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May of 1930 was a very exciting time in Broadview.  Here are some of the reports from the area newspapers.


Chicago Tribune May 1, 1930

BROADVIEW HAS EXCITING NIGHT; KIDNAPPING, TOO

Broadview installed its newly elected village officers last night, with a kidnapping of one of the village officials before the ceremonies and an altercation between the chief of police and a political leader afterwards. Most of the townspeople were there.

The automobile of Gustave Graul, village collector, was crowded to the side of the road while he was on his way to the board meeting and he was carried off by three kidnapers who carried him to the outskirts of Arlington Heights, where they slugged him and tossed him out. He reached his hone shortly before midnight.

As a result of the altercation after the board meeting, Frank L. Schroeder of Broadview went to Maywood and swore out a warrant against Andrew. Borg, chief of police of Broadview.

  Most of the disturbance, it was said, was the aftermath of a hot village political fight in which the "outs" displaced those of the "ins"

who were up for reelection. Schroeder was a leader of the "cuts" and Borg was an appointee of the "ins", who four years ago chose him as successor to "Indian Joe"" Huszar, who is a fugitive under indictment for grafting on motorists by means of speed traps.

Officers installed last night were John Taylor, clerk; Edward Wareham, police magistrate, and William Fitzgerald, Fred Felsch, and Fred Lemke, trustees.



 


Chicago Daily News May 1, 1930

COUNTY POLICE KEEP BROADVIEW TRANQUIL

County highway police today were in charge at Broadview, following the hectic installation last night of newly elected officers.

Meanwhile Broadview's chief of police, Andrew Borg, faces arrest on a warrant charging assault and battery while Gustave Graul, village collector, is recovering from bruises f solved at. the hands of three men who, he alleges, kidnapped him as left his home for the inaugural ceremonies.

Borg is said to have engaged in a fist fight with F. R. Schroeder, supporter of the Broadview citizens' welfare party, when the latter asked him to investigate the kidnapping of Graul. The two are said to have argued over the results of the recent election and finally came to blows.

 

Graul reported that he was seized by three men in an automobile as he left his home. He said they drove him to a roadhouse outside the village, beat him and then threw him out of the car.

The new officers installed last night were: John Taylor, clerk; Edward Wareham, police magistrate, and William Fitgerald, Fred Felsch, and Fred Lemke, trustees.

 

 


Chicago Tribune May 2, 1930

KIDNAPPING OF BROADVIEW OFFICIAL IS INVESTIGATED

Assistant State's Attorney Edwin Markham yesterday took charge of the investigation into the kidnapping and assault on Gustave Graul, Broadview. village collector, on Wednesday night before the installation of newly elected village officers. A warrant was also served on Chief of Police Andrew Borg, obtained by Frank Schroeder, a leader in village politics, following an encounter between the two after the meeting. Borg will appear before a justice of the peace in Maywood on May 10. Graul was on his way to the meeting when kidnapped and beaten.


Chicago Tribune May 6, 1930

POLICE ON GUARD AT BROADVIEW BOARD SESSION

Broadview last night held its regular village board meeting, which was a quieter affair than the installation of village officers last week when Frank Graul, village collector, was kidnapped and beaten and Andrew Borg, police chief, was arrested following an altercation with a leader of a rival political faction. Five highway policemen and Edward D. Markham, assistant state's attorney, were on hand for eventualities. Chief Borg was given an inkling of what is in store for him when the board, by a vote of 4 to 2, rejected his reappointment, offered by William Evans, president of the board. No other appointments were brought up.


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