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Show two views mm to mm list or VIOLENT CiffiS; CITY AROUSED OVER strangling or a wmminent woman Conditions That Brought About Killing Denounced From Many Pulpits; Young Murderer Tells Conflicting Stories; father Says He's Crazy. .v, - . J CHICAGO, Jan. 15. Two more murders, were addeA. last night to the V long-Jist of crimes that have taken place in this city of late. The first 'victim was Anton Spychalski, who was attacked by two robbers at the cor--, Her of 'Washington boulevard and SanOamon street. He showed fight and one of them shot him through the body, Inflicting a wound that caused his . death in two hours. The second crime was committed at the intersection p of Hay and Ralph streets, where Joseph Kane was attacked by thugs, who ' beat him so terribly about the head that his death ensued within a short .'Jlme. ' CHICAGO. Jan. 15. Protests, loud and insistent, came from Chicago pulpits against the lawless conditions which were held responsible for the murder of Mrs. " Franklin C. Hollister. This crime, added to the killing of three Hr other women within a few months, ' roused the ministers and congregations' - lo demand that better protection be riven by the police to women. -More Policemen Needed. wi' ' " - ' Mayor Dunne, who returned during the day from Denver, Joined In the appeal ap-peal waving that the city needed more policemen. He declared it to be the duty of the Council to provide the means for putting a large enough force of patrolmen out to cover the city thoroughly. thor-oughly. . . This also was demanded by the First Methodist church.. Plans for a mass meeting to compass this end were made by others. . Sorrow and anger mingled in the services ser-vices at the Wesley Methodist church, of which Mrs. Hollister was a member. Members of the choir. In which she had sung, could not sit in their seats before the congregation, but remained in the pews. Tells Conflicting: Stories. Richard G. Ivens, who strangled, Mrs, Hollister Friday evening, told two stories -of the disposal of the brown seal muff which bis victim had swung in her hand when seen a few hours before be-fore she disappeared. , He said he carried it away yith him under his coat and hid it. Later he said he threw It into a garbage gar-bage can. The police could not find the 'muff. Out of this there arose a stronger feeling on the part of some of the police that Ivens had accomplices. Believe Others Involve Relatives of Mrs. Hollister were convinced con-vinced the young murderer had not worked alone. They argued that the victim must have been detained early In the day by members of the evil "gang," and perhaps was murdered before be-fore evening and her body removed to the stable where it was found. Richard Ivens, the father of the murderer, mur-derer, has begun to work up a defense for-his son. His plea will be insanity. He said the young man bad acted "queerly." |