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Saturday, December 29, 1923-Page 4 THE JEFFERSONIAN, TOWSON, MARYLAND
THE JEFFERSONIAN
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Another thing to be gained by this legislation is, that each applicant for insurance would be carefully investigated by the companies, with the result that a great many incompetents and irresponsible owners would be weeded out.
"With the great number of machines on the road, the State should see to it that the greatest safeguards should be adopted to reduce the dangers of the road. We should be very glad, indeed, to see our delegation take the initiative in securing this legislation.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
SAT. DECEMBER 29, 1923
"ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH."
The patrolmen stationed at Towson during the night must surely be "asleep at the switch," otherwise three robberies within a week could never happen.
Some years ago the County-seat was terrorized by a series of robberies and when the gang responsible was finally apprehended, they proved to be bad youngsters residing right in our midst, and The Jeffersonian does not hesitate to say that the recent "jobs" pulled have all the "ear marks" of local talent.
We have always contended that it was bad policy to allow patrolmen to work beats where they resided, for they are looked upon as mere figure heads instead of law-enforcing officers, and sooner or later lose the respect and confidence of tjj
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(Continued from Page 1) in less than 2 years; the first being in April, 1922, and the second being on November 13 last, when 25 masked men overpowered the guards and made off with 3 truck loads, only to be confiscated by Marshal of Police Stansbury, about a mile from Towson.
Four men are being held for investigation by the police, following the robbery. Those arrested gave their names as Philip Felsher, Moe Margolese, Murphy and Brennan. Felsher carried a membership card in the Young Men's Democratic Club of Baltimore. The card gave his address in the 900 block East Fayette street.
Margolese had an automobile operator's license made out in that name. His address was given as North Frederick street. Murphy and Brennan also said they lived in Baltimore.
One of the guards said he recog-nied five of the raiders as men who had taken part in the robbery November 13.
The two men arrested near the larger trucks said they had no connection with the trucks. The men in the smaller truck said they were on their way to Philadelphia.
All the trucks carried Pennsylvania State commercial vehicle licenses and bore the name of the Manhattan Transfer Company, of Philadelphia.
The smaller truck carried a Maryland State license.
According to the story of Herman Hoffman, one of the distillery guards, he was coming on duty at 4 P. M. As he approached the distillery he was seized by eight men, handcuffed and thrown into the woods near by. Two of his assailants remained to guard him.
While lying in the woods, he said, he could hear the men loading the trucks. He was threatened with death, he declared, if he made a sound.
About 7.30, according to Hoffman, he was taken into the front office of the distillery, where the two other guards were bound. At 9 P. M. he declared the telephone rang, and one of the guards was forced to answer in the transmitter at the point of a pistol while one of the raiders listened at the receiver.
The call was from a man named Cockey, Hoffman declared. Cockey said he had seen a number of trucks moving about on the road in a manner that aroused his suspicion and he wished to warn the distillery guards.
Under instruction from the bandit, who held the receiver, Hoffman answered that the guards would be on the lookout.
The bandits, warned by Cockey's call, then fled.
As two patrolmen approached the distillery they saw eight men run down the road and into a cemetery nearby, they said.
State, County and City police can-tinued to scour all roads near the distillery . They were aided by three details of police from Central Police Station, sent to the scene by Captain John Carey, night commander of police.
Companies A and E, of the One Hundred and Tenth Field Artillery, which has its armory in Pikesville, also took part in the search after a call for help had been made by William F. Coghlan, Baltimore County Commissioner.
The other guards, Charles F. Powell, colored, and C. R. Royston, were attracted to the rear of the distillery when one of the raiding party kicked in windows. The bandits then entered at the front and overpowered them.
A farmer named Fritz, passing by, was seized by the bandits and taken inside the distillery, where the four men were handcuffed together, one man being handcuffed to a radiator.
When the bandits had fled the guard handcuffed to the radiator pried himself loose with a poker, a method used by guards in a previous robbery. They then walked to the home of George H. Davis, about a mile distant, where Davis cut their handcuffs with the same cable clippers he had used for that purpose on
a previous occasion.
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CHRISTMAS EVE 1923 PROVES TO BE BIGGEST COUNTY-SEAT HAS EVER SEEN.
