Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1916 — “HANK” GRANGER IS DEAD. [ARTICLE]

“HANK” GRANGER IS DEAD.

Noted Character on the Kankakee Dropped Dead in Haimuoiid Saturday. Hammond, Ind., Feb. 14.—Henry * Hank" Granger, 'king of the Kankakee river," passed into eternity Saturday night and with him went a thousand secrets of the picturesque stream. Hundreds mourn the death of the ante-bellum character who remained an unchanged pioneer, hunter and fisher, while a money-mad w orld sped on. In the home of a daughter. Mrs. William F. Haberman, at '■> l 7 Thornton avenue. Granger died of heart failure following an injection by a physician of -• rum Tqiviqgrippe; lie. had spent a jolly hour with the fami- : l%• after the etching meal and those present assumed his health to be as itiiproved.•-as; Ills spirits. He suffered' no pain at death. He was .18 years of age and weighed 2> •' pounds. He was a crack shot. The huntsman, fa thereof nine children who survive him. ) wss born out of season, ilis .peopjjf ■ I ?•. fifty years ago. At his home in Thayer lie ruled (lie coma-rgity' w a kindne— and only prowling gov-, eminent agents feared him for on them he played practical jokes that] for originality have no equal. Farmers came from miles around to the; Granger domicile to have him settle their disputes. Tim hundreds of geese and ducks be killed were’ distributed to those in heed. No man, woman or child in want was! ever denied assistance by Granger. In fact, he sought them put and preferred aid. A woman, eighty years of age, unable to walk, was taken! Shto the Granger home and kept tin-! til her death. h ' I l'p the river ten miles from Thayer*, Granger maintained his hunting ; lodge, and entertained many wealthy ■ sportsmen. Gen. Lew Wallace was one of his clients as were J. M. I Studebaker. 'jr., and Sam ford Rugee • of South Bend. T. J. McCoy, Walter Roach and Walter L. Darlington of! Chicago. It was never proven in j court that the host served other' than pure spring water. He neither used tobacco or liquor in any form I but also did hot swear. He was I born in Eagle Creek township and; lived in Newton and Lake counties his entire life, doing nothing but; hunting and fishing. Many a coon supper was supplied by the hunter,! in fact he only recently sent a cargo i of coons to Hammond. He is sur-i vived by his widow. Three of their! eleven children are dead There were Indians around Thayer when Hank Granger was a dov. He changed the channel of the rivet many times by cutting boat roads through which the water would wear and in the course of ten or fifteen years cut off miles of river. He kill- 1 ea more ducks and geese than any man in Lake county. He handled valuable furs and even in the last few years shot fox. A number of months ago all of the members of the Granger family had a reunion at his home where he invaribly kept a couple of fat hogs, one or two fattening, a good Jersey cow. and plenty of chickens. There was a big woodpile the year around and a smoke shanty. Only a few people knew of a secret cooler in the big ice house on his place. Attorney H. E. Granger Hammond is a nephew. The funeral will take place Tuesday at 2 p. nr.', from the late residence in Thayer.