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he is an escaped convict from New York state and that he was a "Peep-- img Tom" when he lived in Detroit. He sai® he was convicted for indecezt acts in New York state and was sen-- tenced to three years in the peniter-- tiary. In Detroit Ackerman said he was shot through the leg in making his escape from a police officer after being discovered peeping into a bed-- room window. that, of Mrs, Margaret Smith, They also gave me--her telephone numbe;: I then called her on the telephone. 1 told her I wanted someone to pos: in the nude, and asked her if 1 could call and see her. She consented read-- y uwnd give m» hnur afittruse -- 1416 model. Theygave numbers _ wichout Among the names t day. His home, he said, is on the grounds of the North Shore ceme-- tery. He is married. Under 'dngues- tioning by Chief Tiffany he tted Makes Confession Following is the complete confes-- s'cn Ackerman made detailing the events leading up to his luring and otiacking Mrs. Smith: "I am making the following stato-- ment of my own free will without any Inrsats or promises from the chief ot Pc'ce. Lester N. Tiffany. or anvone j¥ @and gave me Bher address, 3444 Mw?m' I went there axngdrizng the --_ &A woman, whom ve was the landlady, answered the bell. 1 asked if 1 coulda see Mrs. Margaret Spoith. She directed me to _ MrS representing an Indian maiden bound| _According to the local information to a stake. At this point Detective| HMighway 41 was originally routed so Frank McClusky, who was concealed| that traffic was taken directly from in the room, stepped out and seized | Chicago to Milwaukee on the west the pseudo artist. In one pocket|r02d, avoiding all of the lake shore Ackerman had a length of rope io|Cities Waukegan, however, has di-- be used in binding his victim. verted this traffic in the past :wo Chief of Police Lester Tiffany of ) months to go through its business Lake Forest found Mrs. sSmith and | Gistrict. she unhesitatingly identified m-' The diversion has meant consider-- man. He waived extradition and m,able loss to Kenosha and Kenoshna taken to Lake Forest early Satnr-lcoumy, it is claimed, and attempts day. His home, he said, is on the!are to be made to bring the routing tery. He is married. Under Kenosha under the same -- circum-- tioni gbyCMTiflmyhe'dngm stances an_d by virtue of the same the truth of Mrs. Smith's accusa--| "¢280n as it has been routed through fprsizds Waukegan. State's Attorney A. V. Smith an-- nounced Saturday after reading Ack-- erman's startling confession that l.{¢ iriprisonment will be demanded wihen the case is called for trial Fing Arts ar answered th« fessor Lewis €1 Frank McClusky, who was concealed in the room, stepped out and seized the pseudo artist. In one pocket Ackerman had a length of rope io be used in binding his victim. Chief of Police Lester Tiffany of Lake Porest found Mrs. sSmith and In adding to his colorfu': confession Saturday night, Ackerman admitted woods and you are a captive. When I'm through with you I'll kill you." Cmef liffany announced Monday morning arrangements nave pee. completed to give Ackerman a prelim-- inary hearing before Justice Burridge that afternoon. The charge against him is rape. The defendant provably will be held to the grand jury in bonds of $10,000, Chief Tiffany said It was an attempt by Ackerman to repeat his crime of four months ago, even to the small details, that led to his capture. His victim was to have been a Kenosha woman | He had lured Mrs. Smith, who is xmrsold.fromberbomeatw' the authorities will do some with me," Ackerman told Chief faby. "Maybe I can be cured." David Ackerman, Held In Attack, Admits Sentence In New York; Confesses He Is LIFE TO David Ackerman, 35, pseudo artist and confessed moron, under arrest in €) e 4 I left my home in Des d went w%nmwn about me ¢'elock in the morning he Evanston Academy of To Demand Life d n toid the party --wh phone that I was Pro of Rockford. Tlinois. AYr Chbe 4 Judge Decker issued a writ of scire facia in the case of Fred Hartong, Chicago, a fugitive, requiring Louis Breger, Waukegan professional bonds-- man, to show cause at the next *"term of court why the bond should not be forfeited of failure, of Hartong to carry out a court order. Hartong was sentenced to serve 60 days in the county jail on a charge of driving a machine while intoxicated and has The October term of Couhty court opened Monday morning, Probate Judge Martin C. Decker presiding in the absence of County Judge Perry L. Persons, who is away on a trip. Several pleas were entered and a number of cases nolle prossed. ISSUE ORDER IN FUGITIVE CASE It has been suggested that High-- way 41 be routed to enter Kenosha from the west at