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Highland Park Press, 27 Mar 1930, p. 21

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BRIEF NEWS ITEMS FROM LAKE COUNTY Plan for the establishment of an- tomatie gates at the Glen Flora av- enue crossing, at Waukegan, over the North shore railroad, was outlined by officials of that railroad in a commun- ication to the city council. Recent proceedings in probate court, of interest in this section, are reported as follows: __ - - - -- _ Installation of stop lights at the in. tersection of Washington street and Sheridan road, Waukegan, was begun last week. Residents in the Channel Lake school district recently approved a '10,000 bond issue for' the purpose of erecting a two room school by a vote of 54 to l. The building, it is plan- ned, will be erected this summer. Mrs. Mathilda Kappus'. 66 years old, of S. Ashland avenue, Chicago, was seriously injured last week when the ear in which she was riding with her son, her daughter and grand- daughter, skidded on the' highway near Wauconda and plunged into the ditch, The petition asking for a change from the commission form to the " dermanic from the municipal govern- ment, is awaiting the action of the Waukegan city council. The measure was introduced at the meeting of that body by representatives of the Tax- payers league, last week. Frank Dorack, deputy collector ot internal revenue in Waukegan estim- ates that the umotint td the income taxes collected in Lake county will exceed $7,000,000 for the year. Pneumonia proved fatal last week to Mrs. Ellen Harvey Lamb, at her home at Lambs Corner, Gurnee, She had resided in Warren township since her birth 80 years ago. . Recent Proceedings in the Probate Court Thursuisi, March 27, 1980 Mrs. Mary Louise Sweeley, aged 93 years and a resident of this state for nearly M) years, died in the Vie- tory Memorial hospital last week, from ailments attendant to her ad- vanced age. A grass fire was blamed by the Waukegan fire department for a blaze which drove three families into the street at 311 N. Sheridan road, and caused damage estimated " more than $1,000 last week. Charles J. Lemkuhl, Highland Park, Will. admitted to probate. Estate given to wife, Mary Julia Lemkuhl. Real estate valued at $6,000. Letters testamentary issued to Mary Julia Lemkuhl. Bond of $200. Heinhip proved. Adjudication day set for June 3. _ Brief Notes of Ha enings in This Section Q%'lr"d Shore; Waukegan Henry C. Durand, Lake Forest. Apo praisers appointed. Frank C. Wubbel, Highland Park. Final report approved, Estate closed. Paid killers murdered the young woman whose charred body wu found March 8 in the ruins of: Deep lake cottage. according to Pat Roche, in- vestigator for States Attorney Swan- sun of Cook county. The killers are Chicagoans and of them is known. Arrests we pected within a few days. Seientme investigation, it w“ dis- closed. has conf1rmed Mr. Roche's or- iginal theory about the killing. It was done in the cottage. The body was then dismembered and the cot- tage fired. The discovery that the killers were only carrying out the orders of other persons is believed to explain why the 't_urtert,lteproved-utttinr. Sheriff Lawrence Doolittle is not surprised at the revelations nude by Roche. The investigator, he laid, started working on the case immedi- ately and inquired into gang activi- ties. Roche returned last week from a visit to the murder scene. He and his men searched the lake and dug in the vicinity of the cottage in the hope of locating the victim’s missing head. -Th7killlsT."7Rat7s says, hid "iireey to the cottage, and the skeleton key they found in the win: was not the une they used. Believe Paid Killers Murdered Girl in Deep Lake Cottage Mystery Screen- uul Doom napalm! Sharpening Tool: Any otttaide Work Highland Park, III. 158 N. Second M. Tet. B. P. 451 CARPENTER AND BUILDER A. MENONI THE HIGHLAND PARK HOSPITAL by the Highland Park Hospital. In a great many ways Highland Park is profited guard over the city's health. It attracts the best of medical skill to our com- munity. It serves all and helps all while standing THE PRESS one Telephone Highland Park 2550 700 Central Ave. The Lawn Mower Shop LAWN MOWER $IlhlitPliil)iIMI FUEL OIL PHONE 3090 Pocolonm Product. Company “QB”: unumxux O” - LAKE POI-1' “I We Call for and Deliver ANY SIZE Highland Park, Ill. n

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