CRIME WAVE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 4 February 1930, Page 5

CRIME WAVE

CONDITIONS IN CHICAGO

MURDERS, BOMBINGS AND HOLDUPS

FINANCIAL CRISIS CONTINUES

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright)

(Received 4th February, 11.35 a.m.) NEW YORK, 3r'd February.

The crime wave in Chicago almost unparalleled even for that city, was augmented to-day by a gang murder, the fourth in as' many days, and two bombings—one in a theatre crowded with women and children. Forty hold-ups were listed on the police 'records in a ton-hour period. Shootings, robberies, and sluggings also continued unabated. There were three hundred women and children in a theatre in Hinsdale suburb when a homb blast [shook thebuilding. They stampeded for the. exit, screaming with fear. There was a crush in the doorways and many were in peril of being trampled to death. The second bombing destroyed three shows and rocked tho entire south-west side of Chicago early this morning. Thouands of residences within a radius of two miles were jarred and the streets were filled with terrified men, women and children, many in their night clothes. There were no reported injured, however. Meantime the city's financial position continues unsettled. Thirteen hundred employees have agreed to a 15 per cent, cut in salaries rather than have two hundred of their number discharged. A large number of suburbs also are facing financial pressure due to delay in the collection of the 1928-29 taxes. While doubts concerning the legality of the tax law are known to be responsible for Chicago's difficulties, charges of mismanagement and spendthrift policies are blamed for the particularly critical plight of the city.