Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1910 — REPORT RIOTS AT GARY [ARTICLE]

REPORT RIOTS AT GARY

Gov. Marshall Refused to Send Troops to Steel City. Trouble Grew Out of Hiring Alleged Thugs to Act as Special Policemen on Election Day. Indianapolis, Nov. 9. —Gov. Marshall received' from. Gary a telegram asking him to send troops there to quell the rioting which had broken out in several places in the city. He replied over the long distance telephone that tbe Lake County officials should take care of the situation and he should not use the national guard for such a purpose. The trouble grew out of the hiring of men to work for the re-election of Sheriff Grant and the policeman appointed by Mayor Knotts, It being charged that both the sheriff and the mayor had sworn in a lot of thugs, the first as deputies and the second as special policemen.