Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1919 — “YELLOW KID” WEIL GETS NUMBER AND STRIPED SUIT [ARTICLE]

“YELLOW KID” WEIL GETS NUMBER AND STRIPED SUIT

“Yellow Kid” Weil and Jimmy Head, his accomplice in confidence games, will ibe guests of Warden Murphy of the Poliet penitentiary for the next several years to come. Weil and Head have reaped rich profits in confidence games for many years at the expense of “suckers.” “The Kid” is facing an eight year sentence and a $4,T00 fine and Head five years and a $2,000 fine. Weil will be addressed as number 6,162 and Head as 6,166.