Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1898 — LEADS CHICAGO VIGILANTES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LEADS CHICAGO VIGILANTES

Mr. Milges Has Organized a Force of Citizens Pledged to Shoot Thugs. Mr. Milgcs has organized a force of 200 citizens, all heavily armed, who are pledg-

ed to shoot every highwayman seen. Chicago has for a month or more largely been at the mercy of thugs aud cutthroats, and Mr. Milgcs has started a war of extermination.

LOUIS MILGES.