ng resulted from the prep-- aration used with the cabbage. Relatives of the man in Deéeatur were notified and his . somin--dlaw, who was also working on the Web-- ber farm, will accompany the body back to Decatur. / George Neagle, 56 years old, for-- merly of Decatur, I!}.. but recently empoyed on the Webber Poultry farm near 'ake Villa. died at the Lake County General Ho«pital Wed-- nesday following an iliness of five days, brought on by f~o' no'soning. John Wozniak FOOD POISONING METZLER FACES | -- % xC wf. S \mntfoo . oi\ oo /\ fim @, o \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\ 4, ) ~, PRe@gRA \\ \\\ \ _ _'.Z" 98 Cg_ Casp mlro'l'('. ENDS IN DEATH pusLishepd rwice weEekLy LIBERTYVILLE, TL TURDAY, JOULY 29, iv>2 e TNR UNESN _ ogzz2ases-- _ twenty dollar bi}!, and a two dollar ifll. But when the court declared that the fine an< casts amounted to |$424.25 instead of $422, Csaszar l"dm: again" in h&uled out a still larger rol! fror which he extracted the remaining {:.25. "grabbed a glass of wine out of my | The two youths were drowned hand." «/ Sunday when the boat in which Judge W. C. DeWolf who is here| they were riding with three com-- forthe'mxtfewohntozrymn-fmwle.lulfllllo quor cases in the county court, out from shore. Boatmen rescued balked 'at State's Attorney Smith's| the other tnree but Modrow and rmwono!-mnmm'w"m The lake was ceclared that the n:an should also be | dragged by boatmen divers given a jail sentence. _ | witho3t result. w......'l", County Court -- attaches and _ reporters gasped when C:aszar pulled out the much talked of, but seldom seen, "roll that would choke a horse," and Csaszar declared that he had "only mbout 200 rallons of wine" for his family use and that he did not sell it except to his friends. And he voiced his indirnance at Detective C. A. Brune, who, Csaszar declared "That im easy Whomey for Lake county," declared« Anton _ Csaszar, proprietor of the Iilincis hote! at Fox Lake Tuesday mas he paid a fine of $400 and costs after pleading guilty to selling iIkgsor. Deputy She left for Madi: night with e Dominie Petra "Elbow Inn. Deputy Shen{{ Elvin J. Griffin| Driving at a high rate of speed, left for Madison, Wis., Wednesday | &N unidentified manran his car intc night with extradition papers for | the ditch a mile north of' Deerfield Dominic Petracc, proprietor of the Wednesday and was seriously if "Elbow Inn,'" ne~ar Russell, who is | "°t fatally injured. wanted in Lake county for the al--| _ DT A-- E. Becker, who attended leged assault of Paul Carney, 89| Che injured man, says that he has a year resident of Russell. ?_I'*Nle.frnc-tun'uf the skull and The extradivon *papers calling for the deliver, af Petracci to the authorities in |ake county, Illincis, from Kenosha county, Wisconsin, were received by Col. Smith late yesterday afternoon after having been signed by Acting Gov. Fred E. Sterling. Deputy Griffin will pre-- sent the papers to Gov. Blaine of Wisconsin late :od@y, and unless Pe-- tracci demand-- a Rearing before the SHERIFF GOFS AFTER "ELBOW INN" PROPRIETOR Sterling. Dep=ty Griffin will pre-- sent the papers to Gov. Blaine of Wisconsin late :od@y, and unless Pe-- tracei demand-- a Rearing before the governor, he =ill be brought back to Waukegan :oday and probably held to the grand fjury for indict-- ments. -- c Petracci deci@r6$% that Carney was intoxicated an~ f@ll out of a wagon and was inj@red, ~--while Carney elaims that 1'~ra6ei beat him and will have to eause for P county. lay in the road.= If Petracci commnds a hearing be-- fore Gox. Blaine, & dute will be set and State's \'*orney A. V. Smith will have to =>~ that there is good enuse for Petr=@'8 arrest in Lake that A WAS 8 fifty .Gellar bills, 1 ave= his body as he LE took charge of dynamiting the lake following the finding 'of the first victim. After the charge had been dropped, the body of Weiirich came to the lake surface. cage for burial. The witneses will be ealled upon to testify regarding the two deaths when the inquest is called Monday evening. the surface, The body of a com-- panion, Walter Modrow, 8746 Mo-- zart avenue, Chicago, was recovered the day before. The inquest will be held into both deaths Monday evesting at Diamond Lake, it was decided yesterday by Deputy Coro-- Game and Fish Warden Henry Kern CAR TURNS TURTLE DRIVER NEAR DEATH Dr. A. E. Becker, who attended the injured man, says that he has a probable fracture of the skull and internal injuries of grave nature. At the hospital, where he was taken immediately after the smashup, it was reported that he had not re-- gained conscionsness, nor were there any distingui--hing papers in his clothing. s# The man the . ider of &wr ' run into him, the _ About a mile this side of Deerfleld they hear.