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f y »:th # 9 5 de es : 0x t n P . € : | i ; s f . i z; f # i -- |N 1P3 0 * VTiTTT 13° T C L,CI J JAAA / XTLL. )A e B t $ 4 0 1 BOARD TO GET REQUEST FOR Nine Letters Received From 'Wealthy Residents; Motor Pol-- ice Needed But Lack of Funds Will Decide Action. Nine. Letters UOM0""" _ " 0 0 [ . Miss Rathbum ho ie P Ml9 'Wdthyllen'tltn;lotor?oj. mother and grand parents at 129 . Sunnyside place, was cro-in! Mil-- ice Needed But Lack of Funds "J.f'?r-'m"' noon Sunday . | w car was approach-- Will Decide Action. | ing from the south. She a y s fln mm ie ces tnesses Thenhcm'b"wm"'wu :ogunded'henmmm to what action will be taken ) still some distance away. by The : Lake "eounty . board .05 | * yys Carolan did all the supervisors, which went into session | ; that was pos-- on M'"mmwm;.|llbk to stop the machine before Ing, on the matter of keeping m'stnkhgthem:utmm\ubhq n iC MMS" "0 * tss -- at| avoid the acc Doolittle to keep his highway force men were to have been laid off the ing, on the matter of keeping LDC | _| motorcycle force in the office | of | 4" shem!umhmdm'mxl the winter and spring months. | m The board last June made an ap-- | w proprhMMpcmmswflox Doolittle to keep his highway force| C during the summer. The motorcycle| w menmwhveboenhlddfflwlw first of October. There was discus-- | p mnmmaw-wro-' priation at the September meeting,| . sion on the matter of another appro-- but no vote was taken. Has Kept Officers Because of heavy work in the courts and the necessity of having the three murderers, Dominick Bre-- sette, Claude Clark, and John Brown, guarded day and night, Sheriff Doo-- Lick LN UUTTLL S BMeLamal year have greatly increased expenses and that it might be unwise to spend more money this year on the high-- way force. . mummcmmtnu-l mighty fine thing to have several motorcycle officers patrolling the roads, but you know the question of finance is another thing," Supervisor Vercoe said. "We started out a few years ago to retrench and I certainly as chairman of the finance commit-- tee cannot make a recommendation which might plunge Lake county fur-- ther into debt, instead of decreasing the indebtedness." urging the retaining of a motorcycle force the entire year. Many wealthy people who live in Lake county have made requests of this nature and the sheriff to keep the motorcycle men received nine letters this past week,| several of them from Chicago mil-- | lionaires, who have interests in Lake | county, urging him to make a strong | fight before the board of supervisors to keep six motorcycle officers patrol-- ling the county. The letters are to be turned over to Chairman Thomas | V. Murphy when the board convenes | retained are connected with the On-- wentsia Hunt club at Milburn. Sher-- iff Doolittle says that the Onwentsia club has purchased 4,000 acres of land at Milburn and that the members be-- Heve that county reads should be ade-- Mwmaflm Sheriff Doolittle says that since June when the county board made an appropriation for county highway of-- ficers, $10,200 has been collected in the following: James Simpson, hea of Marshall Field & Company in Chi cago; John F. Jelke, Albert E. Pierce, Conrad Kraus, N. Littlefleld, August H. Niblach, and Ben Leslie Behr, ad-- ministrator of the Lehmann estate. Several of those asking that the force of county highway officers be Lake county, through the work of the motorcycle men, and turned into the mm':t's'expecwd to pass : resolution vor of a three cen! gasoline tax in Illinois. It is believed that the legislature at its next session will enact a gasoline tax law. county coffers He Says that $6,100 of this sum was collected from liquor transporters. _ s Plorence. Rose and Prank Jr. m'mm{fiu&nwufl funeral will br held from the Mother|will recommend he be paroled, s0 of God church, Wednesday. to be home for Christmas next year. FRANK SVETE IS TAKEN BY DEATH the December meeting. Lawrence A. Doolittle has ng those who have Sheriff Doolittle are NO. 96 Girl Injured Maxine Rathbun, 15 oid. was painfully injured hg;':'h't_'f' hoi ts /A Th PPIP L s L m was struck by an automobile driven by Mrs. John