Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1914 — CEDAR LAKE ROMANCE FOOLED THE OFFICERS [ARTICLE]

CEDAR LAKE ROMANCE FOOLED THE OFFICERS

Auto and Woman Played Part ir Separating Tony Heizler and Wife—Toby a Bluffer.

Crown Point Star. The climax in the closing chapter of a long and thrilling story, if even a portion of it be true, with the scene of the plot laid at Cedar Lake, with the time’ extending through the summer season at than resort, was reached last Monday: when the chief character connected w±th-.Lhe storyT^Tany-dletzler—at-tempted to take his life, or rather made a bluff at if, but failed to do himself any bodily injury. He accomplished one thing, however, that of scaring the inhabitants of thg north end of the lake to such an extent that the whole force of the. sheriffs office, including Sheriff Whittaker, Deputy Friendly and Clem Hentches, and Dr. Farley were called to the scene of the supposed ending of Tony’s career under a bridge near his home. The iutroductory s tory starts out as most stories do nowadays, with an automobile and a woman being the chief characters, and it had an ending similar to one of Lincoln Carter’s four act dramas—full of sensations with a thrill at every turn, with considerable of the beginning chapters omitted, being hardly suitable for publication. At any rate the earlier chapters were the starting of Tony’s idea of taking his life, and finally resulting, it is said, of unbalancing his mind to a great degree. Woven into the story is a chapter relative to Tony’s wife leaving him, going to her parents’ home to live, and refusing to return, and a few days ago -he attempted to kidnap his son, who was in poscession of the wife, and failing in thia. after, a. sensation attempt, threatened to end his trouble. He came to Crown Point and asked advice as to how he could recover his son from the wife’s possession, and was instructed that possession was nine points of the law and if he could, get possession of the child by kidnaping he could possibly hold him under the eircumtances. The attempt was made, and the boy was successfully captured and placed in the machine, but the wife’s interference just as the auto was started thwarted the attempt. Failing is this Tony secured a revolver and caused great excitement in the neighborhood when he fired several shots, supposedly at himself but they all landed in the ceiling of the room. In the next chapter Tony was found under a bridge with a razor lying beside him. His father made the discovery and telephoned the sheriff’s office and Dr. parley, who started for the scene posbhaste, and found Tony had not injured himself in the least, but begged the sheriff to take care of-bim. ;