Windy City Sees Record burglaries and thefts in December
Chicago police report two weeks in December saw the highest burglaries, holdups, and thefts in local history with loot about 200000 dollars. Robbers held up Officer Reichert and robbed his watch ver ver and cash. The night’s biggest loss was New York broker Merritt Nick’s unset diamonds worth 25000 dollars and 4606 in cash.
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Chicago
William Reichert
Relchert
Joseph Merochnick
New York
Merritt J. Wright
Fox River Hutter Company
Bandits Hit Bank Run and Jewelry Theft Spree
A bank runner escaped with $28 087 in cash before three men forced him into a car and he survived uninjured. The same gang stole nearly $2,000 in diamond jewelry from Mrs. T. A. Morehall in Evanston during a shopping store elevator raid. The robbers stole cars on multiple nights for getaway. Charles A. Sherman was shot resisting a raid on his Dellantemen store. three other shops were robbed the same night.
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Wright
T. A. Morehall
Evanston
Charles A. Sherman
Boy’s Christmas toys destroyed by closet fire incident
Carl Mary land, aged year old, caused a small blaze while investigating a Christmas stash in a closet at 1621 South Tenth street Denver. A candle touched a garment, the closet burned but the fire department controlled the flames. toy train and fire wagon were badly damaged.
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Denver
Carl Maryland
Walter Maryland
South Tenth Street
Santa Clara
Carl
Papa
Mamma
Christopher
Mra
Santa
Maryland
Be trothal of Finley J. Shepard and Helen Gould Sealed
In St. Louis a railroad wreck sparked a romance as Finley J. Shepard and Helen Miller Gould became engaged after he helped rescue survivors. The couple had long shared interests with President Busch’s assistant, dating before the West Shore incident.
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ST. Louis
Finley J. Shepard
Helen Miller Gould
Mr. Shepard
Miss Gould
West Shore
Busch
Chicago
Railroad romance intersects a fateful train wreck
Miss Mira Gould plans a Chicago luncheon and attends a convention with a party, escorted by Mr. Shepard. EE Pryor provides a private car for the trip on the Wabash line, a train wreck narrowly spares the car, while Mrs. Shepard, 84, long a hospital patient, will miss the wedding yet remains cheerful and beloved by staff.
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Wabash Road
New York
Gould
Chicago
Buffalo
Peter L. Shepard
New Haven Hospital
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Windy City
Penu
A. T. Hale
Ayer
Lowell, Mam
Geo. M. Cohan
Capitol Avenue Theater
Carey
St. Léttiggwhfen
Mira Gould
Kopald’s Shoe Sale
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