Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 167, Hammond, Lake County, 29 April 1908 — Page 1

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WEATHER. Generally fair tonight and Thursday, except probably bowers south. HAMMOND, INDIANA v WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1908IVOL. n. NO. 167. ONE CENT PER COPY.

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pa Miss Elsie Heineman, Who Stood in Door of Jewelry Store During Diamond Robbery, Describes Light ning Actions of Thief. POLICE FAIL TO 111IIFY SUSPECT Jeweler McGarry Offers v Caustic Criticism of Police and Offers Re ward of $200 for Capture of. Thief . Authorities Do Not Believe That He Will Be Captured. Developments In Robbery. ... Police return from Chicago where they fail to Identify anapect caught in dragnet. - Jeweler McGarry floods the adjoining states with minute scriptlon of missing gems and offers f 200 reward. Miss Elsie Heineman of Ham- ' mond, who saw robbery, elves graphic description of operatlons of diamond thief. Victim of robbery criticises the police, and denies that he was warned by the authorities. v Miss Elsie Heineman is the heroine of the great diamond robbery In which the, Jewelry firm of Eastar & McGarry wersrobbedr of; 13,000 -worth "of Jewels ina most spectacular manner.. Miss Heineman stood in the' doorwayof the Jewelry store i.when the'burglar stepped . up " and appeared to . be - Interested in the display in the window. Miss Heineman tells the story best herself. 4 I did not notice the man closely for the reason that he was too close to me. In fact, I do not believe I could rdescribe him or even recognize him if I were to see him again." "My attention was attracted by a sudden movement on his part. Befora I knew what had happened, he had drawn a revolver. I thought, he fired it through the window, but I afterwards found that he simply held the revolver in his hand and threw a brick through the window." t "I am convinced that he was determined tohoot the first person who 'attempted to lay hands on him, for he held that awful looking gun In his hands all of the time." "As soon as the sound of falling glass had ceased, I saw him reach his hand through the hole in the window and grab the tray of rings. The last 1 saw of him was disappearing around the corner with several men after him." "I was so frightened that I did not move an inch from where I stood during the whole time. I was fixed to the spot and could no more have moved than I could have flown." "When it was all over I started for home. I live way out at the end of. Plummer avenue and it seemed to me that there was some one following me all of the way." "It was about half past nine in the evening and the night was dark. The farther I got from the lighted streets of the business portion of the city, the more frightened I became." "I could not get the idea out of my head that that man was following me. By the time I reached home I was trembling with fright and could not speak. I hammered on the door as though I was trying to break it down. . It seemed an age before I finally heard mother coming to open the door." "When I got inside I sat down in a chair exhausted. It was some time before I could speak. The folks could not understand why I was so frightened until finally I got myself together again and told them the story." "All night the sight of that desperate looking man with a gun in his hands and -with that tray of diamonds came before my eyes as I lay in bed and I doubt if I will ever go out alone again after dark." Miss Heineman is an attractive little miss about 18 years of age, and now thinks her experience at the right hand of a burglar who was busily engaged at his trade, is a most unusual one. The developments in the aftermath of the case have been few. Captain Bunde, Jeweler McGarry, Messrs. Malq and Smith returned last night from Chicago where they tried to connect the dragnet suspect with the diamond robbery. This was impossible for them to do, ai the fellow at Central in Chi- , cago didn't look anything like the man wanted. Jewerel McGarry has sent out printed circulars to every police station in the surrounding states together with an accurate description of every gem stolen. Mr. McGarry is severe in his Continued on page 6,

