Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-16

handle him. did not hit him hard. *
Municipal Judge Grove here inter.
rupted the policeman to censure him,
and discharged the prisoner.
Joseph Beutel. desk sergeant at
the notorious Chicago avenue police
station, who was accused Of beating
q citizen who came into the station to
sign bond, was fined fifteen days
pay by the trial board.
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Talk about police brutality. Kind.
hearted people have started q collec.
tion for the aid Of Mrs. Louise Ber.
endt, q widow. 2111 Huron street.
mother Of Rudolph Berendt. 16 years
old, who was killed by Policeman
Phillip Weinreich June %. She and
her four children, all girls from I
to 10 years old. are facing starvation
and eviction. She pawned her
jewelry and mortgaged her furniture
to bury her son. who was shot after
he had made an alleged attempt to
extort money from 8. r. Grossfeldt.
member of the wholesale firm Of
Grossfeldt Z Roe. West Randolph and
North Desplaines streets.
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THIEVES ROB A SALOON.
Their faces masked with handker.
chiefs. three men held up Fred Bam'
beur, bartender for william Benja'
min, who owns o saloon at 1903 eth
street, Tuesday night, August 81. at
10 o'clock. and secuted $50.
| Bambeur was alone In the saloon
when the men entered so quietly that
he was not aware OF their presence
until he looked into the mussles ol
two revolvers. He was ordered from
behind the bar and the third man took
all the money in the cash register
amounting to about $50.
When he had rifed the cash register
he left by the side entrance and the
two men with the revolvers followed
after directing Bambeur to keep hii
hands up until they reached the mid
die Of the street.
PLAIN CLOTHES MEN NOT WANT
ED.
Chief Steward Is right In making
the plain clothes bulls" trave
beats. They kept eternally begging
aldermen and others to get them
places as plain clothes guys" and
then did nothing but insult citizens
and occasionally take a peanut Of
something else.
A system that permits plain
clothes men OF the kind Chicago hal
been having Is a sure guarantee o
the destruction of the police force.
BURGLAR GETS BOOTY.
Jewelry and silver plate valued a
$500 was stolen from the residence O
c. F. Lange. 34a 45th street, during
the absence Of the family in the AT
ternoon. Neighbors told the polio,
that a man carrying a suitcase wol
seen leaving the house. He was wei
dressed, appeared 40 years old, ant
was heavy set.
The robber gained entrance b.
breaking a window In the kitchen ant
moving the catch. 1t was not unit
the return of the family late In tn,
evening that the robbery was discov
cred.
PORCH CLIMBER DOES WORK.
August 20 an agile porch climbe
scaled a rainpipe and forced an en-
trance to the house of j. Z. Thomp
son, 1928 West 18th street, while tn
family was away and stole severa
hundred dollars worth OF jewelry AM
silverware. Packed In bag lying OF
the table In the dining-rom lay silver
ware and sealskin coats valued q
$4,000. which the intruder had abau
doned in his haste to get away whel
, Mr.. Thompson returned from a drive
PUT SALOONKEEPER IN ICE BOX
Not content with robbing their vic
tim of S74, two masked men who en-
tered the saloon OF G. Rossi, 20 Chat
ham court, In the forenoon, put tn
proprietor In an ice box. locked tn
, door, and left the building.
After he had been held Q prisone