the intersection of 41 and Highway 43 northwest of Kenosha in the town of Somers. This would bring traffic into Kenosha on 43 and thence through the city on Highway 15. continuing southward An appeal sent to Frank T. Sheets, chief engineer of the state highway department of Tllinois at Springficli, has ignored communications that have come from the Kenosha cham-- ber of commerce, and Sectetary Cor-- bett daclared that hn> would continue in his efforts to get some attention to the Koenosha situation. o Waukegan Kenosha Protests Rerouting Of Highway So That It Turns Into Waukegan. No. 79 MAKE PROTEST It is hoped to have the letting of | theeo&:ctwithinafewmhlnd, to start work on the excavating as| soonaspos:ibleinordertohavethe' foundation completed before the winter sets in. | Ever effort is to be made to rush | the work to have the new building ready for occupancy at the opening of school next September. saturday afternoon, was the heav-- iest ever polled on a school matter, a total of 590 votes being cast when the polls closed at seven o'clock. The proposed improvement con-- sists of the erection of a two story structure at the north and east of the present building, the new part to house a modern gymnasium and a number of class rooms to relieve the present congestion. : A meetmf of the school board was held Monday night and plans were made for the promotion of the work. It was decided to advertise immediately for the sale of the bonds which are expected to bring more than par on competitive bid-- ding. The plans for the building were gone over with the architect and a few minor changes are to be made before bids are called for on --the The People of Libertg:ine town-- ship went on record turday -- as favoring the enlargement of the local high school and by>a vote of 345 to 237 ganctioned the issuance of bonds amounting to $100,000 to provide funds for the construction of the addition to the present building. The vote on the proposition which was taken at a special election held $100,000 Bond Issue Carried Enter Not Guilty Pleas following defendants entered of not guilty: ON ROUTE 41 Plans are being made for the lay-- ing of the cornerstone of the new Immaculdte Conception church at Waukegan on Sunday, October 21. The work of tearing down the frame structure on the property has been completed and alteu?ye tie excava-- tion for the foundation has been completed. It is expected that by October 21, the: concrete foundation will have been installed and ready for the cornerstone. The cornerstone 'ht:s already been ordered and is on' its way. The police found blood on Gran-- anyski's coat when they pliced him under arrest. Information which icd to the house where the suspect 'ives was furnished by two witnesses who are acquainted with the accused man and directed the police to his roominz place. * Homal attaches reportel Mon-- day moon that Longlake. was slightly improved. CORNERSTONE * LAYING PLAN. IS ANNOUNCED Longlake when revived at the nos-- pital told the poiice that a man 29-- proached him and asked for a matc*' Longlake said when Re replied he hadn't a match the man drew a dag-- ger and slashed him. > pi Matt Longlake, of Kerfosha,. Wis lies in--a dangerous condition in the Victory Memorial hospital 'from stiletto wounds alleged to have becn inflicted Sunday night by _ Steve Grananyski, who was apprehendied a short time after the stabbing *n his room at 1041 Wadsworth Ave., Waukegan. Grananyski is being held in jail without bonds pending the outcome of Longlake's injuries. HAS NO MATCH: MAN IS STABBED weueye mnin as i1 saw no blood: thought he was making believe." the lock. Then we all went to in> house. Beck fell, claiming he had been shot, but even then I did not morning of May 7 when he resisted attempts to burglarize his home. "I shot Beck and whatever pun-- ishment I get for the murder, I de-- serve, but so help me God I bad no intentions of killing him," declared Clark in his ponfession to Col. Smith, plead guilty, but I thought he might possibly be influenced by other pris-- oners not to do so." The trial of Brown, Bresetts, Mar-- tin and Boone is scheduled to start on Monday, October 22. Col. Smith said he would not have sentence meted out in the case of Clark until after the trial Clark will be used as a state witness against the others. Despite his plea of guilty, it is possi-- ble that Col. Smith will recommend the death penalty for Clark, althougn it is _benqved that life imprisonment John Brown, Dominick Bresette, Harold Martin, and George Boone, who were indicted along with Clark for the murder of Beck, pleaded not guilty after the court had --over-- ruled a motion to quish the indict-- ments _ against them,. Attorney George W. Field is representing