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HIGHLAND PARK, i RESTAURANT HOtD-lT NLTS 2 BANDITS IM wrr. a I I l' R.K.DAVIS RITES HELD WEDNESDAY riend Pay inal Tribute Prominent Man. to 1 ii i I I la. i id' Council Suggests City Land on Lynch Road Be Used at Landing Field. Possibility of locating th 10-posed municipal airport at Lynrb and French roads, on property the city now owns, was discussed in the city council Wednesday, and the matter was referred to the council's airport committee with a request for an Immediate Investigation.

The land is tn of a number of Jieees of property which Mayor nhn W. Smith recently rerommend-l ta be Pol J. In lins with this thoujrht, the mayor plated a crisrtit of In the sinking funl account of the budget. The council-men. doubling the advisability of approving tha mayor's action, personally Inspected each piece of the land Tuesday.

It wan then that the airport Idi-u, formulated, and Wednesday Council man John C. XhkhI moved for the survey. The plot lias a frontage of 1,248 on Lynch mad. It was bought several year ago rs a site for the new house of currectlon. but the only buildings occupying It are the asphalt plant of the department of public works, and it fire department storage warehouse.

While the council has decided to dispone of of the property that the mayor recommended sold, instead of making the amount a sinking fund It has allocated each credit to Its proper city department, or else has used the credit to reduce the general fund. The council finished its review of the budget Wednesday. NEW GOYA! TO COST $1,000,000 Work to Start as Soon as Weather Permits. The Grand Trunk railroad will onstruct a new classification yard on the Detroit, Grand Haven Milwaukee line, east of Woodward avenue and between the Eight and Nine-Mile roads, at a cost of It was announced bv O. G.

Bow ker. general manager, Wednesday. Construction of the proposed yard, for which siS acres of land has been purchased, will commence as soon as weather conditions permit. The yard will have capacity uf 4.000 earn, 20 stall round house and a repair shop, and will switch cars together in station order. All inbound business arriving will be classified for immediate delivery.

All road trains will terminate at Pontine yard, which is under construction, and which will be used In conjunction with the new yard. i'ars will lie handled frnm Pontine to the Nine-Mile yard by transfer "ngines. There will he purebred use, between Pontiac and the load, five especially de- igned engines of the Sante Ke type, with 12,000 pounds tractic effort. Cornell Club uncheon, Harry K. Cecil, well known amateur magician, will entertain members of the Cornell club, of Detroit, at their weekly luncheon in tha Hook Cadillac hotel today noon.

You'll enjoy your sleep on the Wabash and the Club car too. nmdmdht fimifpd Lv. Detroit 12:35 am Ar. Chicago 7:15 am Berths rtadj attr, pm -Chicago Special" leaves 10:15 am (ET) WABASH TICKET OFFICES lit MICHIGAN. AVI.

(Boo; Csd.lW Haul) MO CADILLAC 000 WEST GRAND CASS Rvt1 Minn Bldj.) PHOR MPIRe Ut r0HT STREET UNION STATION T'ssJ F. D. H-mmtrt Ami. CjVwai Piumgrr AfMI 1716 frtt i BiH Darail Wabash Ismpf i le1er4sy'a lttsele. MOON KXJMOTHSCT WTHEOtX) TWAT MOSHMOUTH BEOU6KT BACK VeSTCRDA parvfd rr IM MtSS SCHrA ACTZ'S WALCSMe A.MO WAS fAOQE OH LESS OSTURfctO T0 6EEAPLASW-ttCHT PVAY1H6 ABOUT TH W5 RETURJ41 THIS A.M.

GAMBLER BUYS LIBERTY, CLAIM! Blumfield, Sought as Witness in Deaths of Trio, Believed at Large by Police. Two major developments mark, ed Wednesday's Investigation into the kilting of two alleged gangsters and tbe fatal shooting of a third In an East Alexandrine avenue apartment early Sunday morning. These were persistent rumors In lietroit gambling circles that Meyer Hlumlleld, wanted by police as a material witness Irfthe affray, had secured his release from his kidnapers by paying 1 1 5 0 0 ransom, instead of the original 150,000 demanded; and the refusal of Judge Christopher E. Hteiu to release two suspects held in connection with the shooting upon habeas corpus writs and the renin ruling to jail of these two men under bonds of 110,000 each. ftefuses Cut Boads.

