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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, January 26, 1917, LAST EDITION, Image 4

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clapped his hand over his mouth like
a schoolboy caught -whispering.
The case was halted at this point
and Armour arose, turned and
smiled.
"Now 111 have to buy tomorrow's
paper to see what tyou write. I ex
pect you'll roast hell out of me. Ill
read it, anyway. Say, don't go too
hard. Treat me right I'm a good
fellow." He laughed and started off.
And I think he is a good fellow
personally.
PROCHOWSKI ADMITS GOLD
COAST ROBBERIES TELLS -HOW
IT IS DONE
Another feather was stuck high in
the fedora of State's Att'y Mafclay
Hoyne when Adam Prochowski,
chloroform burglar, admitted pulling
the gold coast robberies that have
puzzled the police all Winter. On
Prochowski's calling list were:
John Borden, 130 Bellevue pi.,
multi-millionaire who doesn't have
to work for a living and who spends
his time-exploring.
George M. Reynolds, 1444 Lake
Shore drive, president of the Con
tinental and Commercial National
bank.
D. B. Jones, steel magnate, 1453
Astor st
Of course, there were dozens of
less prominent families that Pro
chowski visited on his evening calls.
He says that he used no gun and
his burglar outfit consisted of a hat
pin, a jimmy and a newspaper. The
jimmy was the tool that enabled him
to enter the swell mansions and the
hatpin was used to pick locks.
If he found a bedroom door with
the key'turned'ia the lock he pushed
the newspaper under the door and
thrust the hatpin quietly into the
keyhole. This caused the key to fall
out and upon his newspaper, which
deadened the sound. Then Prochow
ski pulled the paper out through the
crack under the door and, taking the
key, he unlocked the door.-
State's Att'y Hoyne made a state
ment early this morning that he ex
pected the Gold Coast burglar to
name several police officials jwho
were affording him protection. He
says Prochowski refused to implicate
"Prince Arthur" Quinn.
Hoyne named "Artie" Quinn, son
of James A. Quinn, former city oil in
spector and North Side political boss,
as the man who aided Prochowki in
escaping from "Chicago. In a state
ment the prosecutor said:
"The solution of the burglaries will
be merely a forerunner to the uncov-.
ering of a widespread system of graft
and collusion. The 'higher-ups' are
the ones I am after.
"The robberies are only the outer
shell, the covering for something
deeper and more sinister. It -would
seem from the statements we have
obtained that not only were some of
those whom we have held burglars,
but they were automobile thieves ast
well and practiced many other forms
of thievery and grafting. Moreover,
Chicago was not their only field. ,
These men had more than one means
of protection, or they would not have
been able to operate as long as they
did." , J
Prochowski's honds were raised
from $7,500 to $75,000.
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JUVENILE COURT TAKES CHILD
MOTHER KILLS SELF
Tragedy followed -in the wake of
the juvenile court officers today
when Mrs. Hester Crichlow, 3250
Prairie av.r shot and killed "herself
after juvenile officers had snatched
from her arms her daughter, Pauline,
14. Mrs. Crichlow was a divorcee.
The juvenile court took the girl
after Mrs. Crichlow, also known as
"Presslow," another woman and two
"prominent business men" 'were
caught in a raid on a Grand boule
vard house. The daughter was there
at the time. Mrs. Crichlow formerly
was a manicurist at the Strafford ho
tel. Notoriety from that raid led to
Her discharge. The men' were never
.forced to reveal their true identity
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