Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 47, Hammond, Lake County, 12 August 1907 — Page 1

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Dance Hall Crowd Frightened When Harbor Roughs Begin to Shoot.

fill AT HAMMOND 111 Dancers Flee and Miscreants Follow Suit Latter Are Known and Will Be Arrested. Drawing a revolver in the midst of a crowd of men and women, in front of the dance hall of Miller and Huehn, Saturday evening, two Indiana Harbor young fellows nearly created a riot, when they fired recklessly at a Hammond man with whom they had an argument. Linklly no one was hit by the stray bullets, but the dancers fled panic stricken from the scene and took refuge in doorways and stores. After firing the shots, the men, who were sitting in a two seated carriage, whipped up their horse ami escaped before the police arrived on the scene, but their names are known and they will probably lie arrested tonight. Had ii Drop too Much. The men were without doubt under the influence of liquor when they drove up to the dance hall with their vehicle. A Hammond man. said to be John HarIch, Incurred the displeasure of the two would-be desperadoes and after an argument one of the men in the carriage pulled out the weapon and fired two shots at Harich, who ran as soon as he saw the revolver. The bullets went wide of their mark and nearly pinked a group of men and women who were standing outside the door. The crowd fled like a bunch of sheep fit the sound of the gun, and the women screamed and several were on, the verge of fainting. Officer Lamme, stationed at the four corners, heard the shooting and ran to the scene, but the two men saw him coming and, whipping up the horses, escaped. The dance was nearly broken up by the rowdyism, and threats of vengeance were heard among the men against the Indiana Harbor men. Chief Rimbach stated' this morning that the men who were responsible for the shooting were known and that arrests would be made later. DROPS DEAD 115 HE ALIGHTS FROM TRAIN Supposed Thomas Corcoran, Gibson Trainman, Dies of Heart Failure. A man supposed to be Thomas Corcoran, a switch tender on the Chicago, Indiana & Southern road, dropped dead this morning just as he had alighted from the 6 o'clock Lake Shore suburban train. The man arose from his seat in the train apparently in the best of health and had stepped off the train and crossed the second track when suddenly he threw up both hands and fell to the ground unconscious. Passengers ran to his assistance and he was removed to the depot, where medical aid was summoned. By the time the physician had arrived life was extinct, and death is supposed to have been caused by heart failure. Emmerllng's ambulance was called and the body now lies at the morgue awaiting identification. The police accompanied ihe body to the morgue and in searching for some means of identification found a railroad pass on the Chicago, Indiana & Southern, made out to Thomas Corcoran, giving his occupation as that or a switch tender. The man is thought to be employed at the Gibson yards as passengers say he boarded the train there. The dead man is between 45 and 50 years old, light eomplexioned, with white hair, weighs about 150 pounds and is 5 feet S inches in height. TO ESTABLISH BRANCH OFFICE IN HAMMOND. Ernest Hummel of Chicago is negotiating for the purchase of the Jacob Lash and George Lawrence property on Sheffield avenue near Douglas park fcr the purpose of opening up an up-to-date beer garden, and also to erect buildings for establishing a branch office of the I'nited Brewing company of which he is secretary. For some time the United Brewing company has had designs on Hammond, realizing that this city is a good place to establish a branch office and within the next month those who claim to know, say that they will locate an elaborate brarch oilice here, building costing approximately $13,000 will be erected for the Brewing concern and about $2,500 will be expended for the saloon and beer garden. Mr. Hummel is now quite an extensive property holder in Lake county owning property in Gary and several farms in the south end.

The North Hohman Street Bridge in Dangerous Condition.

