Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-30

Evanston, Ill.,, Acts to Step
/ Crime Wave; Chicago Po-
J. lice Dress as Women.

CHICAGO, December 80. squads
from the Evanston Tank Corps and
automobiles manned by city police.
each armed with a rifle, will guard
Evanston. Chicsgo's wealthy north
shore suburb. from the reign of
Moron bandits who have terrorized
women of the town, according to the
plans of Mayor Harry p. Psarsons
The motor squads will tour the
streets throughout the night. The
tank unit is equipped with one tank.
Two more Fobberies of women last
night were added to the list of more
than fifty attacks and robberies by
bandits in the fashionable suburb.
Policemen. dressed as women, also
will patrol the streets with revolvers
concealed in handbags. They will be
instructed to shoot to kill If suspects
attempt escape.
Big Museum Heal Nipped.
NEW YORK. December 3o-The
burglars league may file with di-
doctors of the Museum of Natural
History complaint against deceit
practiced by its employees.
One of the leagues members in high
standing dropped into the museum
today to scrape up little culture.
when his attention was attracted by
an exhibit illustrating the costliness
SAtion, the case contained several
sss.adies OF paper, each faced with
bank note.
Tricked by the statement that the
loss ran into hundreds of thousands
Of dollars. and believing that in q
Museum everything was genuine, the
burglar went to the trouble of break
Ing the glass to seize the bank rolls"
Then an attendant came along and
shot at him. forcing him to leap from
Elnd0W lust hQ rinR
to make one of the greatest "hauls"
in the history of pilfery in New York
NEW YORK, December ao.-Eleyen
drastic amendments to the state
criminal laws. radically increasing
York's crime advance. will be pro-
posed simultaneously in the next SEN
ate and assembly. with the indorse-
nent OF Creator New York's crimi-
1iai courts Judges. This was an
nounced here today by the legislative
sions- 80
Fights Bandits; shot Down.
CULVER. Ind. December 2s.|scoh
n Same, owner of ury goods and
hardware store here, Is not expected to
live, as q result of street fight With
0ve bank robbers here this mosninx. :"
Saline was shot in an attempt to stop
the bandits after they had held up the
Culver Exchange Bank. and Obtained
approximately $4,000. The bullet Is
lodged in his jaw and he Is paralyxed
below the third rib.
Jerome Zechiel. the other Culver citi-
zen shot in the fight. is believed to be
not IN serious condition tonight Three
Of the bandits were caught Shortly
after the robbery and Q fourth sur
rendered at Knox. Ind, after he had
been slightly wounded. The fifth is
still at large, having been last seen
near Burr Oak, Ind.
Rohs Freight TPain's Crew.
4USkOGEE, Okla, Decemer 29.-A
masked bandit swung onto the rear
IT left Fort Gibson tonight, and
thrusting his revolver in the face of
the conductor. robbed him Of his
wstch and money and compelled him
TO turn his back. He then seated
himself near tha door. rolled q ciza-
rette and robbed members Of the train
crew Is taey entered sinsly and lined
them up beside the conductor. When
the train neared the Arkansas river
nraaxs the bandit set the airbrake and
Aufe Bandits ut Work.
RICHMOND. Va, December a.
fhree masked men leaped from an
49eomoeife here last night, comforts
% . Pedestrian on one Of the down
tovh streets and forced him to turn
ever all valuables on him. The han
Siee then piled into the waitinx car
and escaped. This is the third dar-
it !oseery In the city within the