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DOUGLAS COUNTY )i
Consolidation of The Evening Newt and
The Roseburg Review
An Independent Newspaper, Published tt
the Beet Interests of the PoU
VOL. XXIX NO. 199 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1928.
rOL. XIX NO. 27 OF THE EVENING NEW9
LOWER LICENSE
OPJ TRUCKS AND
AUTOS SOUGHT
Oregon Senate Committee
on Revision Conducts
First Meeting!
"FOOL LAW" RAPPED
Sentiment Favors Cheaper
Fee For Old Cars Than
New Ones and Boost
in Tax on Gas.
(Anociited Prett Lcued Wire)
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 7. That
the license on autos and trucks
should b reduced, that the li
censes on old cars should be low
er than on new ones, and that the
gasoline tax should be raised was
the concensus of opinion at a pub
lic hearing of the state senate
auto license revision committee
held here today.
A crowded room greeted Sena
tor Fred K- Kiddle when ttie ses
sion opened. Representatives of
all automotive organizations In
the suite were present. All who
spoke this morning favored lower
license fees and would en from 1
to 2 cents per gallon hlehr nn
gasoline.
"Fool Lapvs" Cited
A. E. Beard, large auto truck
operator of Port land, declared
there are too many "fool laws In
terfering with business, many of
these laws being so strangely
worded that even lawyers -cannot
tell What they mean." One law
regarding trucks was tco dense
for Ills attorneys, Mr. Heard said,
so they wrote to the public ser-
The commission sidestepped he !
aid. The secretary of state was
written to. ino answer irora mm.
Tint after a long time, a state traf
fic officer replied lo the letter.
Mr. Heard said "It was strange
that laws had to be Interpreted by
a traffic cop."
He urged as few laws as pos
sibie, no restrictive statutes as
now, that each truck should be
taxed on weight basis instead of
on a tire basis, that all trucks
should be licensed without regard
S
to ownership. Mr. Heard said ho
would not object to a 5-cent ga,
tax. He said the Washington
laws were much better than those
of Oregon regarding truck mat
ters. Others Voice Views
L. M. Graham, of Forest Grove,
representing the Oregon Good
Roads association, declared a re
adjustment of the laws without de
creasing revenues was needed as
was a reduction of license on old
The assatton favored the J
cars.
pay men
payments, a small extrr. fee for a
partial year license, an Increase of
1 rent In the gas tax. the same
license fees as now for the first
two years of a car's life, and A
gradual decrease in 4 he fees for
cars more than two years old.
Leland James, representing the
Independent Stage's association,
wanted the tire width system eli
minted. favored a 4-cent gas tax,
and would license motor vehicles
at $1 per hundredweight.
Bert Roberts, of the Automo-
bile Dealers' association, demand-
ed a revision In the license and
asked for concessions on old cars
(Continued on page 3.)
KING'S STRENGTH
IS MAINTAINED IN
BATTLE FOR LIFE
(AMTw-Utrd Pra ImH Win)
LONDON. IVc. 7 King George's
powers of resistance today were
serving him well in his battle with
the severe and persistent Illness
which attacked him more than ft : La Grande, Ore., he found two
fortnight ago. His illness, however, old photographs sent him by the
was still causing anxiety. Todav's ; administrator of the estate of
bulletin reported that he was main-, "Mrs. James W. Lytic' for identi
talning his general strength, to the ! fic;tlun. The photographs had been
bolstering up of which om rest-! taken at Cpper Sandusky half a
ful sleep that he had during the , century ago. Hall succeeded In
night doubtless contributed. I identifying them as pictures of J.
The bulletin said: Wesley Lytle and Mips I'hoebe
-The king had some restful
sleen and his general strengtn is
of the right side of the chest will
be undertaken during tne aay.
I WH DAYS TO V
ZzeS CHRISTMAS
EDW. J. PEARSON,
BLUE PRINT R. R.
PRESIDENT, DEAD
(AMnrUtrd I'm, Ua.ee Wire
BOSTON. Dec. 7 Edward J.
