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of legislature asking that they defeat
bill which would permit bakeshops
ill cellars.
Judge Mahoney refused to fine
eight men arrested for riding on rear
platform of Oak Park "L" train when
they could not get seats inside. Said
company was inefficient.
Dr. J. A. Meek, 6351 Parnell av., ar
rested on charge of performing illegal
operation on Mrs. Fredericka Engle
hart, 5143 S. Ada st, who died Mon
day. Mob tried to attack James Miller,
negro teamster, when he beat horse
that fell at Erie and N. State sts.
Sergeant Mcintosh, Chicago avenue
police station, protected Miller and
arrested him.
Seventy victims have complained
to police and management of River
view that their pockets -were picked
during Socialist picnic Sunday. No
arrests.
Fred Koepfer, 1615 Orchard st.,
shot and killed himself at his home.
Ill health.
John Slayton, 32, got leg cut off
by train.
Fiftieth st. police raided colored
prize fight at 4533 Armour av. Four
arrested.
Capt. Jos. Smith, Warren av. sta
tion, claims two pickpockets tried to
bribe him.
Policeman Conrad Adamowski at
tacked and bitten by dog in front of
St John Cantius Church.
Judge Fred L. Fake,. Jr., will suc
ceed Judge Mahoney at the Des
plaines st station beginning next
Monday.
VAN VLISSENGEN IN CHICAGO
' TO FIGHT DIVORCE SUIT
Peter, Van Vlissengen, one time
wealthy real estate broker of Chi
cago, now serving a term in Joliet
prison for forgeries amounting to ap
proximately $1,000000, arrived in
Chicago today under guard to con
test the second attempt of his wife,
Jessie R, Bland Van VJissengen, hfs
former stenographer, to secure a di
vorce. Van Vlissengen, looking years old
er than in the days when he was a
prominent figure in Chicago club life,
was met at "the depot by a number
of his old friends and went imme
diately to Judge Mangan's court
room. In her first attempt at legal sep
aration Mrs. Van Vlissengen obtain
ed custody of their two children.
The higher court set aside this de
cree on the broker's plea that he
was in prison and was not given a
chance to testify.
"A divorce would be a greater
crime than my $1,000,000 forgeries,"
said Van Vlissengen, as he entered
the courtroom. "I do not believe in
divorce.
"If I were to allow this suit to go
uncontested and make it possible for
either my wife or myself to marry
again I should consider I had broken
God's immutable law, and that it
would be the greatest of any crime I
could commit.
"I have refused a parole because
I did not think I had served the time
I should for what I had done. I was
eligible to parole when I had been,
in the penitentiary for 11 months.
In December I mean to make an ap
plication. Then I will have served
five years of my sentence."
Van Vlissengen will testify that his
wife, while working for him as a
stenographer, knew of all the deals,
through which he obtained money
fraudulently. He claimed that, hav
ing guilty knowledge of his acts, she.'
had no right to ask for a divorce on.
the ground that he was a convicted,
felon. j
Mrs. Van Vlissengen's attorneys
denied she knew of the frauds prac-
ticed by her husband. i
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In giving a lesson on the tenses a
school teacher asked, "What is tho
difference between 'I will hire a taxi
and I have hired a taxi?' " "Ahoutf
five dollars!" replied. one of the boys
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