Allegany..... 73,913.193
Washington . . . 69,033,399
Frederick .... 58,504,121
Montgomery . . 53,986,725
Carroll...... 36,164,867
Prince George's 32,667,334
Anne Arundel . 32,135, 69
Harford..... 28,665,015
Cecil........ 24,354,769
Wicomico .... 21,568,462
Howard..... 19,650,249
Dorchester . . . 18,888,087
Talbot...... 18,555,237
Garrett...... 16,758,495
Worcester .... 16,445,198
Queen Anne's . 14,705,040
Kent........ 14,633,618
Caroline..... 14,129,052
Somerset .... 11,029,303
Charles..... 7,607,684
St. Mary's .... 7,293,395
Calvert .....". 4,499,251
68,331,954 63,009,692 50,804,458 45,608,238 33,309,503 31,917,408 30,925,334 26,408,793 20,913,825 20,283,071 16.378,987 17,161,567 18,505,267 16,124,434 16,094,983 14,242,350 13.822,260 13,705,085 10,605,303 7.526,094 7,283,895 4,475,161
Totals.....$733,145,921 $651,384,873
With the exception of $5,570,097 in savings deposits (3,968,165 in Frederick County and $1, 601,932 in Montgomery County), the $81,761,-048 comprising the difference between the total County taxable basis (for State purposes) and the $651,-384,873, subject to the full State rate, is comprised of securities subject to the 15-cent rate.
The classifications of property in Baltimore County, as given by the State Tax Committee, are: Classification Amount.
Real....................$ 85,197,546
Personal................ 8,423,599
Business corporations .... 3,794,296 Domestic corporate shares 2,052,531
Distilled spirits .......... 402,875
Bank and Trust Company
shares................. 4,168,514
Non-stock corporation (personal property) .........
Subject to full State rate. Securities (15-cent rate)..
7,940
.$104,047,301 33,910,457
Total taxable basis ___$137,957,758;
Of the $651,000,000 (in round numbers) of the County taxable basis subject to the full State rate the largest items are: Real property, $518,357,378; personal property, $72,605,739, and bank and trust company shares, $28,332,896. Classifications under .the heads of business corporations, domestic corporate shares, distilled spirits and nonstock corporations (personal property) account for the remainder.
TWO PERSONS KIDDED.
(Continued from Page 1) utes after the time that Mrs. Elphin-stone was to have met her husband. Witnesses said the automobile was demolished and its wreckage dragged for some distance before the train was stopped. Members of the crew picked up the bodies, placed them in a coach and the train was rushed to Union Station, from which place the injured were removed to a hospital, and upon arrival were pronounced dead by physicians.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
"PASSED AWAY.
From the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Keagy, 607 Bosley Avenue, her home for the past nine years. MRS LOUISA L. HOPKINS, widow of the late William Pratt Hopkins.
Dec. 29
NOTICE.
The annual stockholders meeting of the Glyndon Bank will be held •
Saturday afternoon, January 12, 1924
- At 3.30 P -M. Sharp, for the purpose of electing officers and directors of the bank for the coming year. All other business will be taken up at this meeting following the
election of the directors. __
(Signed) J. EDWARD HEWES,
Cashier.
Dec. 29-Jan. 5-12
MORE PROFIT.
Increase your poultry profits this season by raising more <**<** ^.^J". less trouble and expense. Brooding satisfaction assured with a •'National. Made for Coal, Oil and Gas. Sold by CHAS W. K. ARNOLD, P. O. Box 1, Glyndon, Md. Reisterstown 48-J. ______
FARM FOR RENT.
Meadow Dale Farm for rent on shares. Contains 200 acres of ""able land Thirty years a dairy farm. Three miles from State road, four from Sparks Station. School and churches* convenient. References required.
L. M .BACON, Sparks, Baltimore County, Md. Phone Cockeysville 72-F-21
Dec. 15-22-29
BERKSHIRE HOGS WANTED FOR SAUSAGE.
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The practice of manufacturing "Jeff's" Community Christmas Tree stresses from unsterilized filling and Realistic Garden to repeat their from filthy, contaminated, and songs.
ed > material is cou-i From six to ten, by special ar-
I will pay 12 cents pound dressed weight for hogs delivered to my place alive, at Sparks, Md.
LEWIS M. BACON. Phone Cockeysville 12-F21.
Dec. 15-22-29
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Baltimore County Bank will be held at its banking houae, at Towson,
Tuesday, January 8, 1»24, Between the hours of 1 and 3 O'clock
P. M. for the purpose of electing directors for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting, -WILLIAM C. KEMBY, Cashier. Dec. 22-29-Jan. 5
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