Crime & Safety

1937: Kid Tries to Pass Lead 50-Cent Piece to High School Teacher

Historical Police Blotter reflects times, culture of early Lake Forest.

 

The entries we post on a weekly basis will be from the early 1900s through the late-1930s at a time when was beginning to flourish as a community.

The entries are posted practically verbatim, except for the names of the victims or perpetrators of the crimes noted. They provide a fascinating reflection of the times and culture of that era.

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The entries below are from 1937.

 

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  • Jan. 5, 1937: A woman called at 12:15 p.m. and said someone stole her ash cans (used to keep ashes from the house's furnace), and said she gets no cooperation from the Police Department.
  • Jan. 30, 1937: A caretaker of a house on Old Elm Road came to the police station and reported that they had some chickens taken from the chicken house, found two with necks wrung and one of the perpetrators on the property. Told squads to pick the perpetrator up.
  • Feb. 7, 1937: A man a Onwentsia Club reported four Shetland ponies running wild on Green Bay Road at 10:25 a.m. near the old entrance. Officers Metzger and Huhnke on call, found out they belonged to Floyd Swarthout, and notified him to get them.
  • Feb. 16, 1937: Ray Moore, principal at the high school, called at 9 a.m and would like to see a police officer. Baldwin on call. Some kid tried to pass a lead 50 cent piece on one of the teachers.

- Police reports courtesy of Lake Forest resident John Walker.


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