Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-04-01
Burglars, PickpOckets, HOld-up
Men, Pass Key Artists, and
Others Active in Coast City
AVIATOR DEFIES DEATH
AND FALLS TO HIS DOOM
Rent Hogs Responsible for the De-
crease In the Number of Visitors
Going to California
Walnut Growers Meet

Walnut Growers Meet
The rush of tourists from the frozen
east filled all the trains for weeks and
all past records were knocked into a
cooked hat, is what the railroads Off
cials say, The same officials are now
tolling with the problem of getting the
multitude back east for most of them
came to the land Of sunshine for the
winter months only. The homeward
movement has begun.
Burglars, pickpockets, hold up men,
pass key artists and petty thieves are
reaping rich harvest from the tour
lists in Los Angeles. Fred Lonsky OF
Elk City Idaho, staying at the Santa
Rosa hotel was the heaviest lOoser.
While he was out for a walk some one
entered his room and stole $500 in
cash, three certificates on the First
National bank of GAINESVILLE, Idaho,
two liberty bonds and three negotiable
notes His total loss was $15,292. |
would call that very poor judgement
as he don't need to have but little
on some bank and give a check when
he wants to pay any bills The tour
lists are getting picked in fine shape.
A rich home was robbed of $4,000
in jewels. Appearing in a new role
the famous monkey bandit today holds
for ransom 100000 worth Of jewels
and securities stolen from the man
sion Of Mrs Harry Keefe. She got
q telephone message saying if she
will pay $1,5OO the valuables will be
returned to her.
The bank clearings in Los Angeles
for January were $317,O00,0OO gain
of S16O,OOO,OO0 in IL months. This is
the most spectacular increase ever re-
vealed by the clearing house.
A notable stride in the industrial
development of Los Angeles and
southern California was recorder
yesterday by the California walnut
growers association. Plans were made
for the erection of a $250,000 structure
for use by the association, together
with it's equipment and facilities for
handling the large volume of business
expected for the next season. The
building will be among the leading
plants of the world. There is for
tune in the walnut growing business.
Death Defied in AViators Air Leap
Over 5000 people witnessed the
thrilling performance of Lieut.. Ormer
Locl1lear for the benefit of the Lark
ELLEN Newsboys' home. Despite the
rain and fog he carried out the pro-
gram in full He outdid all previous
stunts while the crowd gasped ex-
pecting him to slip off the wet wings
at every turn after climbing all over
his plane, standing On his head and
hanging by his elbows and knees from
wing ends, and running gears while fly
ing 500 feet in the air. One of his
planes, piIoted by Mr.. Elliott and with
q rope ladder attached, dropped down
within few feet Of the other plane.
Locklear poised on the upper wing,
grasped the ladder and swung up to
the other plane. Then came the thrill,
er. The two planes flew SO that the
wing of one overlapped the other and
L,ockIear crossed from one 10 the 9th,
er. 1t was one of the most daring
feats ever seen.
A Film Star PIunqes 700 # to Death
Earl Burgess, a stunt man, fell to
his death from an airplane on which
he was performing for Fox Film Co.
The intended comedy stunt was being
filmed from another plane and the
cameraman thinking a dummy had
been thrown out calmly reeled off the
picture as Burgess whirled through
the air. Burgess, for 10 years a
professional stunt man and credited
with being the first man to make a
parachute jump from an airplane, was
supposed to cling to the wing Of a
plane and throw off the dummy What
went wrong never will be known
Either his fingers missed their grip
or he became exhausted and was fore
ed to drop. His body flashed through
the air, struck in some telephone
wires. poised there a moment and
tumbled to the ground. Attaches OF
the Film Co. thinking to recover the
dummy, walked to his body and fol
the first time knew that a real tragedy
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