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Libertyville Independent, 10 Nov 1927, p. 1

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* AUTOISTS DEATH]| »cusss 5t sacres oo e en -"'-'_..wfi'w"ll CbG: ME can ABT e . mager w ~sloct dmmm<un&o=1:"6&"m" The origin An:-ny unable to stop-- his> ma-- doomed. 'This old hotel was a 1 chine ummu_m-m.u u'hl' , 21. C 3 'aikndor, -- fathor --of . g""'"m French of Milwaukes, motorman -- on | $3099 and--costs before Justice: Harry the train, and Felix mwu.flo'ttollflmlnflmadeon_hh cense collector, of 44 Wisconsin ave--| Place Sunday by Constable George nue, Waukegan, who stated that the | Stried and the sponge squad.> They "m,'uh-mduw.wmm. % degrees, was met by a denial on the|_ The John Jackson resort at Deep mummmmm{;{'mmflufiz'd'&?:ow watchman on the crossing. «J being m a p booze Frerich stated that as his train ap-- | Aand beer samples being found. proached Belvidere © street he noted n rerereaiteencgemmtcrametntimtnitinn that the gates were lowered, but the | Henry Kehm, aged 30, of 2410 North gates were partly raised and then low--| Western Ave., Chicago, was fatailly ered just before the train reached the | hurt in an suto accident near Grays-- crossing. Druba stated that he had |lake this--morning: > Accompanied by stopped his car on the east side of | two companions he had come out from the crossing as a south bound train | Chicago ~to shoot % They passed. o f were en route to Lake: and 'at «He saw the gates rise and prepared tnhtnulut.il.crcur h'lflifi"fl-"fl'\hw.'tdm the tok. north bound train approaching. A mo--| The driver of machine in turning ment later he saw the heary trainjout got off the pavement, and when a-lhh'ommuuhdvum unto the wmmbmm car was 1 a Testimony showed "that Alexander, }chest.. He was hurriedly tak . who had been employed at Mundeiein |office of Dr. Struthers in in paving operations was on his way MbfidMub&"fig| his car on the west side of the cross-- ing. Impationt he--started his machine as soon as the gates started ha tarily lifting the gates was held as responsible by a.corone?ls jury for the death of John Alexander, aged 26 mdmmn'-:ll. who was instantly killed when automo-- bile was struck by a North Shore Line ned to $1,000 personal cand $16,000 real ecatate. mm»tmn- "ter, son and grand«djaughter. «"Letters . Heove nte Hrachp Aiige Edwin W. Parkhurst, Eibertyvilie. Will admitted to probate.© Estate val ted to probate.-- EKstats consisting of real estate valued-- ai _ $1,500--given. to husband, Henry C. Helken. Letters Action of the gateman in momen-- VOLUME XXXV--NUMBER 45 > & ra on place Sunday by Constable® George mmmmm They 408 JQDH JAckson resort at Deep Lake was also raided with the re-- port being made that a pint of boozre and beer samples being found. day acording to R. M. Lobdell,coun-- ty superintendent --of highways. The new strip adds five --miles of concrete road 'to the county eystem. The road EITER PAYS $300 . AFTER RUM RAID avenue, a N: The question of rebating amounts C 'M 'flnho.: sessments was adopted a motion that where the Te ut 9F the Inirurement. s inbate » & would be made at' qonce. When the m.hhhnun.m-ent.th rebate will not be made until the 10th The old Smith Hotel, on gan----Conservator : authorized ~to <bor-- Order of W"m Elizabeth Vanderkloot, min-- or, 'Lake (Bluff, Guardian authorized to spend money for school expenses. --Bva Jeffery Carquevilie, Highland RIGHLAND P ARK IN * NEED OF OFFICRR Mre. Ma e M. Skene, Kirk Harold Porter of Jowa City, Ia.. Robert Merch-- ant Porter, Kirk, < First :Pregsby: terian church where she --attended services,for years, the Y. M. C. A., and Jacob Peterson, groom for the Kirk stables and chauffeur in the more re-- cent days, a Other matters heard included: -- Ellen Cunningham, Zion--Inventory .m&mh;.'tmdthfifi. Wauke-- Al T lee::>>>>:, In that the estate was--shown ts be barrie rigne t oin / > d filed vy her in 3 was r ter, ~Mrs. Alice--Kirk Porter through _Petition tor probate of the will of the late Miss Mary E. Kirk, for years a resident~of the city, in which the hearing was set for Nov. 38 was Church ¥. M. C. A. Re-- mxby Old Resident [M. of Chicago, an 18--year--old youth, charged with manslaughter in conuec-- tion with the death of Joseph Shiel, 69,-- Chicago, -- rday was 'diemissed ::ur" M m"': ':° who been put in but the deféense, setting ULLESTAD CASE DISMISSED WHEN . STATE DROPS OUT WM Ff'il to"r % in Faces mr Charge. case against Raymond Ulles lost a motion for "a new trial.