Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 8, Hammond, Lake County, 26 June 1907 — Page 1
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After Being Slashed Unmercifully by One Assailant Another Attacks Him With Beer Bottle.
LEFT 10 OIE ON FLOOR OF SHUCK NEAR "PATCH"
Officer Newman Proves Himself Hero by Arresting Would-be Murderers, After They Had Defied Him to Enter Barricaded Hut.
After being literally cut to pieces by Peter P.ujiouvic and knocked in the head with a beer bottle in the hands of Nicholas Rezjack, Stanko Stopic lies dying in a little shack West of Broadway and the two assailants have been arrested and will probably be held on a charge of murder. Neither of the assailants was drunk end the assault is said to be the most cold blooded affair that has taken place Irt Gary since tho city began its existence a little over a year nj?o. Incidentally Officer Gust Nwrnnn is the hero of the affair and aUhouch in
great danger of personal injury succeeded in capturing tho men and their preliminary hearing has been before Judge Townsley to whom it came on a cnange of venue from Judge Huber's court. The fight occurred last evening at about eight o'clock in one of the foreign camps in Gary. Officer Gust Newman was standing on a corner in the vicinity of what is known as "tho patch" where 40 or 50 saloons are located. c)jro, Officers Informant. Suddenly a negro rushed out of the group of buildings that comprise this settlement and running up to the officer told him that there had been a murder in one of the shanties in the neighborhood. The officer went over to the place as quickly nn he could and there found Stanko Stopic lying on the floor in a pool of his own blood with so. many gashes in his body that it was apparent even to the officer that he could not live long. Newman thought his first duty was to tho injured man and so he went for a doctor and succeeded in getting Dr. Jackard. The injured man was examined by the physician and the; opinion was expressed that he could not live long. Officer Newman then started out after the assailants and although considerable time had been lost in tho search for the doctor the officer finally found
that the two men who had committed the assault were in one of the shanties where they had barricaded the door. ISrenkn in the Door. Newman went at once to the place Indicated and demanded admission. This was denied hint and so he braced himself and burst open the door by throwing himself against it. When he managed to force his way inside Officer Newman found not only two men who had ben described to him but a ho several others and they all showed light. He at once drew his revolver and pointing it at the men told them that he wanted them to step out of the shanty and that they were under arrest. The men wore overawed by the bravery of the othVer and did as they were told whereupon Officer Newman placed the handcuffs on those who had committed the crime, one at a time and inarched them both to the station. When it was found that Peter PuJiouvic would probably die and that tho cose would be a serious one the preliminary hearing was arranged for and is being held this afternoon. The defense, of an alibi on the pvirt of Attorney Heart did not hold and the nun were bound over.
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From Parochial School Before Large Crowd.
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July 1, When All Ballots Will be Counted.
WHO'LL BE BIERS? PERSOHATES OFFICER
This Still Open Question Which Cannot Be Answered Until Last . Vote Is Cast.
HIS DOWNFALL Hankering to be Policeman Gets Louis Satn in
Trouble.
Tries to Help Out Fellow Country, man With Grievance an Gets Pinched.
Donahey in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
EXCELLENT PBOGBi
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Year's Class Unusually ficient and Do Their Teachers Proud.
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Adam Kedkie Caught in Flue and Asphyxiated; Comrades Near.
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Nov Believed Young Woman is With Tony Appleton.
Fifteen students graduated from the St. Joseph Catholic school last night at the school house on Russell street. The event proved to be of such great interest to parents and friends of the graduates that the school room could not hold all of those who wished to attend. A splendidly rendered program was much appreciated by those in attendance and was significant of the good work done in that school during the past year. Flowers and ferns were used in profusion in the decorations of the room and platform and formed a pleasing back ground to the graduates as they wero grouped upon the stage. Each number on the program was received enthusiastically and was deserving of
the hearty applause it received, lioth music and recitations had been carefully prepared by members oi the class each of whom had some part in the program. Class Very I'rolleieiit. The class this year was one unusually
proficient in their school work and deportment. Their standing in each branch was of the very highest and is representative of the high standard of this school. No less than twenty-eight students of the school received Palmer diplomas this year in the department of writing which is the largest number claimed in Northern Indiana in eitiier public or parochial schools. This is a remarkably good record considering the fact that this system of free hand movement has been but recently introduced into the schools. Tins is but one of the departments, however, in which such proficiency is shown as all of the parents of the students seem
with their progress
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Entered Deadly Duct Under Protest Threatened With Losing Job
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Comes All the Way From Sweden to Find Her Eric.
