Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1912 — Page 1

No. 201.

The Gayety Airdome BEN F. BARNES, Miiijer -'—77——--—: . ! ‘ ' i BEGINNING TONIGHT THE SHOW AT THE GAYETY WILL START AT 7 :30 Jack Macurio Go. In Wild West, consisting of four people. Fancy Rifle Shooting, Mexican Indians, Cowboys, Cowgirls and Black Face Comedienne. DON’T FAIL TO VISIT THE GAYETY TONIGHT. ■ “A ROYAL WHlM”—King Francis with a hunting party pays a visit to one of his noblemen. “SAVED BY A TELEPHONE”—Mrs. Lawson wishes to buy a new hat. “IN EXILE”—The police follow Count Romanoff to a secret meeting.

LOCAL HAPPENINGS. B. Forsythe made a business trip to Chicago today. Hamilton & Kellner sell the Weber, Columbus and Buckeye wagons. C. E. Prior transacted business and attended the fair at Lafayette today. Mr. and Mrs. Len Keister, of Jordan township, have returned from a visit_ at Chicago Heights. The jiffy curtains are a feature of 2.1 T> Z~l XT 4- Lrv 4- r\ U4TA cr Txri.l'i'T tne cars Liiat are meeting wllii instant favor by the public. We will pay two cents above market price for ear corn. HAMILTON & KELLNER. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Williams, of Watseka, 111., visited her brother, Judson Adams and family Sunday and Monday. Mrs. S. W. C. T. U. evangelist, of Michigan, will lecture at the Christian church Saturday and Sunday, August 24th and 25th. Mrs. Harry Wiltshire and daughters, Ruth and Mrs. Gilbert Albin, left this morning for a visit with hes sister, Mrs. Peter Giver, at Wabash. J. M. Deull, of Rochester, Minn., who had not missed a democratic national convention in the last’ thirty-six years, is dead at his home in that city. Mr. Hansen is an expert in the matter of gaining beautiful and effective tone qualities.—lndianapolis News. At the Presbyterian church, Friday evening, August 30. Warrick county, Indiana, republicans have nominated a full ticket, with WiHiam E. Williams, candidate for state representative. Roosevelt was denounced as dangerous and ambitious. Lee Smead, 11 years old, suffered a mashed right arm while picking up pieces of iron and coal along the Nickel Plate track at Ft. Wayne. He got between two cars which came together unexpectedly. Reformation in the handwriting of physicians and pharmacists will be urged before the sixtieth annual convention of the American pharmaceutical association, which is in session at Denver, Colorado. Mrs. James R. Baker and two little daughters returned to their home at Pontiac, 111., Monday, after a five weeks’ visit at the home of her fath-er-dn-law, John N. Baker, and family and other relatives in Barkley town-. Ship. Mr. Hansen has played on hundreds of organs and given dedicatory recitals all over the central west. He is one of the leading organists of the state. In his musical experience he has committed to memory thousands of compositions and innumerable accompaniments for church and concert singers and he has the greatest repertory oFany musician in the state.—. The Indianapolis Star. At the Presbyterian church, Friday evening, August 30.

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Evening Republican.

Mr. Hansen prefaced each number of his program with a short sketch of the composer, thus aiding greatly in the Interest and was a feature well introduced.—Harrisburg, 111., Chronicle. At the Presbyterian church, Friday evening, August 30. Edward J. Twomey, Jr., son of Depu-. ty Oil Inspector' E. J. Twomey, of South Bend, was seriously hurt and Miss Anna Cable slightly injured when a street car crashed into -tjieir automobile. Twomey was taken to a hospital. He will recover. Opening at” Fergus Falls, Minh., August 27, Eugene V. Debs, socialist candidate for president, will commence a campaign tour that will cover the country, according to announcement at Terre Haute. He will speak in Washington and California and" then swing back east, ‘closing at Bridgeport, Conn., September 1. Ability to do her work, combined with a kind and sweet disposition, are the faculties which Superintendent T. A. Mott, of the Richmond schools, has announced that he will require of teachers for the coming year. He declared that .the question of age and as to whether a woman was- married or single would not enter into his selection. Air Line cars started Tuesday morning between Gary and LaPorte on a regular schedule, taking one hour and 55 minutes to make the trip. The time could have been shortened some but the officials will not try a shorter schedule until the ballasting of the road is complete. The present time will insure perfect safety and also enable the ears to make the trip on time while work is going on. A reunion of the Hilt family will be held at Columbia Grove, in Lafayette, next Tuesday. This is the first reunion of the Hilt family, but reunions will be held annually The Hilts are the oldest settlers of Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Keister and son, Everett, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dluzak, of Jordan township, will attend the reunion. A cordial invitation is extended to relatives and friends to attend. A far reaching amendment was added to the pure food law Tuesday when the senate passed Representative Sherley’s bill, which includes under the term misbranding as used in the law, any "false statement, design, or device regarding the curative or therapeutic effect" of the contents of a package. The measure has already passed the house and will go now to the president for his signature. You can secure Mica Special Roofing from any dealer in Jasper or Newton counties. If your dealer does not have it in stock, call me up and I will supply you direct Prices the same everywhere. HIRAM DAY. Simon Mandel, president' o/ Mandel Brothers, died at his home, Chicago, Monday morning at 9 o’clock. Death was caused by a complication of diseases, and followed an illness of more than a year. He was the last of the brothers to die and was 76 years old.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1912.