J. Carolan of 518 Sun-- nyside avenue, while crossing Mil-- waukee avenue &t south of the North Shore sta |\ Mrs. Carolan was completely un-- \ nerved by the accident and it was | necessary to take her to her home | and call a doctor to quiet her. Chief Dennis Limberry was called and suc-- ceeded in clearing the traffic jam which followed the accident. Those who saw the accident are unanimous in the opinion that it was Last week the United States Dis-- trict court in New York dismissed | the famous suit, but the judge indi-- cated that an ng'petl might be made with possil success. Waukegan Man Helr | _ The Bmerick clan> representatives |\ Sunday night instructed their attor-- \ ney, Calvin L. Hoy of St. Louis, to | file such an appeal immediately. The girl was thrown to the pave-- ment by the force of the tmpact and was rendered unconscious by a blow on her head. She was rushed to the Condell Memorial hospital where it was found that she had suffered se-- vere cuts about the head and several painful bruises about the body. 1'l:corn hotel was attended by John ' Thomas Emerick, retired farmer of | Waukegan; Edna Carnahan, Eau | Claire, Wis.; Christopher Campbell, | Appleton, Wis., three of the plaintiffs in the suit; Jack Emerick, son of | John T. Emerick; Mrs. Hattie E. Hay-- | to, Appleton, Wis., and William Weh-- | king, St. Louis They constitute the | officers of the Mississippi Vailey As-- | sociation of: John Nicholas Emerick heirs, organized to conduct the liti-- | gation. _ A thoro examination disclosed no serious and after a short stay in the she will be com-- pletely She is fortunate in that there will be no lasting effects from her injury. EMERICK HEIRS PLAN NEW FIGHT ungovidable. Representatives of the descendants of John Nicholas Emerick, German fur trader and partner of the original John Jacob Astor, met in conference at Waukegan Sunday night and de-- cidedtocoutinuothobr.lhuflefor of the famous Astor fortune, esti-- of the famous Astor fortune, mated at $750,000,000. WEYANT TAKEN TO START TERM One, hidden in an old snuff box. was the agreement between the orig-- inal Astor and the original Emerick that Emerick receive two--thirds of the proceeds of their joint business. The other, tucked in the binding of the trunk, was Emerick's will, leay-- ing his estate in trust with the Astors for ninety years and then willing it to the descendants of his two broth-- ers, Christopher and Valentine. John Thomas Emerick, the Wauke-- gan man, is a great--grand--nephew of Valentine. * Rederal Judge Thomas D. Thacher in New York Thursday dismissed the suit brought by a group of persons against the estate and heirs of the original John Jacgob Astor for prop-- erties worth between $30,000,000 and John Thomas Emerick of Wauke-- gan, one of the heirs of John Ntchommvmoseflghuwthe (Continued on Page Eight) Hinges on Old Papers Their case hinges on two docu-- ments, both found after years of search, in an ancient trunk in the home of Mr. Carnahan at Eau Claire, 'The conference at the Fort Dear-- By Automobile MAN FATALLY INJURED BY VAMPIRE CAR Resident Of Waukegan For 40 Reese W. Moody, 58 years old, resi-- dent of Waukegan for over m T5 LE Then be was Tun down who administered medical aid. Moody also suffered a fracture of the right shoulder and internal injuries. by & vampire automobile at Grand avenue and Utica street and was left dying in the street. 'He is the third victim to be fatally injured by a "hit member of his immediate family, Mrs. Phoebe McGuire, of 508 North Sheri-- fracture at the base of the skull was tended into southern WiscOnsiN. Cook county police were also asked to be on the lookout for the "hit and run" driver. Every effort is being made to bring about the arrest of the driver responsible for the accident, although the authorities have but a few slender clues to follow. Moody was found in the street oy Anton Lukas and Fred McGuire, both of 952 Lewis avenue, while driv-- McGuire aad Lukas said Moody was lying in the street about six feet from the curb when cund. They did not recall seeing a muching travelling abead of them a block or so distant that might have beer *e-- sponsible for the accident. Ingqurst Scheduled mum into the death was to be held at 4:30 Mon-- day mon at the White and To-- ing east in their machines a few minutes after 6:30 o'clock. They im-- mediately went to the victim's aid and then summoned the police and the Wetzel and Peterson ambulance _ At the hospital Dr. Goldber; abandoncd hope for Moody at the outset and his sister was im.nediate-- ty was to preside at the hearing. The principai witnesakes will be McGuire and Lukas, 'The deceased was unmarried and in recent years made his home at He was born August 22, 1870 on his father's farm in Benton township just outside of Waukegan. