Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 31, Hammond, Lake County, 24 July 1907 — Page 1

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On Principle That Helpmeet is His Property He Cruelly Mistreats and Finally Murders Her.

THEN HAKES HIS ESCAPE TO GH1GAGQ VIA ERIE Couple Had Been Divorced and Final Trouble Developed Over Division of Property Had Threatened Her Before.

"My wife Is my property. If I want to hit her a punch In the jaw it Is none of the public's business." Evidently acting on this theory Andrew Mataes, who resides in Oklahoma, 'the foreign settlement of Fast Chicago, shot and killed hia wife, Matilda Mataes, last night; and after escaping to Hammond took an Erie trnir to Chicago where all trace jf him was lost. Mataes has been having trouble with his wife for the past two or three years of the seventeen years since they were married, and a few months ago she secured a divorce from him on the grounds of cruelty. In addition to this, there has been some trouble over the property which was held by them both and yesterday when a settlement was finally made and Mataes took $500 as his share and was compelled to leave the home of his wife, it is believed the matter so preyed on his mind that he determined to kill her. Neighbor Il-r .Shot si. The shooting took place at about 8:30 in the evening. The residents of the neighborhood heard two shots fired in quick succession and Upon making an investigation decided that the shooting must have taken placo in -the Mataes residence. Several men went inside and there they, found Mrs. Mataes lying on the floor In, .a pool of her own blood, dying from mortal wounds that had been inflicted on her body. ' Mataes -was nowhere to be found, but the East Chicago police wera at once notified and they traced him to Hammond where it was learned that a man of his description hud taken the 10:10 Erie train for Chicago. If the stories that are told by reliable people are to be believed, Mata.es was the veriest brute. For years he has considered it his privilege to beat his wife when ever he pleased. Cull Wife Property. During the two or three months pre

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Police and Posse Capture Charles J. Mack, Who Mistreated Eleven Year-Old Girl.

(Speolnl to Lake County Time.) Gary, Ind., July 24. Charles J. Mack, a tower operator at the Pennsylvania crossing in Whiting, was arrested yesterday afternoon for committing an assault on the person, of his sister-in-law, Cecil Hronillett, 11 years old. The crime was committed in the vicinity of Rronillett's camp and Mack was seen In the attempt by a watchman In the employ of Stein, Wayatt & Co., who gave chase but did not succeed in catching his man. Before the fellow tied he told the little girl and her brother, Joseph, 12 years old, who was with her, to tell her folks that a tramp was the guilty one, attempting in this manner to place the blame on some one else. He then left them and made his escape. The police were notified and TOURING GAB TURNS TURTLE; FOUR HURT Automobile Occupied by Toledo Party Ditched Near Roby. Four occupants of a large Packard touring car were slightly injured late last night when the steering gear on the big machine refused to work, resulting in the machine turning turtle in a ditch. betveen Roby and the Preble machine works. Dorman, who was driving the car, was going about thirty miles an hour, and when he tried to take a turn in the road the steering gear refused to work and the machine ran into the ditch, throwing out and Injuring the four occupants of the car. The injured are: Ijouis Dorman. of Toldeo, bruised about face and body. Mrs. Louis Dorman, Toldeo, scratched about face and hands. Archibald Dorman, son of Mr. Dor-

