Thoughtfully curated historical journalism
Thorough check-up of all parts of the Egyptian collection and similar collections in the New National Museum is being made today under direction of Dr. I. B. Casanowicz, curator in charge, to determine the
extent of recent operations of the “Museum Raffles.”
New York, July 15.—AP—How a coastguard crew turned their government boat into a rum runner in order to “pick up some Christmas money” was told in court today.
Paul Louis Crim, one of the 16 men indicted with William Y. Dwyer in connection with the inactivities of a $40,000,000 liquor ring, suddenly appeared as a government witness in the trial of Dwyer and nine others.
LOS ANGELES, June 30—Edwin Ketcham, notorious bandit, escaped from a train that was taking him to Folsom penitentiary today, according to a telegram from G. C. Bladel, deputy sheriff in charge of the prisoner, to the sheriff’s office here.
Among the fruits of the unhappy condition into which exorbitant taxes, low wages, and other industrial evils have plunged the masses in Italy to-day is an increase in the number and activity of the robber bands infesting various parts of the kingdom. The excuse given by many of those who enter upon a life of brigandage is that the government takes every penny they earn by honest labor, and there is nothing left for them but to rob and plunder or die of starvation. Be that as it may, the brigand army is certainly being recruited at an alarming rate. It is said that in Sardinia alone last year nearly one hundred brigands were captured and some hundreds of followers arrested, including the mayors of several small towns! Southern Italy is infested, and the extent of the intimidation and robbery can hardly be grasped by the inhabitants of orderly communities.
Three Chicago policemen, two Central Watch Service patrolmen, and a Pinkerton watchman, were arrested charged with 100 loop burglaries.
Records at police headquarters show that several of these policemen were assigned to clear up the burglaries that they had committed.