Frankfort Forger Attempts Similar Methods at Indianapolis.

The same methods used to defraud the American National and First National Banks of Frankfort Monday were tried in Indianapolis Wednesday morning. A stranger attempted to cash a fraudulent check for 57,500 at the National City Bank, but was frustrated by the assistant cashier, Harry B. Wilson, in charge of the bank at the time. “The man appeared at my window at 10:30 o’clock in the morning,” said Mr. Wilson last night, in telling of the attempt, “and asked me to cash a check for $7,500, drawn on the Indiana Trust Company, and signed by Walter Miarmon, payable to himself. At the same time he told me of his intention to open a checking account for $5,000, as he wished to take $2,500 of the amount with him. I knew instantly that the check was fraudulent Snd, stepping slightly to the rear, directed one of the clerks to call for the police Immediately, as we were holding a would-be forger. “The clerk instructed the telephone, girl in our office to call, which she did, but at police headquarters they misunderstood the message, and thought that we were reporting a burglary that had occurred some time during the night. As I learned later, no one was sent until two of the detectivesß for whom I had asked, not wishing to have bicyclemen Or patrolmenrush up to the bank, called in to headquarters, and were told to call on me. “While I waited for the police, I detained the man by suggesting to him that we required some identification before we could cash the check or allow him to open an account, but told him that all we wished was merely a perfunctory identification, by any one with whom he was acquainted. It was a custom of the bank, I told him, and was not intended to reflect on him at all. He said that he wished the money as soon as but finally, after he had been there about twenty minutes, said that he would go for a Mr. Henry, who was a short distance away in one of the office buildings, who would certify to him. I was expecting the police all the time, and feared to risk suspicion in his mind through making any fiffther efforts to call them.

“Had I not bfeen in sole charge of the bank, I would have followed him and caused his arrest by the’ first patrolman we met, but, as it was, 1 had to watch him leave. He sauntered out of the door and turned the corner out of my sight. “The man seemingly was about 20 years old, extremely well dressed in a Norfolk suit of pepper and salt cloth and wore a Panama hat. He was very slight, his face Was thin and sallow and he had black hair. “Detective Asch later showed me a photograph of Orville Hodson, whd is alleged to have defrauded the banks at Frankfort and Hartford City, having, it is said, jumped his bond, and I am certain Hodson is the man who appeared at my window. Personally, I am convinced that the young man is insane, for he was so cool and unconcerned during our conversation that a sane man could hardly have that much nerve. “I am sure that this is the man who had several bills of smaller denominations exchanged for notes of SI,OOO at the Jfleteher American and Capital City Banks recently. He received two bills of SI,OOO at the Fletcher American. Bank Tuesday, and one of the same size at the other bank today. We lost nothing by him, and would have lost nothing, but I am sorry that he could no| have been apprehended. He was the sixth man who had attempted to defraud banks with which I have been connected and the first to escape me.”

Sunday Excursion Will Stop at Cedar Lake.

The Sunday excursion to be run next Sunday, August 25th, will stop at Cedar Lake going up and also returning. Round trip only 75 cents.