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Moody whom are deceased. ihe Geceased was 14 years old when he moved to Waukegan with his parents to spend the remainder of his lile hnere. MF, Moody was one of the most active (Continued on Page 4) KOCH EST ATE 1$ $40,000 The estate of 'Theodore Koch of Highland Park amounted to $40,000, g will being admitted to probate ursday b'_MProbdeJndgelufin C. Decker. estate consists of to probate. The estate of $17,000 was left to brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews. Proof of heirship was taken. The bond was fixed at $34,000. Letters of administration in the es-- tate of Robert McMichaels, Zion, were issued to Bert C. Thompson of Zion and his bond set at $1,000. The final report was approved in the estate of Mary R. Kirk, Wauke-- gan, and the estate closed. Supplemental proof of heirship was taken in the estate of David B. Jones, Lake Porest. Petition for probate of the will in the estate of Charles Harden, Anti-- och, was filed and hearing set for December 31. The estimated value of the estate is $16,000 personal prop-- ear was out back on the track with the greatest possible speed and Death came at the Victory Memo-- made maln ...'&.".'.'3-':&-& 'i-\: Which Speeds Away; Hit And Run Driver Sought. --___---- Seek Auteo Driver Search for the vampire autoist is of seven brothers all of Business District ? To Be Decorated For The Holidays night at a meeting of the retail: Mundclein chamber of C chamber of Commerce nhlfilw decoration which dress up the business--sec-- moamwldh a manner surpassing any-- thing ever before attempted. . According to the plan the decora-- tions will consist of a line of Christ-- mas trees mounted ~on the orna-- nlnhlughtpde-onlmidm- ets set on the poles for that purpose. The brackets are to be placed suf-- ficiently M& to prevent interfer-- ence with parking of cars and to guard against molesting by the mischievious. R Each tree will be approximately five feet in height and will be orna-- mented with large colored lights. The decorations in Libertyville will extend from Broadway to Lake street on both sides of the street. The work of installing the brack-- ets will be completed this week and the trees and lights will be placed in position ready for lighting on Satur-- day night. . e «Jt is estimated that the cost of the project will be in the neighbor-- hood of $400 which includes the pur-- chase of the brackets and lights which will be removed after the holi-- days and kept by the chamber of commerce for future use. The en-- tire cost will be borne by the mer-- chants and business houses who have the project will be in the neighbor--| 'The plans were drawn up and put hood of $400 which includes the pur--| through by the retail interest com-- chase of the brackets and lights| mittee as a whole and the task of which will be removed after the holi-- mmfmmwua days and kept by the chamber of in) committee consisting of A. J. commerce for future use. The en--| MeDonald as chairman and Harold tire cost will be borne bymmlcny.LA. Murric and F. J. Tegt-- chants and business houses who have . * been solicited by a special commit»i 'rfie large spruce .tree in Cook tee. The response has been gratify-- r-rk will also be decorated as it has lncandupt.oTueodaymominc.'ifilnuneputyelunndwfllludiu a number stil}l to be seen, the fd~'radhneeeothe¢enernlxplrito!boli- lowing had joined in the contribu-- |day cheer. This p"nkmkhu:&u;{or'e Lake County National Bank, Titus Brothers, Soda Shop, Earl H. Cor-- lett, Ray Furniture Store