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KILLING QFJPE MARIA HAS SET FLYING SQUAD AT WORK. The three shots that were fired in to the head of Prank De Maria, the informer, in .Little Italy Tuesday night now appear to have been the signal for a radical stir in the police department "" - Last night a flying squad was ap pointed by Chief of Detectives Hal pin after an extended talk with Chief Gleason. It is known the latter is quite heated over thfe failure of the recent gunman crusade. It was given out to the press that the flying squad was appointed mere ly to work on the murder of De Maria. But an Insistent rumor leak ed out that this squad would con tinue its work indefinitely and would be sent out to all parts of the city with orders to "clean, up without re gard to political bosses." The squad is under command of Detective-Sergeant William F. Bow ler and is made up of Detectives Mel- chor, Reilly, McAuliffe, Dq Mar, Up ton and Loftus. Meanwhile, rumors concerning the De Maria murder flew thick and fast through the North Side. Some had it that De Maria was killqd while working on a gang of white slavers; others said he was working on a counterfeiters' gang. It is reported strongly, however, that his killing in Little Italy came about through his activity while in vestigating the murder of Isaac Levin, a Chicago Heights produce merchant. That murder was the climax of a long feud between Jewish and Italian peddlers. De Maria, who had oper ated in Little Italy as a stool pigeon for Detective Longobardi and Lieut Jacob Reich of the Bast Chicago ave nue station, went to work on the mystery. Day and night he went through the Italian districts. It is reported he talked very mudh. And the Italians became afraid of vhim. Recently Fietro Sietta, an Italian living in Chicago Heights, made an affidavit that George Livreri, saloqn keeper, and AntoniO Battaglia, a Chi-1 cago Heights produce merchant, had sworn to "get" De Maria because he tried to mix them up with the Levin murder. Anyway, some one "got" De Maria. Three bullets 'were fired into his brain just 50 yards from "Death Corner" Tuesday night Battaglia and Livreri were both ar rested yesterday, but were yanked out of jail very quickly on $20,000 bonds each. ro o TESTIFY AGAINST BABY FARM Brutality stories on the "baby farm" run by Mrs. Lois Kennedy, 425 Maple av., were told at Juvenile Court hearing yesterday. Miss 'Katie Klipp testified Mrs. Kennedy once used a slipper to spank a child, .causing black and blue streaks to arise on the body. "She performed an operation on one child with a pair of shears," said Miss Klipp. Rev. Charles Virden told of hoodooes and mascots bought from spiritualists and used in the hope of good luck. "Children were offered for sale at prices ranging from $20 to $40," he said. o o ED HEEMAN WANTS DIVORCE Ed Heeman, baseball fan extraor dinary, and his wife have come to the parting of the wiiys. Heeman filed a bill for divorce in the Circuit Court yesterday. Heeman liked base ball. His wife did not He talked it continuously. So she left him nearly three years ago and never came back. Heeman is prohably one of the most rabid White Sox fans in the city. -Incidentally, he's on the Board of Trade. o o Ducks sleep on open water. To avoid drifting ashore, they keep pad dling with one foot, thus making them move in a circle. , o o Engineers estimatq the available water power of Oregon as over 13, 000,000 horsepower, MMi yjmivktmmmiim iH