Among those who' took the excursion train here this morning for Lafayette to attend the Tippecanoe county fair, were John Lewis, W. W. Washburn, Walter Crampton, C. E. Prior, Jobe Overton, George Plunkett, Floyd Rob-’ inson, Harry Wiltshire, Frank Haskell, C. Earl Duvall, Hale Warner, D. M. Worland and Ray D. Thompson. Mrs. A L. Willis and grandchildren, Rheba and Mary Hawkins, of Chicago, who have been visiting here for two weeks, went to Parr today to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. A Peters, of south of town, went to Lafayette today to visit their son, George, and take in the fair.

BLACKHAND METHODS LANDS EDDIE KARNATZ IN JAIL.

Admits Writing Letters to B. Forsythe Demanding S7OO Under Penalty of Death and Destruction of Home. The boldest and most astounding attempt at blackmailing that ever transpired in Rensselaer came to light early this Thursday morning with the arrest of Eddie Karnatz, charged with using blackhand methods to extort money from B. Forsythe, the weathy retired merchant of this city, who has extensive farm holdings and is possessor of valuable real estate in this city. Karnatz is the crippled tailor who has worked for B. K. Zimmerman for the past several years and also for Fred Phillips at the Princess Theatre. Mr. Forsythe received five letters in all, the first one having been received three weeks ago, Wednesday, July 31st, since which time investigation has been going on. At the start Mr. Forsythe had no idea as to who was making the demands but in a day or two suspicion was directed toward Karnatz. The first letter demanded S7OO and specified that the money be placed on a board lying at the north side of the stone pile in the vacant lot just across the street east of the jail. The letter was unsigned, but closed with an admonition of grave import, threatening that, should Mr. Forsythe fail to comply with the demand, or should he confide the receipt of the' letter to anyone, —he would be killed and his house blown up with dynamite. The house referred to is the ptQatial residence at the east end of Washington street, corner of Division, owned and occupied by Mr. Forsythe. It was built only few years ago, costing about SIO,OOO or $12,000, and is one of the most beautiful of the residence properties in the city. Mr. Forsythe was justly worried over the anonomous epistle and he rose up in righteous indignation, determined not to appease the wishes of the dispicable blackmailer and to put him in the toils of the law at any cost. Accordingly he laid the facts before his attorney, E. P. Honan, and a plan of action was decided upon. Five other men, Sheriff W. I. Hoover, Marshal George Mustard, J. J. Montgomery, Gus Grant and W. S. Parks were called in and after a conference it was decided that these men should station themselves at various points in the locality and await developments, after Mr. Forsythe placed a decoy package at the place specified. Eddie Karnatz was seen walking by the place two or three times late that night but little was thought of the matter, as he lived on that street. A vigil was kept for five nights, during which time several persons were under surveilance. However, suspicion rested heavily on Karnatz, as he was seen loitering about the place on several occasions. After the first night, J. J. Montgomery taxed his ingenuity to a small extent and made two electrical devices that might have aided materially in the detection had the blackmailer made an attempt to get the package that was placed on the stone pile." One was an electric 4 alarm bell, arranged compactly in a small box and concealed under the stones. The decoy package placed there by Mr. Forsythe was attached to the device by a small cord that would be invisable at night, the slightest tension of which would set the alarm off. Four of the men were stationed at windows in the house occupied by the 'West family, just south of the vacant lot, and they were equipped with an electric search light to flash at the moment the alarm was given. As the package was not “called for”, this plan did not work. The other device was a small electric light and an electric bell. Mr. Montgomery concealed himself at the letter drop behind'the post office door for several nights and with the aid of the small light he intended to compart the handwriting on letters, if any, addressed to Mr. Forsythe, with one of the blackhand letters. He had W. S. Parks stationed in the cellar way below Leavel’s bakery and if a similar letter was dropped he would ring the electric bell as a signal for Parks to catch the man before he got away. They watched for four nights but nothing happened. On the next night after the vigil ended at the postofflee the second blackhand letter came, making demands similar to those in the first one. The third letter was received just a few days after that, in the same handwriting 'as the first two. The next letter was postmarked Rensselaer, 7 a. at., Aug. 10, and came down to S4OO instead of S7OO. It read as follows: “Mr. Forsythe this time without fail place money near board on north side of stone pile in‘ vacant lot east of jail. We came

w wl/V i Al»*MW<*** I <J All that elegance and and lasting quality that silver plate should have will be found in our table silver. The well-selected stock of high-grade silver goods at this store enables you to make a choice that not only satisfies you but also those friends who criticise your table and home. Come in and look it over. dESSEN THE eIEWELERs Bensselaer, tod.