| = horn behind them an the car shot past them. The fir= Car was (ravelling at w 30 wiles an ir at the timMey and its ceeupant imated the epesd af the tarning tarmed the dit wiles ar cceupan t coupe at the be AN iles au hour, urists were 200 y.yLe econd cur. m rman them, but imetend of into the he he right, » into c car ~ tartle, _ was beneath driving north --whe ippened. . Oceupant ioticed that Ke seem-- : his car in & ghaky ring that thay might they stayed behin i him up. this side of Deerfleli I.ll// -- M uie -- were g.yarke " caF. man N w Of | ® the hp\' sfi into | turtle. ! 9 Mr. and Mrs, William _ Morton, | Miss Pearl Twaros and Ran Roman |testified against Wozniak, declaring that they nad purchased drinks from him while staying at his ho-- |tel on Fox _ Lake. _A bottle "Olney and Ri*--ans county zre going to show visitors to the plenic," says the Olney Times, "that we car put on a selebration which will rank with them all. We have the spirit | und we can do it." Joseph E. Wozniak, proprietor of the "Hess House" at Fox Lake, was found, guilty of liquor violations in the county court Wednesiay morna-- ing. The jury returned a sealed ver-- diect and declared Wozniak guilty of possessing liquor on one count, and selling liquor on two counts. partially filled with liquor, was in-- troduced into ~evidence. It was charged that the liquor was of a home made vintage and sold from a botle bearing bonded stamps and seals. was read, and rather than interrupt the session of court goirg today, Judge W. C. DeWolf set the hear-- ing on the new trial motion for later in the week. At the same time, Judge DeWolf will hear the defense attorney on the motion for a new trial in the case againgt' Andrew Wi-- Lorg who was triéd -- and _ found guilty two weeks ago. Sealed Verdict For Fox Lake Resort Keeper Worniak declared that he had th« liquor in his possession for his wife who is in a very critical condition. Seeks New Trial Attorney George Field, counsel for the defense, motioned for a new trial immediately aftér the verdict Charles Walker and Edward Sbarboro, joint proprietors 'of the Otis hotel on the--north shore of Fox lLake in Antioch township,; are .on trial today charged with selling l yuor. Attorngys,.Field and Eugene Runyard, for P , are fight-- ing to free the claim that the i the _ states attorney*s office the facts concerning. raid on the Otis hotel. .. ~ $y.i8/_ *® The annual state ic of the 1| P.l"h A.A.tobohddu&y.u-d + county, will take plase on Wednes-- Zion Cit day, August 234, to a re-- ' p.nru-m.mumnm:m": n-uycomymuo-fim!w,__ the celebration. The pictic i8 bOINF |ino parce held a little earlier than those ofl previous years, the pienie of last 3 flh'.l' :;:r at Dixon coming curing Septem-- ! 'f"'..d:'! .:! wht: took the stand-- and &twfiq nnted'.hmw as owners' and asked for of "hard stuff," the hotel clared that they had none. FARMERS READY Begin Preparations Already plans are being form ulated for th8 event and farm bureau enthusiasts in Richland county h-hho'.-m affair in the 1. A. A. history. 't'"." M.I fl ?