The men held by police are Kohert liurke and Harry Levtne, alias Abe Axivr. When attorneys requested a lower bond for the pair, Judge tHein again refused on the grounds that any suspicion of murder was sulti-c i -1 1 1 to hold them. The mysterious absence of Hlumlleld 1in hofii the subject of several daje of InveJtlgatiim iin the part of Lieutenant Kred Kiahm and other members of the police homicide ajuad. Lieutenant Frahm admitted Wednesday that Ulumfleld was safe In a secret "hide-out" In Kettolt. Wednesday's rumor In Detroit gaming circles has it that, the kidnapers, who had sent fr Frank Wright, William Harrison and luaar lleisteld on Sund ay morning to pay a ransom for lilumtleld's release, had demanded It Anally arranged to free Hlumheld upon his payment of SlS.fru inter the kidnapers had made good their escape.

Pair Pnaltlvrlf Identified. Positive Identification of Harrison and Kelsfeld. who were known lieie us George Cohen and Joe I'loctn respectively, was made through police records and llngerprints in York city and Chicago, liar-rlaon is said to have been wanted by police of the latter city Jumping two bonds, one in connection with a statutory offense and the other In connection with a jewelry robbery in New York. ReisfclJ. who also bits a long police record, Mas wanted by New York authorities in ci.ntie, tion vi-ith a murder in that city.

Wright, the third man killed in the shooting, Is believed by police to be a desperado who escaped from a deputy in Ogden, t'tah, four years ago. This belief is loused upon Information from Sheriff lllchard Pin-cock, of Ogden. The man also waa known as Edward O'Brien, according to the Vtah authorities, and was awaiting trial at Ogden when he escaped. Complaining of a toothache a deputy started with him to a On the way the man believed to be Wright threw rrd pepper in the deputy's eyes lied. OeMoit g.ii)Kland's mom ire outbuilt marked the tirst eiut uf a machine gun in mtemws to settle their difference.

In the fusillade which greeted right. Harrison and P.eisfeld more than loo shot from a sub-machine gun wete fired through the hall of the apartment building at 10S Kast Alexandrine avenue. A miniature arsenal was found by police who arrived after the killers had made good their escape In automobiles. Suspect Uenlee Knenleige. Detective arrested Jules Juffra 48 West Willis avenue, on Tuesday night in connection with the shnol-ing, on a tip that he could contribute valunbi" Information.

Joffra tiemeu Ieionai KOOWienne ii me i. i i .1 I 1 i iui i rence avenue. Is reputed to wealthy ami Is said to be a "slick man" In a gambling hnutte opemted i by "Doc" Brady. It is believed that! Hluini'eld elected to pu- the run-j som and permit the kidnapers I'M escape rather than endanger the I lives of his aswocintes. Lieutenant I Frshm had especially assigned Srr- grants Paul weneiel ami Jnm lingnn to the ase on Wednesday i tery.

'rfLsiJ VisjrtsiV '2: linenn to the ase on eonesusy I MX-I I TMOOOrrl -T an of in I of lo He "a I his all be FIl at 1 1 Itl a he rrrn COXEiPUREHAPIS: 'EVILiANILi EVERT: ATEiN I CKEDiA TE iFLEVENTHiYELLO BCIAWESIPESOIII UA ITEDIPALCONKR i ELDER! RATIONALE ELLliA I MEDiiT AN IPOETASTERI STAND API SIGLADIII UPROARB HOARDERS ta twB i -s'e K4crs. b-lli Ta t'S I -s Rw (n.t T.1 ti, rci. ten T'-'Ol 1 ejtl Half lo- i dm S. t.o foe. Fsu 1 ,,.1 4-' lie in it IS TsnMcle from ltcl.t.utsl:-: i- nth tt i aeai 'tc cite llwe POMPEIIAN TH HfsJ't JA r4 1 Hf HfU'W H'f it 4 i i LEEltLEGIOKBtEAH NASALBERSTBtRCO AT I SBT EESBDTED GRILLS BOTKIN IN STEIN CASE Toy, Defense Counsel, Worries Star Witness on Fraudulent Voucher Confession.

