Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1756-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more
Image provided by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL
Newspaper Page Text
came to him, suppose this thief were the ex-convict Rattenberg, what would Rattenberg be most likely to do? "He'd go and get his gun, wait until he saw that Mansfield was alone in his Junk shop, and then go in and threaten to blow the old man's head off unless he came through with the money. That's what he'd do. "And Mansfield, being a miser, and having money in his pocket for once, would fight back, wouldn't he? "And then the thief, in desper ation, would attack the old man and in the fight the odds are ten to one that one of them would be killed by the other. "Now we know that the man who killed Mansfield loitered out side the junk shop for over an hour yesterday until he saw that the old man was alone in the store. "We know that he then went into the store, and that there was a desperate struggle there, which ended in the murderer first shoot inging Mansfield through the ab domen and then crushing in his head with part of an automobile motor that was lying in the store. "And we also know tljat the ex-convict, Rattenberg, was loit ering near the junk shop Tues day. He was seen. And we know that Rattenberg was a thief, and that he answers the description of the man who fled after the murder. "That's why we want Ratten berg, arid we intend to get him, too.'" MUST HAVE BEEN A REAL CABARACY AFFAIR New York, Jan. 16. Several "white-haired boys," "tin-pan girlies" and "flappers" had a shock that almost caused them to skip a drink in a Broadway cab aret early today. A cabaret singer was handing out a fine line of caba-braying, glasses were clinking, and on the tables of a few eccentric persons there was food. Everybody was having a fine time. . Rudely a company of firemen dragging a hose dashed into the place. "There's a fire upstairs. All you people get out," shouted the fire captain. One youth became quite inter ested. He looked at the hose curiously. Finally a smile broke over his features, as though he had solved a great problem. "Why, there's water in that thing," he said, examining the hose. "Take it out. Don't want water in here. No, place for it. Can't.bear the sight of the stuff," he ended querulously. Firemen again ordered the guests out, but they refused to go. "We should worry!" cried a., group at one table. "Go upstairs' and put the fire out. It's not our fire." The firemen went upstairs and put the fire out before it had done any damage. The band continued to play' some cabaragtime. Only one Englishman has ever been elected Pope.