-- . / After the judgment was entered she gained a etay of mittimus until Thurs-- day and the records indicate that n appeal to the appellate court mha; will be taken to the appellate court by-- Attorney William _ Behanna, who dn&rm ':'s'i' trial & had taken | e 'podthn that the search warrant ::': in violation of the state and federal m £ is 4A : The court was in --a position to «en A t Oy her h:;:c.hwm;w Mrs. Anna Rosencrans. of 133 Bel: videre St., Waukegan, on Monday w sentenced to 70 days in county jail on a charge of violating the hibitory. act By Judge P. L. Persons in the She had been found guilty by a jury more thah a week ago and had was found: in the wreckage at ' the dh?:r:c. lying nearby seriously was s mmm-.mm inald: Pope <of <Atlante and a=®sister, Mrs.. Gordon D. Taft of Atlanta, sur-- GIVEN 10 DAYS. | {io aa name ht IN "JAIL,| Sch. s 'hov. Hovward B Genster, wm to :a wide circle --of | at a loss as to--the cause Af the acci-- _ and ~acquaintances ~ of _ dent. <'The car driven ? : Peterson mmhhmmd& who 'wias accompanied by Ahiberg and .. The young .man was on 6: ay while Nott= wrs traveling company of ~which he was a~ «of <the road. < Both of the -- cars, Triid Sien F. Porkine, a movemminer [baaly aunnagn o * n .00n=*~ "** EDW ARD POPEIS ------|FOUR INJURED CRASH IN SOUTH, --© OF AUTOMOBILES Former Resident and Son of J. is Seriously Hurt in Week. is | > tyville Sunday. : WM. e.mm MI i cP _~ '| MHENRY HAS A o f According to day from W with the state that "Preparedness for war is preparedness for peace." . And4nspiring service was held-- in memory of 'the Woflu'x:vm who chave paid <the eu sacrifice and those who have been gathered in-- to : the: fold gince the ~war. Special musical 'numbers were given by the vested choir, the feature of which was gnw-ww.mnt*mw the quartetts «composed of Mrs. Mur-- Shober, Richard J, Evans and Harry B. WNAMUM the sounded "taps" after the benediction. Church,. the Rev. Howard E. Ganster, rector, gaveone of the most inspiring since the days of the World War. .. Alhiberg was given atten'on at the office of Dr. F. H. Martin in Téberty-- 'fli"%mh'u&d at the office of Dr. L. Taylor, in Tibertyvilie, and then sent to their homes. ~ Drivers of the two machines seem at a loss as to the cause af the acci-- Ahiberg, daughter. of Jahner 'Ahlbers, severe cuts and bruiges; Cilifford Pet-- erson, m'l.dh;d%n atubr;n north o: Uh!tyvll cu glass an Raymond Nutt, of 158 Newberry ave-- nue, Libertyrile, bad cut i head. PEACE INSURANCE he time. accordinx in Trasuuren ugy] ... _ _ ___ _ t _-- --/ JIiUi] been left a century sgo by : -- }wh. VGOCOPO "'J{v'z«i"'s"l@'" M J h & " enc cw m'm. m d T anning to effect--the| "The regular meefing of the Liberty--| DA! John Jacob Astor in New ts ook af ?;,.,,W( ¥Vills. Woman's Olub was held in the| The action was brought on clork and qurety bonds posred: Cppory |Parfth House Wednesday, Nov. 9th. | of a score of heirs of Mrs. Gen "# To "'i&"'" . ¥nere| A feature of the business meeting was| _ From the courts Attorney = ist Natlonal bank In. rhiname * gm e competent report given by. Mrs.| E. McLeod .obtained % i oo e o e i oi vrag e ~_ i Moy . Ray "la: meeting of the | u6e "4" of the m'% ¥ \';"Lf;"f??.'-v--' R"'%"%}*?fi:q'bfi:'" ?-«'; '.1. :! i at '.m u ~ " " m m h * & ITYBHBECI T MPOTA TD ©>|ers Park Woman's Club. a translation of lengthy Getm: Cslug ig on Bulkley Road, be-- '&~mqh'§vhmmm farm for' a toad of oats. Unaware of Tragedy . He saw the Finstead and Moneove-- on cars crash and took a momentary 'Interest in the argument that followed and then drove on oblivious of the fact that within a few minutes later A@eath then winging its way towards the epot was to claim the lHves of the nationaly known financier and his Bgr and gentle wife. _ _ _The.coroner's jury was made up of prominent and representative citizens Of 'Libertyville as--follows:: Benjamin H.«Miller, attorney, as foreman; J. C. Reuse, president of Libertyrilie Trust i hiag, ungurtaters sn mhinare fan. _ * BACK N A WEEK:E: And the driver of the hayrack, that slow mo conveyance, which creep-- ing: al the highway on that morn-- ing, was 'to play a' part as the fore-- runner --in --a double tragedy -- that .".Ufl?