"With his brow wrinkled in pf-plejity anil his eyes wi(h unaecustnmed Intensity of effort, Harry Botkin, star witnefs, turned his slow recollection backward in recorder's court Wednes day on tho history of the alleged Steln-Kohr wtniess fee frauds. Judg" Frank Murphy Thursday is scheduled to resume the trial of Conrad F. Stein, former recorder's court deputy ulerk, and Chester ti. Itohr, his lirother-ln-law, on charges obtaining money under pre- 1 tenses. Hotkln.

confessed go-be. tween in the alleged t'iiii-, lunis, and former private dle. Use, has! been held as a poll, witness Tried to Ksptala Itlscrepancies. Among the mutters he did not re- member with clarity while under, cross examination Harry S. Toy.

defense cnunst Wednesday-, was' the date of his arrect. In his est t- -t mrite of the due he was a week: off. the records show. i Toy took Hotkln back through al transcript of testimony nine at preliminary hearing. While testunem at the earlier b'-aricit del not square nnh his testimony In the in-M-nt trial, iiotkui riokl-d his brow, nat iowed his eyes i the 'liire of the judges beteh csn.t,.

twisted uneasily In the nittiesa clour and attempted to reconcile the discrepancies Meln, with Kohl' us a partner. Is aliened to have instructed tcitkm the preparation of counterfeit subpoenas. Hot kin i-ave these sub poenas to Jano-s Iinioild and later to John Collins, uhn in torn gaie them to vagrants or unemployed to cash, sc- cotdmg to the The v.itl.es fee is f2 a day is lo h.t- taken half the proceeds the heint; sti.lt the other participants. Voucher System Hefnrmeri. Abi'eharn l.euhofV, deputy cleik in the recorder's conn, said part his duties wit, to Issue vouchers for the payment 0f witnesses on the presentation of subpoenas at the counter, testified that the Stein-Kohr chsriies resulted In an immediate reorganisation of the voucher system In the l.

rk's office. Trior the present rase subpoenas were not kept after the Issuance nf vouchers, as far as he knew, he said. described one llist'inc In which drawer full of cancelled was thrown away to make room for more. He idenl.fied four voijcheta entered us exhibits In tii prosent tutor, saying the vouchers and the stops the record book were irt hand-writing. The name of the defendant In the case cited on the vouchers ss well as the names nf tbe witnesses to whom the vouchers were Issued were found to fi tltlo'js.

The total fees collected on the four voucher wete Toy in til extended cross slion frequently addressed Hotkiii Tea St al i 'I'eteCtSle JlotiiUl Hotkin limine smiled taiiitlv- ItnriMtHil Premised. "Have the gi-n vmi fir thi; en voinn to pro.o'::ite uiu. too: asked. Hoikiu said he hnii not had an opportunity to ak I A ojiport unity 7 In. astKi-d Thev don gag voti.

do tliey? And you aren bar ward about asking questions are sir." the witness said. Thev (reat ou well, don thevT" they?" "Yes, sir." Ttotkin said. "Mnt It wouldnt do any good to k. They won tell you. Fvlaard F.

Stein wn a visitor in the ottrt-rootn a brief time. The defendant Mtein is his Hfit Jcin i sattftn? with ritstntwi ion of p'-eriHS and wan raffint-ntfirv, Kt-r-raK hnw- I ti ft I 1 1 1 'lv 1 ft ft alter. Rtrtrn4rr, nw, Tcv quest touei! Mm a s.itioiis wi'h iiciiii fi'Hiir. 1 helil us a i I 1: 1 in r. 1 li saw him 'his iicon.

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