Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1913 — Police Save Mayor Shank From Eager Auction Crowd. [ARTICLE]

Police Save Mayor Shank From Eager Auction Crowd.

More than 1,000 people crowded around Mayor Lew Shank of Indianapolis Friday when he started to auction off the furnishings which have reposed peacefully for fifty years in the rooms of the Hotel Lahr, at Lafayette. Several times the crowd crushed in on the mayor and the police had to be called to save the auctioneer and his assistants from being injured. Hr was the greatest auction sale ever held in Lafayette, and many persons bought the furniture at its full value. As antiques the furnishings of heavy carved walnut of the room George Ade has been occupying sold for $450.