Bresette, Martin and Boone. Browne said he had no funds to hire legal counsel and the court hmint ed Attorney Harry Hall to nis interests. "In one way the piea of guilty by Clark was a surprise to me and in another way it was not," declared State's Attorney Smith. "When ar-- rested, Clark willingly told all about the crime and said he was ready to Move Somewhat Of Surprise To State; Admits Murder Of William Beck; May Avoid Death Penalty. years old, a farmer, who iived near Milburn, last May, entered a plea of guilty Monday to a charge of murder when arraigned in Circuit court be-- fore Judge Claire C. Edwards. The court deferred sentencing of Clark. Claude Clark, eolored, 39 years old, alias Claude Carter, alias Claude Puchamp, who made a confsssion some months ago to State's Attorney A. V. Smith that he had fired the GUILTY PLEA BY CLARK IN BECK DEATH Reports from the canvassers _of this district are encouraging and in-- dicate that the lo¢al branch of ©the league will number practically every eligible voter in this section.. Plans will be made 'I'hursdaienight for a big general meeting to be held here in the near future and an effort is to be made to secure Oscar Carl-- strom,-- candidate for attorney gene-- ral, as one of the speakers. Mr, Lyons made a stirring talk at Waukegan last Moriday night and Libertyville is assured of an inter-- %sl:.ing and ably presented message ursday night. At this meeting the permanerit or-- ganization > will be eected and . the regular officers elected to replace the temporary chosen at the firts Plans <are being made for a big meeting of the young voters league to be held in the council room of the local village hall on Thursday evening. of this week. -- It is the de-- sire of the officers to have voters be, tween the ages of twenty--one and thirty present but everyone is invit-- ed regardless of age. : -- -- The program includes adddresses by R. J. Lyons, of Mundelein, candi-- date for representative and by Ben H. Miller, vice chairman of the Lake County Central Republican commit-- An attorney from Missouri ; cor ferred with Col.: Smith about t! charge against Busick here -- son weeks ago. He said that Busick : alleged to have beeh-- involved in 'county treasury swindle there., LYONS WILL TALK _ TO YOUNG VOTERS Col. Smith was informed by ~th state's : attorney of Sullivan count that a--search is being made in an. around Chicago for Busick, but s far efforts to locate him have bee: futile. HMe is under bond of $10,00 on the Lake county charge. Caléb A. Busick,. former Wauk»zan real estate dealér, who is under in-- dictment in Lake county on a charze of : conspiracy to ~embezrzle $100.000 from the county treasury, is wanted in Sullivan county, Missouri, State's Attorney A. V. Smith was <informed Friday. He is charged with conspir-- acy to défraud in a warrant issued in the Missouri county recently. The prize idea in starting this contest is to stimulate interest in the home team, especially among those of the students who are not now giving their full support to the team.. Ne Ee s g The local 'banking institution is being commended by the students for their action in this matter and indications are that the interest will reach fever heat, before the game Friday. It is understood that the contests will continue .during ~the remainder of the football season. [ent body who can correctly prorh- esy the score of the Libertyville-- 'Burringum football game which is to be played here next Friday.. _ This unique contest is arousing mt:cdh interest at .the schoolt ar;j the students are busy trying to figure out the possible scores of the teams in the conting game. "According to BUSICK SOUGT s IN MONEY CASE the plan the award will go to -- student guessing the correct score and the entrants will be asked to estimate the scoring in each quar-- ter as an added means of deter-- mining the winner in case more An announcement of especial im-- portance to the students of Liber-- tyville Township high school -- was made Monday when it was given out by: the officers of the Liberty-- ville i'rnst and Savings Bank that a gift of ten dollars in gold would be madle to the member of the stud-- BANK WILL GIVE DYER FARM SOLD FOOTBALL PRIZE -- _ TO ST. LOUIS FIRM "Why; they all waved good--bye to me so happily as I left the house to go to work this morning," Ryker said," I cannot understand why she doors to clear the house of the fumes and notified the office of the coroner. Her husband, who is an employee of the Illinois Bell Telephone com-- pany at Cicero, was away at woa and was not told of the tragedy un several hours later. He was.finally located and told of the deaths of his family and was prostrated by the should do such a thing. We had