PEOPLE ARE If PERIL Crowded Car Jumps Tracks and Wheels Sink. Deep Into Planking. Hammond passengers on one of the late Hammond-Sixty-third street cars had a narrow escape from death about 11 o'clock last night, although none of them Were aware of the fact. The the car jumped the track, sinking bridge south of the Simplex plant when the wheels on the right side of the carp jumped the track, sinking through the decayed planks with nothing but a rotten beam holding the car from going Into the Calumet river. The mntorman and conductor worked over half an hour before the car was again placed on the rail which was badly bent, during the delay the passengers remained on the car and none of them knew what a narrow escape they had. After the car had been placed on the track the people were taken on into Hammond about half an hour late. The right track over the Hohman street bridge was not used after the accident last night and a crew of men are repairing the structure today. In taking out some of the planks and beams that support the cars, it was found that the majority of them were rotten, and it Is a wonder that they have held cars as long as they have. Although the right track is being repaired the chances are that the left one Is just as bad as the right side if not worse and the officials should look after repairing this side before there is a loss of life. Even the men who were repairing the hole in the bridge this morning remarked how unsubstantial the structure was. ' ' . On account of the cars being unable to run over the right track, at the Hohman street bridge, cars are being delayed about five minutes on each run. BEATS WOMEN INTO INSENSIBILITY Foreigner Resorts to Force to Collect Bill of Ten Dollars. (Special to Lake Connty Times.) South Chicago, August 12. Paul Stutzki. a foreigner living at 72S Oakley avenue, beat two women into unconsciousness yesterday because he had been unable to collect $5 from them. The women he attacked were Mrs. M. F. Weiler and her mother, Mrs. John Cominsky, living at One Hundred and Eleventh avenue and Lake Calumet. According to the police of the East Side station Stutzki went to the Weller house yesterday afternoon and demanded $10, which he said was due him for work which he had done about the place. Weiler was on the lake in a boat, fishing, and Mrs. Cominsky gave him $3 and told him to return for the remainder when her son-in-law had returned from his fishing trip. Fell Two Women With Flat. Stutzki became angered and struck Mrs. Comlnskl in the face with his fist, felling her.. Mrs. Weiler, who was in another part of the house, heard her mother call for help and ran to her assistance. She was attacked by Stutzki and beaten into insensibility before her husband, who in the meantime had returned from the lake, came to her aid. Weiler then fought with Stutzki, who drew a revolver and fired four shots at him. None of the shots took effect.

but the noise attracted the attention of ; smashed, the body was broken in sevpersons in the neighborhood, who no- eral places and the side boards badly tilled the East Side police. . j bent and broken. It is not known as Assailant Arrested After Chase. j yet whether or not the machinery was A patrol wagon filled with policemen j injured, but it is thought that it will was hurried to the place, and, after a need some repairing, chase, Stutzki was arrested at Or.e !

Hundred and Thirteenth street ar.d Lake Calumet by Sergeant Mulligan and Policeman O'Brien. j Stutzki was taken to the police station and was locked up on a charge of! assault and of carrying concealed weapons. A physician was summoned to attend Mrs. Weiler and her mother, who suffered severe bruises. DE. T. II. FOX LOCATES HERE. The local fraternity of M. D.'s was increased in number by the addition of Dr. L. H. Fox of West Frankfort. III., who has opened offices in the Tapper block and will begin the practice of medicine here. At the city from which he comes Dr. Fox was the surgeon for the Deering Coal company and for the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad company.

Accident Happened Near Nickel Plate Depot Last Night.