Pearson, 65. who retired recently
as president ol the New York. New
Haven and Hartford railroad, died
today at the Johns Hopkins taospi
tal. Paltlmorc.
As a railroad president. Kdward
J. Pi-arson thought more of blue
prints and maps than be did of re
creation. There were associates who were
willing to wager that more maps
were in Pearson's office at New
Haren than in the offices of all
J
a. 8
railroad presidents in the country
combined.
I'earson's career prior to his
presidency of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad in 1917
had to do with construction of ter
minals and freight yards. A famil
iar office picture of him was that
of a man at a window watching Malone was one of the prisoners
the yards opposite and remarking: implicated In the plot. He refused
"I'd hate to walk the track to-' to disclose who the others were,
night." As an engineer he had! Dies Nonchalantly
walked the New Haven roadbed' Guards adjusted the straps to
from New York to Springfield, I the music of a phonograph. Ma
Mass., and the wharves and docks lone had demanded the record "I
of the company from New York to : Want to Go Where You Go," and
Boston, surveying tracklaying, j this was played until ne was tak-
witch log fucllltles and maJnten-pn from the cell on ,the march, to
ance. the gallows.
When he was less than ten years I He strode briskly from the cell
old he used to ride on the wood ; pufling at a cigaret. As the block
burning engines and stand In (he
gangway when wood
was being
thrown on, racking It In tiers. ret remained in his hps until It
Known originally among western I was Jerked away by the Impact of
railroad executives as "Terminal" his fall.
Pearson, he built the first "hump" I "Well, boys, I got a run for this
freight yard on the Pacific coast one," he remarked an instant be
and developed the immense yards fore the trap was sprung,
and "hump" on miles of salt mead-' A guard and two witnesses
ows at New Haven and on the bor
der of the Connecticut river at
East Hartford.
PICTURES SOLVE
Ohio Elopers. One Already
Married, Lived as Man
and Wife in City
of La Grande.
(AnocUtrd Prtm Utwd WIrO
UPl'KR SANUl'SKY, Ohio, Dec.
7. Two fsded piiotoeraphs in Uie
personal effects of an elderly wo
man who died recently tn La
Grande. Ore , bare solved the
mysterious disappearance of two
prominent younx people of the
village of Sycamore, near here.
i f"n y"nlJn of AuKll8t 29. 18T9.
- ..-,,,, , ..- f,iril,Pl-
drove away from his farm yard
j at Sycamore leaving his lte and
t four children. A few days later
I his horses were found here.
Twoi
i weeks passed without word
from;
Lvtle and then I'hoebe Schafer,
DISAPPEARAKCE OF j
TWO 50 YEARS AGO
I
socially prominent Sycamore girl, infested waters near Melbourne,
disappeared. The village never Two 0tft(irB, Edward Sntlnover
heard from then again and event an(J THe Royal, both of Jackson
ualiy they were forgotten. I vllle, were taken from the water
When Attorney A. E Hall. f j yterd-iy. The former, unable 10
Upper Sandusky, opened a pack- wlm. saved himself by clinging
I aire he received yesterday
irOlU
! Schafer. Mr. Lytle died four years
ao.
.couple who disappeared had livt-d
for nearly fifty years
at
Ia
Grande as "Mr. aud Mrs.
W. Lytle.'' keeping their
Jam
secret
(. Hi.ath Thorn pr
ut h.,i ..i.,t
a & i . amhh Knfc; Thim
i a cniMiK tir. Iee. 7 Thi
pioneer resident of the Omnde
Rotide valley known as "Mrs
James Lytle" was found d-ad'
here the afternoon of Monday. No
vember 19, In her home by neigh
bors who Investigated after be
nminv TiTimi because no lights
h.rf Kn n In the residence
(Continued on page 5)
PAYS
LIFE FOR
SLAYING WIFE
Gallows Takes California
Murderer Year After
Crime Committed..
