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LAWYERS AND POLICEMEN
v CALLED IN BIDDINGER CASE
j A number of prominent members
J of the Chicago police force, attorneys
and private detectives were called be
fore U. S. Comm'r Mason in the fed-
' eral building Monday to tell what
they know about Guy Biddinger,
. New York manager for the Burns
Detective Agency. They are Chief of
Police Healey, ex-Chiefs Jas. Gleason
and John McWeeney, Chief of Detec
tives Jas Larkin; his subordinate,
Charles Larkin; ex-Chiefs of Detec-
I lives J. J. iaipin, ana f. u. o Bnen,
ex-ueut. or aetecuves; jonn room,
Att'y Alfred Austrian, Private Detec
tive Walter O'Brien, City Detectives
Michael Magner and Jas. Bailey;
James Murphy, reporter for the Chi
cagp Journal, and Charles Fitzmor
ris, sec'y to Mayor Thompson,
arfescityuo .. etaoinetao shrtdlhethe
v Evidence against Biddinger will be
taken here and sent to New York,
where extradition proceedings are
pending against the detective.
Biddinger was indicted here in a
police graft scandal and has been
named m several others which occur
red while he was a city detective. He
is fighting extradition from New
York.
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BISHOP DUNNE INJURED, ONE
PRIEST KILLED, IN AUTO WRECKJ
Peoria, III., Oct. 4. In the worst
automobile accident to' happen here
in many months Rev. Father
Schuetz. chancellor of the Peoria
i diocese, was killed outrieht and
Bishop Dunne of the Peoria diocese
and Father Shannon, vicar general,
were seriously injured. The automo
bile turned over, pinning Father
Schuetz under the wreckage. Bishop
Dunne sustained internal injuries and
Father Shannon sustained a broken
leg. The .party was on its way to
Pnnceville to conduct confirmation
services.
RUMANIAN ARMY ATTACKED
FROM THREE SIDES
London. Rumanian army that
crossed Danube into Bulgaria is un
der attack from three sides. '
Salonika. Advancing from Kara
zadakoi, British troops yesterday
stormed and occupied part of village
of Jenikoj, south of Seres road.
Berlin, via Wireless to Sayville.
From SepL 20 to SepL 29 German
submarines operating in North sea
and English channel sank in addi
tion to those previously reported 11
English fishing steamers and 4 Bel
gian sea fighters and 35 other hostile
boats, including 27 fish steamers,
with total tonnage of 14,600. Thirty
one prisoners were brought in.
Sofia. Bulgarian forces have oc
cupied Rumanian island of Kalakka
lafat in the Danube, near Vidin.
Berlin. The Rumanian force that
crossed Danube and invaded Bulgaria
forced to withdraw. Attacked on
three sides by German and Bulgarian,
troops and threatened with envelop
ment, Rumanians retreated.
Petrograd. Russian gunboats
have steamed down Danube river and
are bombarding Bulgarian left flank
near Basovs in Dobrudja. '
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CATCH CIRL'SASSAILANT
Belvidere, III., Oct 4. The tramp
what attacked Catherine O'Connor,
13, whenon her way to school near
here today, was caught about noon
and is locked up in the county jail
at Rockford. The girl is a niece of
Kate F. O'Connor of Chicago.
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Battle Creek, Mich. A. M. Breau
er, Yorkville, instantly killed when he
leaned out of window of incoming
Grand Rapids interurban car and was
struck by passing city car. .
New York. Spurned by girl of his
choice, Michael Mamardi wanted to
end it all. So before her eyes he
swallowed contents of vicious-looking
green battle. Physicians said
afterward hair tonic is more or less
harmless.
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