ONE IS BADLY HURT John and Antone Deistler, of Chicago, Found Lying Beside Track After Train Passed. Two men were struck by the 8:16 NickelPLue train last night in charge of Conductor Sauess, and one of them was badly Injured. The men, who gave the names of John and Antone Deist ler and address of 22 Washburn ave nue, Chicago, were attempting to catch the train which struck them as they were hurrying to the deDot. The uei&uers are orotners, John being a pattern maker and Antone a teamster. It is said by those who saw them before they were struck that they acted as if they were intoxicated although this cannot be proven. There was no one who actually witnessed the acci dent but it Is thought that they were bound for Chicago and were hurrying to the depot to catch the 8:16 train which they knew to be about due. They apparently failed to hear or see the train as they had been walking directly along the track, and had ample time to get out of the way. They were picked up a few minutes after the train had passed, by members of the section gang, who are quartered in cars along the main track near the depot. Roth men yere lying within two feet of each other and It Is thought improbable for this reason that they had attempted to jump on the train while it was in motion. Antone was badly hurt about the head, a deep gash being cut In his scull half way around his head. Roth were considerably jarred but there is no doubt but what both will recover. Antone was hurt much worse than his brother, John, but both of them were taken to St. Margaret': hospital in Emmerllng's ambulance. It is also the theory of the police, that, the two men were Intoxicated and were unable to get out of the way of the train as it approached. They may have been lying near the track asleep at Jhe time. 010 REPAIRER IN BAD ACCIDENT Employe of McMullen's Garage Injured When Machine Strikes Manhole. A bad automobile accident occurred yesterday afternoon on Calumet avenue, near Conkey avenue, when Henry Burge's machine, driven by an employe of McMullen's garage, ran into a manhole, going, it is said, at the rate of fifty miles an hour. The man was badly hurt and it was necessary to take several stitches in a cut just below his chest. The man, who was known as "Floyd" was employed a couple of months ago at the garage. Yesterday a telephone call came in from the country that W. G. Paxton's automobile had been disabled out in the country and the repairer started out to fix up the machine. He was tearing down the street at a terrific pace, it is said, in the Ford runabout when the front wheel struck a bad manhole and the machine turned entirely over. There were two occupants of the car but the repairer was the only one who was badly hurt. The occupanjs of a passing automobile gave all the assistance possible, putting ice on the man's head and removing him from under a portion of the machine which was weighing him down. The machine was damaged to the extent of about $300. Both lights were LET SEWER CONTRACT. The board of public works met this morning at their regular session' and let the contract for the "West Ogden street sewer. Lavenne Bros, were the successful bidders, getting the contract for $1.55 per foot. Work will be started next week and according to the contract must be completed by the first of December. Nothing else of importance transpired at the session. EA2BI0ND WOMAN DEAD. Mrs. Bertha A. Anderson died at her home, S15 Cameron street, yesterday morning after a siege of tuberculosis. The body was sent to Knox, Ind., today where her parents reside. The funeral services will be held tomorrow at the Knox Methodist church. Mrs. Anderson leaves a husband and three little girls.

AT SARATOGA. First race Sewell, 7 to 5. first: J. C.

