Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-15
sQUATTER IS CAPTURED
ON CHICAGO LAKE FRONT
1t Requires Thirty-Five Policemen
and Fire Department to Land
Captain Streetcr In Jail.
HAD DEFIED CLOSING ORDER
Holding Forth In Shack on Ground
Made by Waves, He Had Been
Doing THRIVING Liquor Business.
Gives Battle to Officers.

CHICAGO. November 1i.-After an
| exchange Of fifty shots. the police to-
| day captured Captain George Yelling
! ton Strcetcrs District OF Lake Michi-
| gan" a plot of hlled-in land on the
Lake Michigan shore, where until to-
day Streeter had successfully dcncd Of
| fcers who sought to arrest him on u
charge of violating the Sunday closing
z, order.
! Mrs. John Hoist, wife OF one OF
Streeter's tenants. was slightly wound
ed. Streeter. his wife and fifteen others
were arrested. and 192 cases of beer,
| six rifles, four revolvers and uuau-
tity OF ammunition were confscated.
The land claimed by Strecter by
! squatters right adJoins the fashionable
Lake shore residence district. and was
| formed by sand filing In between the
wreck of a sailing vessel. In which he
came here, and the beach. Strecter
| refused to recognize any authority
other than that of the United States.
DOES THRIVING SUNDAY
| BUSINESS IN BEER
Since Mayor Thompson's Sunday
closing order, Streetcr is alleged TO
have done a thriving Sunday business
| I'm bottled beer at his shack. and sew
eral charges OF selling liquor without
license are pending against him.
| The main force of the police invaders.
consisting Of thirty-fivc patrolmcn,
two patrol wagons. an ambulance and
, n reserve force from the fire depart
ment. were stationed to-day just out
! of sight of the Strcetcr shack Eight
| detectives entered Streeters place
| After giving his order. one of the
| detectives signaled to the attacking
| force. and the police charged on the
| district. Strceter. according to the
police. seized a rifle and fired but was
overpowered by the detectives.
Several shots came from adjoining
| buildings, the police say. and in an
swcrins shot from the house OF John
Hoist. the police are believed To have
! wounded Mrs. Hoist.
After the police made their assault,
| Il fire company pulled down the shack
| \ jury found Strecter guilty on one
charge of selling liquor without n
license last week. but lie appealed
SEVERAL SERIOUS CHARGES
PLACED AGAINST STREI:TEn
| Charges OF assault with intent to
kill, violation Of the State tippliny law
and of keeping Il disorderly house were
placed against Strceter. Most OF the
others were charged with being in
mates OF disorderly house. All We're
released on bond.
y number OF years ago, while Street
! er and several of the men in his en-
ploy. were defending the Strcctcr home
against the police in n similar attack,
II police official was shot and killed.
Strceter and an employee served IL term
I'm the penitentiary for that shooting.
ON October 12, Mrs. Strcctcr shot and
wounded n policeman who had arrested
her husband on charge of selling
beer without a license.
| Streeter is estimated to have secured
as much as 100000 from the sale OF
lots In the district
In the late nincties, Streeter decided
to organize the district as II new ter
ritory OF the United States, and to Sc
ccde not only from the city of Chicago,
but from tho State of Illinois.
An election was held by those liv-
ing on the tract. one of the shacks was
jdenominatcd the territorial capital. and
IL territorial judge. marshal. surveyor
| and other officials elected. Strceter
modestly chose the office OF territorial
clerk. All were sworn in before a clerk
of the Federal court here. Streeter
| went to Washington and applied for
admission to Congress as the first dele
gate from tho new territory.
Owners of property near the district
organized against him. gained n num-
Der OF court decisions. and most OF
| the occupants were driven OFF. Strccter
returned in 1900.
Savings hanks for Russia.