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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1927
Page
4
Frank Macgino a fruit dealer from Dubuque Iowa was held to the Jo Daviess county grand jury in Galena without bond on charges of murder in the deaths of Claude Tiberghien and Peg McGrath.
County officials learn Dubuque attorney D J Hass seeks habeas corpus for Macgino as authorities hunt for Tony the Wop Barbaro and an Italian associate linked to the crime. Macginous says Tiberghien McGrath Tony the Wop and Malan were at his store the night before the killings. His car was loaned to Tiberghien and later wrecked in Freeport, with bodies found near the two victims.
Authorities say two men were riddled on billets and left along a Chicago area highway east of Galena early last Tuesday. They believe the killings were the latest chapter in a bootleggers feud, with victims taken for a ride.
Beaver, Calo Dec 24 a large black tomcat named Bobby owns six paws and no tail. He is the valued pet of Mrs Elizabeth Rogers who recently moved from Boston and says Bobby is a native of England. His mother had the same unusual trait. Bobby’s forelegs each bear two paws and only one stump remains for a tail.
In Grapevine canyon Death Valley mansion by Albert Johnson funded project nears finish with 30 artisans at work. Engineer E R Thompson says the massive desert house, praised for architectural beauty, awaits tile roofing while the purpose remains shrouded in mystery.
Imported European carvers shape redwood blocks for interior décor while twenty Indians perform labor. A highly touted cooking range arrives, touted by Engineer Thompson as hidden behind art tiling. The purpose remains unclear. Scotty and Johnson deny a money scheme or tourist resort, saying the aim is comfort.
Denver men H. E. Daily and John H. Schutty claim the rat snake killing title after killing 91 rattlesnakes in one afternoon near Platteville Colorado. They set out to hunt rabbits and stopped at a prairie dog town about ten miles west of Platteville.
Dailey recounts a fierce encounter where a crew faced a giant rattler. They fired scatter shot between the eyes, blasting through grass as snakes rose and struck. One snake leaped into the air then split, yet returned to fight until killed. The group recovered over 80 rattles as proof of the episode. The note places the event near an industrial hub about 60 miles southeast of Chicago.
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