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Chicago Man Nailed in Coffin By Friends Who Tried To Put Him in Open Grave
Chicago, Feb. on information given them by George Wittbrod whom they found confined in coffin like box on lonely road today, police have arrested seven youths for questioning The group is being on charge kidnapping Wittbrod, torturing him and then leaving him in an open grave. The police announce that the youths have to the abduction of the man, but they insist the affair was simply done joke" tells he was taken from hall where was loafing cemetery distance from was forced into coffand gagged. He said the lid the box was then nailed down and the men tried to lower the box into grave. They unsuccessful in getting it into the earth, so hooked to automobile and dragged where found this morning.
BOOTLEGGERS USE 'EM
The possession of post hole digger sufficient grounds owner may be bootlegger Sheriff Parker states that post hole digger has become standard equipment in the car of bootlegger. Slick rummies leave gallon containers booze along fence rows in the country until they can run into town. locate customers and make sales. little grass scattered over the hole effectively conceals from plying eyes. Really smart bootleggers bore holes under cover of darkness and rarely do they lose any booze handled in this manner.
PAYS 35 PERCENT
Chas. W. Johnson, former Dwight banker who is now state bank receiver, made an announcement today that is of terest one local minister. He fixed Feb. 9th as the date for funding depositors in the Union State bank of Mound City 35 cent of their deposits on when the bank failed Oct. Rev. Congregational minister, had check at the bank when closed.
TREES NEED BANDING
Trees on the court house lawn were banded with tanglefoot preparation few days ago and this morning literally hundreds canker worms are imbedded the mixture. Trees not so banded will have their foliage destroyed by these insects latin the spring.