Libeflg: ville Fruit Store, F. R. Sellers, V 'Plans were completed Monday Bids were opened Monday night by the board of education for the construction of the addition m local high school for which amounting to $100,000 were author-- ized by the voters of the township at an eélection several months ago. The bids were recéived in four units, one for the general contract, one for the electrical work, another or the plumbing and the fourth for the he.flmnd 'ventilation. All of bids submitted were in 10 BIDS RECEIVED ON HIGH SCHOOL excess, of the cost estimated by architect and for that reason the formal contract was not awardedj Monday night. The board decided to retain five of the lowest bids and to make al-- terations in the original plans to bring the cost down to the estimate. awarded. The architect is now at work on this and it is expected that the re-- vised plans will be ready to submit at a meeting which will be held next Monday night and at which it is ex-- bected that the contract will be There were ten bidders at the meeting Monday night and the low-- est figure submitted was thattof the Libertyville Construction company which was $137,000. -- The board is anxious to have the matter settled in order that the ex-- cavating may be completed and the foundations put in before the winter weather sets in. County Clerk Lew A. Hendee will read a communication this week at the session of the board of supervis-- ed for bovine tuberculosis Most of the board members are aware of this condition already but it is necessary that an official report be made. Mr. Robison is superintendent of the Division of Animal Industry and sent word to County Clerk Hendee and Dr. T. P. Gallahue, county vet-- erinarian,. in November, that it had been found that 75 per cent of the county herds were being tested. This percentage of cattle tested automat-- lcally :pkou Lake county in the ac-- credited grea plan. -- -- 0 Notice already has been sent out by County Clérk Hendee, Dr. Galla-- hue and Chairman Thomas V Murphy of the county board warning farmers who have not been having their cattle tested that they must do so. Unleéss these farmers have their cattle tested of their own accord within 90 days after posting of this notice, tuberculin tests can be made by the government at the expense Of Lake county has been striving for several years to get into the select class in which it is now enrolled. LETTER TELLS OF BOVINE PLANS Te misht sbout ¢ oiclock she re-- maim&mw ranged for the burial at Sycamore, PublishediT wice W eekly ILLINOIS, --WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1928 the canvass is completed the sign-- lup will be one hundred percent. A ltimihr movement is under way at Mundelein which ties up with the 'puject, here and the two systems 'are to be turned on simultaneously. _ The decorations will remaip in | place and will be lighted nightly | until after New Year. L C m-cue, Lake Count 0fi Insurance A; , J, M. Mc-- Kitrick, . Libertyville _ Independent, Langworthy's, lllfl.lh Garage, 3.:; Motor Company, '.Bmug Radio Shop, Consumers Store, Dr. E. H. Smith, L. H. Morris, First Na-- tional Bank, Auditorium Theatre, Libertyville Gm'g,' McDonald's Jewelry, National Tea Co., Atlantic Jewelry, National Tea Co., Atlantic & Pacific, Finstad Eat Shop, J. B. Morse & Co., Decker & Neville, Frank H. Eger, Schanck Hardware Co., C. O. Carlson, Triggs & John-- son, Max Kohner, F.+B. Lovell Co., Libertyville Trust & Savings Bank, North Shore Gas Co., Public Service Co., Mrs. A. Wachter, F. R. Bockel-- man, Charles Jordan and Country-- #gide Motors. i © The committee is still working and it is expected that b_y the fime The large spruce .tree in Cook r.rk will also be decorated as it has n the past years and will lend its radiance to the general spirit of holi-- day cheer. This part has heretofore been taken care of by the Kiwanis club which recently disbanded and for that reason the chamber of com-- merce will take over the responsi-- bility. Mrs. Richard J. Dietz passed away Monday aternoon at the home of her parents in Mundelein following a long iliness of tuberculosis. Mrs. Dietz, who was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wagner