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Show Forty-nine Machines Valued at $125,000 Are Taken Chicago, Juno 30 Forty-nino automobiles, auto-mobiles, valued at more than $125,000, has boon stolen In Chicago since June 1, according to the police records. The automobile thloves, according to the pollco, arc of two general classes the "Joy riders" and those who steal to sell. The machines taken by tho first class are usually recovered after they have been abandoned In some out of the way section Few of the machines stolon by the professionals profession-als are over recovered by their owners. own-ers. It is tho opinion among automobile automo-bile owners nnd dealers that a regu-lnrly regu-lnrly organized "fence"' is in existence, exist-ence, which Is used as a clearing house by the thloves. Under the now law, which will go into offect within a few days, all automobile au-tomobile thefts will be classed as felonies, with penitentiary sentences as punishment This Is expected to liave a tendency to decrease the thefts. |