GOMES ACROSS SEAS

TO WED HER LADDIE Scotch Lassie This After noon Becomes the Bride of Henry Weir. CMINATES HAPPYROPilANCE Wedding Is to Have the Savor of the Land of the Thistle and the Heather. "I.Ike dew on the gowan lying Is the fa' of her fairy feet And like winds in summer sighing Her voice is low nnd sweet, Her voice is low and sweet And she's a' the world to me And for.bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me down and dee." From the land of the thistle and the heather comes a comely -.innie Laurie to wed her Hammond laddie. A typical Scotch wedding will take place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs Colville, 357 South Hohman street, this afternoon and will be the culmination of one of the prettiest romances that has ever had its beginning on one side of the broad Atlantic and its end In Lake county. Tonight Rev. J. Eugene Snook will unite in marriage Mr. Henry Weir of the Fitzhugh Luther company, and Missi Margaret Miller. Mr. Weir has been in Hammond for some time but Miss Miller has just finished about a strenuous trip. Three weeks ago she received the letter in which she was asked to come to Hammond In Indiana, U. S. A., all the way from a little town on the out skirts of Glasgow, Scotland. Two .weeks ago she took the boat for America with her final -destination that city on the tip end of the inland, sea of America. Last Sunday she arrived in New York and by Monday night she was safe In Chicago. Got License Yesterday. " Yesterday she and Mr. -Weir went to Crown Point and secured the necessary licenses and today they are to be married. It is all so romantic and so unusual to send for a wife and have her come all the - way from the hills of Scotland to plain ordinary." Hammond to be marr'ed that all of the friends of the happy couple are interested. : It was . a happy meeting " yesterday after all of those long years of separa tion and It will' be a happy wddlng to night . which wi.U be the culmination of. such a pretty romance.""""" ' The wedding will be as Scotch as It Is possible to make it in Indiana as will be the celebration afterwards and If Mr. Weir can not go to Scotland he can at least bring a bonnie part of Scotland to him. WILL PE1E HOLD OVER? New Board of Public Works Will Start Work Friday. "The new board of public works takes hold of the city's business next Friday," is the statement made by the two democratic board members made this mornning at their regular meeting. "Who will be the republican member on the board?" the three members were asked and each one said that . they did not know. It was generally understood today that Peter Davis, the republican member, would retain his seat for a time longer, but he himself said that he did not know whether this were true or not. At any rate there was enough new business left over today to give the new board a good start to get busy. A resolution was passed ' asking for bids on the Truman avenue sewer by May 15. The Forsythe avenue sewer contract has been taken under advisement until May 6. The deed of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schrage to the city of Hammond for the opening of certain streets was accepted. May 15 was set as the date to hear remonstrances on the resolutlo'n for the pavement of State street, section B, and the Benedict avenue sewer improvement. The bond of William Klelhege for the contract of laying three-quarter inch lead pipe in Michigan avenue was accepted. PORTZ DAMAGE CASE WILL BE HEARD MONDAY The case In which Harry Portz of this city is suing Robert Law of Chicago for $10,000 for injuries received while employed in his printing plant in Chicago will come up before Judge Brentano Monday morning. The case has ben set for trial on several occasions but each time it was continued until the- plaintiffs feared that it would never have a hearing. Mr. Portz suffered injuries to his right hand which was smashed by an embossing machine and as a result lost three of his fingers and practically the use of the hand. His attorneys believe he has a good case" and his friends here are very much interested in the outcome "of it '": -