Core, 1 to 2, second; Main Chance, 7 to 1, third. Second race Paprika, 10 to 1. first; Mooksie, even, second; Amanda II, 1 to 3, third. Third race Nimbus. 3 to 5, first; Desirious, 2 to 5, second; Keep Moving. 2 to 1, third. Fourth race Dreamer, 8 to 5, first; Rye, 9 to 10, second; Jacobite, 4 to 5, third. AT EMPIRE. First race Corn Cob, 7 to 10, first; New Garter, 7 to 1, second; Lady Sichal, 8 to 5, third. Second race Taunt. 9 to 5, first; Kemp Ridgeley, 5 to 2, second; La Viea, out, third. Third race Polly Trim, even, first; Pretension, 3 to 5, second; Tommy Waddell, out, third. Fourth race Quadrille, 10 to 1, first; Gold Proof, even, second; Haensel, 1 to 4, third. AT FORT ERIE. First race Ben Stelle, 8 to 5, first; Meddlesome Boy, l'to 5, second; C. L. Stone, 4 to 1, third. Second race Abbacy, 6 to 5, first; Lady Elkhorn, 4 to 5, second; Toplofty, 2 to 1, third. Third race Showman, 2 to 1, first; Sallie Sutter, 2 to 1, second; Oleasa, even, third. Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Interurban Plans Monster Plant. lEM MICMG1 CITY Building a Large One Smoke Stack Will Be Two Hundred and Ten Feet High. Michigan City, Ind.. Aug. 12. This city will be the headquarters of the branch of the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend interurban line, that will run from South Bend to Kensington Confirmation of this fact, has been received by the arrival of J. M. Cotton or u illoughby, O., who is the master mechanic of the company and who will take charge of the erection of a num ber of buildings that will be put up during the next six or eight months. The principal building the big power house is now under construe tion. It w-ill be an enduring monu ment of concrete work and steel, ab solutely fire proof and practically in destructible. The building will be 101x164 feet, 55 feet high. The foun da tion, which has been completed, re quired 10,000 cubic yards of concrete. A smokestack 210 feet high, with diameter of 21 feet at the base, is being erected of Brazil tile. The Cleve land Construction company is doing the work, though Michigan City contrac tors have sub-contracts. It is claimed that the cost of the building and equip ment will be $600,000. In addition to the power house the company will erect at the same place, alongside the Lake Erie and Western tracks, a machine shop 100x250 feet, which will cost $50,000. Then there will be a car barn, 100x300 feet, where can be stored 30 cars. Then there will be a paint shop, 45x80 feet, and an oil storage house, 20x25 feet. There will bo a mile of trackage in and around these buildings. Just west of this place will be the general offices of the company. It is declared that the Hanna line through the northern part of LaPorte county is practically an air line and that from South Bend to 12th street Chicago, the company running over leased lines from Kensington into the city, will be nine miles shorter than the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern. It is declared that cars will be in operation between South Bend and Chicago early in 1908. The schedule maintained is expected to be on the basis of two hours and 50 minutes from South Bend to 12th street, Chicago. The run from Michigan City to Chicago will be made in one hour and 45 minutes. Twenty-four cars, including three sleepers, have been ordered and are now being built at Niles. O. A surprise party was given last evening in honor of Edward Horlbach at his home in Harrison avenue. The evening was enjoyably passed with games and music, after which refreshments were served. Those who were guests are: Misses Emma Utesch, Genevieve Sill, Martha Borchart, Mable Berthold. Clara and Kate Sniddle, Nellie Horlbach, Carrie Beiler, Ida Homan and Nellie Hazlitt. Messrs. Ed Langer, Herman Homan, Ira Ward, Ed Barnes, Will Passion, Ed Pinks, Ed Horlbach, Fred Bane, Arthur Utesch and Robert Turley.

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Saloon, Dance Hall, and Cottage, Fall Prey to De-

vouring Flames. FIREIN FIGHT IN VAIN Hydrants Clogged With Mud Make it Impossible for Department to Work With Success. A fire broke out at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the saloon of Jan Mika on Ogden etreet just across the state line in West Hammond. Before the ravages of the flames could be curbed, the en tire two-story building and the adjoining residence had been destroyed with a property loss of over $10,000. The flames were fanned by a high wind and the heat was so Intense that the firemen found great difficulty in getting within working distance of the fire. The origin of the blaze is thought to have been in the cottage adjoining the saloon and dance hall and the flames had spread to the saloon before the arrival of either the Hammond or West Hammond fire department. The fire department had great dif ficulty in getting water, all of the hydrants being filled with mud. Be fore the force of the water was strong enough to reach to the second story the whole building was doomed The roof and second story soon fell in with a crash and the fire laddies then confined their efforts to saving to the surrounding buildings. Bucket brigades, brooms and garden hose were used In an effort to prevent the spreading of the flames. The fire embers flew In every direction, and it was only by the hardest effort that the whole section of the village was not destroyed. The fire was spectacular to say the least. The clouds of smoke and great pillars of flame attracted thousands from both sides of the state line. At the time of going to press the Mika saloon and dance hall, together with the residence next door, had been burned to the ground, but everything else was well under control.- -.-. TIGS ASSAULT MAN HEAR VIE HOUSE Three Men Jump From the Bushes and Give Pedestrian a Beating. While walking from Haehnek grove to the Wolf Lake club house, yesterday afternoon, Thomas Gray was set upon by three unknown thugs and badly beaten up. Gray was walking along and when about to cross the Chicago Junction tracks the three unknown men jumped out from the weeds on one side of the road, and before he could get away he was knocked down and beaten into an unconscious state. William Thompson, who lives near the scene of the assault, in passing saw the man lying to one side of the road apparently dead, picking him up he was taken to the Thompson home where after about half an hour he regained consciousness. Emmerling's ambulance was called, but by this time friends of the assaulted man had arrived and were taking care of him. The police accompanied the ambulance and Gray gave them the name of Frank Biegel, but his friends who were caring for him said his name was Thomas Gray. No clue has been found to Gray's as sailants. Gray is said to live in South Chicago. EGRO STABS GARY lift IN THE EYE J. J. Farrell, While Trying to Quiet Unruly Black, Receives Injury. Gary, Ind., Aug. 12. J. J. Farrell better known to most of us as "Jack" Farrell, was the victim of an assault Sunday morning that proved more serious than at first supposed. While trying to quiet a negro by the name of Tyler who was abusing some of the men in his place. Tyler drew a knife and made a pass at Farrell, jabbing the knife directly into his right eye. The knife pierced the ball of the eye putting it out completely, making no other wound, however. Dr. Walsh was called immediatetly and dressed the wound and sent Farrell into Chicago to the Mercy hospital. It is feared that complications may set in endangering the other eye. Tyler tried to get away, but was caught by Sergeant Catey shortly after he left Farrell' s place and is being held awaiting his preliminary hearing. Farrell swore out a warrant for him before

