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IP THE MoHfeNBY PLAIND1ALER, THURSDAY, SEPT. 29, 1927 p;: •fri" • & WEEKLY PERSONALS COMERS AND GOERS OF A tf WEEK IN OUR CITY 48 Seen By Plaindealer Reporters and Handed In i_ By Oar Robert Duda was a Chicago visitor Sunday. Miss Lillian Schroeder of Woodstock was a visitor here Monday. BCiss Leone Givens spent Saturday and Sunday with Chicago friends. Bernie Newman and Walter Vogt, Jr., were Chicago visitors Sunday. Mrs. Josephine Heimer is spending the week with relatives in Chicago. Mrs. Stephen Heimer is spending the week with relatives in Chicago. Miss Rovina Marshall spent the first of the week visiting in Chicago. Mrs. Roy Hankermeyer of Wauke- John Givens spent the week-end in] *an was a McHenry visitor, Monday Mr. and Mrs. Hildebrand are spending the week at Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. W. P. Wood burn of Woodstock spent the week-end with her husband, W. P. Woodburn. Mr. and Mrs. Van Gillien of Chicago were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McDonald Dorothy and Walter LaSalle of Des Plaines were^ Sunday guests in the E. E. Bassett home. , Chicago. V Mrs. C. W. Goodell was a Chicago Visitor, Saturday. John Rakow of Dundee called on friends here Saturday. Mrs. E. E. Bassett was a Woodstock visitor Monday. Walter Brooks spent a few days of -.test week in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. William Spencer were Chicago visitors Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Conway were Jtlgin visitors Saturday. fi" Miss Berteel Spencer of Chicago ;pjj>ent the week-end here. ' i ' M i s s I r e n e C o n w a y o f E l g i n s p e n t Sunday at her home here. : ' Mrs. Ruth Flint of Wauk^an spent .Monday with friends here. V Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Eddy were y?'^Maukegan visitors Sunday.-. • I M r s . B . J . B r e f e l d a n d d a u g h t e r s v, Were Elgin visitors Friday. % Ed McQuin of Chicago spent Sun- ; "tiay in the J. M. Phalin home, v Howard Phalin of Notre Daihe spent Sunday with his parents here. Miss Agnes McCabe of Waukegan •pent Sunday at her home here. Walter Brooks was a business visitor in 'Chicago a few days last week. Webster Twigg of Austin was a Sunday guest in the Frank Thurwell home. Miss Harriet Bobb- of Chicago spent the week-end visiting friends in Mc- Henry. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Daniels of Elgin were McHenry visitors Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lohaus of Salem were Sunday guests in the Henry Kinsala home. Mrs. Lewis McDonald visited Mrs. Gus Ehrke at Solon Mills one day last week. M. A, Conway and daughters, Eleanor and Florence, were Chicago visitors, Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sch^les of Crystal Lake spent Monday evening at McHenry. Glen Gunderson is absent from his duties at €he Dodge Garage on account of illness. Peter Steffens of Chicago was a Sunday guest in the home of Mrs. Caroline Schiessle. McHenry Cartage Service Company We specialize in hauling rubbish, ashes, cans, etc. We will make weekly calls. We will also do expressing of all kinds at reasonable rates FOR QUICK SERVICE, CALL McHENRY 38 Frett Bros. & Freund MASON CONTRACTORS and CINCRETE BUILDING UNITS Telephone McHenry 600-M-l or 86-R • ' » »* •• »"*I • »'* •!'» •!' 'I' I'»' I • » •* » » •*•!• » 11 ,|,»4 111 1,11 j, 1111 1 " Mr. and Mrs. Charles Uhti and family enjoyed an auto trip to Michigan the last of the week. Miss Mary Rahu of Lima, Ohio, was a week-end guest in the home*of Mr and Mrs. John Phalin. Mir. and Mrs. Jerome Elliott of Austin were Sunday guests in the Frank Thurwell home. Peter Galles and Miss Mayme Steinbach of Kenosha spent Sunday- with Mr. and Mrs. S. Heimer. George Meyers and Mrs. William Marshall and family visited' relatives at Forest Park Sunday. Mrs. Kate Trapp of Chicago spent Wednesday and Thursday witli Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Heimer. Mrs. W. C. Thiers and Mrs. Gertrude Roach of Elgin called on friends in this vicinity Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Marcellus Meyers and daughter, Marcella, of Chicago spent Sunday with relatives here. Frank Niesen, Will Zueber and L Zeman spent Sunday in the home of Henry Kinsala and family. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stephenson of Ringwood were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Schneider Sunday. Miss Bertha Schiessle enjoyed a vacation from her duties at the Alexander Lumber company last week. Miss Floribel Bassett returned home Sunday, after spnding the week with relatives at Three Rivers, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vales and son, George, and daughter, Marie, visited relatives at Fox River Grove Sunday. Mrs. A1 Guthrie and children of Waukegan were week-end guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Diedrich. Mrs. Nellie Stanton and daughters, Nellie and Emily, of Long Lake were Sunday visitors in the home of Mrs. Mary Powers. | Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brefeld and! daughter, Katherine, of Chicago spent! Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.) B. J. Brefeld. J Richard Stenger, who is attending; ,. 1 Marquette University at Milwaukee this year, spent the week with McHenry friends. Mrs. Jjjklward Holle of Chicago spent a few days the last of the week in | the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. i Martin Conway. ' •I Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Weiss and family of Chicago spent Sunday at the ANCIENT BURIAC ; CUSTOMS CITED Excavations Near Wisconsin River Reveal Them. Sheboygan, Wla.--Excavatlon of Indian mounds near JjMack river la under way at present, with archeologists from the Milwaukee museum and the Wisconsin Archeologlcal society in charge of the work. Study of the bones already unearthed shows that the Indians burled there are either of a tribe which did not use the "cradle board," or are of Indians who lived there before the method of carrying babies strapped to a board which was carried on the mother's back, came into general usage. This last theory is most favored by the archeologlsts, for there are very few dishes and ornament* burled with the bodies, leading to the belief that the burials took place before the custom of placing such articles ill the graves became common. One of the mounds already excavated has revealed the skeleton of a body burled in the flesh, while afr other Is that of a1 "pack" burial, where bones of others, previously dead, have been disinterred, bundled together, and burled with "the body of another person. The latter, it is thought, may have resulted wheu all but the head of s family died first, were burled and dug op again to be re-buried with the last of the group. The mounds excavated so far are of the effigy type, being built In the shape of animals. Police Take Kick Out of Limehouse Nights London.--American tourists who come to London with an Idea of finding adventure in "wild and woolly" Limehouse are doomed to disappointment That picturesque section of the London dock district is no longer the place, Hollywood motion pictures portray. The Shanghai cafe, one of the last business establishments to ' sell Limehouse "atmosphere" to tourists, has nailed up Us front door on Lime house causeway and moved to Soho where it can depend on a regular, clientele for Its chop suey. Americans report to their tourist agencies that they are disgusted with the quiet evenings they have wasted in Limehouse looking for excitement. Coster boys with dirty-, necks and mufflers Instead of collars and ties are the most picturesque things thej i home of Mrs. Weiss? parents, Mr. and j see, and an evening spent in the neigh- EAST SIDE GARAGE GAS AND OIL ACCESSORIES Wednesdays I Qt. Mobtloil with every 5 Gal. Gas All work guaranteed and prices right Wilkinson & Meier • • I . 11M11 n U I < , 1 1 I I I m > M •*•••'! •!• -I» » f »> <• .|. • 4, .|. •{, ,|, j. ,|, ,|, .|»»»»» 4 4 4 STORE ^op. :NDISE - of Weather" Henry, I1L Mrs. J. J. Vasey. Mjrs. Stephen Walsh and son, Richard, and Mrs. Mary Kennealy of Elgin visited in the James Frisby home Saturday afternoon. P. J. Dorr of Harrisburg, Pa., and his brother, Joseph Dorr of Indianapolis, Ind., were visitors in the home of Mrs. B. J. Frisby Friday. Mr. and Mrs. H Siehoff and Mrs. Mary Brefeld of Burlington, Wis., I spent the week-end at the home of I Mr. and Mrs. William Vandenboom. j Mr. and Mrs. Edward Portman and I daughter of Lombard, spent several! days last week as guests in the home! of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schaeffer. While in the basement of her home' Mrs. Jennie Bassett fell Monday morning breaking her arm. The injured arm is healing as well as, can be expected. Mr. and Mrs. L. F, Newman and daughter, Mrs. E. J. Buss and daughter, Betty, and Mrs. William Bacon visited at Mundelein and Round Lake Friday afternoon. Mrs. Ray Thomas, formerly of this city, left for Raymondsville, Texas, last week where she and her small daughter, Jaunita, will visit with her parents and brother for a month. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blake and Mr. and Mrs. Ben N. Smith and son, Bob, motored to Holy Hill, Wis., Sunday and returned by way of Milwaukee, where they visited St. Joseph's convent. Toseph J. Frett and his son-in-law, • . Conley, are enjoying a two *otor trip through the north • , Bffich. Mrs. Conley is -"o weeks with her '•« Mutual V"orkl borhood is as quiet as a Sunday school festival. Those who hanker for "the good old days" when crimes were frequent should blame it on Inspector Hall, who has Just retired from the criminal Investigation department of Scotland Yard. He Is known as the man who Cleaned up Limehouse. Ten years ago Inspector Hall took charge of the dock district. At that time Limehouse was Infested with criminals of every nationality, and every street had its opium dens and white slave dives. Lawyer Takes Client to Court in Airplane ;St Paul, Minn.