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Joliet Free Press

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1913

Page

8

Three Brave Death to Save Wire Victim

Xavier Ruthowski a 12 year old Lemont boy was saved from death after grabbing a live wire on the tracks. J T Corcoran a roadmaster Ed ward Murphy a brakeman and John Tasharsky the signal man rushed in to rescue him and suffered severe burns in the effort.

Xavier Ruthowski Lemont Caiay J. T. Corcoran Weet Chicago and jn_railroad Edward Murphy John Tasharsky

Jury Finds Ada Headcock Not Guilty in Baric Murder Case

Circuit court returns a not guilty verdict for Ada Headcock in the murder case of George B. Baric. The report covers other items: Chicago commissionors warned on South Water street. Supreme Court reverses Warfield conviction. insurance suit against National Mutual Fire Insurance. Moore wins land title dispute in Hyde Park. currency bill progress. Burleson drafting nationalized telephone system. War and Navy Secs to confer. Chicago zoning limit ruling. peaceful treaty signed between Nicaragua and Haiti. election plot arrests. Haiti revolt. California petroleum tank disaster with $830,000 damages.

Peoria, I Yee Circuit Court Ada Headcock George B. Baric J. MH. Moore Springfield James Hobart Moore Chicago Supreme Court Cooper Plot Hyde Park Moore Cook County

Peotone sewer project confirmed amid objections and divorces noted

Court House Notes report the $50 000 Peotone sewer improvement confirmation after attorney William Donlin announced service on objectors William Schroeder and P H Lawrence with reduced assessments. May Osman and Mary Grayheck received divorces, while pension hearing set for next Monday includes Minnie Erickson Elizabeth Davis Dellish Speaker Joliet and Mathilda Long. Judge Campbell dissolved a temporary injunction in the Cellarius case and deadlines were set for various responses and partitions in related suits.

Willian Donlin William Schroeder P. H. Lawrence Roeder Lawrence Judy Cowing Minnie Erickson Lockport Lizabeth Davis Dellish Speaker Mathilda Long Joliet

Wife and Daughters Plead Not Guilty in Disorderly Conduct

Mrs. Mary Lewis, her two daughters, Louis Gualdoni, and Earl Henderson pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct in police court and received continuances to December 22. Bonds set at 50 dollars each. A father figure offered to prosecute. police to continue investigation and reconvene Monday. The women assert the men merely entered the house after escorting the girls home from a dance.

Mary Lewis Louis Gualdoni Earl Henderson

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