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ceding the date she secured her divorce Mataes was arrested several times for whipping his wife and was fined. Upon one occasion when the judge reprimanded him for his brutal actions, Mataes replied, "My wife is my property. If I want to hit her a punch in the jaw it is one of the public's business." After the shooting there wrere dozens of people who crowded into the little cottage to see the body of the dead woman, until the police from East Chicago finally arrived and cleared them away. It is said that after Mrs. Mataes had secured her divorce, her former husband repented of his actions and wanted to go back to live with her. She, however, would no consent to this, and again there was trouble between them. Allege Fraud In Court Hill. In the records of the Lake superior court there is a case in which Mrs. Mataes has brought suit against her husband to recover her share of their property. She alleges in her complaint that her husband induced her to sign what she was deceived into believing was a mortgage to cover a J300 incumbrance. Instead it proved to be a warranty deed which was executed in favor of Arthur Erpf. It was for the purpose of setting aside this transaction that suit was brought. Several days previous. to the jkilling it is said that Mrs." Mataes "took a gun from her husband's hands when he was threatening to shoot her. At the time no one believed he would actually kill his wife, as brutal as he was known to be. The shooting has aroused the whole foreign settlement of Oklahoma. Mrs. Mataes is known as a very bright and refined German woman and has had the sympathy of the whole neighborhood because of the cruel treatment she has been compelled to put up with. 01 the whole force, together with twenty other men, gave chase. The ountry in the vicinity of Gary was scoured without results all afternoon. About 5 o'clock in the afternoon Chief of Police Martin and Officer Klopf went in the direction of Bronillett's camp and there they found Mack and arrested him. The father is a carpenter and is in charge of the camp known as Bronillett's camp. This is said to be the third time that Mack has attempted assaults of this kind and he will probably be summarily dealt with. Mack was married to little Miss Bronillett's sister and they have one child. Mack's wife has been in delicate health for some time. The Bronillltt family are grief stricken over the affair and the wrath of the whole neighborhood has been aroused. man. aged ten; thrown out and badly bruised about face; right arm believed to be fractured. Martin Lange. Toledo; jumped, landing in ditch; slightly bruised about the body. Most of the scratches were caused bv a wire fence which skirted the ditch. After picking themselves up and bandaging their wounds, the machine was overhauled and the party proceeded on their way to Chicago, where.it is said they were going to sjiend a few days with relatives of Mr. Dorman. At the time of the accident Dorman was driving the car at a high rate of speed and when the steering gear became unmanageable the party was thrown out violently. The accident was one of the luckiest ever occurring near here, and the party from Toledo can congratulate themselves that it did not terminate more seriously. The machine was seen to go by the White house at fully thirty miles an hour, and those who saw them go by remarked how recklessly they were driving. The dancing party held last evening In Long's hall was well attended considering the warm weather. Mny young people from East Chicago were present. The music was furnished by DeBriae of East Chicago.

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61 Portrait ) moat COUNTY FA1 MILL BE EARLY Date of Opening Takes Precedence Over Last Year by Two Weeks. "GLASSY" ATTRACTIONS $1,000 Additional To Ee Expended on These Features Night Fairs a Departure. The fiifty-ninth annual Lake county fair for the exhibition of live stock and agricultural products and the reunion of residents and non-residents will be held at Crown Point August 20-23. This year the fair will be held two weeks earlier than last. The change is due to the fact that the Lake County Fair association is in the Northwestern Indiana circuit, of which Crown Point is in the northwest corner. It was therefore necessary to either start or end the circuit here. To end the circuit at Crown Point would bring the meeting into October during cold weather. As a result the first opener was chosen. Objectors claim that the date this season is too early for the prime purposes of the fair, namely, the exhibition of agricultural products. But in the gradual evolution affecting county fairs, this objection is not serious. Nowadays people do not spend much time viewing poultry, pigs, horses and cattle, pumpkins, watermelons, cabbage and the other products of the soil. It is the racing, amusements, sights and other things foreign to such as merry-go-rounds, high diving and balloon agriculture, side shows, ascensions which attract. The extra attractions this season will necessitate an expense of $1,000 over last year. To cover this four thousand extra visitors will be required. The chief departure will be two night fairs at which there will be free vaudeville and fireworks. The feature of the vaudeville will be the Nelson family of acrobats. Racing Purses $2,000. The racing purses this season will aggregate $2,000. The trotters owned by the folowing Hammond horsemen, Postmaster Gostlin. John Gavit. Robert Matthias, J. J. Murphy and Tom Swanton will race at the Crown Point meetj ing. The Swanton horse is now in ! training at the local grounds, the othi ers at the Pullman track. Secretary Fred Wheeler has mailed one thousand invitations to former j Lake county residents to attend a reunion at the fair, which is officially designated as a Home Coming. Ac- ! ceptanees have been received from a number of former residents r.ow living 1 in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska and j other western states. The farthest nonj resident w ho will attend is Mrs. Louise W. Murphy of Los Angeles, whose husband, now dead, was a former Crown ! Point banker. The train service last year was unsatisfactory. The Erie passenger offlcials have promised thi year to inI crease the trains, particularly to and j from Hammond, during the fair, in1 eluding night as well as day trains.