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Young Couple Who Misrepresent Ages, Pursued by Irate Mother.
Frank P. Girard and Florence F. Pecker both of Chicago have gotten themselves into serious trouble by misrepresenting the facts regarding their ages when they applied for a marriage license at Crown Point, Juno 5. Girard swore that he was 21 years old and Miss Pecker swore she was 19 and so Clerk "Wheeler granted them the license. This did not end matters, however, for when tho mother of the girl learned that her daughter had been married she at onca took measures to secure the anullment of the union. She went to Crown Point and inform
ed Mr. "Wheeler that her daughter was only 16 years old and that the young man she married was only 19. Mr. Wheeler of course could do nothing but to advise her that the tiling for her to do was to take the legal steps necessary to annul the marriage. This will be done and the brief married career of the adventuresome couple will be brought to an end. Mr. Wheeler mivs that it is impossible in some cases to tell whether the couple contemplating matrimony is of age and that there are doubtless many cases where couples under age are married witbut their Barents constat.
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along other linos. The school now has about four hundred students and the out -look for a, succeeding year was never brighter. The increase in the roll from eightyfive to the present number in a few years is significant of the public's appreciation of the high standard of the school. The sisters will all leave in :i few days for their annual pilgrimage to the summer school at Terra Haute, they will spend six weeks in preparation for the work of the coming year. Tills school is one which the sisters of Providence from all parts of the country attend annually and by holding conventions and taking courses of instruction better themselves in their work. I.lst of "Grads." The following are the list of graduates to whom Father Plaster presented diplomas last night; Theodore Schmidt, Joi n Zeller. Joseph Konezer, Leonard
Koib. Kdward Young, George Noonan.
Francis Zurn, Clar Manteufel, Mary Kartman. Julia Weis, Anna Fonietcl:, Caroline Homrich, Elizabeth Klein an,1 Mary Gieb. The recipients of the Palmer diplomas are: Monica Krost, Anna Knoerzer, Matilda Homrich. Margaret Hoffman. Florence Koinert. Sophia IIuppol. Helen Schnieder. Leo Nickels. George Kohl. Nicholas tfchnberth. Louis Emmerling and Ralph Young. The program rendered is as follows: Trio March from Norma K. Ambos. C. Manteufel, M. Scherer. Vocal Selection ' Jubilate Deo" Accompanist. M. Geib.
I- anfare Milltaire" (Bohm)
(Special to bake County Times.) South Chicago, June 2S. Adam Kedkie, a laborer employed by the Illinois Steel company at their mills on Eightyeighth street and the Strand, met with
an awful death last night. Ivedkie
cleaning out a flue in one of the large furnaces when he became caught and was asphyxiated by the escaping gas. Kedkie, who is an ignorant foreigner, at first refused to risk going in the
i flue, but later when he was torn it
was either go into or get fired, he chose the former. Several men who work in the plant were witnesses to Kedkie's death and all are greatly worked up over the affair. After Kedkie has been In the furnace for about ten minutes and failed to come out. men standing near ventured within, and by the aid of grappling hooks finally pulled out his limp body. When taken to the light hia hands were firmly gripped upon rags he had been using to clean the flue. The police were notified of the man's death and lie was taken by their ambulance to Lulinski's morgue at S324
Superior avenue. where the inquest over the body will be held this afternoon. It is said that similar deaths are of frequent occurrence in the mill, but are seldom made public. Kedkie was very popular among his fellow workmen and countrymen and was known as one of the hardest workers in the department in which he was employed. He was unmarried and has been in this, country for the
last two years.
The Two Were Schoolmates and Both Worked at Gibson Police Inreatigating. The parents of Miss Katherine Jung, the pretty 19-year-old Hammond girl who left her home at 49 Clinton street last Thursday in such a mysterious manner, have heard r.oth-
I ing further from their daughter, and
Accompanied by Hyde Park Officer,
Young Wife Visits Hammond in Search for Missing One.
