Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1923, Page 40

WAVE OF BANDITRY TS MDDLE WET Dozen Small Cities Raided by Armed Gangs—Hold-Ups [ Increase in Chicago. Bpectal Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, November 14.—A wave ©f banditry has hit the middle west, with acts reminiscent of the notorl: ous James and Dalton gangs. elers, musicians, employes and alleged Although the greater number of; crimes in the past month or six weeky| have been in Chicago, the scenes of viole have been dupli more small cltie iana and into} the northwestern states as far asl South Dakota. 3 andit most invariably have gotten clean with their hauls, | In the past four da; | have ridden into Groto Minn.; Mabel, 3 Edwardsport, , and similar ‘obbed from two to a dozen houses and banks, and es-| f any, clues. | early Tuesday | nsational. The the quiet iittle| town, cut off the electric lights and{ phones, and to the continual barking of revolver and rifle shots blew the exchange bank vaults, robbed tills in a number of other establishments and fled after completely terrorizing the town for hours. This band is believed to be the amited the vaults ional Bank of Oak- land, 111, some weeks ago and escaped with more than $15,000 in liberty bonds and other securities. Ten or fifteen men were in the gang. A rough estimate places the losses n recent robberies throughout this section of $300,000, not including the sums taken in countless street hold-' ups. Chicago alone had 109 of th street robberles in October, and ha had_thirty-nine in the first ten days of November. Housebreaking in Chicago, police effcials sald today, is getting to be a lost art, but street hold-ups are increasing with alarming speed. In the past week two girls, young but precocious bevond their ye have been taken with youthful One of them admitted. after several days of questioning, that her “man” had shot to h chman who x door. The | she had ticipated with a zang of six vouth in more than 100 stick-ups in the the growth of such | ertmes in Chicago two dozen addi- tional flivver squads, armed sol with sawed-off shotguns, are patri ling the north 1th d west side district nigh Police hief Collins #aid the pat would ve continued indefinitely. THREE MYSTERY MURDERS |EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS CEDED BAFFLE BUFFALO POLICE IN MEXICAN OIL FIELD Prohibition Agent and Two Women | By the Associated P: % MEXICO CITY, November 14.—The Slain, at Intervals, Within | Huasteca Petroleum Company has Sixty Hours. been granted full and exclusive drill- . - 5 ing and exploitation rights on the BUFFALO, N. Y., November 14.—)Jjuan Felipe oll lands In the state of Three unsolved murders, perpetrated | Vera Crus. The department of in- Wwithin a period of less than sixty|dustry and commerce, after carefully hours over the week end, continue to | investigating the titles of the prop. baffle police hi erty, has made this d ition of a long-standing controversy between he Huasteca company and different .| claimants to the lan In u statement the department an- His body was found pierced by |nounces that Edward L. Doheny, the nine heavy-callber bullets, his own revolver clutched in his right hand, one cartridge discharged. The one an 75 per cent shot, if the enforcement agent had|of the titles to the oil lands. It is fired it. had gone wild. Walls, floor | understoogd that the other claimants _{thrown in a creek by Minter and his and ceiling were scarred by gunfire. Stewart's body was trampled as rev- gunmen rushed for the exits. i The same day, shortly before mid- night Mrs. Mayme Bigham was shot| by an ambushed gunman as she tempted to clos :r husband's drug store while the | prop: d s clerks were held rmed men in front. the body and n rifling the safe.in the rear y escaped in an |’ cvening Elizabeth Bonadio ching her brother Anthony | paint a plece of furniture in their home. A shot was fired through an open door behind her and she fell with a bullet in her heart. Witnesses declared that Michael Terrinova, a re- jected suitor, ran from the house with a smoking revolver in his hand. He still is at large. —_— NEW TRIAL IS DENIED SLAYER OF SON-IN-LAW Georgia Judge Reviews Mass of Evidence in Arriving at Decision. by Judge Charles Roop. The ap- peal was made by