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Libertyville Independent, 15 Dec 1927, p. 3

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Constable George Stried, who made the investigation, ho.g:tnndu & bully, a vicious man no respect «for the law. Col. Smith, he argued, ** "had taken full advantage to steal in-- to a private home, pull forth its in-- mates, and bring them before him for "When Stried was told by* Ethel that Ainsworths did not lve at 718 Ridgeland avenue and that she had :"' m(':-n.' back ve sto to the m.uuufiu drop the matter if Orvis' line of argument is correct," Block challenged. Ti amarammme Toun doretobet by been developed by Attorney Minard Hulse, who was as-- sociated with him in the prosecution, during the opening argument. Hulses had-- pointed out that the marriage as claimed by the girl was ubm"{yhcmtnu- mony. No one the parents had seen the "Albert Brown" to whom she elaimed she was married. No mar-- riage records could be produced to support this claim. Two state witnesses, neighbors of the girl, had seen her at home dur-- ing the time she was supposed to have been in Detroit at her wedding, he argued, while five or siz state wit-- nesses, including Dr. 8. L. Keller, who cared for her when her baby was born had testified that Mrs. Ainsworth had admitted that her husband was the father of the child. "'Do you think it is right that a daughter steal the husband away from her own mother? Mre. Ainsworth had asked of Ethel," Hulse argued. To this the girl had replied: "I don't give a d4...._.." iramed Ap < a case. Does it sound logical to jurors that Col. Smith goes to his office day after day just to sit there and think who he will frame up next?" "For seven years I have been con nected with the states attorney's of-- fice. In that time the defense, as a "It seems common practice for de fense attorneys to abuse officers sworn to uphold the law. It has be-- come a part of defense for cases. To whom will the people turn for pro-- when a man was cornered without an "If" he continued, "she had been in a strange city she would have been picked up as a suspicious person." To all of that Block had answered that Orviz had chosen to abuse the state witnesses because he lacked a defense to debate about. Sarcasm State witnesses, he said. had open-- ly admitted the mother a competent person to keep the child and of one woman witness he said she came onto the stand "Like a rose in bloom and The jury otf siv have stood 3 to 3 during deliberationgy The case is to be retried. Judge Decker will set the date of the new hearing Saturday. The disagreement--following an ar gument in which Assistant State's Attorney Block pleaded for the pro-- tection of the girl's future by taking "He was," Orvis shouted, "beneath g;.oddlalootthunon'rudb L. Their efforts to oust. Aineworth had started two years ago, he argued, and the propaganda that they offered then enlarged and became more vicious as her present Wome environments. About Ainsworth and his actions to-- ward the girl he had said: "It is a sad commentary on the rot-- tenness of man." Before him Attorney E. V. Orvis, defense counsel, had pictured the state's case as a frame up, borne in the minds of residents of Ridgeland avenue who gought to get Ainsworth trom their community because they thought him below their social stan-- Brown, 15, step--daughter of William Alnsworth, 56, T18 Ridgeland avenue, who was charged with being the fa-- ther of her child born last January and the child she is yet to bear. The jury actually got the case sahortly after 6 o'clock in the evening but did not enter deliberations until after 7 o'clock when they came from dinner. The court dismissed them at 11 o'clock. ' # After four hours of hopeless dead-- lock Judge -- Martin C. Decker late Thursday night dismissed the county court jury that had heard delinqguency Four Hours of Dea mmm:m- FIRESIDE STODI0 **** for the many attractive "Christmas Gifts on display here. that it's got even Santa guessing as to the reason for our popular-- ity as a "Gift Center!" . Aha, Santa, That's no secret The angswer is: Low FPrices! Prompt lmbo! Appealing Variety! 0 N DISPOSING OF AINSWORTH CHILD ITS EVEN GOT SANTA GUESSING JUSTINE PARKS' charge Jurors. in trouble? orn | idence. [ had Mr. and Mrs. Lioyd Fishr and #on mme'neuotthohbmoo(m Frank Com® last Sunday. t a Mrs. G. A. Vasey was a caller at _thonymtbonhomBnndu.. UA | utm Tiask daughter of Mr. and spent Sunday at her home here. The Congregational church bheld an annual meeting and élection of offic ers at the church, on Monday evening. Mrs. Robert Richardson was taken to the Lake County General hospital on Friday. She is very ill at present _ Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hucker were Chicago shoppers on Monday. __-- _ Mrs. Clinton Ravin and son spent Wednesday with Mrs. and Mrs. Rich-- ard Doell. Mr. and Mrs. Lioyd Benwell and daughter, of McHenry: were Sunday dinner guests at the G. A. Vasey res-- idence. t Mr. and Mrs. Llioyd Fishr and son were callers at the home of Mrs, Frank Com® last Sunday. Mrs. G. A. Vasey was a caller at the Vasey brothers home Sunday. . Ruth Lusk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Lusk, is confined to her home with scarlet fever. writing. lake Department Store. _ Mrs. J. W. Hook is « o o 00 00 0 0 0 0o 0 0 0 0 0 Mrs. Oscar