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FIBE STATIONS LEI
Job Awarded to William Ahlborn for $7,233 Each.
was are anxiously awaiting a letter telling
of her whereabouts. A new compli
cation has arisen in the case, when it! was found this morning that another young man, a former schoolmate of the girl, has likewise passed up his good home and went off to parts unknown. Tile young man is Tony Appleton, Who resides on May street. Mrs. Jung stated to a Times reporter today, that she feels confident that her daughter did not marry Harry Piper, the married man, who left these parts about the same time as did, the young girl. Although she received no further word from the girl, she thinks that she may now be staying with relatives in Champaign county, 111., and that in the near future she will write to her family and tell them all about her sudden disappearance. Tony Fulled to Return. Mrs. Jung also said that last night she called at the home of Mrs. Appleton, who knew the young woman and whose son was a friend of the
j young woman and worked with her at
Gibson. She states that the woman
told her that her son had not returned last night and that she was much concerned over his absence. Mrs. Appleton called at her house this morning and stated that Tony Appleton, her son, had not returned and that she thought lie had run away. The boy is 19 years of age and was a former schoolmate of Miss Jung, although he was not attentive to her so far as is known. It is thought by Mrs. Jung, however, that the two may now be together. Mrs. Appleton told her, she states, that the boy came to her and kissing her goodbye yesterday morn
ing left the house and that he resigned his position at Gibson and that was the last seen or heard of him. An investigation will be carried on by the police to learn the whereabouts of the three missing people.
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Song in Character. "Little Housemaids" Accompanist. A. Knoerzer. Trio "Oberon" (Wilbur) M. Hartmann, C. Manteufel, J. Weis Recitation Class "Music on the Rappahannock." Duet..."IMe Weisse IMime" (Boieldieu) J. Weis. M. Geib.
Flower Song Accompanist
The oiceless Chime Overture ' Lustspiel
Chorus Accompanist, M. Geib.
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Class (Kela Belai
Eleanor Scull will return this evening from Kalamazoo, Mich., where she attended, the wcdJIris; of herbrotiier.
The contract for the erection of two new fire stations was awarded this morning to William Ahlborn, the lowest Vii.iU-r r.t a meeting of the board of
public works. The price stipulated was $7,236 for each building. The buildings which are to be of brick, will be located on Calumet avenue, one near Conkey avenue and the other near Hoffman street. The contractor wished to have the contract drawn up at once so that work can be begun immediately on their construction. The only part of the equipment which has already been pur
chased for the stations is tne nose cart formerly used by the G. H. Hammond company in the private department. It is not thought probable that an additional engine will be bought as money is too scarce an article in the city treasury .t the present time owing to the recent heavy demands made upon it. Hook and ladders are
thought to be sufficient to servo the!
purpose at tha SJ3r.t tirae.
The first Fourth of July accident of the season occurred last night when Willie Cook, son of J. II. Cook of Crown Point, residing on East Joliet street, shot himself in the hand with a blank cartridge. The forefinger of the left hand was torn away and the
hand badly bruised and burned. It
thought that the police will now use more stringent measures in the future to prevent a recurrence of similar
Mrs. Holma Jacobsen was in Ham
mono today looking for Eric Jacobsen who according to her story was mar
ried to her in Sweden fifteen months ago and left her shortly after to find work at his trade of carnentrv in
America. She had with her a twelve i month's old baby boy ami was ac- I eompanied in her search by Officer
Swanson of the Hyde Park station, who happened to have known her in Sweden and who was detailed on the case by the captain of the precinct. Through the officer who acted as interpreter, the woman told a pathetic tale. She married Jacobsen against the wishes of her people who thought she might have made a better match. Tolls Her Story. "Her father is a master builder,' said Officer Swanson, "and Jacobsen worked for him. Her family lived well and the girl was given a good education. She fell in love with Jacobsen, who from what I can understand, is a big handsome fellow, about two years younger than she is. The marriage was kept a secret for sometime and when it leaked out, it was the cause of Jacobsen leaving his job. He left shortly after for America and his wife returned
to her home. Her father never forgave her and she received no sympathy from
the other members of the family. From Pillar to Post.
