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r-ROBBERY MOTIVE(laplain Mallox Hint- Iktk-rr\ I loMup W a- \M»*mpt to Kr^ain (ainl»liim I .«►«»*(Continued fruni p *ye li ister. The bandit retaliated by firing a shot into the ait which struck a nearby Ice box and ricocheted stiikine Mrs. Schmitt md instantly killing heiN * k liamblersWalkci. accused by Frank Schmitt id bunging a pan f professional “crap shooters into the Schmitt establishment. denied that he knew the men sought and tefusid to admit the inference that he was the recipient jf a ”ru! Riven him by the gamblers.Schmitt revealed that the dice t ftames had been originally played in th. rear rooms of the Auburn Poul-try store, TTtO Hal.-ted street, and that ;« i.v-n .i ft find of hi^(Schmitt's) had actually lost S2.F'O0 in cash He st etc d that although the pnio? at first were among certain local individtiais piofessional gamblers edged in. and actually “took the local crowd. The games were latet removed to the rear of Schmitt - bnkety^hooting t aiislt; «, Fren/cSeenanvh an uni.nj riant rob-11 IV. but the cause of much indignation due to the killing of Mrs. Schmitt the ease took on serious proportion- ind even a mild frenzy when a semi-loci I publication placed a reward of $100 t.■ apprehend the kill*!- .1- a -lt;-C lied “safeguard to protect the little merchant who might become .« victim of similar J ohbei i« - and killings.lt;lresh m police assert fh3t the ar-ii t of the uamblers sought is imminent. Walker and the two Schmitts deny knowledge of who the p in biers in question are. An ar-n-t however, is expected as the AUBURN f’AHKKR g.„ to press.It.ircam llj—Ihlir-riat
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Chicago Auburn Parker
Chicago, Illinois, US
Wed, Feb 13, 1935
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