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October 12, 1928 WILMEl-TE LIFE ~· BA~DIT 'QUEEN . !;;a~~e general direction ·of the ·police- I Prepares Cost Estimates SUPS chase ~Yas renewed, the on Water Main Proposition . COG; LANDS IN CELL Now th~ bemg left th.e street, the Village Engineer Charles N. Roberts wom~n Woman Involved in Merry Shooting Fray With Policeman Captured by Neat Ruse Motorcycle policeman Fellows of the Kenilworth department shot it out with a bandit queen and her male escort late last Friday night in a marathQn through the streets of the village, in a desperate effort of the hold-up duo to escape the determined officer. The bandit car, later deserted, had six shots in the rear of the body, evidence of the accuracy of Fetlows' aim, and the woman was shot in the back. The supply of police whistles with which the residents of Kenilworth were supplied five years ago, to be used in emergency, and most of which had not been touched since that time, were hastily dug up and throughout the section of the village in which the handits and Fellows directed their course could . be heard the whistle calts of frightened citizens. Feltows heard the whistles. but he "·as already on the job, and whistles were not att he heard. A frequent "ping" oi a bullet from the fleeing bandit's gun as the leaden missiles whizzed bv his head tied him to the business at ·hand. b~ndtt . event~atly esc~pmg b~ runnmg hts car mto a p~tvate dnveway, over shrubs and lawn mto the ·rear of a lot from whence he . made a complete get-away. The woman meanwhile had appealed successfully to passing motor1sts to take her to Chicago claiming she had been thrown out of ~ car by a companion with whom she had gone for a ride. Neither bandit nor "Queen" knew what had happened to the other. 111 h~~ been in~tructed to J?repare a resoIutton showmg the estimated cost of installing house mains and water supply pipes in a ten-acre tract bounded by K~nton avenue and other streets in the .westen~ section of Wilmette !or ~ pubhc .heanng on the matter whtch .ts tentatively set for next Tuesday night, October 9. This action was taken at the regular meeting of the Board of Local Improvements Tuesday of this week. -------- the opening meeting of the North Shore Art league Thursday of last week. He criticized the summer sketches done by league members, and pronounced the pictures of Wilmette gardens from the l?rush of Winifred Wilson as some of the best ·the league has · done this year. The paintings will be on exhibit at the ~ilmette W oman's club in December. IRE ·DALE Agents for ALLIED VAN LINES Long Dlstanee Movers University 9300 Thinks Romano Captured PRAISES SKETCHES She evidently thought their fight Carl Kraft, of Oak Park, artist of . had occurred in ~innetka and that o~u~t~s~ta~n~d~in~g~m~er~i~t,_w~a~s~t~h~e~s~p~e~a~k~e~r~a~t~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Romano had been captured. For, on Saturday morning, she called the Winnetka police department. Sergeant Glen Boyd answered the phone. The woman was crying. Sbe said a policeLOW RATES- 1 DAY SERVICE- NO RED 'TAPE man "up there" had beat her and shot her, allowing as how that wasn't a nice thing for an officer to do. She wanted to know if her husband \>vas in · jail. "Sure," Sergeant Boyd promptly replied, "and he's going t.:> KEYstone liM 8944 LAWRENCE AVE., CHICAGO stay here too." When told he \\·as to be arraigned for preliminary hearing in another hour she bemoaned the fact she could not be there. but said she would come at once if the hearing could be postponed until afternoon, an arrangement to which Boyd readily agreed. S T 0 RAG .E 2nd MORTGAGES H. Manasse Sons Investment Co. Woman Loads for Driver As fast as the bandit's gun was unloaded, it was tossed back to the woman companion who reloaded the firearm and returned it for further duty. Three times. the gun was emptied and Fellows used up a like amount of ammunition. Late Friday night a man who was later found to be Louis Romano. and Jean Odell, alias Jean Sarti no. of 746 Ayers court, Chicago, hailed a taxicah at Chicago and Milwaukee avenues, Chicago, directing Charles Ropolys. the driver, to convey them to \Vinnetka avenue "to visit r'elatives." Arriving at Winnetka the pair decided to proceed to Glencoe, and Ropolys drove them to Park and Bluff streets, where, he told Glencoe police. they held him up and relieYcd him of $38 and his cab. The Glencoe police notified the neighboring police. Officer Fellows, of Kenilworth, whose motorcycle was out of commission, drove to Sheridan road in his own automobile. He saw a car approaching from the north, which answered the description of the one just stolen in Glencoe. He drove along side and commanded, "halt." Fine Police Work . Bqyd hastily traced the call, notified Lieutenant \Villiam Rohan, chief clerk of the Chicago detective bureau, who in turn immediately dispatched a squad from the Racine avenue station to ti1e Ayres court address. But the bandi~ queen was not to submit without a struggle. The squad was forced to break into the house to get the ,,·oman. who seemed intent upon shL .ting it out with the police. She is being detained by the Chicago police to ascertain possible connections with robberies in the cit,·. Meanwhile police are searching ·for the "husband." Teachers' Club to Hear Prof. Franklin Snyder The first meeting of the teachers' cluh of the \i\Tilmette Public schools will be held Monday evening, October 15, in the library of the Stolp school. Prof. Franklin G. Snyder, of the English department of Northwestern university, wilt speak on "Standards of Value in Fiction." The meetings are held monthly. Professor Snyder also will speak at next month's meeting on, "Art, . Literature. and Contemporary Civilization." Miss Margaret C. Hayes is president of the club. HOME SITES NORTH SHORE VACANT EV ANSTOI~ TO HIGHLAND PARK Shot Ia the Answer A bullet from a gun in the hands of the driver of the other car. was the response. The battle was on. Finally the woman leaped from the bandit car, threw up her hands and said she was shot, but when Feltows approached her, she attempted to wrench the gun from his grip while her companion resumed cannonading ALUMNAE LUNCHEON Mrs. Harry G. Phillips, president of the Alumnae association of the Xational Kindergarten and Elementary college, will preside at th.e first ?f .the monthly luncheons of the associatiOn, to be held in the Party room at Marshall Field's at 12 o'clock on Saturday, October 13. Choice locations, some Riparian, many . wooded, schools nearby, transportation . close-We will appreciate the privilege of being of assistance to you in finding just the right lot for your new home-Our listings of North Shore vacant are as nearly complete as is possible. Orders taken for fancy Bisque, Orange and BILLS REALTY, Inc. Sheridan Road Offices, Del Lago District-Wit. 3 7-40 Ice Cream Moulds Loop Offices, :zo8 Sourb La Salle street-State 0166 Dare Nut Ice Snider-Cazel Drug Co. . 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