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tnj old railroad entering plea in a rate ROUND OP Police Called on to Take Charge of Victims of Wanderlust. THREE ACCOIIED FOR One Joins Horse Trader. One Yearns To Be Cowboy and Another Don't Know Why. An epidemic of "wanderlust" swept over the younger element in and about Hammond yesterday, and the police were kept busy rounding the strayed ones up. The police of Harvey, 111., telephoned to Chief Rimbach yesterday that a 17-year-old boy of that city had left his good home and ran away with a horse trader. The trader was coming towards Hammond and had a string of ponies with him and the police were asked to find the boy. True enough, the trader come into Hammond and there was the venturesome lad sitting astride of one of the bronchos. He was brought to the police station where he gave his name as Roy Dllts, and stated that he was willing to go home as a few day's tour had cured him of the fever. His father later called and took him back to the parental roof. Simply "Went Away. Little 6-year-old George Humboldt wandered away from his home at 36 Plummer avenue yesterday morning, and when he did not return for dinner his parents were extremely worried. The police were notified and at once instituted a search for the boy, and last evening about 5 o'clock he was found playing with some little friends i in another section of the city. Willie Volkman of 21 Doty street wanted to go out west to be a cowboy. He is only 5 years of age, but that did not deter him in his efforts to reach ithe goal of his youthful ambitions. He mistook the direction and wandered out Calumet avenue and finally landed out near Sharpshooters park when he became leg weary and hungry. Mr. Fredericks, who conducts a saloon at that point, found the lad and notified the police. The parents had previously put in a call for the services of the department in a search for the lad, and they were told of his whereabouts. He was taken home by his parents and wil probably stay in the back yard for a day or so. A WANT AD IN The Times Why? Because Results have made the Times the want ad medium of the entire Calumet Region. All want and barter and Exchange ads are classified try one.

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Mr' W t reduction case. Spencer in Omaha World-Herald. Action to Quiet Title "Section 10" Gary, Begins. to THIS LOOKS SIGNIFICANT Other Indications Point to the Supposition That Compromise Has Been Effected. That a settlement of the famous Summerville case, which has affected the title to a part of section 10, located in Gary, has been made is the belief of many of those who have been watching the case with interest since John F. Sawyer made his flying trip to New York and secured a quit claim deed to the property in question. That there is "something doing" is Hp parent from the fact that D. J. Moran who represented Caroline Summerville in her suit against Sawyer, in which slie alleges he got his deed by misrepresentation, is now in New York. A case has been filed in the Lake Superior court, entitled "Summerville vs. George Bacon, Alice P.acon, John Gunzehauser and Fredrick Gwinner, to quiet title to section 10. In addition to this the real estate transfers show that John F. Sawyer has transfered to Caroline Summerville part of the famous section 10. Sawyer in Chicago. John F. Sawyer has been in Chicago on important business and all of these facts indicate that a settlement of some kind has been made. The considera tion for which Mr. Sawyer has transferred part of section 10 to Mrs. Summerville is not known as the transfer states that it was "$1 and other valuable considerations." However, It is thought that a compromise has been effected between all of the parties concerned and that all are now satisfied. Of late it has been the general impression that the Sawyer claim would not amount to much and that if the land company cared to fight the matter they would undoubtedly win out. This may have had something to do with the willingness of Sawyer to settle. The suit and the others that have been started of a similar nature have had a bad effect on the real estate market in Gary, and it is probably the purpose of the land company to get these matters cleared up so that confidence in the titles will restored. iOWEN CRUMPACEEE HAS FALL. i While on his way back from a fish supper at the lake front, Owen Crumpacker had the misfortune to fall and severely Injure both hands. He was running a race with Harry Call on j Forsythe avenue when he tripped and fell. He threw out his hands to save j himself and both of them were torn j and bruised on the macadam pavement. As first Mr. Crumpacker did not j give any Indication of the extent of his j injuries and was onlv later in the evening that the rest ot :he party learned (that the skin had been torn off his J hands in a dozen places.

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Appointment of a Building Commissioner is Decided Upon at Meeting of Council Last Night. LOCAL BUSINESS HER TO DRAFT ORDIflCES

Mayor Becker Will Appoint Committee of Fourteen to Confer on Laws Which Will Form Basis of Operations for New Officers.

The city police force Is to have two additional members. Such was the decision of the city fathers last night. Th.ls was not the only stroke, of business that was transacted at t;;e regular weekly council meeting. The question of providing a oiiilding commissioner was alfo brought up and decided upon, the mao broaching the subject and the aldermen heartily endorsing It. In bringing the matter before them. Mayor Tecker stated that it whs the custom of cities o this size to appoint a man who could keep the city officials in touch with the building operations, so that they might know how fast and how much the city is progressing. An other benefit would come in forcing those who are building to comply with the ornidance relating to the safety and health of the public, living or carrying on business In the immediate vielnty. For the present the holder of the office would be compelled to serve as exofflcio plumbing and electrical Inspector. As the city could not at the present time stand tho expense of hiring a separate Inspector for each branch of this department. The fees which would be charged for this inspection would, in part, help to pay ror the coramiseioner's salary. " J.fnn Danger From Fire. The necessity of establishing an office of this character was clearly brought out in the discussion of the measure which followed. The conetruc-tUMi-of r unsanitary fire-traps ..woald soon be abolished, and with so many mushroom villages springing up on the outskirts, which will In a few years be G OIER JOSEPH

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Body Found Hanging in Rear of 8504 Superior AvenueLast Seen Yesterday Evening Leaves Wife and Child.