has been in poor health for some time and four months ago she was taken MRS. R. J. DIETZ -- It became apparent a weeks nothattheendmns'lnalbe expressed a wish to be brought hnz:dil,\earfind.tlundde!n'lm Th and passed away Monday. to Tucson, Arizona in the hope that the climate would help her condition. born in Fremont on February 9, 1892 and spent her entire life in that locality. She was married to Rich-- ard Dietz and to this union were born two children both of whom sur-- vive her. Besides herhusband and children she leaves her father and mother. es a5 In order to aid the postoffice in handling Christmas mail in the best Esible manner Postmaster E. E. Isworth posted a schedule Mon-- day to be followed in the sending of gifts to the various states. The parcels will reach their destination on time, he assures, if the schedule is followed. The following schedule is given: Pacific coast states--Washington, Oregon. California, Nevada, Utah. December 14 and 15.. Western states--Montana, Wyom-- ing, Utah. December 16 to 18. Southwestern states--Arizona, New The funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10:00 o'clock at St. Mary's church at Fremont Center. offices. December 21 and 22 MAIL SCHEDULE IS HANDED OUT 16 to 18. Near western states--North Dakota South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas Colorado. December 17 to 20. _ _ Lake Forest early last Sunday morn RAIDERS BREAK UP LUTTLE GAME James Delaney when booked. They were each fined $10.-- McKay, Pingult and Bailley are to be given hearings Southern sta , Louisi-- PASSES AWAY COMMITTEE TO HELP IN POTZ FIGHT Homer Dahringer Post of the Amer-- ican Legion, Thursday night ap-- pointed a committee of _ three Legion men, Ex--Sheriff Edwin Ahistrom, _ Victor -- Woertz and Jack Hoff to-- aid State's At-- torney A. V. Smith in fighting the hearing for executive clemency Will wwmuupmlebo.rdl)ec.u. The committee has been instructed to attend the' hearing with Col. Resolutions recently adopted by the Lake County Council of the Ameri-- can Legion objecting to the release of Potz will be presented to the pa-- rol board. _ . xthpolfihlat.hnmendso(!'ots my.mrhe{mflwmrokboud and make oral arguments in his be-- ther clementy, conférred (wilh ie ruecut'nr %:nday. Plans were made or the line of attack to be employed. Commander E. A. Sayles, Homer Dahringer post, appointed Ahistrom, Woertz and Hoff on a committee to aid Col. Smith in this fight, while Durkin is representing the Lake county council of the Legion. Potz aApplied for executive clem-- 'encynsboflumeazonndiswhnve % hearing in Chicago Thursday morning before the state board of pardons and paroles. State's Attor-- ney Smith is going to contess the petition and will probably be aided by Assistant-- State's Attorney Sidney H. Block. < The four--Legion rmpre-- sentatives will attend this hearing ard inform the board of the stand of the American Legion posts of Lake THINK M'VEAGH INSANITY FAKED Potz-- murdered William Peterson. Winthrop Harbor motorcycle police-- man and World war hero. His pun-- 'shment was fixed at death . GOv-- ernor Len Small interfered . and commuted the sentence to life im-- prisonment. He granted a second commutation_ causing the seiencée to expi're on October 11. 1930 Now Potz is trying to get Out before Christmas of this year -- Sheriff Doolittle said Monday that he is of the belief that Ezra McVeagh, alias James Kelly, who confessed to having murdered Elfrieda Knaak and assaulted Edna Kelly and then repudiated both con-- fessions, has simply been pretending to be decidedly insane. He has de-- cided to hold him.in the county jail for a few days more for further that he warned him that if he kept on he would have the hose turned on him. HeuysthstucVughna: has been quiet. Federal priso! have been questioning McVeagh about the asshulting of Miss Kelly, but so far he has made no admissions, the opinion that McVeagh has not meant to commit suicide at any time. He says that when federal prisoners of-- fered to aid him take his life Mc-- Veagh said he did not want to die. It is known for certain that Mc-- Veagh did not play any part in the (Continued on Page Eight) should be returned to Elgin, the in-- stitution from which he escaped in :';'. C. Carter, Bwnnn old, of 86 erson aukegan, receiv-- dm'm-mm noon when he ran in the path of a machine driven by Z. F. Chuleninski, nommndmhoebd down. to the report made wmpouutheboymnotm Machines . driven by Miss Rub}' Vcthr,olf"w!'nlm avenue, and J. n a collision a't'(llcn'_ll_qekm' "The action of McVeagh since locked . up here have led me to be-- lieve he is feigning insanity most of the time," Sheriff Doolittle stated. The sheriff says that for a time Sunday morning McVeagh kept shouting at the top of 'his voice and REPORT CRASHES f OVER WEEK--END gion Names 3 Members To Aid Col. Smith In Opposing Freeing Of Peter-- and Washington street.. No one was son's Slayer. which will take place in Chi-- To intends to vigorously Mrg. Mattie Lill Hopkins, a for-- mer resident of this vicinity who for the past ©several years has made her home in England, arriv-- ed in Ia'bermlle last Thursday for an exte visit with her mo-- ther, Mrs. Mariah Lill at 212 Eim Old Resident Returns Here Mrs. Hopkins sailed from South-- hampton, England, on November 24 on the Aquitania, arriving in :{ne;,:"ork do'iightful er:c:i:ghv.bm. a de with the calm seas, the luxurious surroundings of the colonial Cun-- ard liner with the excellent at-- tention shown for one's comfort and enjoyment, the journey seem-- ed all too short. . After a few days visit with re-- latives in Philadelphia, who met her at New York, she arrived in Libertyville where she anticipated staying the winter with her moth-- er. Mrs. Hopkins will be remember-- ed by many Lake County folk, hav-- ing taught school in the Diamond l&, Coon and Long Grove dis-- tricts, after which, in class of 1896 she became a g;d\nte of the Chi-- cago Musical College in vocal, har-- her father, the late Robert Lill of Libertyville, her mother and uncle, the late James Lill of Evanston.. Latterly and up to the present time her home has been at East-- bourne, a residential seacoast town mabout sixty miles south of Lon-- LAKE COUNTY _ KILLERS UP Applications for pardons or com "c&ons of selr&hces will _ b heard byv the State Board of Par dors and Paroles in Chicago Thurs day _ Dominick Bresette and Claude Clark, sentenced to death for murder in Lake county. is _ The docket, announced at Spring field Monday includes the follow ing Ccases: 0 _ 8 2 Roolin Crawford, sentenced to 14 years in the state penitentiary at Joliet for murder. He was convicted in Peoria county. a Owen Darling sentencéd to 10 months to the state farm at Vandalia for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was convicted in La Salle county. ' Lake County Killers William Lee and Ignatz Potts, sen-- tenced to life in Joliet penitentiary for committee murder in Lake county. Apul Lindsey, convicted of murder in Champaign county and sentenced to 14 years in Joliet penlt_enfia.ry. The Daily New Friday observed the 7th anniversary of its founding. At the same time it marked the first anniversary of its occupancy of its present building at County and Mad-- ison streets. Seven years ago a second paper was introduced to Waukegan after the city had been going on for some time with only one. The addition to the local newspaper world was read-- ily welcomed by Waukeganites. They saw in competition a new order of things and the change was immedi-- ately apparent. s Steadily from year to year ° the Daily News grew in popularity and circulation and at present occupies a commanding posistion in the Wau-- h&nmwspper field. year ago the present News building was opened. A large anni-- versary number was printed which won praise from all sides Its his-- torical value was so recognized that for months the material furnished in the News was used in classes of the local grade schools. 