The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-13
TO WIPE OIT THE THUG
Chicago Business Men Preparing
to Organize.
DETAILS ARE NOT YET COMPLETE.

The Idea Is, However, to Take Such Ac-
tion as Will Insure the Business Men
Against Hold-Up by the Numerous Ban
dts Who infest the City-"Citizens' Aux
Hilary Police" May BE the Name of the
New Organization.
Chicago, Dec. 13.-Chicago may yet
lose its popularity as a resort for high
waymen and other desperate characters
II movement just inaugurated by
number Of west side citizens proves
successful.
Chicago business men want all re-
spectacle citizens to organize with them
IN protecting themselves against thugs
and hold-up men. Address w 9S, Daily
News
The foregoing advertisement. which
appeared in The Daily News was in
serted at the instance OF Louis II. Mil
ges, who represents a number of dwell
ers west of the river. Mr.. Milges him
self has four times beNl the victim OF
burglars and has had several narrow
escapes from amateur road agents. AT
his desk i'm the office OF Dearborn
street lithographing firm Mr.. Milges,
who is young man of determined ap-
pearance and the possessor of any
amount of surplus energy, which he de-
clares he will exert toward the eXter
mination of the thug If need be, ex-
planned his plans as follows:
Association for Protection.
Our idea is to form protective as
sociation, so we will not be under the
necessity Of going out in armor when
we wish to pay an evening CALL or Of
surrounding our beds with rows of can
non when we retire for the evening, in
order to feel secure from the attacks
of murderous- hearted burglars. The
| names of my associates? l really do
not feel at liberty to give them to you
| just now, as they might not care for
| the publicity"
And Mr.. Milges coughed apologetical-
| ly and thrust into the neither darkness
of a pigeon hole a strip Of paper which
| lay in front of him and which looked
| as If it might contain the information
| sought.
This movement has been going on
some time" he said, and we didn't
know just how to go about swelling our
I ranks, so as to increase our strength.
but at length we hit upon the idea of
| advertising and we hope TO get many
responses from thugridden taxpayers
I not only in our section OF the city but
| on the north and south sides also. I'm
| derstand, we are not antagonizing the
! police. IT Is our wish to help them.
| We realize that the Chicago force Is do
I ing it's best to stop the robbery and
assault of wayfarers and we are COM
! ing to the assistance OF the police.
May Organize by Wards.
Concerning the detailed plans of the
! proposed Citizens association the speak
! er said:
1--WE shall not form any plans until
( we gain greater growth. We may
! organize by wards and we may have
( no subdivisions, but all this must be
| decided later Just now it would be
| impossible to predict the manner of
| working of the smaller wheels of the
( mill In which we intend to grind the
| thug nuisance to powder. One thing
| YOU may be sure of-we are In earnest
( and we will not stop until we gain our
\ point. These formidable criminals who
! hold a. mans life cheaper than a
| 'growler' of beer must be deferred or
| they will soon own the city. For my
! part I believe in shooting them as soon
} as IL is realized what they mean to do.
J Mr.. Milges tapped energetically upon
! a paper weight on his desk and smiled
( grimly. Then he added
"The Chicago police force is not big
I enough. 1t has too much territory to
cover and perhaps the city cannot af-
ford to make 1t larger In this emer-
! gency we feel that We will do a real
service by forming a sort of citizens
auxiliary police, the individuals In
which will be ready at any time to wage
| warfare on the men of sandbags and
jimmies."