ESCAPE PLOT FAILED
Refuses to Implicate His
Accomplices Supreme
Justice Taft Turns
Down Appeal.
(Amounted Prna !) Wire)
SAX Ql'EXTlN PRISON. Calif.,
Dec. 7. John J. Malone, convicted
of murdering his wife in Log An
eeles a vear atro. wus haiiced hero
I today.
Malone, 27, refused religious
ministration until yesterday when
he permitted two Roman Catholic
priests to visit him. This he did at
the request of a sister, Mrs. A. J.
Fren.cle of Peatluma. The priests
did not say whether Malone had
turned to religion.
The slayer was sent to the death
cell the day before Thanksgiving
after a prisoners' plot to tunnel
through walls In condemned row
and esoape had been discovered.
cap was slipped over 1Mb head he
continued smoking and tne ctga-
fainted
About 40 men were in the death
chamber to view the execution.
Once Tried Suicide
LOS ANOKLKS. Iiec. 7. The
murder of Kuth Velda Malone. for
which John Joseph Malone died on
the frallows at San Quentln peni
tentiary, was committed In a drug
store just a year ao.
Malone, who police saht was in
toxicated at the time, had become
anirered because his wife had re
fused to live with him. He went
to the drUK store where Rhe was
employed on the niht of Decem
ber 7. 1927. and shot and killed
her. Turing the nun upon himself,
''Vcovered''Ce .riur in
i superior court and convuflon on i
(Continued on page ,1,
ll
AFTER BOAT BLAST
MEMIOVRNE, Kla.. Ic. 7
Search for three additional por-
- ons on board a yacht at the time
0f an explosion Wednesday night.
, continued today in the shark-
n, n(a.1lt . Iriatr llo nt rs.
cued by a flfhlng smack. oynl,
an expert swimmer struck out for
the shore, several miles away, and
was lifted from the water by a
boat crew last nleht as , he was
nearlng the point of exhaustion.
He was In the hospital today suf
fering from the effects of rxpo-
i su re.
William Sutton. John Koch and
I William Reynolds have not been
j1 1
j oannover ana imp mipsmg in
. were innicien ny a lenerai grnnu
Jur" n"sy ,n
rharre or violating tne national
I prohibition la
I The explosion
Is hellered to
tave resulted from
backfiring of
the motor, which Ignited gas
fumes In the stiip's gis tank-
I stress flares wer sent tip
after the explosion and four coaat
gu;rd cutters raced to the sreno.
Royal said one of the cutters
passed within 150 feet, hut the
i lookouts apparently did
not sc
ILONE
m
jhim.
1,300 NEW CASES
OF FLU IN 2 DAYS
IN LOS ANGELES
t Awnclat) Pmi Lwwetl Wire)
l.OS ANGKLKS. Dec. 7. Health
authorities expressed the belief to
day that the Intlunua epidemic
which started here November 13
would reach the peak next week.
Five hundred new cases in Los
Anccles were reported yesterday
and MM) the day before.
The health department announc
ed that cases had been re
ported In the city in approximate
ly four weeks, with 132 deaths, Lo
cal pchools remained open al
though authorities at Pasadena
continued to suspend classes.
Health reports from Orange, an
Hernardino. Ventura aud Santa
Barbara counties, where the germ
also gained a hold said the disease
had been subdued In those coun
ties. The total number of cases in
Ixh Angeles for the first six days
of the month wan announced last
night as 221. Many cases had
been reported In Hollywood.
BniHIP IHI lllin nmrdernrto,fhabominahfe,1brutali
illliU III ill I UttiUU : bbl"." the "eIt instant
in relating how dear he is to her,
j Mrs. Louisa Northcott, accused
- . c . I jointly with her son or a series of
Seventeen Cars in Special; boy murders, passed through Port-
1 rain Leavinc Countv I
For East Coast
Markets.