to your town Monday and found out you had left town for a week. We came back here Friday and decided to stay till you came back. We saw you this afternoon on the street and are sending you final notice. We heard you donated an organ to a church so we will only ask for S4OO instead of S7OO. Place money where we said by Saturday night” The last of the letters received came on the following Tuesday and purports to be written by two more of the “gang.” This time they demanded SSOO, to be placed on top of the stone pile. It was written in the same hand writing as the others and ends with: “You know what is coming to you and we will get you. It is either your money or your life. We haven’t time to monkey with you any longer.” In the meantime, Mayor G. F. Meyers, City Attorney Moses Leopold and Marshal George Mustard were working on the case and it was then that the deep mystery began to unravel. A comparison of the letters showed that they were written by the same person, although an attempt was made to disguise the hand. As suspicion began to fall on Karnatz, a decoy letter; purporting to be written by a Rensselaer merchant, offering him a job, was written to Karnatz. When Karnatz’s answer came a comparison of it and the blackhand letters proved the handwriting identical and it was decided to get Karnatz at once. The next day after the last letter was written Karnatz left for his home in Hinsdale, 111. Marshal Mustard went there yesterday and Karnatz was arrested about 8:30 last night by the Hinsdale night watch. He was taken to the city hall and in the presence of Marshal Mustard, Chief of Police Nichols and his father he made a complete denial of the charge. After two ■hours parley they accompanied him home and finally, in the presence of his mother, he confessed his guilt Mustard and Karnatz arrived here this morning, and being unable to secure bail he was placed in jail. A hearing was held this afternoon before Squire Irwin’s court. Karnatz admitted in his confession that he had followed Mr. Forsythe to the vacant lot but stated that he didn’t have the nerve to go after the money. It is the general opinion, however, that he knew he was being watched, consequently the repeated sending of letters. In an interview to a Republican reporter this morning, Karnatz tried to make light of the case but later stated that he was sorry for his action. He stated that he did not want the money and that he just wrote those letters as a joke to see what Mr. Forsythe would do. Karnatz asserted that he was not involved financially but it is a known fact that he had beet In debt to MrsJohn Medicus for board and room to the amount of sll9 and that only last

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WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and Friday.

Show Cards.

Mr. Merchant: You know that nice attractive cards and price tickets are goods sellers. I will be glad to write them for you. And to get a start will make very low price by the card or season. I would like to talk to you about it anyway. " "WSSOf ARCHIE LEE.

If you want a corn binder buy the Milwaukee. It is the best on the market Sol'd by Hamilton & Kellner. The name—Doan’s inspires confidence—Doan's Kidney Fills for kidney ills. Doan's Ointment for skin Itching. Doan's Regulets for a mild laxative. Sold at all drug stores. General William Booth, commander in chief of the salvation army, died in London at 10:30 o’clock Tuesday night. The veteran religious leader was unconscious for forty-eight hours, previous to his death. By a vote of I>sl to 50 the (house of representatives Tuesday adopted the conference report on the naval appropriation bill. The bill as it goes to the president carries $123,220,707, an increase of approximately $4,600,000 over the measure as it passed the house; Secretary Meyer Tuesday accepted the , one battleship program and has named the projected new marine monster the “Pennsylvania.” “Generally debilitated for years. Had sick headache, lacked ambition, was worn out and all run down. Burdock Blood Bitters made me a well women.”—Mrs. Chas. Freitoy, Moosup, Conn. According to dispatches from South Bend Dr. F. R. Carson, for eight years president of the Central League, and at present a member of the national board of arbitration, will apparently carry out his resolution to retire from baseball at the close of the present season, which will be September 2. As an indication that he will give up his baseball connections he has formed a partnership with Dr: L. S. Smith, of South Bend, and will within the next thirty days give his time exclusively to the automobile business. One of the exquisite pleasures of the week was the organ recital given by Charles Hansen, the blind organist of the 2nd Presbyterian church of Indianapolis; truly the most beautiful and touching organ music heard this year. So dainty, so tender and responsive; sometimes rising to the sublime as the full organ was thrown on, but most frequently the delicate, sweet sympathetic music one expects from the sightlean. Truly they have the “hearing fears” and do not offend those of others.—Chicago Music News. At the Presbyterian church, Friday evening, August 30,

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