Mr. Fenning added that he pre
sumed some one, in an endeavor to
get out of a parking space, had pos
sibly pushed his car back a bit after
he had left it so that it blocked the
driveway to the apartment and that
the policeman or some one else had
pushed it back to its former position,
where Mr. Fenning found it upon
exiting from the apartment house.
(That is the only explanation he could
find for the situation, he said. He
| added that after explaining the cir
! cumstances to the police he did not
j think the case needed any further
attention in reference to the ticket.
SIO,OOO IN GEMS STOLEN.
t Two Robbers Hold Up Home of
Evanston Manufacturer.
j CHICAGO. August 9 04*).—Two
; voung robbers, well dressed and
j armed with revolvers, invaded the
home of C. A. Bickett, a manufacturer
! on fashionable Ridge avenue, Evans
i ton. today and held up the family.
Mr. Bickett informed the police that
jewels valued at SIO,OOO had been
taken.
Another Evanston home, that of
David R. Fogan, vice chairman of the
National Bank of the Republic, was<
ransacked by burglars recently, it was
discovered last night, but the amount
of the loot was not ascertained as the
banker and his family are in Florida.
U. S. ENGINEER KILLED.
| SANTIAGO, Chile, August 9 (A>). —
j News has reached here from Chuqui
casata that an American engineer,
j named Morrison, and four Chilean
I laborers are dead from a poisonous
j gas which was emitted from a moun
! tain after an explosion of dynamite
lon mining operations. Five other
persons were made seriously ill by
the gas.