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HAMMOND American Safety Envelope Company is Fully i Incorporated. CAPITALIZED AT 20,000' BUCKS' Messrs. O'Toole, Connelly and Brown Believe Enormous Profits Are Forthcoming. Three wide-awake Hammond young men who have already won a reputation for enterprise and business ability far beyond their years, have received papers from Indianapolis telling thew that Secretary of State Fred Sims has granted them articles of Incorporation for the American Safety Envelope company of Hammond, Indiana. The capital stock of the company is $20,000 and stock at $10 a share is being rapidly disposed of. The officials of the company are as follows: President E. F. O'Toole. Vice President and Manager F. W. Brown. Teasurer and Secretary N. D. Connelly. The board of directors is composed of the following: F. R. Brown. Judge W. W. McMahon. H. J. Kennedy. E. F. O'Toole. N. D. Connelly. The American Safety Envelope com pany, which is the result of the inven tion brought out and patented by Messrs. O'Toole, Conneily and Brown, will be manufactured and put on the market in a short time. The gentlemen report that there is still a chance to subscribe for the stock issue at . the quoted price. They believe that there is a splendid chance for many people seeking a good investment to get in on the ground floor and reap enormous dividends. The company expects to do business right, from the jump. DENIES SUiCUIDE STORY Friends of Former Hammond Man Say He Was ; - Asphyxiated. 7 1 The following letter was received from Mrs. J. F. Williams, a sister-in-law of the late C. B. McNeil, who died from asphyxiation at a rooming place on Vincennes avenue in Chicago. Mrs. Williams denies that Mr. McNeil committed suicide. The Times' first story was to the effect that it was reported that he had committed suicide. The second story was secured from the coroner's office in Chicago. The coroner's verdict was that Mr. McNeil came to his death by asphyxiation by gas. No report was made as to whether the death was by accident or resulted from suicide, and the coroner said at the time that this fact had not been determined and probably never would be. The letter follows: "To The Times: Owing to the many versions printed in regard to Mr. C. B. McNeil's death, I beg to state the only and true version and I wish you would kindly print it in your next issue. "The coroner found that Mr. McNeil's death was accidental and not suicidal, as previously reported. The funeral took place Sunday morning at 10:30 from Mr. Russ' undertaking parlors, S525 Vincennes avenue, in Chicago. Services were held by the Rev. Block of the Episcopal church and Rev. Richardson of Mrs. Clark's mission. "Mr. McNeil was interred at Mt. Greenwood cemetery and the funeral was strictly private, and we kindly ask the public to let Mr. Mclseil rest in peace. The two daughters. Miss Marie and Miss lone McNeil, -who came here to attend the funeral will return to school at Milwaukee the latter part of the week. "Respectfully, "MRS. J. F. WILLIAMS." POLICE ARE SEEKING MISSING YOUNG WOMAN. Hammond Officers In Search for Marie MillMirn of Lawndale. Marie's parents haven't the slightest idea where this cool April day finds her, but they have an inkling that she Is in Hammond. They so notified the police department of this city this morning and the patrolmen are on the lookout for Miss Milburn. She is from Lawndale and her father is in the grocery business there. The young woman left her hme yesterday and has ot been heard of since. 25 SALVATIONISTS ARRESTED. South Bend, Ind., April 28. (Special) The Salvation army of South Bend twenty-five men and women, were arrested tonight under orders from the chief of police on the charge that it was a public nuisance. The army has been warned to keep off the street, but defied the officers. The men were locked up, but the women were released until tomorrow.

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HARD1MG WINS PRIZE

Hammond Man Supplies Correct List of Missing Words. O. W. Harding, 230 Ann street, Ham mond, was the first person to correctly supply the missing words in yesterday's contest and consequently is awarded the price of $2 given by The Times for his efforts. Another correct answer was sent in by Earl Coash, 403 Pine street, but unfortunately for Mr. CoiU his letter did not arrive m time to beat out Mr. Harding. These two were the only ones who supplied the full list correctly. The following is a correct list of the missing words i South Shore Gas "Inconvenient.' J. J. Ruff "Range." Indiana Harbor Electric Co "Either." A new list appears in today's Issue and there is one dollar for the person who correctly supplies the missing words. S 1G Of! AIRS West Hammond Will Soon Have a Business Men's Club. The business men of West Hammond have taken the first steps towards the organization of the West Hammond Business Men's association. A docu ment, signed by a large number of the most substantial citizens of the village, and which will be signed by many others, is now being circulated. The purpose of the organization is to protect the interests of the city against all influences which tend to ca.it re flections on the reputation of that com munity. It will go further than that; it will use its influence to prevent any disgrace such as the old "red light? district, which in the past gave the village a bad reputation, over the length and breadth of the land. It will also be the purpose of the or ganlzation to act as a Municipal Voters' League and when, a trustee of-a city official of any kind does not do his autv. or lays himself open-to suspicion. his case will be attended to and his defeat at future elections will be sared. ;',,:, - . r , . asj. The association will also be of a civic nature and the business men will be leagued together for- the purpose of making West Hammond a garden spot and an attractive place in which to live. Just as Hammond aspires to be the residence city of the Calumet region in Indiana so does West Hammond aspire to be the residence city of the Calumet region in Illinois and It is confidently expected In the future that the better element of the population in both Hegewisch and Burnham will life in West Hammond. it is tne influence of the prospective members of the Business Men's asso ciation that is working for the defeat of the franchise grabbers and it is safe to say that if the organization had been periected betore it would not have possible for the Chicago and Interurban company to come as near getting franchise as they have. WILL GO TO OKLAHOMA Hammond Young Men Will Engage in Business For Themselves. F. O. Wood, who has been employed as a pharmacist at Bicknel's drug store and Fred Waring, who is employed at Minas store, will leave this city may 18 ior Mountain Park, Okla., where they will go into the granite quarrying bus! ness with John Maus, Fred Waring's brother-in-law. They will both be in the sales de partment and it is understood will be interested in the business. The granite quarries at this place are said to be ex ceptionally productive and a high grade of granite is taken out. The Hammond young men look upon this as an exceptional opportunity and it Is for this reason only that they are willing to leave their friends and posi nons in mis city ior practically a new country- - Wood will spend a week at his home in Albany, Ind., and will return to Ham mond before he goes west. Mr. Bick nell has not yet hired a clerk to take the place of Mr. Wood who has proven very popular with his patrons. USE SPECTER FINDS P0GKETB00K; WANTS OWNER Mose Specter is lucky, and more than that, he is honest. He found a pocket book in Hammond today and although it contained some money and othe tMngs of value he at once notified th Lake County Times and asked that th owner be located. In the classified ads In this paper will be found Mr. Specter's notice and doubtless some one will be pleased to learn through the columns of this paper that the lost property has been found.

