The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-21
Miss Rose Raffin Watch,
Helplessly While Meyer
Ruskin Is Killed.
TRAGEDY AT GARY, INT
Mans Chivalrous Attempt +
Protect KenOsha Girl Results
Fatally for Himself.

Miss Rose Raffin, daughter of n
and Mrs. Wolf Rafin, 72O Grand avenr
IS on the verge of nervous prostrati,
in Chicago as the result of the ha
rowing experience which came to h
Wednesday evening, when she saw h
fiancee, Meyer Ruskin of Indiana Ha
Dor, shot to death after he had kint
one of two negro bandits who held
their car on lonesome highway we
of Gary. The double killing and hol
up put an abrupt end to Miss Raffiu
plan for wedding in Kenosha som
time in August.
The surviving highwayman is stI
at large and is believed to be in hidir
somewhere along the lake shore. Chi
of Police Logan received word tn
morning to be on the lookout for Il
black robber and murderer.
Approach Car With Drawn Guns.
According to Miss Rafin's stor
sobbed out to officers in Gary short
after the tragedy, she left India,
Harbor just after 1890 o'clock to tai
ride ia Ruskin's Hudson car.
West Gary they decided to go back
the Harbor and Ruskin is said to ha,
driven his car off the main road to ii
scene of the holdup- to turn around.
AS he was making the turn, two n
groes, one short and the other tai
stepped out from the shadow of som
bushes and with drawn guns wake
toward the car and commanded Ruski
to stop. He complied but picked up a,
automatic, that he carried on the sea
beside him, as he STEPPED out of the cal
AS his foot touched the ground h,
raised the weapon and fired point blanl
at the smaller negro, the bullet strik
ing the bandit in the forehead anC
causing instant death.
Dropped by Taller Bandit.
At the same time the short negro
also fired as did his pal. Ruskin drop
ped to the street fatally wounded witt
bullet hole in his check and another
in tn chest. He died several minute,
later before medical assistance arrived
Nearly overcome with fright Miss
Rafin watched the SC, ond negro calml!
go through the pockets of his dead pa
and also make a thorough search O.
Ruskin's clothing. Making sure that
he had secured everything valuable
the bandit with his revolver still point
ed at the automobile, approached the
machine and stripped Miss Raffin Of
her wrist watch and eight dollars il
change. She saved valuable ring
however, which she slipped from hel
finger while the bandit was busyly en-
gagged searching the dead bodies anC
hid it in the car.
Miss Raffin Reports Tragedy.
Demanding that she get out of the
car the bandit ordered her to wall
towards a nearby house and after he
had made his escape north into tn,
woods on Seventh avenue, Miss Rafir
reused the occupants from their sIum
Der and upon going back to the ma
chine found Ruskin and the negr,
both dead. According to the police, tn,
ScCOIiu DdIuAb was loog SCNA NOiiAilit
towards Gary when he ran past Hogan:
place on Fifth avenue nearly a half {
mile from the scene of the shooting.
Bodies to MOrgue.
The body Of the negro was taken t.
the S. & S Undertaking parlor on thu
south side and that of Ruskin to vii
liams morgue According to rumors thu
dead negro and his pal are the same
pair that stuck up several other ma
chimes in this vicinity earlier in thu
evening. This was substantiated wher
the authorities found 80 calibre re
volver, a wrist watch, powder puff, DO.
of face paint and 10 bullets on his per
son. This the other negro evid-ntly
overlooked in his haste.
After she had told her story to Carr
police officials, Miss Rafin was takeI
to her present home, 1920 FiftF
avenue, Chicago. where she is nov
slowly recovering from the shock 0.
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