'The new 32 page press was placed in operation at that Fred Mills, convicted of stealing an automobile in L& Salle county and sentenced to from one to 20 years in Joliet penitentiary. _ Grover Cleveland Wilson, convicted of murder in Franklin county and sentenced to life in Chester peniten-- NEWS OBSERVES ITS BIRTHDAY $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCEB Ezra McVeagh, 25 years Old, Who uses the alias of James Kelly among numerous other aligses, and who con-- fessed while in custody in San An-- tonio, Texas, that he murdered El-- frieda Knaak in Lake Bluff and as-- saulted Edna Kelly in Lake Forest, was returned to Waukegan Friday and when kquestioned by State's Attorney A. V. Smith repudiated both confessions. He was brought back from Texas by Chief of Police Lester N. Tiffany of Lake Forest and in the presence of Tiffany, Sheriff Lawrence A. Doo-- little and Constable George Stried, told State's Attorney Smith that his confessions were untrue. He said he had not been involved in either the Lake Bluff or Lake PForest crimes and said that he confessed both crimes so as to bring disgrace on a brother and aunt when I got nervous trouble, N&VING me 'railroaded' to an asylum and now I got my revenge." McVeagh said. _ that McVeagh made six different at-- tempts to commit suicide enroute back from Texas. The prisoner also tried to kill Tiffany. The police chief said he did not have any sleep since Tuesday night, it being necessary to a5 ME Ei C c 2 keep awake day and night to guard his prisoner. He kept a double set of handcuffs on McVeagh most Of the time. He says that the prisoner tried to smother his life out with bed sheets and that he fought and strug-- gled with him for over an hour. Mec-- Veagh assaulted a porter and tried to efforts to sink his teeth ini0 AD~ fany's hands. He had everyone on the train frightened and after the assau)t. made on the porter Tiffany was un-- After being questioned by State's Attorney Smith, McVeagh was turned over to Sheriff Doolittle and taken over to jail The sheriff had a dou-- ble set of handcuffs on him and took him to the third floor. While holding McVeagh witk.one hand and 'unlo&L- ingaeelldoorwit.htheotberthe sheriff discovered his prisoner plot-- ting another suicide attempt. He got one foot over a railing, intending to leap over the railing and dash out his brains on the concrete floor on the first floor, The sheriff seized him just in time to prevent him from carrying out his purpose. _ The sheriff posted trustiee to watch over McVeagh to thwart sui-- cidal attempts. State's Attorney Smith said that there was no ques-- tion in his mind but what the latest stories of McVeagh are true and that he had no part in either of the Lake county crimes. . Lake county crimes. l'lhm McVeagh tolé Col. Smith Friday that he had been sent to the asylum at Elgin from Chicago on October 27 and that he escaped at 4 o'clock on the morning of November 10. He said he broke a window and that once outside he got a ride to Chicago where he went to the office of an at-- his divorce matters. He said he bor-- rowed some money from the lawyer and stayed at the Y. M. C. A. hotel in Chicago the night of October 10, Elfrieda Knaak, former Waukegan school teacher was found fatally burned in the basement of the Lake Bluff jail on the morning of October 30. As McVeagh was in the Elgin asylum on that time he is cleared of this crime. He repudiated the con-- fession that he; had murdered Miss Knaak, Wednesday night on the train, but still claimed he had as-- saulted Miss Kelly. The Lake Forest teacher was bru-- tally assaulted on the night of No-- vember 10 in Lake Porest, her skull being fractured. It was on the charge of assault that McVeagh was brought Coulson and sent to Chief Tiffany in Texas by air mail. now believes the story told by Mc-- Veagh that he had not assaulted Miss Kelly and that he was not in Lake Forest the night that crime was com-- mitted. "I would not make that trip with McVeagh again for $5,000. He is one of the wildest maniacs I have ever Investigate at Elgin State's Attorney Smith sent Con-- stable Stried to the asylum at yesterday to make an in into the case of McVeagh. said the Eigin records show him to have been admitted on October 27 snd to have eseaped on November 9. The doctor who examined McVeagh dally in the asylum told Stried that the Elgin Soon. -- _ Tried to End Life Chief Tiffany informed Col. (Continued on Page Eight) Up On 2 Admissions; To End Life Several «+ May Be Taken To BY SUSPECT +0 es