Seventeen carloads of turkeys,
representing net returns to the
growers of more than $110,000,
with the posHlhlllty of additional
profits If the market improves, are
leaving the I'mpqua valley today
in a special train bound for the
east coast. Five cars were loaded
at Roseburg, 1 at Kiddle, 5 at Yon
calla, 4 at Oakland and 2 at Eu
gene. Ten carloatis were furnished
by the pool created by the Douglat
County Cooperative Orowers hhso
cfntion and seven carloads were
secured by Independent buyers.
The new loading in transit rates
recendy put Into effect by the
Southern Pacific company an veil
t he growers several hu nd red dol
lars, as the receipts made uneven
cars at each loading mlnt, making
it necessary to move the cars from
one place to another to complete
the loadB.
Kiddle loaded one car and a part
of another car. This partially filled
cur KRH moved tn Hnsphurir. whnre
it was completed. Hoseburg In turn
moved a partially filled car to'""" 111 connection wmi ine mur
Oakland, and took a few birds to ; ders.
KiivPtip. Oakland moved an unfln-l "Never Saw' Lost Boys
Ished car to Yoncalla. This loading!
in transit privilege saved a great !
amount of trucking and also eliml-
nated the necessity of shipping out ! 111 me ranui. i uiun i Know wane,
cars only partially filled. i Collins; I didn't know l,ewle Wins-
The cars are being taken toM"; 1 didn't know Nelson Wins
Portland, where additional turkeys j low or this .Mexican boy I never
secured in the Willamette valley saw them!" And she pounded on
vL-til h a 1 1 1 1 f 1 1 . whllP Ktlll morn cars the table In front of her as her
will be picked up In Eastern Ore
gon and Idaho, so that the special
consignment will b of consider
able magnitude. Practically all of
the cars are being taken to the
New England states where the
market offers the best pi Ice indi
cations. Complete returns have not yet
befn received on the total tounag
but based on minimum carload
weights, which were exceeded in
nearly every Instance, the total
shipment from the .I'mpqua valley
will be in excess of 3'iO.imo pounds.
The growers were advanced :i"
cents for No. 1 young toms. which
made up more than 6" per cent of
the shipment. Hens, at 30 cents, i
made up 20 per cent, so that the
average price was above 31 i cents.
bo that the total receipts already j
paid growers for the Christmas
birds is above IllO.UuO.
The h.rkeys were sulci on eon- j
slgnment. with the understanding
lhat the purchasing company will
pay back to the growers any
money above the original advance
plus handling, transjrortatlon and
comn.isHion charges, so that there
may be still further returns later.
RESIDENT GLIDE
30 YEARS DEAD
Frank Rurphart. known as Frank (
fhirkett, passeil away at the home;
of Mr. and Mrs. O. G. King at
Glide last night at the age of i7 j
years. He had lived at Glide, where
he owned and operated a lane
i ran
ranch, for the pant thirty yea is.
I Mr. Hurghart was born at Frank-
fort on the Rhine in France, corn
Ins to the Lulled States when n
rmal) boy. He was unmarried and
is survived by one sister in Mils
country. Mrs. K. Slevers of Oak
lamf. California. The body has
been ren.oved to the chapel of the
Roseburg Liidertaking comiwny
and services will ! held Sunday
i afternoon at 2 o clock at the Oak
Creek church. Mr. Clyde Heard
j w ill iifficiate. Interment will be tn
ithe Oak Creek cemetery villi M.
K. Killer in charge.
E. A. Kruse of Glengary
several hour here Thursday al
tending to business affairs and vis
iting wlih friends.
MTHCOTTHASi
IWILD DEFENDER
i
I N HIS MOTHER
Son Framed, Shrieks. Aged
Woman, Facing Murder
Charge With Son.
BEING TAKEN SOUTH
Rages and Weeps by Turns
During Interview; Says
She Never Even Saw
Alleged Victims.
(AwocUlfd Trtm fourd Wiw)
PORTLAND, Ore., I)ec. 7.
ShriPktng at times in a furious
passion aX those who say Cordon
lan ":st niKhU -nroute to Los An
geles county.
