Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1913 — FORMER CONGRESSMAN WILL PRACTICE LAW [ARTICLE]

FORMER CONGRESSMAN WILL PRACTICE LAW

Hon. E. D. Orumpacker Will Locate at His Old Home in Valparaiso for Practice. Valparaiso Vidette. Hon. E. t>. Crumpacker, Mrs. Crumpacker and Owen Crumpacker, who has been secretary to his father at the national capital, arrived home from Washington late Saturday night and are now permanent residents of this city. They immediately began making arrangements for the future. Mr. Crumpacker was met on the streetg by many of his old friends, who welcomed him back as a private citizen of Valparaiso. According to a statement which he made, he will practice law here. —‘The profession of law is the only vocation for which I am fitted,” said Mr. Crumpacker in a conver sation. “Of other things I know but little, and I shall probably establish an office in Calpo.” He spoke of the new Porter circuit court and believes there is still plenty of room for him here among the other attorneys. The retiring congressman also expressed delight at getting back to the old town, and declared he was glad to once more be one of the common herd. During the yekrs of Mr. Crumpacker’s practice in this part of the state, before his party sent him to cougrcss, he was among the ablest attorneys, and few prominent cases came up in which he was not interested on one side or the other.