Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-01-30 | Page 1 | Joke's on. Me, Says Negro Who Kills Minister

JOKE'S ON . ME, SAYS NEGRO WHO kills mm CHICAGO, Jan. 0. In ox-qhange ox-qhange for a meal of fried chicken, Kosooe Thompvpn, a negro, ne-gro, today confessed to ki'linic the Itcv. G. L. Uui ragf, also eolOied. It was a Joke on rnc," Thompson Thomp-son aid to the police who provided pro-vided the chicken. 'I went :o all th- trouble of killing him and cut hia. head nearly oft with a razor and all 1 got out of It was 2 and a bum watch. Gee, this cnicken is good." OilERRB. B. !., J.m. 2: Attor-I Attor-I ney General run. , ot South Dakota, today announced that he would i'i,r.n a campaign of rigid enforcement of th' present biue laws unless they were repealed luring the present sesjjlon of the legislature. This declaration Is expected to aid materially In obtaining passage pass-age of a bill prepared by Senator Sena-tor Wagner, o Bon Homme county, coun-ty, which would repe;il all laws now on the statute books pertaining pertain-ing to the prohibition of baseball movies ami other amusements on Sunday, ATLANTIC CITlK N. J , Jan 29, A triple elopement Involving Involv-ing three members of one household, house-hold, none of whom knew of the oth' i s intentions, was disclosed today with the announcement that William M. Chase, retired Ne York manufacturer, and his daughters. Edith and Evelyn, had miurled their respective mates within twenty-four hours. Miss Edith Chase started th.--matrimonial race yesterday bj slipping away from home, ostensibly ostens-ibly for a shopping triii She married mar-ried Roberts Crofts Mr. Chase quietly left the home to marry Yns Elizabeth Oberfelt. Un returning re-turning homo they were greeted by .Mr Chase's other daughter, Evelyn, who had become the bride the day before jtt Greenwich. Conn., of Donald Kiddle, eldest son of former Mayor William Riddle