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E AGAIN! TIES PARTY Jamestown Sightseers Back After Time of Their Lives. ACCOUNT OF THE TRIP Consecutive Record of Places Visited Gleaned From Grace Bell's Diary. Travel stained and a bit tired after their ten days wonderous tour, the Lake County Times party arrived in Hammond shortly after 6 o'clock last evening, glad to see their relatives and friends, bubbling over with enthusiasm. ready to tell of all they had seen and heard, and thankful to the Lake County Times for a trip that was to them the best time of their lives." The hand some private car, the "Holyrood" was dlsattached from the regular train on the Big Four at Kensington and the last few miles to Hammond wrere traversed by special train. At the station hundreds of the relatives and friends of the girls were waiting to welcome them home and em braces and handshaking took up many minutes after the arrival of the train. And the best part of the whole affair was the fact that the girls one and all were in the best of health and from the start to the finish, outside of a little weariness, suffered not a bit from the strenuous sightseeing. Coald Tiot Keep Diaries. So fast did events crowd themselves Into the hours of the trip, that many of the girls did not have time to chroni cle the events as they took place, but luckily Miss Grace Bell, the charming daughter of the chaperon of the trip Mrs. B. L. P. Bell, was thoughtful enough to keep a complete diary of the trip, and she willingly shared it with the other girls. From the book of young Miss Bell the following was com piled, telling a complete story of the delights of the visits in each city. "After the start from Hammond the party went through Michigan City Battle Creek and arrived in Detroit at 10:30 p. m. At that point a ferry was taken to Windsor and at midnight the party retired to their sleepers to awake the next morning at o a. m., eastern time, and at 6:25 caught their first glimpse of the falls. Breakfast was enjoyed at the Imperial hotel and a visit was then made to the "Home of Shred- j ded Wheat" at Niagara Falls. The party was taken in charge by Major Butler of the mills, and shown through the different rooms and the intricate ma chinery and works were explained. The cleanlness and dispatch Interested the girls and they were desciples of the food thenceforth. Mrs. Dwelle then provided a dainty little lunch and the girls signed the big register compiled by Mrs. Van Shuler. Off to See Falls. "The party then took busses for the Goat Island, and visited the winding stairs, the Three Sisters Islands and other points of interest- In the after noon they put on rubber suits and went 200 feet under the falls. In the evening they went to Buffalo by trolley and dined at the Iroquois. At this point the private car was brought along and during the night the trip to Albany was made. In the morning the party boarded the boat on the Hudson river and the day's sail was one of the delights of the trip. They arived in New York In the evening and put up at the Waldorf

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