--There are flying doctors, and the tlylng parsons are quite numerous, but a flying lawyer is somewhat of a novelty. Second Lieut. Thomas M. Strickler of the One Hundred Ninth Aero squadron, an attorney, had a case at Olivia and decided to fly there with his client, T. O. Linnell, secretary of the Twin City Fire Insurance company. So they hopped off and In 65 minutes landed at Olivia. In another 10 minutes they were in the courthouse. Fifty minutes later the case had been tried, a verdict returned for the lawyer-pilot, and 70 minutes later they were back in the Twin Cities. liflkiil irislf-'; '• a"bit n *irin<x ir-. . H i . ' : * Western Washington Cow Establishes New Record Tolt, Wash.--Again a cow from western Washington has established a world's record, Carnation Walker Hazel wood having been officially credited with producing in a seven days' test, (>27 pounds of milk and 43.22 \nds of butter. This Is the best ,f»o for three-year-olds in any ' ast year this heifer broke "d for yearly produce- old class with FIRST HANGING IN ILLINOIS IN 1821 Public Execution of Timothy Bennett Was Held Near Belleville on Monday, Sept. 8, 1821 Springfield, 111., Sept. 27.--Under Senate Bill No. 281, passed by the last session of the general assembly, and approved by Governor Small on July 6, infliction of the death penalty in Illinois in the future will be by means of the electric chair. The law is ef fective in all capital cases in which the crime was committed since July 1, 1927. Under the law three electric chairs will be installed in the state, one at the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, one at the Southern Illinois Penitentiary at Chester and a third at the Cook county jail. First Hanging in 1821 Banging has been the legal metheid of execution in the state of Illinois for 106 years, the first execution in the state being held at Belleville on Sept. 3, 1821 when Timothy Bennett paid the penalty for murder resulting in a duel in which Alphonso C. Stewart was killed. According to the account appearing in an old history of St. Clair county' now in the State Historical Library, Timothy Bennett and Alphonso C. Stewart became involved in an argument while under the influence of liquor, on Feb. 8, 1819, at Belleville, Friends interferred and sought to affect a reconciliation, but their efforts were unavailable. Finally it was agreed to arrange a sham duel in the belief that the ridiculous issue would bring the two participants to their senses. "The duel was arranged," the account reads, "Jacob Short and Nathan Fike acted as seconds. When the word was given and the rifles discharged, it was proven the 'sham* duel was fought with powder and lead --at any rate Alphonso C. Steward fell to the ground mortally wounded* Special Session of Court "TimothjTBennett was arrested arid so were the seconds, Short and Fike. A special term of the circuit court was held March 8, 1819, under a special law of the legislature to hold said term. The officers of the court, John Reynolds, judge; John Hay clerk; and W. A. Beard, sheriff, were all appointed by. Governor Shadrack Bond. "The grand jury found true bills of indictments for murder against Bennett and the two seconds, after heaping the testimony of Reuben Andeiv son, James Parks, James Kincade, James Reed, Daniel Million, Ben Million, Peter Sprinkle and Michael Tannahill. "When the case was called for trial the sheriff reported that Bennett had broken jail and was at large. Short and Fike had their trial in June, 1819, and were acquitted. "Bennett was captured and jailed' about July 1, 1821. A special term of court was held July 26, 1821. Th# grand jury found a new indictment against him for the same offense. Trial Starts Immediately Bennett was put on trial July 27, 1821, before Judge Reynolds and a jury. The jury rendered a verdict July 28, and found the prisoner guilty. He had entered a plea of not guilty. "The court then proceeded to pass sentence upon him in the following words: " 'And it being demanded of him if anything for himself he had or knew to say why the court should not proceed to pass sentence upon him, he said he had nothing more than he had before said. Therefore it was considered by the court that he be hanged by the neck until he is dead, and that the sheriff of the county do cause execution of this judgement to be done and performed on him, the said Timothy Bennett? on Monday, the third of September, next, bewteen the hours of ten in the forenoon and four in the afternoon, at or near the town of Belleville.' "Neither Bennett nor his friends believed that this fcwful sentence would ever be excutcd. The latter made ernor remained firm and against at entreaty. ; ^ ^ "On the day appointed for his execifc tion, Bennett was hanged near Wes| V, ,c miici maue cBeenlleevviiililee,, nneta„r the site of the Henrjr ed^FaiKnw^011f ,to !*ave him pardon- Raab school. The execution was wit* tL ' .thfy tr,ed have nessed by a multitude of men, womef the sentence commuted. But the gov- ] and children.1' Alt0 mmd* with ftt* limt mo t0r far k» m*$ without For Wives And for Husbands Who Want Their Wives to Stay Young . 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