Irate Wife Strips Girl
of Many Gems in Chi
cago’s Peacock Alley
Chicago.—Peacock Alley, in the Con- j
gress Hotel, promenade of fashion and j
beauty, yesterday was the-.-aeon© of a
spirited encounter, during which Kdna
De Worth, star of the Fashion Art
League Show, was struck several times
and stripped of nearly $10,000 worth of
jewels by Mrs. Margaret S. Reeves,
wife of Melville Reeves, jocosely known
as the “skyscraper burglar.”
Miss De Worth, according to Mrs.
Reeves, has accepted the attention of
Reeves for many months, and inci
dentally Reeves is sail to have pre
sented the girl with many valuable
gifts, including much of Mrs. Reeves’
jewelry.
In February, 1921, Mrs. Reeves as
serts that Reeves presented Miss De
Werth with a $2,000 diamond and
sapphire platinum lavalliere. a $2,500
diamond ring, a diamond bracelet, and
a diamond incrusted wrist watch, both
valued at $2,000, and lull the property
of Mrs. Reeves.
Repeated attempts to-regain the jew
elry by Mrs. Reeves were unsuccessful.
Answering Mrs. Reeves’ latest demand
a few days ago, Miss.Be Werth replied:
‘■'Oh, if was afraid of thatstu*: —r threw
it in the bay a long time ago.”
Through her attorney, Louis L.
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Cohen, Mrs. lieeves obtained a .. iti of
replevin in the municipal court yester
day afternoon and, accompanied by a
bailiff, went tr the Congress H< tel,
where Miss De Werth was engaged in
the style exposition.
As Miss De Werth passed through
Peacock alley, adorned, it is said, with
the jewelry, Mrs. lieeves lunged at her
and held her, while the bailiff served
the replevin writ. Scream mg that she
did not believe the bailiff was an offi
cer, Miss De Werth attempted to elude
Mrs. lieeves.
Striking and scratching at the girl,
Mrs. lieeves succeeded in tearing the
lavalliere from Miss De Worth’s neck,
ihe watch and bracelet from her wrist,
and the ring from tier linger, before
attaeties or guests of the hotel could
interfere.
••I told that woman she would get
into a lot of trouble if she didn’t quit
fooling with my husband,” Mrs. Reeves
said last night. “I begged that girl at
least a dozen times to give him up and
return my property. She refused and
laughed at me, and I—well, what could
a sell-respecting wife do?”
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Boy Under 14 to Die
in the Electric Chair
Pryor, Okla.—Elias Midge, a colored
boy lacking four months of being 14
years of age, today is under sentence to
die in the electric chair Dee. 3*5. the
youngest person to receive the death
penalty in the history of Oklahoma. He
pleaded guilty in the district court to
tiie murder of Mrs. George Adair, wife
of a white farmer living near here, aud
only two hours was taken by the court
in determining his responsibility aud
passing sentence. Mrs. Adair was
stabbed and beaten to death with an
ax and a crowbar while her two small
children looked on.
Marshal’s Sale
Under and by virtue of aD execution
issued out of the District Court for the
Fout'h division, Territory of Alaska,
in an action wherein Robert Lockwood
was plaintiff and Tuiuksak Gold Mia
inf: Company, a corporation, was de
fendant, upon a judgment rendered on
the 3rd day of July, 1922, in favor ,of
said plaintiff and against said defend
ant, for the sum of two thousand one
hundred eighty-five dollars ($2,185.00),
current lawful money of the United
States of America, with interest at the
rate of 8 per cent per annum, costs, and
increased costs, 1 did, on the 2nd day
of September. 1922, levy upon all the
right, title, claim, and interest of said
defendant in and to the following de
scribed real property, to-wit: That
certain placer mining claim known and
described as “Spruce Creek Associa
tion”, and also that certain placer min
ing claim known and described as the
“MinnieClaim”, both said claims being
situate on Spruce creek, a tributary of
Bear creek. Bethel recording precinct.
Fourth judicial division. Alaska; and
[ also that certain ditch and water right
known and described as the Spruce
Creek Ditch and Water Right, said
ditch extending from the head of Little
•Bonanza creek, a tributary of Beat
creek. to a point on Spruce creek, as
aforesaid, near the lower end of -said
Spruce Creek Association Placer Min
ing Claim, together with all vested
rights to divert the waters of said Lit
tle Bonanza creek into said dileh.
And I did. on the 3rd day of Septem
ber, 1922, levy upon all the right, title,
claim, and interest of the said defend
ant in and to the following described
real property, to wit: That certain
placer mining claim known and de
scribed as the “Litt le Bonanza Assocta
tion’’’, situate on Little Bonanza creek,
a tributary of Bear creek aforesaid.
Notice is herpby given that, i will, on
the 15th day of December, 1922. at 10
o'clock a. m of said day. at the office of
the United States Marshal, in the town
of Flat, Alaska, sell at public auction,
for current lawful money of the United
I States of America, all the right, title,
claim, and interest of said defendant in
and to t he above described property, or
so much thereof as may be necessary
to satisfy said judgment, with interest
and costs, and increased costs, to the
highest bidder.
Dated this 27th dav of September,
A. D. 1922. at Flat. Alaska.
Gilbert B. Stevens,
United States Marshal,
By James A. Davidson,
[Special Deputy Marshal.
Shotgun Drive Ends
Mail Holdup Wave
Washington.—The shotgun campaign
of the Government against mail ban
dits has put an end to an epidcn - of
such robberies, the Post.offloe depart -:
meut announced yesterday.
Evidence of the abatement of mail
holdups was given by tbe derirunen’ a
announcement of a reduction from
$5,000 to #'i,000 in the standing reward
offered for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of mail train rob*
bers.
Since withdrawal of the marines,
postal clerks have been trained in the
use of firearms. Mail clerks possess
thousand ■ of revolvers and sawed-off
shotguns, and their readiness to use
them is an effective deterrent to the
would-be .criminals, department officials
: said.,
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Casino ai Deauville
Has a Record Session
Deauville.—For tbe day ending at 8
o’clock this morning the Deauville ca
sino had a record session The house
percentage was ■ . *2,000 francs jabuu„
$05,000], with more than 100,000 franc*
[about $9,000] in tips for the croupiers.
The figures indica'e that more than
20,000,000 francs about $1.800,000] were
played tiundav night and Monday
morning.
Today’s big winner is M. Andre
Citroen, the HeDry t’ord cf l' ranee,
who pocketed 1,000*000 francs. Anniba
Demisse, Cuban sugar planter, raised
10,000 francs up to 800,000. Earones*
Derlaoger, formerly Mrs. Cooper
: Hewitt, and former Ambassador Wal
lace were heavy olayere at the 1 'heir
I in defer table.
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