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REFUSE TO PASS THE FRANCHISE

Sensation Created in age by Handbill Appeals. VillATTY. MEYER - PRESENT THERE Trustees Will Consider South Bend Proposition Early in the Next Month. The members of the board of, trustees of West Hammond today at two o'clock positively refused by a unanimous vote to pass the franchise of the Chicago nd Interurban company and after hearing from Attorney F. J. Lewis Meyer regarding what his company would do for the village they have agreed to consider a franchise for the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend electric railway company at some date n the near future. A sensation was created In the vil lage and later in the council chamber by certain . bills that were passed around the .town this morning and which called upon the citizens of the village to go to the village hall and protest against the passage of the fran chise. No one seems to know who was re sponsible for the printing of the bills and it is the general opinion that in consideration of the fact that the villarge trustees have acted honestly in this matter and have not attempted to railroad the measure through that the bills were a great Injustice to them. The bills read: "Help! help! help us protect West Hammond against a street car franchise which' asks everything and gives nothing. This afternoon at one o'clock your rights may be sold for 50 years. - Come and protect your interests. Village hall, one o'clock." The effect of the placarding of the city in this manner was to get out one of the largest crowds that has ever crowded into the village hall and if it had not been for the unjust at tacks that were made on trustees who have been conscientiously trying to do their duty the interest they aroused would have been commenable. : As soon as the meeting was called to order Attorney F. J. Lewis Meyer was called upon to tell the .board .what he expected to do. He gave the "West Hammond board more facts about, his line in ten minutes than they have heard in weeks and after he had com pleted his explanation of his plans there was not a trustee" who was not in favor of giving his company a chance. There was some discussion between one of the members and Mr. Meyer and the motion was made and unanimously passed that the Chicago and Interurban company s irancnise De aroppea. HAMMOND WOMAN WILL SPEAK AT CRAWFORDSVLLLE. Mrs. D. M. Wood Scheduled as One of the Speakers at the Woman's Home Missionary Convention. Mrs. D. M. Wood of Hammond, Is scheduled as one of the speakers at the convention of the Woman's Home Missionary society which is to be held in Crawfordsville, May 7 and 8. The convention is to be held at the First Methodist church and a large crowd will be in attendance. The other speakers will be: Rev. Ernest Dalley Smith, pastor of the First M. E. church Mrs. Margaret Mahorney, Crawfords ville; Mrs. E. E. Jones, Indianapolis; Mrs. Elder, of Boaz, Ariz.; Mrs. J. S. Daugherty, Thorntown; Miss Clara Bush, Lebanon; Mrs. C. B. Stanforth, Darlington; Mrs. Hattle Kenny, In dianapolis; Dr. Anna McGraw, Thorn town, and Mrs. W. F. Sharp, Crawfords ville. DON'T DRIVE ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS Because Apellate Court Says You Can't Recover Damages. That a traveler who sees and hears a locomotive approaching just as he is ready to drive upon a railroad track at a crossing and whips up to get across ahead of the train with no other excuse except his sudden fright and bewilderment, cannot recover from the railroad company for resulting injuries, is the effect of a decision by the appellate court today. A judgment for $2,500 recovered by Mrs. Lucy Abeghusband was reversed. The complaint charged that by reason of the engineer's failure to sound his whistle Abeggin did not know the train was coming until his horses were within two feet of the track and when he whipped his horses to drive across, the train struck him. POLICE OFFICER ARRESTS GOAT LAST NIGHT. West Hammond Billy Has a Strenuous Time in Hammond. To add to the excitement at the local police station during the past twentyfour hours, Officer Frank arrested a West Hammond goat which was abutting on this side of the state line. The records at the police station state that there was a warrant out for Mr. William Goat. The brave officer, who pitched the billy, is said to have had considerable trouble in landing him, but having sworn to do his duty, and show that he was no goat, he had no other recourse.

