Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1911 — RAID RESORTS FOR CLIENT [ARTICLE]

RAID RESORTS FOR CLIENT

U. S. Commissioner, Hammond, Divests Part of Gary of Pianos. Hammond, Ind., Nov. 17. —Sackcloth and ashes, mourning instead of electric pianos and music, fills Gary. The Kornel KormaCki ccmpan-, manufacturers of pianos, went into bankruptcy at Hammond. Charles Surprise, United States commissioner, following his appointment as trustee for the bankrupt concern, decided that ■pianos in resorts were a violation of the law,and to protect the bankruptcy assets from seizure by the police raided the resorts, captured the pianos and put them in storage. Ga r y is a very quiet place now.