The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-11-19
Crime WAVE !.
SWEEPS CHICAGO
SIXTEEN PERSONS KILLED DUE
.1. TO CRIMINALS AND
ACCIDENTS.
One Gang Cleans Up On Over Sixty
Persons-Masonic Celebration Easy
Picking for Crooks-Those That Re-
sisted Were Shot or CIubbed.

Chicago, Ill.-SiXteen persons are
dead and many others injured as a
result of an outhurst of crime, joy
riding by drunken brawlers, train and
street car accidents, quarrels, robber-
les and other elements that tend to
make human life one of the poorest of
risks in Chicago. Included in the list
are three murders, and among six 9th
erS mysterious and unexplained deaths
there probably are at least four more
murders. Four persons were killed
by railroad trains and three died I'M
der burning automobiles after crash
ing down in wrecks. In addition to
the crimes which resulted in death,
there were numerous robberies. Per-
hapS the most highly organized series
of robberies took place in Elmhurst,
an exclusive suburb, and the Chief Of
Police, Harry Mayors was fatally shot
by robbers.
The Masonic fraternity had just
completed q new temple in Elmhurst
and the dedication services were held.
This brought out large attendance
vi WClI-tO-uO PCoplC anu a DuAo VI AOb-
bers saw fine opportunities for gem
eral cleanup. They stationed them
selves at lonely spot in the street,
through which all, or practically all,
the visitors to the temple would have
to pass and held them up as they came
along. 1t is said they had robbed
about sixty persons when Mayors in
terfered and was shot. He is dying
in an Elmhurst hospital. Tom JohL-
son, one of the robbers, has confessed
to shooting Mayors.
Two of the four known murders bear
unusual aspects, suggesting revenge
instead of robbery. Charles Nader
en-, "a years old, chemist, was found |
dead in a vacant lot shortly after mid |
night by two negroes. He had been |
short over the heart and indications |
are he was slain at some other point |
and the body carried to the vacant lot.
There were no signs of struggle, |
and $62 in cash anu valuable jewelry
in his clothing had not been disturbed.
Madderen served with Minnesota
regiment during the war, and was a
nephew of c.. X Madderen, millionaire
head of big coal company. Another
mysterious killing was that of William
SanderSon, who, before he was re-
moved to a hospital in dying cOnd-
ton, said he was reading in the tower
of the residence where he rOomed
when he was summoned to the door
by vigorous knocking. Two motorists,
their faces partially concealed by Cog
giles, pushed their way into the house
and one of them shot him over the
heart. A young lady roOmer in the
same house heard the summons at the
door and the shots that followed. She
says there was very little conversation,
and that in such low tone that she
could make nothing out Of it. This
also appears to have been q "grudge" |
murder.
Chester Bevins was passing Al Tear
ney'S cafe when he noticed police
man struggling with Mrs. Anna Dixon
IN taXicab parked at the curbing.
The policeman, Joseph r. Norris, was
II citizens clothing. Bevins alighted
rom his automobile and went to the
'escue of the woman. Norris shot hin >
vice and he died a half hour later !
n hospital A political feud between l,
he adherents of Congressman John w L
tainey and John GOlomkieski, his I
opponent, led to the shooting of Attor-
icy Edwin Larney, who was distribut- Z
ng circulars for Congressman Rainey. u
4ouis Pommier, who was with Larney,
vas badly beaten by four men, who
ode up in an auto and shot Larney
u the right leg, Scores of people
from nearby churches wit
iessed the shooting of Larney and The f,
eating of POmmier. +,