RELIGIOUS FANATIC DIESJICO. SEA! Jesus C. God, Self-Styled, Passes Away With Mystery Unsolved;

WELL IN HAMMOND Forcibly Ejected from First Methodist Church When He Caused Panic, Hnndreds of Hammond people trill remember the aged umbrella mender and religions fanatle who passed under the name of Jesus C. God and created terror and consternation In both the Methodist and Presbyterian churches In this city by his strange actions. There was buried at Crown Point to day an aged man who went by the nome of God at the county seat and who answers the description fo the fanatic missed from his haunts in this city for several months. WTith neither kith nor kin nor friend to comfort him In his last moments; with no one to follow his remains to their last resting place in the Crown Point cemetery, the mysterious decluse died as he had lived and took his. se cret away with him to his lonely grave. God died at the Penny boarding house at the county seat yesterday. He came to Crown Point about two weeks ago and did odd jobs of umbrella mending until last Tuesday when sickness took him to what proved to be his death bed. Dr. Farley was called in to give him medical aid, but the recluse refused to take it. "I want to die," he muttered sententlously. All efforts to learn his past were In vain and he would talk of nothing else but religion and that incoherently. No letters or papers were found on his person ana in an inside pocket was $57 which was used in burying him. From his description and traits it is believed that God, as he called himself, is the same man who appeared at intervals in Hammond. He created several scenes In churches and was forcibly ejected at one time from the M. E. church. It was quite evident that religious . frenzy had turned his mind. He stopped now and anon at the different hotels and signed his name on the register as Jesus Christ. God. , The poor old unfortunate always wore a rose In., the, lapel of his coat and, how he was able to get them in the winter no one could fathom. As' late as two months ago, when he appeared here for the last time, he created. a scene In the First Presbyterian church and frightened ladies and children very much. He was a man about 65 years of age and of German extraction. BREST WRONG Two Youths Who Answer Description of Thieves Are Released. The Hammond police received Information yesterday from the police of Fort Wayne that two youths of about eighteen years each, who had stolen a quantity of watches and jewelry from business men in Fort Wayne were on their way toward Hammond aboard of the Nickel Plate train No. 162. The Fort Wayne authorities requested the Hammond police to watch out for the boys and arrest them if possible. Accordingly Captain Austgen, Chief Rlmbach and Officers Shine and Bull started out for Hobart where they intercepted the train and found aboard two youths who greatly resembled the young men described by the Fort Wayne police. They arrested a pair, the latter protesting their innocense all the time, and searched them. The beys gave their names as George Leonard and Lagorne Guerin. They were found to have nothing on their persons which would correspond to the articles said to have been stolen and after communicating with the Fort Wayne police who wired back that they did not believe the Hammond police had gotten the right men, the prisoners were let go. WILL LECTURE IN HQtiD TOFiBROW S. A. Thompson, "Deep Water Thompson" as he is known in the newspapers, Field Secretary of the National National Rivers and Harbors Congress, will lecture tomorrow evening in Weis hall, on "National Waterway Development." He gives a lecture to the business men at Indiana Harbor this evening. Mr. Thompson will undoubtedly prove to be an interesting speaker as he has been connected with the national waterway movement for. years. A Hoosier by birth, he has lived many yeras in Duluth, where he was the principal owner of the Dally News there and later secretary of the Chambers of Commerce. For a quarter of a century he has made deep waterways his object of study, until today he ranks among the foremost authorities. Since the waterway developments are of vital importance to Hammond, Mr. Thompson will undoubtedly . . have a large and Interested audience tomorrow night.