been ~-- The bodies were found in this po-- sition by a neighbor several hours later when she smelled the gas and opened the door of the home. Mrs. C. R. Carlson, living next door, was the neighbor who made the discov-- ery. She called the police and fire-- and, after spreading blankets and pillows on the floor she turned on the gas jest on the stove and awaited. results. As the children lapsed in-- to unconsciousness from the effects of the fumes she carefully placed them on the pallets and when the last had succumed she lay down be-- side them to await the end. Mrs. Clyde Ryker, 30 years old,, perfectly happy, I thought. My wife daughter of John T. Ayers, .Sogfg:d been sick at times but never East Church street, Libertyville, lies | seriously." ; dead today at Berwyn, Illinois, and| /. It was stated later that the Rykers her three children, Jeanne 8, Ph{lels had had a minor discussion -- over 6 and Helen 4, lie dead beside Ner| monye maters in the home before he as a result of a fit of temporary in-- | left for work Monday but that it was sanity on the part of the young not of sufficient consequence to lead mother in which she gathered her| Mrs. Ryker to kill herself and her little brood in the kitchen of their | three children. home and, turning on the gas, calmly | _ When the police arrived on the waited until death had claimed all: |scene they found all the doors lock-- According to reports received from|ed and the keys in Mrs. Ryker's Berwyn, Mrs. Ryker placed the| purse. The cracks in all of the win-- children at the breakfast table with| dows had been carefully sealed with their bowls of oatmeal before them|wet towel« tn nrevent tha acramso nf Former Libertyville Girl Kills Self And Her Three Children x . Mrs. Clyde Ryker, 30 years old, berfectiv hannv I thanoht Mvuy wifa one arrive at the correct who opened the windows , ILLINOIS, 'WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1928 Jters be, °_ ~"* CHammnner,. me and nrraiied in en n aniooc mtc e oi e is invit--| EAK'NG cAN ddresses ! 1, candi*' nn:llnn T (1 fumes which gave Jensen the scent were from a leaking can. & The driver of the car gave his noime &s W. D--.Young, of 178 East Jun>au avenue, Milwaukee, when booked at headquarters on charges of possessing and transporting liquor. Young is being held in jail in lieu of boads Sunda morning as Motor Pa-- trolman gaul» Jensen of the Lake 1 '0;>-- est police department leisurely mo-- tored along Waukegan road, a Cl ev-- rolet coupe, north#ound, breezed by And in its wake the wind carried 2e fumes of powerful alcohof, w ch stirred Jensen to action. He gave chase, pulled the driver over to the side of the road. Upon inspection of the car he found 110 gallons of al-- cohol concealed in the rear compart-- ment of the machine. The powerfs] The State chamber of commerce maintains a lecture bureau for this purpose and it will be possible to secure the services of experts in all of the above lines to address the local chamber. ; It is understood that the price re-- ceived by the local syndicate for the Dyer farm was $2,000.00 per acre, or $150,000.00, which establishes a new high record for acreage property in this vicinity, and being a 38--1--3 per | cent increase in the value of-- the | property during the two years it was held by the local snydicate. -- The il{ansas City property, received . as part payment, will be 'held by the Newsom syndicate for income pur-- poses, as the rentals of the property W iioomiin ic on n aie Ned efi uin ieb mss mpnccaith d d Irut dracca A Among the items to be covered in' the proposed lectures are talks on | Salesmanship, Store -- and Window | Lighting, Store --Arrangement and! interior Display, ~Advertising and ; Crgcjit'Rafing and Store Expense. a series of monthly lectures on sub-- jects of interest to local business men. It is planned to have speakers of note present at these meetings to give talks on the several subjects. At a regular monthly meeting of the rétail interest committee of the Libertyville--Mundelein chamber -- of commercé, held ~Monday -- evening, tentative plans were worked 'out for F (ng i cely h o SAE enc t gy Ns are bringing in good returns on the investment. LOCAL CHAMBER PLANS LECTURES Judge Ben H. Miller, representing the local syndicate, was in Kansas City Monday, looking after the final negotiations in connection with the deal. This transaction is evidence that outside people are looking to Libertyville for real estate invest-- ments, and such deals help to build up the community by bringing in outside capital. -- veloping real estate in Kansas City for many years, and it is under-- stood that a high class development on the Dyer farm is in contemplation by these people within the next few