North Side Robberies Highlight Police Badges and Court Plans
Report describes a jail break of themes including a robbery at Oak street and Milton avenue where Salvator Pirello was killed, a pocketbook snatch by Grover Carey halted by Alma Rockwood, and a broad critique of North Side policing. It covers police exams, “Pin Brigade” conduct, burglaries on Walton Place, saloon pressure on officers, and calls for vigilance committees amid graft probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cage Avenue
Craig
Salvator Pirello
Oak Street
Milton Avenue
North Side
Grover Carey
Dearborn Avenue
Erie
North Clark Streets
Alma Rockwood
Roscoe Street
Cooper
Chicago Avenue
Carey
Rockwood
Shoots at a Woman in Ridge Avenue House
Benjamin Hayden tried to shoot his sister in law Esther Fries at 8072 Ridge Avenue Tuesday night. After a domestic separation, Fries pushed him out as he fired twice. the first shot went wild and four bullet holes were found in the door. Hayden fled before police arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Hayden
Esther Fries
Ridge Avenue
Hayden
EB. Nelson
Two Big Burglaries Shock Chicago Police
Gate blowers conducted two meat jobs in Chicago between Saturday night and Sunday morning, August 28 or 39, stealing over $1,000 and drawing police admiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Drowned Man Miles O’Donald Found in River Near North Pier
Miles O’Donald aged 65 of 375 Franklin Street was found dead in the river near the north pier by Captain Carland and the life saving crew. He had disappeared from home Thursday. Police say a forehead cut likely occurred when he fell in, ruling out foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles O'Donald
Franklin Street
North Pier
Capt
Carland
O'Donald
Old Soldier Robbed and Shootings Tie to Graft Probe
A Civil War veteran Matthew A Reed was found wandering on the North Side and taken to Chicago avenue station. He will be taken to the Soldiers Home in Milwaukee today by Veterans Association members after furlough. Two men shot in the street near Eddie Murphy saloon at 216 Kinzie Street, one killed identified as a cab driver John Hennessey, the other John Lenahan injured. The shooting follows a night of crimes around the dive known as the Reedesvous, opposite the Baglets. State's Attorneys Bar Association resolutions in Springfield pledge support to Cook County's John E W Wayman, endorsing his fight against graft and jury tampering and offering cooperation and a secret service fund to aid his work. The association vows to back his pursuit of reform in judiciary and labor circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen B. Wood
North Side
Central Detective Bureau
Pin Brigade
North Side Sleuths
President Lower
Civil Service Board
Civil Service
Adams Knapp
East Division Street
Lake Shore Drive
Susie
Edna Browne
F. F. Browne
The
Dial
Charles H. Hurlburd
Oak Street
Elm Street
Chicago Avenue
Tral Bureau
Steward
Boozers’ Union
Chicago
Police Department
Aassistant
Schuettler Down
Civil Service Commission
Elton Lower
Mr. Lowers
North Halsted Street
Walton Place
Stewart Hodges
Hodges
Olga Jensen
Charles E. Foster
Clark and
Center Streets
Pin
Oak Ridge Bank
Samuel M. Neville
Pensacola Avenue
Wentworth Avenue
Kinzie Streets
Harold Ashman
North Ada Street
Inspector O'Brien
Marquette
Mich
Asa Tefft
John Brandon
Max Schreiber
Wells Street
North Shore
Tefft
Leroy Rogers
Hastings
Thomas Quinlan
Goldie Jacobs
P. D. O'Brien
Stapleton
Stromberg
Crickmailing Police Benevolent Union
John Callan O'Loughlin
Tribune
New York
Springfield
Matthew A. Reed
Milwaukee
Veterans’ Association
John Hennessey
John Lenahan
Eddie Murphy
Kinzie Street
Underworld
Wayman
Illinois
Ccene
Cook County
Attorneys’ Bar Association
John E. W. Wayman
United States
Attorneys’ Association of Illinois
C. W. Hadley
DuPage County
Association
John F. Gilmer
Adams County
C. D. Wiley
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Actomobile ‘Supplice Eyes
Beaton
Ae Cetlere
Nae Paren
Am Umbrellasnderwear
Atches
Chicago Daily News
Department
Cen
North Sides
Busse
William Wallice
Oak Ridge
Red Light District
Mia
Louise Berendt
Huron Street
Rudolph Berendt
Philiip Weinreich
R. Grossfeldt
Grossfeldt & Roe
West Randolph
North Desplaines Streets
Illinois Street
A. R. L. Mueseler & Sons Company
F. R. Hollender & Co
Hollender Company
Mueseler
A. R. Mueseler
Geo. Smith
Bradford Beard
Smith
Beard
Provident Hospital
Police Telegraph Operators’ Division
Hudson Avenue
Plain Clothes
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