"The first letter she got from Jacobsen was dated at Rochester, N. Y. The
next sue ncara irom mm was dated at
Appleton, Wis. He wrote again from
Minneapolis and later from Chicago, giving his address as 867 North Ash
land avenue. He said he was doing well, but could not afford to send for
her, that if she could raise the money
herself he would be glad to have her join him. "She managed to raise the money and came to Chicago, arriving three weeks ago. As near as I can understand her husband disappeared on the day of her arrival, telling a fellow boarder that he found a new job at Burnham. He didn't go to work at Burnham. I found that much out. But he had been there and left for Hammond saying that he
was going to vork on the plant of the Standard Steel Car company. We searched over there and could find no trace of him.
The Lake County Times great Jamestown exposition contest, the most liberal offer that a Northern Indiana newspaper ever made, will close July 1. Then all of the votes will be counted and the five young women from Hammond and the seven from the districts surrounding this city will be selected
and will prepare for the trip of their
lives.
June CO, the day origionally set for
the closing of the contest happens to
come on Sunday and bo arrangements have been made to keep the ballot box open until 10 a. m. Monday, July 1. when the last opportunity will be of
fered to cast ballots.
Arrangements have been made to ac
cept ballots at the office of the Lake CorxTY Times in Hammond or at the branch office in 9140 Buffalo avenue South Chicago.
Any ballot that has not been accom
panied by the proper amount of the subscription fee will not be counted.
The definite announcement of the
date of the closing of the contest will
give the friends of the candidates an
opportunity to make a strenuous cam
paign at the finish and make sure their
position. olody Know.
As to who will win is a matter of speculation even in office of the Lake
County Times. It is known that several
of the candidates have been working hnrd with splendid results and it is
also known that the number of votes counted for these candidates is not equal to the number they have secured so there can be but one conclusion, namely that some of the candidates are holding back votes. This complicates matters greatly and until the votes are all counted no one will know who will win. Realizing this several of the candidates who are in the lead are working just as hard as though they were farther down the list and are not going to take any
chances with being surprised.
It will not be long before it will be, All Aboard for Jamestown."
Because a man has a hankering r
be a policeman, does not vst htm witH
the authority of a minion of the law. some of the residents of the Standard settlement believe, and so they caused the arrest of Louis Stan, one of tha prominent characters of tha villaga charged with Impersonating a policeman and also with carrying a concealed weapon. The charged are aald to have grown out of animosity towards the defendant who Is one of the few Hungarians who can talk United States. One of the number was used up la a fight with a fellow countryman during an evening discussion and h Immediately sought the services of th guardians of the peace. Ho said, through an Interpreter, that ha cam across Stan, and that the latter told him he was a policeman and that h could make the arrest for a consideration. This was soon forthcoming and the complainant awaitd the arrest of the defendant. II waited In vain for some time and then came to the police station where he told hii story to a real officer. Tho result wai the arrest of Stan, charged with Impersonating an officer. When h waj searched the revolver was foundStan is well known In the settlement, where he conducts a boarding-house, and he was highly Indignant at the arrest. He has been trying to be appointed on the police force foi
Borne time and he says that the realdents looked upon him as already one.
It was their custom to salute him ai "Mr. Policeman." when they met him, but he says he always told them "not
yet but soon." He also states that th
men were sore against htm for hi e m-, bitlons. In the local court this morii.
lng his case was continued until
Saturday.
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APPORTIONMENT OF
TAXES IS MADE
Auditor Johnson Assigns
Share of Public Income to Each Corporation.
CRANE BREAKS; H
HAKE NARROW ESCAPE
Molten Metal Splashed by
Dumping of Scrap Into Seething Pot.
Auditor Johnson has made the appor
tionment of taxes for June, 1907, and
the various towns and townships and
school corporations will receive the following amounts:
North township 17.437.34
Calumet township
Ross township
The Real Estate Ads In the Times to-day-may offer the house or lot you are looking for. Some rare bar- . gains are offered.