South Chicago, July 24. Another suicide was added to the already large record this year in South Chicago, when the body of Joseph Walataka, was found dangling from a rope In a shed at the rear of S50i Superior avenue this morning. Walataka, who is a married man, lives at S516 Superior avenue, and is employed at the Illinois Steel company, in the capacity of carpenter. For some time his friends have noticed that he was continually brooding over some truble, but when he was asked what was the matter he always said, "well nothing, only the same old thing." Just what he meant by the same old thing no one ever learned. Arriving home from his work last night Walataka greeted his wife in his usual manner, and picking up his little girl kissed her several times. Supper was prepared and Walataka acted as thought he was In the best of spirits. After supper Walataka told his wife he was going out to spend a few hours with friends but would return about 11 o'clock. His wife answered with a STILL ANOTHER CASE OF "WANDERLUST" Tliree-Year-Old South Chicago Boy Runs Away From Home. (Special to Lake County Times.) South Chicago, July 24. John Higgins, aged 3 years, strayed away from his home at SS10 Buffalo avenue at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and the entire neighborhood near the Higgins home turned out to assist in the search for the missing boy. He was found at 8 o'clock last night at the Russell Square park where he was lying in the shade of a tree, apparently not In the least worried aabout how he would get home. Fully twenty-five people were In the search, for the missing child and when

In the midst of the city. It la necessary to take action m one1 to prevent undesirable and unsjfe building to ba erected. Such matters as Sa.fe stairways and the providing of fire escape would then be given careful attHilon. The following committee' wa then appointed by the mayor to draw up building ordinances, which must be complied with In the erection of a building In this city under the supervision cf the commissioners. The council will be represented by Mayor lleeker and Alderman Kane, Pascally and Swanton; the Insurance men by K. K. Heck, Floyd Irish and Frank Hammond; the contractors by Pete Mosher. William Ahlbom. W. W. Parker and tieorge Pearson; tho architects by E. E. Hump anJ J. T. Hutton. It is thought that an appropriation will be made for the office of the building com

missioner Immediately after the ordinances have been drawn up, Ilxtra I'ollofiurn Provided. The provision of two additional policemen has been looked forward to for years by the police department and the public in general. Although the funds in the city treasury were found to be low, they realized that thi3 matter could not be delayed longer and was then and there settled. The policemen will bo appointed this evening and will be put on the force at once. After they are installed, a special appropriation will be made by the council for their salaries. This Increases the forco to fourteen men which Is still quite iusufUcieiit to cover all of the .territory, and'ft is to be hoped that a further Increaso will be made In the near future. TROUBLE cheery "all right" and Walataka went out. At 11 o'clock Walataka failed to put In an appearance and his wife became uneasy over the matter. At 12 o'clock he had still failed to come home, so throwing a shawl over her head she went to neighbors where she supposed he was spending the evening, but at each place she visited they had not J seen her husband. After searching torr him until nearly 2 o'clock Phe becamf hysterical and called the police to assist her. The police, however, failed to locate him. This morning when John Biginski went outside to his shed to get his tools he was nearly overcome with fright when he saw the limp body of his friend and feilow countryman, Walataka, dangling from the ceiling with a large rope around his neck. Rushing out of the building he notified the police. The body was removed to Murphy's morgue awaiting the Inquest which wil be held this aHernoon. Walataka was well known throughout Polish circles in South Chicago. one of the members of the searching party found him, his mother nearly smothered the little lal with kisses. When asked why he ran away, he eaid: "Well, mamma, I wanted to see the park." It seems incredible that a little lad of his age could wander away from his home, which is at 8S10 Buffalo avenue, to the park, wrhich is nine blocks away. and escape Injury. TWO DEATHS RECORDED. William Henning of 56S Johnsoi street, died Monday after a long Ill ness of tuberculosis. Mr. Henning had been a resident of Hammond for some time and made many friends. The funeral was hell yesterday and the Interment was at Oak Hill. Mrs. Anna Kilger, a well known resident of Saxony died Monday after a brief Illness. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Father Plaster of Hammond, at 10 o'clock. WEATHKR Sbovier this afternoon and tonight and probably ThuriMiay) alight temperature ehangea.