Olsen. The Royal Neighbors held their an-- nual election of officers on Tuesday Mrs. D. G. White was in Chicagg on business on Monday. * Mrs. Fay Branstetter, Mrs. Irvin Brandstetter and Miss Edith Bayliss were Chicago shoppers on Tuesday, The firm of Pester and Waldmann Kas disolved partnership and Cash Pester is now the owner of the Grays daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Ravin spent Tuesday evening at the Esse Fizher home. Ellwood Dowell was a Sunday vis itor at the Frank Wilson home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson and fam ily motored to Waukegan on Saturday A large number from here al mmm.athMonat Friday evening. ' G Mrs. Esse Fisher is somewhat im-- proved at present writing. } Mrs. Richard Dowell spent Tuesday evening with her parents, Mr. and Mrs Esgse Fisher. Mrs. George Mann and daughter, vis-- ited at the home of Mrs. Esse Fisher on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Ravin and son motored to Waukegan on Wed-- nesday. | Mrs. Clinton Ravin and son spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dowell. Mrs. Richard Dowell and daughter, motored to McHenry on Saturday. Mrs. E. Bacon, who has been very ill at the home of her son, in Round Lake is improving. Mr. and 'Mr3. Joe Passfield spent Tuesday evening at the Harry Pass-- field home. Thomnytrhndoot.lohnl'ucfieu will be glad to learn that he is im proving from his recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wright and dau ghter were Sunday visitgrs at the T. Fisher home. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Passfield spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Passfield. Joe Wagner made a business trip to Chicago on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hagland and son of Chicago, were Sunday guests at the Thomas Fisher home. * Milton Dowell made a business trivo to Wauconda on Thursday evening. SBunday callers at the Bert Dowell res o o0 0 0o 0o 0o 0o 0 0 0o 0 0o 0o o Miss Georgia Vasey, of DeKaib, IIL, spent the week end at the home of her parents, Mr. and MraJayVasey. Mrs. Harry Sneal, who has been caring for Mrs. Lloyd Eddy, spent the week end with lm-u.puenu, Mr. and lr&Ooor?Dove Mr. and Mrs, Lioyd Fisher anda son wmmvmwnuthem Schied home in Wanconda. Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Passfield spent last Sunday at the George Dowell Milton Dowell and Lioyd Fisher, motored to McHenry on Saturday . the upper Nile valley in Egypt, at Wad! Halfa, says Nature Magazine, 0. 0 0o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0o 0 0 o o amounts to more than 19 {feet a year. proceeding excepting to corroborate the story of the girl. He had not known of her marriage, ho admitted, and he showed that he was hostile to Brown. & 1 Two friends of the man, both fol: lowing the trade of bricklayer, at which he is employed, testified that the home life of the Ainsworths' was Wudthoh-nyvdlmvud Bhe said she was 17 in spite: of school records and the state records of Michigan which show she was born in Saulte Ste. Mllch.."gbb 1912%, making her fifteen old and 13 at the time she married. She deniled that Ainsworth had se duced her, denied the Phnu of neighbors, denied that she was always in the company of her step--father. Ainsworth himselft took the .stand. He added nothing to the facts of the i 90e hn 8 ""';;' a WWS\T-WT yo% 5 strain of what she knew and not prevent, had to share her sec: Novmmumgluun: stories that you have heard from th lips of state witnesses. Her husband was enjoying the society of her daughter while whe could do nothing to him in that home dominated by Ainsworth," Hulse argued. Before the arguments both the girl and Ainsworth had taken the stand. She told of the marriage in Detroit, saying it was performed by a mipis-- ter. <She did not know his name or the exact place. She did ont know admitted that the, second one, yet un-- born, is of.definite parentage--that of umaflm where her bhusband Hved. Mr. and Mrs. Getchel and children, Mr. and Mrs. George Schied Jr. and --_-- Rapid Evaporation Under the almost cloudless skies of McMillan was in Downers business, several days of VOLO is confined to her of|\when he was at St. Paul and rela-- rds}tives from Marshall, Wis.. and Waw orn | kegan were trying to get him on the '--3e) phone to tell him his father had old | dropped dead in Wisconsin. Mr. Hart had gone there on busi-- 8t --Iness and nobody knew where-- he Of|might be--he was just supposed to be in St. Paul. And, he was out in the BF. |center of the big coke plant when nd.| word finally reached him that he was the| wanted at the telephone. For 'two ate hours the phone girls had been "chas~ n#t ing him'" and finally got him on the ted.