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CHICAGO NEWS IN BRIEF Roger de Coverley, Kirby case witness, sought on charge of perjury, has surrendered. County jail. Miss Portia Howe, gymnastic instructor in Evanston private school, has smallpox. No one hurt when two I. C. trains crashed at Archer av. and S. Canal st. Michael Resch, 2120 Larrabee St., wine thief, -chased over build ing tops by police. Fell through airshaft. Captured. Fire in building of S. Inlander & Co., 5210 S. Ashland av. Many dazed by smoke. $50,000 loss. Purse snatcher grabbed novel instead of handbag from Mrs. D. B. Crandall, 1821 Fulton st. Es caped. Gold watch and chain and $42 taken from Wm. Thealen, 819 E. 39th st., by holdup men. Max McTabash, 3061 E. 92d st., victim of holdup men. $7.20 and gold watch. Walter Johnson, negro, arrest ed as suspect of many recent holdups. Ali Abdul, Turk, is the man who was murdered and part of his body put in suitcase. Hassan Sina, Turk, arrested as the mur derer. Identified as man who borrowed butcher saw by D. Roti, 922 Grand av. Miss Nellie Squire, ex-maid for W. Wolf, 11 W. Division St., sen tenced to three months in House of Correction, charged with theft. Henry Watts, 3505 S. State st, dead from injuries received when he fell from new building. Mrs. Elizabeth Hickey and daughter, 1538 S. Trumbull av., severely injured by street car. Barney Borg, 33U Stanley ter., u i rf-nc A f - t-qM urif n In man tr aui.3itu tiiaitu wiiii ia.i -t-ny . Chas. Brecht, 6446 Rhodes av., fined $25 for putting a tennarft out of his flat. John Surin, 1413 Elburn av., severely injured by auto. Measles is now all the fad here. Scarlet fever, diphtheria and smallpox cases are numerous. With "room 23" as her ohly guide, Mrs. H. P. Vastine called at every loop hotel in search for her husband who, she said, was out with an affinity. Policeman John Courtney charged with maltreating a pris oner. Accused of assaulting J. Hartnett, 19, in a saloon. H. Evans, P. Jensen, alias Wil son and Frank Beleski, arrested last week after Evans had shot Ppliceman C. Griffin, are held to grand jury. Julius Greco, 1021 W. Polk St., hid $400 in his home. D. An- tonia, a friend, found it. Both -money and Antonia are missing. Burglars in home of J. A. John- sfA "fc T C IJ! "-i son, ro i. pauiaing av. vjoi -j Mrs. j. T. Sargent, 4012 Sheri dan road, attacked by purse snatcher. He got watch worth $100, $14 cash and trinkets. Fred Boettner, 78, Home wood, 111., killed by I. C. train. Miss Grace Slater, domestic at 7150 Emerald av., attacked by