&hmhq'fltwteflof his part in the affair. He is Joseph the heavy macine. -- Dr. Maurice Penny, associate of Dr. J. L Taylor, county coroner stated that examina-- tion of Mr. Mitchel! when he was brought to his office showed that the financier had suffered a fracture of the skull and a crashed chest. He was bleeding swbout the mouth, nose and ears. He died within two hours after being brought to his office, he said. Mrs, Mitchell suffered a fracture of the skull and a broken neck, examina-- £nort--distance from the group and he acted quickly. : _ j Car Swerves--Turns Over He swoerved the heary car to the side of the pavement intending to let the wheels on the right side ride the shoulder-- along the cement. surface. The whepis struck the coft mud and beforé he could realize what had hap pened the big car had swerved and _Other witnesses told of removing the victims from the wreck, and find-- ing that Mr. Mitchell still lived but that apparently his wile had died at ness by . . --The big car travel-- ing at a fair--rate of speed moved up :."'xi"-:.?'-n.".'-i.?m olock q > --at :45 o' in the morning, the countrysideée and ¥vision of Oobjects a few hundred feet ahead beliag obscured by the heavy fog 'that enveloped the road. After he had started down the east side of the hil the cluster of automo-- biles.and a group of persons stand ing on, the the 'road suddenly came thescone of the wreck of two other automobiles, and whom the driver of the Mitchell car tried to avoid when he turned 'the big. Lincolin machine . Phe story of his part in the acci-- the ill--fated, automobile detailéd the events Jeading up to the accident that anuffed out the life of John J. 'Mitchell, ~$&r., | of Chicago, interna-- tionally known banker and his wife, near Libertyyille on the morning of October 29,:the coroner's jury. in ses-- sion in the village hall at Libertyvilie ' morning returned a verdict ex nerdting hini.from all tlame in the k z s --None -- ot: the surviving" members of the Mitchell family attended the inquest.. but they <were represented by two attorneys and a stenographer ':m -':t. t:c record of . ___.. Bares Detils of Accident was the opinion of the coroner's jury although 'they debated on the care-- leasness of the sevéral drivers of au-- Chauffeur Gives Details o f ; Shocked Nation. «OF AtT-- RLAME IN MITCRELL TRAGEDY M Te CTTL, . _ e mLr. Egkirtod roadway foun fl 'fi.'""l w. K. Fouts, and the brakeman cago. All took part in hom:h:orud"'nm:?odtoth:.ma- C. L Oceldemann. _ All resige victims from the Mit-- land Park mm * Milwaukee. § ..' _ Bullet Enters Forchead Train on Special Schedule er of the hayrack, that An examination of the wound show--| -- Thetrain--which struck tbe autt nveyaneo.vuchemp"mmmt"wmmw.hmw:-&v" ighway on that morn-- | nead in the center and had been fired nights explains, to some: extent, double _ tragedy that|about one inth from the head. pr.| thought that as the view is' opas tion had .been located Grover Q. Grady summoned to attend | blocked 'wm x thhcuottote"ofunumaamrmmmmmm C :iz +.: .A affair. . He is Joseph| wound that the youth could not sur--| it W4s ie and Pive Points: Msinats, whi hat been some months betire saouing ter 6 + t m"m L 4 ~ l.. s d ! ?bfilwu for some time, had grown melancholy :'J:tmé | «of onts. from, worry through his failure to ob | summer after Be Ad ~obtained" re of Tragedy tain employment.. This fact, coupled | ployment with'a' Paving conlle Finstead and Moneove-- | with the contention o fhis friend that| ging at work i Munde ceA : Nm-.umunmmamnwym While in Waukegan We work irgument that followed hmwm Trrow the weapon | James Cape and Sons com Any, : ) on oblivious of the|and as the bullet had been fired into| tractors, and bad been emplo¥® lulmfl:,m_W.h»h:t&u?m'mm~m installing the paving Jeading up to ging towards j center orehead indicating that| very crossing on whi is * ~claim the livese of the deliberate--aim had been taken, were 9: : > n ftinancier and his | all regarded as supporting the suicide teomniccromticreienyentieniattsattcmmmitem mt jury was made up of |-- 'There was but one extenuating cir| Another for representative citizens | cumstance however, and that lie in e o e Y HArge n as --follows:: Renjamin the fact that the youth and the gun E't'hof & n':inrm.l.c.mfiomm&t.tt: fence. " SA ol ':Mlahoru. the case had expressed the belie! m"'n"m'z a,fl.