this rar, was closed Monday, when the 75 acre tract of land, formerly known as the Frank Dyer farm was sold to Joseph A. Snyder of Kansas City, representing a large syndicate aof _ real estate developers. The DByer farm was purchased about two years ago by a local syndicate, One of the largest real estate transactions that has taken place The coroner asigned a deputy to investigate the case and to report at Muest which ;?um schedu{fi ii':r y evening. An-- iry the bodies will be brought to E'bertyville where they will lie until the funeral services which are to be held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the First Methodist Epis-- eopal church. Interment will take place in Lakeside cemetery. wice Weekly riage. With her children she spent several weeks this summer at the home of her father here. Mr. Ayers was notified Tuesday of the death of his daughter ,« and grand 'children and hurried to Ber-- wyn where he took charge of -- the preparation for the funeral services. ed and the keys in Mrs. Ryker's purse. 'The cracks in all of the win-- dows had been carefully sealed with wet towels to prevent the escape of the gas. It was evident that she had begur the work of preparation for the deed a few minutes after her husband had left for work as a tra-- veling supervisor for the telephone company. The mother left no note «o explain her act and the neighbors said that they could not give a reason for the tragedy unless she became tempor-- arily insane. s grs. Ryker was well known in Libertyville, having lived here prac-- tically all her life until her mar-- BRINGS PINCH property ecaused by Cole. William Cole of Winthrop Har: bor, a former deputy shed&, who was arrested Friday on a charge of driving a machine while intoxicat-- ed was released Saturgaay night in bonds of $2,000 by Justice of the Peace Harry Hoyt. His case was set for October 12 at 9 a. m. Mrs. Cole and Mrs. D. C. Armstrong of Libertyville, were injured in an au-- tomobile crash alleged to have been The inventory was approved in the estate of Peter John Granath, of Waukegan. The decree for sale of real estate in the estate of Carl Robert Hoffman, Zion, was entered. iPelereencaierntari iistntiies tss ds 2 a Letters -- of administration in the estate of Dorothy Mirshak: North Chicago, were issued to Nagecb J. S. Mirshak. The bond was set at $100. Heirship was proved: CRASH DRIVER FREE ON BOND ards, Antioch, and the estate closed. : In the estate of Fred L Willett, Antioch, letters of administration wWith will annexed were issued to George B. Bartlett. The bond was set: at $10,000.. The executrix named in the will was a witness to the will, so was disqualified from acting. Wpou Cns ie Aupriiy F7 C L in i apeF t Ainiiph ho uce ~1d In the estate of Sarah M. Flood, in-- sane, Waukegan, petition for appoint~-- ment of new conservator was allow-- ed and bond fixed at $6,000. tribution ordered proved Hearing on« the petition in the estate of John Alexander, Waukegan, tq distribute_me_ts. was held, and dis« Hearing on the 1 real estate in the Cornell, et al, min to October 15. The inventory and final report of the administrator to collect was ap-- proved in the estate of Gerald Van Schaick, Highland Park:; The in-- ventory and appraisemegt bill was approved. * ine executors in the estate of Robert: Hiner Putnam, Zion, were authorized to pay interest and in-- surance. % Letters of guardianship in the estate of Guy Wooten, minor, Fort Sheridan, were isued to Stephen L. Brigton for purpose of consenting to marriage. : est e Py ETPIID W C EenE Thursday in 7 estates by Probate Judge !l';mn C, Deckei- and the estates closed. The matters follow® Vito _ Rinaldi, Libertyvyille: Stanley W. Wilkinson, Waukegan: Peter Jur-- gen Sievers, Prairie View: Mary S. Weddle, Antioch: Daniel McCooe, Waukegan; John H. Carlberg, High-- land Park; George Herrick, Lake For-- GOURT APPROVES ESTATE REPORTS was hit. Two men were seen running from the premises through a wooded section, the authorities say. Several weeks ago Raschke was ar-- rested on a warrant sworn out by George Duniord of Channel Lake on a charge of disorderly conduct. Ras-- ford on a similar charge and John Smith wore out a peace warrant against Dunford. The cases were all aired before Justice of the .Peace Her-- vey C. Coulson and all dismissed The report of distribution was ap-- oved in the estate of Charles Rich-- ds, Antioch, and the estate closed. In the estate of Fred L. Willett. 