-'5 ?L.;m, M-:% Big Special Kdition Arrangements have been competed with the Olney--Daily 'Pimes for pun-- lishing of a special edition from cight to sixteen pages about the picnic and 2,500 t':m be dis-- tributed free of to pienic visitore. The publicity department of the I. A. A. will furnish the copy gwoing into the spectal, Getting Horseahoes Ready Horseshoe pitchers mre preparing for one of the most interesting tour ent ing the tim the be Arr Ta|--tand of the Righlaund co air vreinds, many dounty del« jor \A'H('M"'"'" viet (.ood Spenking Promised ace al picnie u' the noon ig (eature in izoif. his is the time the ts ever held. Many counties inning> to send to &om r the championr The De ounty Champion team of (==' picrie will be on hand to make * to retain the gup they wor x r@i of M by prom rricultwral leaders is being i. This part of the day's . The "barnyurd golf" e« is ome af the headliners at ~ pichics. Held before :»» nent is usually given d norning. The afterncon both old and young pienic ::l.d :'m Iilinois, arm Bureay -.mb_-nh: : counties are planning 'ull fevee. in varous games and course, there will be the FOR BIG PICNIC delera deport s _ and hour od | _ Wagnington. _ July 26.--Camp ;Cnster, Mich., is to receive the new ; hospital believed for sometime--to | have been interded for the Great } Lakes naval training station, it be-- | came known _ here _ Wednesday | through Secretary Ford. The hos ' pital, to cost approximately $1,500, 000 for its construction. is to treat | mental cases, it was said, It will | contain 500 beds. fered to give over a / tract of , Zion City's anti-- baseball ordin« | unce is invalid and: Zion Indepen-- petitioned by Albert Hall ihhh& 1% Judge DeWelf's decision vettles a cuntroversy which has been m M'--Vm-i& for more than two years, and it de= cides the ownership of the parks in Zion now rests with city and not as Lthe private -- property of Wilbur | Glenn Voliva. Surprise was expressed in Wauke-- gan today when it became known that the proposed hospital for men-- tal cases has been desigriated for Camp Custer, Mich., instead of Great Lakes. For some time the naval statior site seemed the cer-- tain place for the hospital. Word received today from Washington, however, named Camp Custer as the gite chosen. GREAT LAKES ___ LOSES U. $. _ HOSPITAL _ asked Mr. Ford to reconsider the matter, pointing out that zay hos-- pitals are already located in Mlinois whereas other states notably Mich-- igan are without the necessary nos-- pitals. E. H. Clifford of the Chamber of Commerce, when appraised of the selection of:Camp Custer, expressed the belief that the various orgami-- zations here including the Chame-- ber of Commerce would enter strong protést against placing the hospital in Michigan.., He 'pointed out: that: The original suggestion' -- would have the hospitzl located at Great Lakes, President Hardizg, however, n.mu'fllh"*b~3 bail as long as they o not . b the peace or property of the city, -- Judge J. C. DeWoelf of Belvidere, who is holding a sessron of the Lake county court here today, when he ruled against Voliva's attorney, Leo Forbey, and upheld the injunction Ball Players Arrested More than a year ago, several In-- vependents, all young boys, were ar-- rested by Voliva's police for playing baseball on the Volivite diamond in Shiloh park. Their att was declaured a violation of a city ordinance re-- wuiring that no game shall be played in the parks without permission {from the mayor, W. Hurd Clendenin. The boys declared that they fi never able to secure the permit, that their games Wwere continually beinge interrupted by police action. Through Attorney Hall, an appeal was filed in the county court here to tc--t the walidity of the baseball or-- inance. Judge DeWolf decided that the Independent boys, as well as the V olivites, should be permitted to play ball as lone as they did not disturb the peace or property of the t.wn, and from now an, baseball will be permitted in Zion City whether it i~ played under the tules of organ» ized baseball or under the rules set cown by Wilbur Glenn Voliva. $ Judge DeWolf Rules Zion City Kids Can Play in that they reported favorably on the for !!linois to receive fre!. . m the new hos-- cuestioned Sandy Two old Seotchmen sat by the roadside talking and puffing away mevrily at their pipes. _ $ "There's ho muckle im «mokin' ;cld" aaid m § "Well," said Donald, "yo see ye're smoking yer ain tabaceo ' thinkin o' the l'm ye're smokin' some pipe's rammed sae tight St -- draw." ----Aptaktale $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE (By United Press) make thot oot?"

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