Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1928, Page 28

ROBGER HOLDS LP TRAN:GETS S50 Lone Bandit Jumps From Chicago-New York Express as Trainman Enters. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 30.—Passengers on the Michigan Central's Western Ex- press, New York-Chicago extra fare train, were held up last night by an| P—e—ooro——0 T | The Dreamer ! & < I do such chores as should be fin- ished, I feed the hens and prime the pump, and then, with ardor undimin- ished, I take the dead cats to the dump. All day the neighbors see me steaming around my garden, pulling weeds; when evening comes I do some dream- ing of stirring and romantic deeds. I sit and rest me in the gloaming, the ~ordwood being stacked in piles, and in my fancy I go roaming o'er shining ~eas to coral isles. My dreams grow finer still and larger, they are too gor- | geous to express; I ride upon a foam- | ing charger and rescue damsels in dis- | tress; I see myself in halls of learning, observed, admired by one and all, or as 2 conqueror returning. like Caesar com- | || THROWN FROM TRUCK, . red man, who got aboard at |in3 out of Gaul. I am a king in robes | i??:fi?g:fi”cw nd. and jumped as|cof ermine, a great explorer finding | the train was roering toward Gary. | Poles; in fact, T cannot well determine | He fired one wild shot at a brakeman | What next T'll be, as fancy rolls. But who walked into the observation car |first, before I do my dreaming, I see while the robbery was in progress. With | that all the chores are done: there are sbout 8250 in cash, which he had taken |10 apxious women screaming for coai from two passengers, ‘the robber ran to|and kindling by the ton. I fed the the front platform and leaped from the |COW her evening fodder, I shoveled off train, which was making 45 miles an | the drifted snow, before I sought, hori- hour. fzons bmadr‘:‘ tm? this dnx\;‘ vlmrkdug, The robber climbed aboard when the | World can show. 1 mowed the lawn, train, due in Chicago at 9:05 p.m., made | it be Summer: I banked the house. if a short stop at Michigan City, When |it be Fall: I saved the charges of a the train was in motion he swung |DR'umber by fixing faucets on the wall. eround and upward from hic position |And having done what needed doing. | under the trap door on ohservatio | MY conscience doesn't trouble me, if T car, smashed the glass and crawled .n. |Cut locse and start pursuing bright He swept the score of man and wom- | Phantoms o'er a Summer sea. So many an passengers with his revolver and |People do their dreaming before they | commanded them to give him their | Dl2n to sow and reap, and in old age| money and jewels. Robert A, McCul- | Ve, find them scheming for handouts lough, Chicago, handed over $173 and |2nd a place to sleep. WALT MASON. 1. E. Colvin, Belding, Mich., gave the (Copyrizht, 1928.) THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, MAN’S BACK SPRAINED Three Persons Slightly Hurt When Automobiles Collide—Police- man Is Injured. James D. Heflin, 28, 812 Alabama avenue southeast, received a sprained back when he was thrown from a truck at Fifteenth and Belmont streets yes-| terday. He was treated at Garfield Hos- pital. Heflin was thrown when the truck came to a sudden stop. Three persons were slightly injured yesterday afternon when the automobile | in which they were riding collided with | another car at Fifteenth and Q streets. | The injured are Mrs. Lulu Henderson, 50 years old, 2103 Thirty-sixth street; | Mrs. Verna Perry, 32 years old, and El- | bert Perry, 3 years old, 923 Elliott place | nertheast. They were treated by their family physician for cuts and bruises. The automobile in which thsy were rid- | ing, operated by Marian R. Henderson 20 years old, struck a machine driven by Edward H. Young, 1135 Twelfth | street. | Policeman George F. Newton, 34 years | old, of the eleventh precinct, ~was | bruised about the body last night when he was thrown from his motor cycle while chasing a speeder at Central ave- | nue and Benning road. Edward Taylor, colored, 19 years old, of Howard University, was treated at TR AR robber $80. i Mrs. Colvin dropped her jewels to the floor, as did several other women. R. J. Owens of Detroit, brakeman, stepped in upon the robbery before he realized what was going on. The rob- President Sees Benefit Play. The President and Mrs. Coolidge. | accompanied by Mrs. Frank Stearns of | Boston, last night attended a benefi £ | family physician, who pronounced her Freedman's Hospital for rib injuries, re- ‘ceived when he was knocked down on the campus by an automobile operated by Herman Richardson, 2547 Nichols avenue southeast. Slight _injuries were sustained by Robert Ruble, 9 years old, 2021 Allen place, and Amanda Wills, colored, 19 years old, when they were struck by automobiles. Ths former refused treat- ment and the latter was taken to Emergency Hospital, leaving after treat- ment. OVERCOME BY GAS FUMES Woman, 81, Unaware That Jet Was Partially Turned On. Apparently unaware of ‘the gas that was slowly filling the room while sh2 | sat reading in her apartment at 2525 Ontario road yesterdny afternoon, Mrs. | Mary Reed, 81 years old, was found un- consclous by her son, William A. Reed She was revived by the Fire Department Rescue Squad and then treated by her condition as not serious. When found Mrs. Reed was sitting unconscious with a book in her lap | An investigation revealed that a gas jet on the kitchen range was partially | turned on. Reed broke the door down | when his mother failed to respond to his knock. Supreme Court Recesses. The Supreme Court took & recese vesterday until November 19. |HIHI\IH!\fl!IiiHiNfllflU!H|\Il!l\1NF\11‘;!N!\lflH\Hi\liflfl!fl!@flfl!fl!\%figé Business Day D. C. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1928.° T7th, LANSBURGH & BRO 8th and E Sts.—Franklin 7400 The Hand of Fashion Wears Novelty Cuff Gloves 33 To be well groomed, that is the aim and ambi- tion of every woman, and they do say that a really well groomed woman is judged by her shoes and her gloves. Yes, her gloves are un- doubtedly one of the most essential items. Thev must be in perfect taste. Which re- minds us that we have just purchased a very attractive assortment of imported kid gloves, with novelty cuffs that are trimmed with stitching of contrasting kid. 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