10 o'clock. They found that some-- one had broken the windows of a machine belonging to Raschke. While Smith home where he and "Windy Bill" had been visiting and went out-- side to investigate. This was about Wound Not Serious Raschke was painfully injured and was rushed to the county hospi-- tal and was attended by Dr. Karl M. Beck, county physician. He was taken to his home Sunday 'night, al-- though the bullet was not removed from his body. An investigation was launched into the shooting by Deputy Otto Crandall of Channel Lake Saturday night and one man was taken into custody for questioning Sunday. The man, in question, was kept in jail mt and released the following g by the sheriff's office. Another Chan-- ' nel Lake man is to be questioned ac-- cording to Chief Deputy Fred Brown and Deputy Crandall. They are at! a loss to know why anyone would want to take the life of the crippled William Raschke, 23, Of Channel Lake Standing Near have missed his head by inches. A bullet hit the porch of the home of John Smith, just missing a window of the bedroom in which Smith was William Raschke, 23 years old, son of Mrs. Bertha Hermes, who oper-- ates a general store at Channel Lake was mysteriously shot late Saturday night and two other men narrowly escaped being hit by bullets Three shots were fired at Raschke, a crip-- below his stomach, and another graz-- ing his hip. A man known only as "Windy bill" was with Raschke at the time of the YOUTH HIT | BY BULLET _ IN MYSTERY Final -- reports _ were Car When Struck; Sheriff In Investigation. -- na appraisemegt bill was Hearing Continued he petition for sale of the estate of Homer minors, was continued guardianship in the Wooten, minor, Fort isued 'to Stephen L. rpose <of consenting to approved w vememae som > joee The sheriff's forces in Kane and Du Page counties are also taking steps to enforce regulations against wide open exhausts in truck traffic. A general order whs issued Fri-- day at the office of Sheriff Law-- rence A. Doolittle that truck d@rivers must take steps to cut down on noise while ving on roads in Lake coun-- ty. fitginning' on Monday of this week deputies in the office of Sherif? Doolittle will be instructed to make arrests if the noise is not abated. '"Many complaints have been re-- ceived for some time from farmers living in the western portion of Lake county about truck drivers making TRUCK NOISES PUT UNDER BAN transaction, the p through a window. They cut thl.jcteelephcne wires, tock a radio set, cigars, candy and even the po-- lice dog which C. W. Andrews, oper-- gataormemtwnmwtwgmm !the place. pr HIGHLAND PARK PLANS SCHOOL No money was kept in the filling station, Andrews stated. car the burglars gained distance and were not overtaken until they reach-- ed Lincoln avenue. There as Krueg-- er drove up to them they sideswiped hi~ car and overturned it. The bur-- glars fled. Krueger continued his search and was aided by Libertyville authorities. * This Car Tipped Over A short distance south of the sta-- tion Kreuger who was passing by noticed the men loading the police dog into their automobile His sus-- picions were aroused and he went *o question them. They sped south ro the Insull farm and then doubled back north on Milwaukee avenue. While Kmeger was turning his big at about 2 ing. > + wauke? avelue in Libertyville os-- caped after causing a pursuing auto-- mobile driven| by. Deputy Charies Krueger to over turn at Milwaukee and Lincoln avenues in that village. The theft at the station occurred The loss included all of the house furnishings and clothing as it was impossible to enter the building to save any of the contents. Marshall operates a fiu'i:g sta-- tion on route 21 and he his wife lived in the house which was located a short distance from the ELUDE DEPUTY IN BURGLARY station and was eating breakfast when the fire truck went by. It was not ungl.be returned home that he found that it was his home that was burning. order to find the garment and thinks it possible that he might have dropped a spark which was unnoticed at the time but which fanned into a flame after the coup-- le had left. _ The fire was discovered by neigh-- bors!:w noticed smoke coming through the roof and a call was sent in to the local fire department. Marshall had stopped at a restaur-- ant here on his way back from the a heavier wrap was necessary he went back to the house to catch an early train on the North Shore line. Just before they left the Msraiiats" WK c Nok cA Nb 3. Eal n / a% 5d only to find that the flames had gained such headway that they could not be checked by the chemi-- cals ax that their efforts were han ped by a lack of water. According to the story told by Mr. Marshall, he and his wife had aris-- en early to permit the latter to A small house owned by C. X. Marshall just north of Libertyville on Route 21, was totally destroyed early Tuesday morning by a fire thought to have been startel from a match dropped by Mr. Marshall when he went into a small closet to Et a wrap for his