Bitterness seemed to permeate
the raw-boned woman's entire
mind as time and again she shout
ed that her son was "framed," that
he "was never given a chance."
that his neighbors In lliverside,
California, "were jealous of him."
Moods Vary
Ixos?-jRved. heavy featured,
with deep-set, nervous eyes that
wear a' brooding look, the woman
glared defiantly at questioners as
they sought to learn of the crimes
a 1 leged to have been com mitt ed
on the Northcott chicken ranch at
Klverside. - - ' .
At times and then only for an
Instant tears welled into her eyes
as she spoke of her son who has
confestted and then renounced his
confession to the murders of at
leant four small boys. Her dry sob
bins over, (lie 61-year-old woman
Instantly was on the defensive.
shouting denials and hurling re
criminations.
"I swear to God that he's been
framed'," she screamed (hiring
questioning when newspaper men
sought to point out to her what
they considered a logical train of
"I tell you we were pals he told
"e everything I didn't know any
these boys they say were out
features worked In
freniy of ex-
citement
And then the period of reaction
and Mrs. Northcott gave way to
sobbing, comforted by Mrs. Sweet-j
Sweeter, Is taking the
woman to
California.
And while she talked Mrs.
Noi'thcott was never so excited
1 ,' ,
' did,
" never so voluble mat sne
j not hesitate and turn her deep-sell
fyt-n iM.it iwr nit- uririeni, iiiB.tiiL
before answering a question that
seemed to her too pointed.
Rages Over Nephew
A mention of the name of San
frtrd Clark, Northcott 's nephew
and his accuser, at one time threw
(Continued on page M.)
I.S.TB
TESTIFY 111 CASE
(AmnrttHi Vrtm Imvnt Wtr)
SEATTLE, Dec. 3. Expected to
be one of Mm slate's star ltnesieH
In the trial of He Ca(o E. .Mayer
and Mrs. Mary Smith, his mother.
for grand larceny in connection
jwlt lithe finding of an automobile
and other personal effects of I
i James liasseit In their possession
f when the pair were, arretted In
i Oakland, Cal., Miss Fay Strout ar -
rived here tinlay after a three -
thousand mile journey from her
Maryland home.
Miss Siront was a clone friend
of James ISaxftett, who mysterious-
ly disappeared laat September &
while visiting In liremerton, Wanh
; she Is expected to Identify as Has-
sett s a wrist watch, belt, curt
links and bill fold found In the
posKOAfttrin of Mayer and Mrs.
Smith at lh Mine of their arrest.
j Miss Strout made the tifp to Se
'attle at the request of Uassett's
spent , parents, who recently came from
Maryland to aid the state in PS
nrosecution of Mayer and Mrs.
Smith.
RAGES IN DEFENSE OF HER SON
Mr. -ft ' -s
lit nr
' ,vv,v ;
Alternately raging and weeping during an Interview following her
capture In Canada, Mrs. Louisa Northcott (above) mother of Gordon
Stewart Northcott, alleged slayer of four boys near Riverside, Call
fornla, declares her son has been "framed." Mrs. Northcott Is jointly
accused with her son of murder and is being taken to Los Angeles
to face the courts.
Only Opposition Expected'
to be 1 or Keretvat.on
Immigration Law
Starts Jangle.
WASIIINCTON, IHc 7. Secre
tary Kellogg appeared today be
fore the senate foreign relations
committee in executive session lu
explain his views of the multilat
eral treaty renouncing war as an
Instrument of national policy.
Almost a full attendance of the
committee listened to the secre
tary. W hile no opposition has been
publicly announced to the trenty,
some senators questioned Mr.
I Kellogg closely about the possibil
ity that this country's efforts to
enforce the pact might draw it Into
war.
Chairman Itorah, of the commit
t(ip ((( hwpln)t fur '(iary (.omniiu,.e
1 I nt-tlnn nn thi In-utv and If HflV Otl
,MI),tlion (,.Vplops within the com
lee It Is generally experted to
be not Huallirfl the pact llself but
In favor or a reservation to It.
fen-it r,ur Alien I auf
WASHINGTON, Dee. 7. Th.