Sf.736.48 7.714.12
St. John township 10.392.72
Center township $.373.05 Crown Point, corporation... 8.005.58 Crown Point, schools 4,020.15 West Creek township 7.301.11 Cedar Creek 6.421.21
Lowell, corporation 4,871.34 Lowell, schools 1.947.36 Kagle Creek township 2.S31.37 Winfield township 3.0S4.71
Hobart township 13,709.63
Hobart. corporation 7,053.13 Hanover township 4.230.12
Hammond schools 47.170.97
(Special to Lake Coonty Times.) South Chicago, June 26. SeveraJ
men had narrow escapes front death yesterday at the Wisconsin Steel company's mill on One Hun dred and Tenth and Florence st recti
when one of the large hoisting cranei
broke, dumping a car of scrap Iroi Into a lot of molten metal and causlni
it to splash in all directions.
At the time all of the men who worl
near the furnace were to one sldi
helping move a large tank, and onlj for this would have been badly burned by the splashing metal.
In falling, the car broke the hoist
ing machinery which tied up all worl for five hours and cost the Wisconsii Steel company just about $5,000.
Thla Is the second accident of th
kind that has happened in tha mill within the last two months.
East Chicago, city
Fast Chicago, schools Whiting, city Whiting, schools , Griffith, corporation . , Gary, corporation Gary, schools Toleston Total
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. 19.232.8"!
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. 10,812.81
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BIG EAILEOAD DEAL.
POWEE OFF; WOULD-BE PASSENGEES
CUSS.
Father Dyinjsr Forgive. "Since her arrival in Chicago she received a cablegram from home telling her that her father was dyinsr and that
is i all would be forgiven if she would re
turn home, but smarting under the recollection of the indignities heaped upon her by her relatives she will not
accept forgiveness. She can't believe her husband has deserted her. I can't believe it myself, when I read his letters to her." All the while the policeman was telling the story the comely young matron
i sat fondling her infant and gazing away off. She did r.ot know what the ; interpreter was saying and she did not 1 appear to care. She appeared stunned ! and bewildered by all the strange
sights and sounds and what to her was the gibberish of a strange tongue. "What will she do if she fails to locate her husband?' queried the reporter. "Go back?'" "I don't know." replied the officer, as he gazed somewhat doubtfully at the young mother. "But I rather fancy
Something WroBg with the Machinery Puts South Chicago Service on the Hllnk 'o Cars for Several Hours
"While Repairs Are Urine Made.
bomethlng went wrong In the power
house which furnishes the motive pow
er for cars running between 63rd strett
and South Chicago, South Deering. Whiting, Roby and Hammond and at 12:30 o'clock the cars came to a standstill. The corners began to fill up with persons desirous of securing a car but there was nothing doing. The tie-up was complete as all the power was off and not a wheel turned for several hours. In the mean time if
all the cussing that was done by irate persons who were obliged to walk, had ben utilized as power it is doubtful if the supply would not have been sufficient to have kept the various lines in operation. The cause of the tie-up could not be learned.
Michigan Central and Joliet & Xortht
ern Indiana Iload Float Die Deal. A trust deed for J3, 000,000, payable If fifty years at 5 per cent, executed bj the Joliet & Northern Indiana Railroa company and the Michigan Centrai Railroad company, was made a mattu of record yesterday. The Michigai Central maintains and operates th( railroad of the Joliet company, ex. tending from a connection with It: main Una at Lake Station, Ind.. U Joliet. 111. The loan is for the use of the Jollel & Northern Indiana railroad In retirin fSOO.OOO of bonds due July 10, 1907 elevation of tracks at Joliet, to co $250,000; for immediate improvement $200,000, and for the probable ester sion of the railroad west from Joliei and for future improvements. $1.750.00fi The loan is secured by a trust ee given to the Guaranty Trust compan; of New York, trustee, and covers thi railroad system from Lake Station Ind., to Joliet, 111.
iei;e'll stay here aad da the best she can.
Charles Hammond
Stommel of Dyer, was In today on builnesa.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair tonight nod Thursday moderate temperature.
Sporting: Extra of LAKE COtXT! TIMES on the streets five minutes afta
same with final results.