wife who was aving on an early train. The fire alarm was sounded at six--thirty and the local fire depart-- Et a wrap for his wife who was aving on an early train. The fire alarm was sounded at six--thirty and the local fire depart-- ment made a fast run to the scene only to find that the flames hai gained such headway that they Fire Destroys Marshall Home Cal!After Getting Dog And Loot At Station. He lighted a match in a closet in o'clock Sa tu rday ¥ mo n entrance into decided that Pursuer's school authoritiee the The boys said they ran away from the school because they were beaten by one of the guards for playing a radio which had been given to them. Chief Tiffany has notified the Wisconsin is expected to take theni | Two -- runaway -- orphans, hungry and their clothes in tatters from rid-- ing the "blinds" on freight trains in their escape from the State School for Dependant Children at Sparta, Wis., wer&gicked ,';S Sunday after-- noon by cer Paul Jensen of the Liake Forest police department and taken to headquarters. The youngsters, both of whom are 14 years old, refused to give any in-- formation concerning themselves when first questioned by Chief Tit-- fany. Later, however, they admit-- ted they were runaways and told a sorrowful story. The boys gave the $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. RUNAWAY PAIR | TAKEN BY COP William E. Horine of 617 Bluff St., mgamy. He is alleged to have been married four times without getting divorces on two occasions. George Thomas, Highland Park, larceny. Attorney Jack E. Bairstow was appointed to represent him. Attorneys George W. Field and Earl Cook entered their appearances for Boone and Martin Motions to quash indictments egainst Boone and Martin were made and set for hearing on Monday, October 8. At-- torneys "will probably be appointed for Bresette, Brown and Clark sat that time by the court Enter Not Guilty Pleas Not guilty pleas were made by the following defendants: Claude Clark, John Brown, Dom-- inick Bresette, Harold Martin and Arthur Boone, charged with the murder of William Beck, 35 years old, a farmer, who lived near Milburn, and also burglary of the Beck house, were brought into court but did not plead. "When does the big trial come off?" inquired Fellers while being taken from the courtroom to the county jail by Deputy Charles Krue-- ger. "You go to prison in a few days," the deputy replied. "I thought by pleading guilty I would get a chance to have a trial before a jury." said Feliers. Judge Persons then pronounced sentence. "I took his money, but my brother-- in--law has promised to give me the funds next week to pay him back," said Fellers on the witness stand. "My office is no collection agency," sharply declared Col. Smith. In Shortage Case _ © Fellers had been employed as d@riv-- er for the Washington Laundry. John Faubel Jr., an official of the laundry, testified that Fellers when discovery months ago, offiered to settle, but failed to do so. ing for several hours prior to"> the killing. He shot Snyder through the eye, the bullet killing him instantly. Snyder was murdered on July #% murder some months ago, was the picture of prnilk _ Tiquor | saused take them to the penitentiary with-- in the next ten days Attorney George W. Field Friday afternoon entered his appearance for Fellers, and made a motion to l cliers idhoged uow 4 moapire. er -- a hension when he phde;m.::m Hearing on the motion was set for Monday, October #th. Formal proof was introduced in both the cases of Coffill and Felers by State's Attorney A. V. Smith after they had made their pleas. Coffill, who appeared to be on the verge of collapsing when arrested for Waukfi. charged with embezrzle> ment larceny of a sum in the neighborhood of $300' from the Wash-- ington Laundry of Waukegan, plead-- ed guilty. He was sentenced to serve an indeterminate term of from one to 10 years in Joliet prison. Both Coffill and Fellers were com-- mitted to the county jail and the Albert Coffill, 73 years old, who has lived alone in a wooded section at Long Lake for many years, charg-- ed with the murder of Ervin Snyder, 30 years old, son of W. M. Snyder, were indicted last week by the grand jury entered guilty pleas when ar-- raigned before Circuit J cumc%mamm&f ately sentenced to serve terms in Joliet penitentiary. Nineteen not guilty pleas were made. Motions to quash indictments in two cases in-- volving five men were made and are. to be argued this week. Six -- sonsundettndsctmemwerenot'et:: court and the office of Sheriff Doo-- little is to attempt to locate them. Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter Charge; Gets 1 To 14 Years; COFFILL IS An aged man and a youth who Youth (Continued .on Page 8) of IN KILLING «l¥