defense attorneys on a plea of insanity. Judge Roop has held up his decision until now, due to the large amount of evidence. The trial was held in September, and Minter was found guilty of murder in the first de- gree and sentenced to be hanged on October 12. Several others receive prison sentences in connection with the | case. | Trouton was Killed and his body d Jeff, and two sons- | e Minter's daughter ‘Thouton. His body was found four days after the killing, the creek. Floyd Weldon | Minter were sentenced to life_imprisonment and Jeff Minter and | L. L. Goodrum to three each. {‘ Miss Emma B. Dearborn of New | York city is the Inventor of a new | commercial language, which is easily | mastered and makes it possible for a | clerk to take dictation without a knowledge of stenography. | el may appeal to the courts. FIRE LOSS OF $300,000 AT SCHOOL FOR GIRLS || By the Ansoclated Press. GREENWICH, Conn., November 14. —Fire destroyed & three-story bulld- ing of the Rosemary Hall School for Girls here, causing a loss ostimated at_$300,000. Forty-seven students who occupled | i dormitories on the two upper floors escaped through a fire drill syst Miss Caroline Hoag of Newark, J.. captain of the school fi was awakened about 4 McEldowney Pittsburgh, and Miss Marion Korest of Rey, N. Y., the other students. Miss Forest, with the smake en- ||| veloping her, ran to the telephone ||| and summoned the local fire com- pany. 0, In turn, awake || Jewelry. The fire is thought to have started Post offices were first established n 14 In the boiler room. Imitations may be dangerous SAY “BAYER” when you buy- ‘goflame When you see the “Bayer Cross” on tablets you are getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin, proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians 23 years for Colds Headache Neuralgia Lumbago Pain Toothache Neuritis Rheumatism g Accept only “Bayer” package W which contains proven directions. Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists. 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Some of the girls lost clothing and | | “I Come To Serve” Remember that—whenever and wherever called upon—the Amer- ican Red Cross is ready to do the service which no other organization is prepared to undertake. She stands for America—and as an Amer- ican you want a part in this great work. We can’t all go—but we can, every one of us, help to make the task easier and the burden lighter for those who are the “Messengers of Mercy”’—by standing solidly back of this wonderful organization. This is Enrollment Week in the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Red Cross. The membership fee is but One Dollar! —but it repays a fortune in the thrills which will come from the con- sciousness that you have a part in its heroic deeds and its ministra- tions of practical comfort for the distressed. You have never invested a dollar that will yield so richly in satis- faction—and do more worthy service. . Don’t wait to be touched on the shoulder and urged to enroll. But consider the opportunity a privilege—and embrace it. The District of Columbia Chapter quota should be filled this week. If you haven’t sent in your dollar—do so at once! Fill Out and Mail This Coupon Enclosing it with your check, sending it to the D. C. Chapter of the American Red Cross, 16 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C.—or drop it in the Red Cross Box at any of the following places: American Security & Trust Co., 15th and Penna. Ave. N.W. Riggs National Bank, 1503 Penna. Ave. N.W. Second National Bank, 509 7th St. N.W. Park Savings Bank, 14th & Kenyon Sts. Federal-American National Bank, 1315 F St. Farmers & Mechanics, 31st and M Sts. N.W. N.W. Woodward & Lothrop, 11th & F Sts. N.W. Washington Loan & Trust Co., 9th and F Sts. S. Kann Sons Co., 8th and Market Space Washington Loan & Trust Co., Branch, 17th Lansburgh & Bro., 420 7th St. N.W. &G. O’Donnell’s Drug Store, 401 E. Capitol St. Dupont Bank, Dupont Circle. . N.E. Savings Bank, 800 H St. N.E. N.W. Savings Bank, 18th & Col. Rd. AMERICAN RED CROSS Distyict of Columbia Chapter Please enroll the undersigned Amount of Dues Name eese Address ... as Annual, $1.00; Contributing, $5.00; Sustaining, $10.00; Supporting, $25.00 member. Checks to be made to D. C. Red Cross Chapter