| wire to talk to relatives who inform-- ) to|ed him that his father had dropped ' dead Garlier in the day. fol--| -- Referring to Mr. Hart's father's pas-- at|sing. the Richland Center Observer oft "NM. F. Hart, of the town of Mar-- shall, dropped dead at his home north, of Gillingham Monday morning while doing some work about the yard.. He bhad not complained of iliness and his sudden death was a shock to all ~Mr. Hart was among the ploneer settlers on the 8th eaid: hbears about the heroic act of the "hello girl," her persistence in doing her daily/ task--Jullan Hart, district manager of the North Shore Gas com-- pany had "telephonic efficiency' im-- pressed upon his mind last Monday Julian Hart, "Somewhere . in St. Paul" Finally Located to Get Shockingly Sad News. It is only occasionally that one able for community use. Banks provide funds for carrying on the great public utilities, the manufacturing interests, home--building, and retail institutions. . Your surplus helps them prosper. They build prosperity in your city and you es '"_ BANKS OF LIBERTYVILLE AND MUNDELEIN M A KE YOUR CHECKING BALANCE A MPLE FEOR O PP O RTUNLTIE s § fimHe banks of this community are here--to help you prosper. Are t JB offered you by your bank? The value you derive from your bank Hsea connection depends upon how you utilize it. Bank service, mod-- _ ern and progressive, is here--ready and waiting all the time. Most people can find many added ways to employ it profitably. Perhaps the nmiost fre-- quently overlooked part of this service is the checking account. Ydmchbckingammtnetsyouthehrgmtgins'whenitconsistendycarfies a reasonable reserve on deposit. Then, this one department of bank service secures for you at least.seven distinct advantages: . reat convensence enormous saving of time in payments. ; 7Mm:¢[z | f * Those are some of the direct tangible benefits of an adequate checking ac-- _ _ count. The indirect returns are no less important. _ , 6 LIBE RTYV ILLE Lake County National Bank . Libertyville Trust & Savings Bank -- The First National Bank times each year and was unusually elose and attentive to his parent in comparison toB:ho average son of these days. sudden 'death there-- fore was a stunning blow to the Wau-- Buit -- for $10,000 "n? was started Monday by Wm. J.--Kennedy, gn cnogrm "" jan church on cause for action dates back to. Dec. 14, 1925 when Kennedy, in crossing the North Shore line at Lake Bluff, was struck and injured so that he lost seven months work, according to the attorney. * North Western employe, against the North Shore line in the circuit court through Atty. James G. Welich The --Strangely, the elder Hart had al 'U:h:.xpreuod the hope that when his 'came, that he would die sud-- denly. In fact, a close friend . had dropped dead a week before. and Mr. Harthad ~remarked at the time: "I hope when I go, I'll go that way"-- tn%l hel dldl. exactly that way. .. 'he local gas r made it a point to vieit his uth!r two or three ho'vu'bonh'fil Mr. Hart of course hastened to his father's home and arrived in time to take charge of funeral plans. He re-- turned home to Waukegan ,Sunday. resided since that time. . Mr.. Hart whe well known throughout the coun-- trg: had a host of friends in all The fungral was held at the $10,000 DAMAGE SUIT IS FILED in the town !-! offere i connd Your surplus helps them prosper. They build prosperity in your city and you again share in the profits of your surplus. : Thus a surplus in your checking account serves you directly in seven ways, and indirectly through your contribution to community prosperity. Your business ability creates a surplus which helps carry on the life of the com-- munity and keeps astir the sources upon which you depend for your own commerce. An adequate balance serves you well. When you increase your bank balance, that much additional cash is avail-- able for community use. Banks provide funds for carrying on the great public (OU CAN PROFIT Redhe wnl t o eruthit c c When You Know How Valu This Service Can Be To You :.!' e a!a*;!!; gfi fl Maytag Washer Sales Show A Big Increase Hearing on the case was set for Dec. 17 by Justice Hall. The warrant for the man was is-- sued several <weeks: ago and the search had extended into Arkansas for him. Later information was that he was in Chicago so the warrant was sent there. 4 The woman claimed that she was employed as a house--keeper and that Britton took advantage of her, '~He neither admitted nor denied the John Grant Britton, 55, Fox Lake, proprietor of boat line, Thursday was released in $8,000 bonds by Justice Wilfred Hall on a charge of being the father of the unborn child of Mre. Margery Johnerud, 35, Chicago, form-- erly Britton's housekeeper. Britton was arrested by detectives out of the detective bureau, Chicago, Wednesday.> Detective Sergeant Bart Tyrrell, who was in for the police de-- partment, brought the man back. to the county jail for Sherift Lawrence Accuses John Grant Britton, Fox Lake, With Bdn?'{dather of Her Unborn Child. The recent announcement of the i 4 State Bank of Mundelein Asa uk 994 {a0ded impotus to the growing : 'Cie New Maytag embodies the lat-- est refinement in machine design, and as a result. it is as nearly silent and .perfect in operation as it is possible for any mechanism to be. All moving 'p-.m are enclosed and require no ad-- 'mnmt or attention. A feature of 'the New Maytag is the Roller Water Remover--en exclusive patented fea-- | ture, obtainable only in Maytag Wash-- the demand, according to a statement issued by F. L. Maytag, Chairman of the Board of Directors. "So great has been the demand for the New Maytag Washer, that we have increased our production {from 1250 to 1400 Maytags per day, and still we are r::&lu approximately 10,000 washers nd," Mr. Maytag reports. The factory pay roll is now the largest in the history of the organization, and amounts to considerably more than $400,000.00 for each 26--Gay working period. 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