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Fwiff ERBSTEIN NAMES THE MISSING "MYSTERIOUS GUNMAN" - The "mysterious gunman" who is accused of firing the first shot in the Randolph street battle when six men were shot is ready to surrender, ac cording to Att'y Erbstein, who is rep resenting him. He neither fired the first shot, nor is he a terrible gunman, according to Erbstein, but is William Palmer of Dixon, III., auditor of an interurban road. He is the man -who stood in the doorway o7 the Weiss Cafe when the battle was in progress. But he had no gun, Erbstein says. "Palmer was standing in the en trance of the Weiss restaurant. He said he saw Bertsche and heard him say: 'Come and get it,' " declares Erbstein. "He said1 he saw a man whose de scription fits Egan, walk toward Bertsche, and then saw Bertsche draw a revolver and shoot him. He was but three feet away from Bert sche. "He said Egan had no revolver and made no motion as though to draw one. " ' "Then he described the scuffle be tween Bertsche and Egan, and told how Egan seized Bertsche's revolver and, as they wrestled, turned the gun toward the pavement, so the shots would not fly among pedes trians." o o RED CROSS SHIP BOUND FOR BELGIUM IS WRECKED Whitny, Eng Oct. 30. The hos pital ship Rohilla, en route to Bel gium with a part yof Red Cross nurses and hospital supplies, has been totally wrecked off this port The second officer managed to get a lifeboat over and brought the nurses safely to land, but 80 members of the crew and other passengers are still clinging to the bow of the wrecked ves$el, which is still fast on the rocks. It is feared all must be lost as the , weather is so heavy that 'lifeboats canot live in the sea that Is running and the wreckage is too far off shore for the life lines to carry. o o MRS. RAYMOND IS RELEASED POISONING A MYSTERY Mrs. Florence Raymond, the "cop-per-haifed lady with the $5,000 dia monds,'' who has been held at the Detention Hospital pending the re covery or death of her husband, was released today on a writ of habeas corpus filed by Charlie Erbstein. Mrs. Raymond was committed to the asylum after she told a strange story about conditions in the Ray mond home, leading up to the time when her husband signed a paper. LoommittfBg her to the asyulm and -was carried to the hospital. According to the attending physi cians he is suffering from arsenical poisoning administered in his food, County Physician Davis, who ex amined the woman, told Judge Ow ens that she was perfectly sane and he wats at a loss to' explain why she had -been held at the hospital. Owens released her after hearing the strange tale o'f domestic woe that caused her commitment to the asy lum. ' ; O 0 CHICAGO GRAIN, Report of Turkey at war made wheat jump. Corn and oats higher. ( Provisions about steady. ' A NEW GAME FOR HALLOWE'EN Sit on a Bottle and Thread aNeedle. A rather amusing test for Hallow e'en is to see who can sit on a round bottle placed lengthwise on the floor' and thread a needle. This is not easyJ to do and the first one to succeed will be the first one to wed. WEATHERFORECAST Fair tonight and Saturday; rising temperature; southerly wind becom ing fresh Saturday. Temoarature "Thursday Highest, 53; lovvwtj 4Q, m ""' f --wi - '? -