. frBt flimip in tl(t senate over
the recent campaign yesterday
found a republican. Senator Re d
of !'cntislvanta, announcing oppo
sition to tlie proposal of Herbert
Hoover for repeal of the national
origins provhuon of (lie Immigra
tion act.
iH-moc rats were quick to seize
nn the situation ami Hln-n Sena
tor Knrkley, democrat, Kentmky
anked the Penney Ivanlnn If he
would oppose a recommendation
by Mr. Hoove
r for re-al of the
prnvUlotl he replied
"Mr. Hoover siM-aks lor lilniKelf.
I ivp'.ak for myself. We have viN-m
now and he has not and I v III
voto au.ihmt any attempt to kill
this provision."
Senator King, democrat, Ctah.
aikd If a petition
presented h
Red from the Illinois American
Let-ion opposing, repeal of the pro
vision, was aimed at Mr. Hoover.
"I don't know whether It Is
aimed at Mr. Hoover," he an
swered, 'Vir at Governor Smith,
who opposed my retrlctlvi immi
gration except based on the J!C0
census. '
Senator Harrison, democ rat.
i MIiHKlppl, said that Immigration
as not an lusue and added
1 "Anvutie who sayi
candidate
in the campaign favored unre-1 association today said that mem
t rfrted Immigration Is erroneous. 1 hers of tlm association In the
it never has been a partisan qu-s ! Kahenklnhen district recently
t Pin.
enter
I never hav
seen
politics
r into It."
Senator Ifeflln. democrat. Ala
bama, foe of Governor Snihli, ob
taining the fliKir for 1ho first time,
declared "the w hole Tniu tunny
crowd voted ALMtinxt this provl-
sln." He referred lo tho nation- od that the reported mortality
nJ origin clause, appeared to he so Incompatible
"They want to bring In these ; with results obtained In the Inves
forelgners to Increase the member- j tlgatlon that It would be necessary
ship of their church and to get to establish beyond a doubt that
political power In the l'nitedtbe deaths were really due to Ant
States." he said. terican barley.
Bulletins ,
(A.mx'liitfi I'rvM Truiu'il Win'
SEATTLE, Dsc. 7 Literally
toasted to death, police said, John
; Dixon, mida;e-aged waiter, was
found lying in front iOf three bias.
j ing gas burners in a hotel room
here. The 'heat of the burners
f drove back three policemen when
they attempted to enter the room,
Dixon apparently met dea?h two
ntgnts ago -when he lay down on
a couch after turning on the burn,
srs f lich uced up the oxygen and
brought the unvsntilated room to
oven heat
IQUIQUE, Chile, Dec. 7. Seven,
teen persons were known today to
have been drowned when the Chil
ean steamship Qulntetv sank off
Punta Patache, near here, after
a collision with the steamship
America.
BOGOTA, Colombia, Dec. 7.
Eight strikers were killed and sev
eral founded In a clash with sol
diers attempting to restore oruer
in the 8anta Marts banana rejio.i.
A state of martial law has been de
creed in t;ie region.
PORTLAND, O re., Dec. 7.
Willtam R. Craig, 38. a federal
. prisoner held at Good Samaritan
hospital, escaped early today, lea v.
ing a note indicating he planned to
commit suicioe. The prisoner, who
was taken to Uie hospital follow
ing his arrest recently on a charge
of transporting a woman from
Tacotna, Wash., to Portland, slip
ped out of his shackles and pick
ed the lock on the prison ward.
He was bmg treated for a stom
ach aK'ment,
BERLIN, Dec. 7 Jaime Mar
tinci Del Rio, former husband of
Dolores Dl Rio, film actress,
died here today. Dva&h resulted
, b!ood pojftonnfl wh(ch 0I lowct a
minor operation on a boil.
