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Lahr: Poe Tee Te ae ee TL oe TT ; i9o1UN 4 wr THE a ea in = Link Fernekes fo Robbery.” Taal head- ok. . ine was ‘not ntnong thote tisted in these - columns. last January as certain to appear in this glorious year of New Deals and hew everything that we have every year. Our J not reveal that Mr. “Midget” Fernekes would #0 soon become weary of his retreat at Joliet and resume active business. - F Tom now on until Mr, Fermekes resumes 3 closer relations with the Jaw-enforcing au- thorities his mame may be expected to ap- # pear in the reports of every crime present- ing difficulties of solution. Out of Joliet, hoodlum jeft for The south and later took up residence in California. It is a neces- sary job and Mr. Fernekes is just the man! for it: Lack of a dramatic and mysterious goat to assume responsibility for unsolved crimes has been severely felt ever since Mr. Capone went away from here. When Al was among us his name was magic gilt to enliven many a dull police in- cident. In addition to building the pyramids, striking Billy Patterson and kidnaping Char- ley Ross, Mr. Capone or some of his sinister gangland henchmen stole the baby’s pacifier, chased the family cat and, eccording te the- ery, committed every’ crime that stumped the police. vos Later John Dillinger qualified for a brief period as the omnipresent omnibus of ban- ditry, raiding banks, grocery stores and roadhouses at all points of the compass and at all points on the dial of the clock, simultaneously and serially. “Baby Face” Nelson pinch-hit for a while after the ‘'G” i men rubbed out John, but soon there was no “Baby Face” either, Now comes the “Midget,” tripping out of the long house at Joliet as blithesome as Sadie Thornpson in “Rain,” And aren't the “~ippers and the head-hunters gladt“"~” CHICAGO DAILY NEWS feat gy wT Barend 914307 a LG-E0 A system went wrong. The tea leaves did) = Mr..Fernekes will take up -the burden Jaid}. down by Mr. Capone when that ilustrious| . Wir. Keith ...... .----- Mr, Lester ...-..--+ Mr. Quinz.-.-- mS Mr. Scheidt .. 7. . Miss Gaudy .......2.- peewereerrrrrirrsp errors