Sensational Climax of Pars-, couta Proceedings in LakQ Superior Court Last Evening When Temporary Restraining Order is Granted REV. PARSCOUTi MUST GET OUT Closing Court Proceedings in Five Years' Legal Eattle Is Marked By Dramatic Scene When Whiting Priest Caustically Denounces Philadelphia Bishop. "The bishop Is a greenhorn, he is a fool. Yen, I mean what I say and the fellow that he has sent in my place docs not know where north or south is. I will of conrse appeal the case, for I have not had a fair trial according to the rules of the Greek Catholic chuxch." So said the Rev. John Parccouta of St. Mary's Green Catholic church of Whiting yesterday afternoon to a Times reporter after Judge Relter had issued temporary restraining orders against the priest, who by order of Bishop S. S. Ortlnski of Philadelphia, is dismissed from. the parish.. The priest says he, will' appeals l(The case went to trial yesterday morning and just as the courthouse clock struck 4 Judge Reiter was saying that the temporary restraining order was granted. ' In the courtroom the priest took, his defeat gracefully and the parish, which was there In a body, filed out of the room quietly, but once outside there were congratulations pn all sides and expressions of satisfaction. Outside of the courtroom Rev. Parscouta gave vent to his feelings to a Times reporter who asked him what he intended to do now that his commission had been taken away from him. ' Whether the ruling of Judge Relter yesterday ends the "squabble" In tha Greek Catholic church is only a question, judging from past experiences in the congregation. The fight has been going on for five years, having been at times brought into the justice and circuit courts. Everybody admits that the little priest is a game little fighter and that while he speaks the United States language brokenly, is the equal of any one for intelligence and mentality. He was a live wire in tha courtroom yesterday and answered. h!3 questions in a way that left no loophole for any of the attorneys. Tha eyes of the congregation were continually on one pf the two priests, watching their expressions and reading front them how thetrial was going. Opposite the Rev. Parscouta sat the Rev. Valentine Balog. the newly' appointed priest. Although his predecessor had said of him that he did not know whera either north or south were, he did not look the part. He was dignified and priestly in appearance. Judge Reiter in granting the temporary restraining order said that it Is a well known fact that courts cannot Interfere in church troubles, but that they can only assist In keeping order. So Rev. Parscouta is ousted from the parish. The trouble In the Greek Catholio church started about five years ago when the question arose about the proper church from which a certain woman who had been accidentally killed, should be buried. Should she be buried as a Roman Catholic or a Greek Catholic? was the question. It developed that while she

belonged to the Greek Catholic Womn's society of Whiting, she was buried in the Roman Catholic church. Having belonged to the Woman's society in the Gretk Catholic church sha was entitled to $GO0 death benefit. Rev. Parscouta presented an expense account of $50 to the society which ha claimed was due him for the Greek Catholic burial ritual, according to which this woman should have been buried. The case was taken to the circuit court and from there to the appellate court, the decision being In each case against P.irpcouta. The society instead of paying Father Parscouta $50, gave $600 to the husband of the deceased woman, which the Rev. Parscouta offered to turn over to tha court for payment of the husband. Before turning the check over he, however, raised it to $690, the $90 being added to pay the court costs. . The motive of Father Parscouta was never questioned in the courts, especially since the money was not for him. Ha (Continued on paa:e three.)