DESOTA, Mo., Dec. 7. A war. .
rant charging second degree mur.
der was sworn out today against
Sol Hohenthai. 59, wwulUiy retired
I m,rchnt In whose bacheior apart.
ment Pearl Potosksy, 25, St. Louis
beauty shop proprietor, was found
dead Saturday night. Hohenthai
surrendered and was released on
$10,0C0 bond.
AMERICAN BARLEY BLAMED
FOR GERMAN HOG L083
f AawrUtrd l'rm UH Win)
H A M HI 'HO, Ger., Ier. 7. The
I weekly report of the caUle traders'
j bst thousand hoes through
ret-di ii g tnein wnn nariey import ea
fmm America.
The federal ministry of agricul
ture, when Informed of the reiKirt,
said that experiments with Amerl
acn barley were still proceeding
FO E OF
'ALKY'
ISM
Leroy Gilbert, Suburban
Police Head, Leader of
Raids, Is Victim.
KILLERS FLEE IN CAR
Gunmen, in Same District,
Five Hours Later, Pour
Bullets Into Body
of Typesetter.
(Anoctatal Prv Leaird Wire)
CHICAGO, Dec. 7. Leroy Gil
bert, the South Chicago Height
police chief who was proud of hla
reputation as a "tough cop," won't
bother the "boys In the boozo
racket" any more. Some men with
sawed -off shotguns got him last
night shot him dead, through the
back.
He was seated at home with hl3
family. His back to the front win
dow and the light from a floor
lamp beside his chair set him apart
from others In the room, like a
spotlight singling out an actor on
the stage. Tls chair was only a few
feet from the front window; aud
the back of his head, dropped
slightly forward as he read, was an
easy target from the street. The
shade had been drawn only half
way. .
Three Volleys Fired
The killers got out of their mo
tor car, a sedan, and crept the few
yards from the curb In the win
dow. Their tracks In the skim of
snow on the ground were found by
investigators later. The shortened'
gun muzzles were rested on tlm
window sill, permitting the slayers
to take steady aim.
Twice the guns sent charges of
shot tearing through the window.
Into the back of Chief Gilbert's
head. A third volley went wide,
and the third finger of Mrs. Gil
bert's right hand was torn away.
Thirteen-year-old Ruth, one ot
five children, came running in
from another room and dropped,
screaming, beside the chair hi
which her father's body had
slumped.
Brother Also Shot At
Glenn Gilbert, the chiefs broth
er, ran from the house and the
gunmen sent a wild volley at htm
as they drovo away. He was able,
however, to gain a good view of
the maehlne, the description of
which provided one of the princi
pal clues on which highway police)
are at work.
If Gilbert's life had been threat
ened, he had kept it a secret. His
wife nald she had not known that
he.- husband had an enemy In the
world.
Gilbert, with four policemen, has
been in charge of law enforcement
of the community of l.uoO In haul
tants for six months. The village,
two miles south of Chicago Heights.
Is largely populated by southern
Europeans, and federal prohibition
officers on several occasions have
found a thriving "alky" bualnes
there, as well as In Chicago
Heights.
Victim Had Led Raids
The slain chief has cooperated
with the federal dry agents, and on
some occasions has led raids him
self, turning his prisoners over for
government prosecution. Recently
he discussed with the sheriff A
program for a campaign against
vice which had sprung up, he said,
under the protection of the alky
Industry.
Gilbert, who was 33 years old,
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THUG EXHIBITS
POLITENESS BY
BLACKJACK USE
fAMitf-UtM frita Iwl Wit)
CHICAGO. Dec. 7.
"We." said one of two men
who held up Misa Florence
Gartner last night, "are the
polite bandits you read
about. Courtesy at all haz
ards, that's our motto, Miss.
Now please be so kind to
tender to us your purse,
your jewels and your fur
coat.'
At this point the other
bandit cracked Miss Gart
ner over the head with a
blackjack.
"This polite stuff is the
bunk." h.- laid, yanking the
fur coat from Mis Gartner,
who had been knocked
down.
"Treat 'em rough is my
motto."
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