%mt hat the gun might have been dis--| are now suing in the courts th ters and Richard Rarl. |charged accidentally while the youth| boDing to perfect a claim e: @ Libertyville garage.| was climbing through a fence. They|tate of John Nicholns Rmerick, omm 0 $ held --that the youth wishing to| trader in New York in the },; FnLThF e ide his action had selected such a| This same estate is claimed --by 4C I"*"_»~:>~ ~I The body was taken to Chicago | sent from 2 dinao=>> U TA i O Whore funoeral services wore held ar| _ San Francisco, Nor. 5.--JAuBl *4 / chauffeur <of was but a atout -- lers Park Woman's Club. _ _ . > : |~ Mre. Lyell Morris opened the pro-- I: !lé in with a delightful group of Tells of Her Trip l:::.a? -- -- Around the World]?*"",, the next morning hbe left the home after recovering the rifle from a place where he had secreted it. MMT'G'"'%IW' a farmer residing w Reard the.report --of a gun.> It was the only sound of a gun that he heard in the vicinity of his Tarm® that morning. He thought little of it, however, as hunt-- ers frequent that sect ,m_mfl.phgmm'm known that the young man had de-- ceived his mother as to his plans for Friday. <~On Thursday evening he vis ited the home --of a friend in Chicago and borrowed the gun, a .22% calibre keturning to his own home he in-- formed his mother that he desired to be-- called early the next morning as he intended to apply for a job which he had heard was open. Arising early ~~Evidence tending to show that Ray-- mond Meinske, aged 17 years, of 3420 Springtield avenue, Chicago, who was found near death with a bullet hole through the brain on a farm west of Highland Park last Friday morning, took his own life, was tendered at the inquest held in Prior's Funeral home at Highland Park that day. < The coroner's jury, however, holding that despite the evidence, there was an element of doubt in the suicide theory, returned an open verdict on the: death, githough it decided that the buillet. which coursed through the brain of the youth, came from a gun in bis own hands. h4 Cg'm\floldsmui'}omm * --With Bullet in Brain. EVIDENCE TENDS > T0 SUICIDE IN _ DEATH OF YOUTH ood cemetery in River Grove. ME KiMD OF K4OCKIG THAYT gerrans A Sour DrsPogmgs is OF o geuerttr xo AsMgOOU, BUT THE KmO YHET THE BuSs4 CARPENTER DOES $ WWC To -- w EARS! 1 MOY MuSY USE A RAAAMER, BuLD Somev--aing \ ~, Ray Young Says: sred <with pleasure by ber and experiences in was the speak-- by her in a sate trader in New York in the eariy This same estate is claimed --by Emericks of Waukegan. The sent from San Francisco is San . Francisco, Nov: 5. otthoeumhn.hu' prove that Mrs. Charlotte 1 who--.died here three years been the lawftul heir to an valued at $500,000,000, which Estate of J. Emerick _ While in Waukegan He worked tor installing the parings ding up to the very crossing on whit a . ¢ Mundelein for Libertyville contractor Joe :Melloy. They 'had been won dering why he did not come home from work. In Alexander's room at this address was found a letter from his father, W. C,. Alexander of 1% Halsted street, Chicago. Local y orities succeeded in locating the tai er Sunday afternoon and notificd him of the tragedy. The motorman in charge of Hw#-- ed train No. 813, which hit Alexander, Identifi *' m . lo, qo _ NC > WtriKe Portions of the .yvied-!- body were scattered> along right--of--way, so badly was he ..Efi,' on on the body vat the Teceoe wige on on the automobile showed it has been Inmrmad 4o sw z. C ""_flldlwwmm* Alexander apparently -- did not hnave u"'"'"'lnderuhuwm partly lowered gate and upon ° the k in the path of the limited. car but just ll.bem Approach at terrific flle-o-th.h'uo.n-u.u L 2C Cl . ce Nee -" 'instant _ death Wl'. o'clock Saturday pight when his roadster" was hit t3 & north m!-l | two--car limited train on tflm'"' ce °20 North Shore raftroad at Bel 8t. C _ The automobie, eampieten eR _ l&.hmm';'" "---3-? censes, had a close escape frop, U west street. Wh:beruetedh rafl-- were noticed that E€ates 'm"'flomtor.u ho-utruntom o oo dteg & io D2 126 (Ttin passed, ao € gateman, wwfldb.'dn i Sam-- '!,h.mm- Druha -h-..';! ed wreckage, and was ramnu,s i wWhite and Toblo reneret ie w the inquest was uw . 1e F4 -it'g. in : Clone *4 m nue, in , the train for a Aisi. . ® ."" ToAt of dm'l"llfoet.wr a distance of three hun-- e body of the > e h $4 capitated, and mangleq aimpit [ 8¢ THI8 :$1.50 A YEAR --_ 4

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