Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 33, Hammond, Lake County, 27 July 1908 — Page 1

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Partly cloudy today and slightly pooler by night. Tuesday fair, winds becoming; variable. vONE CENT PER COPY. , VOL. III. NO. 33.HAMMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1908.

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LONG CHftSE Purse Snatcher Caught in Dragnet Thrown Out by Hammond and Whiting Police Last Nieht and! Will be Tried Today. IS HIS VICTIM John Toma, of Hegewisch, Confesses! to His Misdeeds and May Be the Bicycle Thief That the Hammond Police Department Have Sought for Some Time. (Special to The Times). Whiting, Ind., July 27. A chase for a purse snatcher which covered over two and a half miles and was engaged in by a number of citizens and police from both the Whiting and Hammond police departments, resulted in the capture by Officer August Hohman of John Toma, alias John Helberda, of Hegewisch. Saturday, Miss Turnquist, who lives on Kenwater avenue in Chicago, arrived in Whiting at 9:11 on the Lake .Shore railroad to visit her brother, Charles Turnqulst, who resides at 33 avenue. Roberts j When she was in front of the Hucz-i kowski building on One Hundred and Nineteenth street, a man snatched her pocktbook, containing her purse and 9.80, a silver watch and a gold chain. It happened that there were a number of people: in the vicinity and when Miss Tur-nquist screamed they at once started after the fast disappearing thief. Officer Seen the C'hnwe. It happened that Officer Vacha. one of the Whiting policemen, happened to! lie in the neighborhood and when he I saw the crowd in full chase after the thief he too, started after the shadowy form which was setting such a rapid pace ahead of them. j The thief took a westerly direction and soon crossed the corporate line be-I tween Whiting and Hammond. It also ' hapened that Officer Homan was in the neighborhood and when he saw the Whiting officer in full pursuit he took up the second relay, and although he weighs 200 pounds, he gave the thief n hot chase. The thief ran down One Hundred and Nineteenth street and Officer Hohman was just close enough io see him turn down Sheffield avenue and run in a southerly direction. FIiiki " Street (nr. Just at this time Officer Homan saw j a street car coming along and he flag- j ged it and got on the front end. This j gave him a chance to rest and it gave 1 him the advantage over the fugitive. It was not long before the electric headlight searched out the form of the thief, who was still running as fast as he could. The car caught up with the man and then stepped. When the fugitive saw that there was an officer on the front end of the car heturned off from the road, and although there was a deep ditch on either side, ho waded through the water and mads for Haehnel's grove, which was not far away. Officer Hohman was not to be stumped, and he went into the water after his man. He was a great deal fresher and it was rot long before the fellow had been run down and was placed under arrest Had Thrown Purnf Away, When the Prisoner was searched it was found that the purse and the watch v.eie missing. A search revealed the fact that the thief had thrown I the watch away shortly after he saw I the officer would capture him, and it was found later on by Officer Homan. The gold chain and the purse were not recovered, however, and a search will be made of the vicinity of the capture today. Homan took his prisoner to Waiting where he turned him over to th pol'ce. After sweat ing him for some time he gave his name as Alfred Gabler. Later he confessed that Gabler was the name of the man with whom he boarded and that his real name was John Holbreda. After further questioning he finally admitted that his name was John Toma and that he lived In Hegewisch. Toma Is only about 17 or 18 years and later in the evening he admitted that he had stolen two bicycles. One was a Racycle which was "the property of J. If Tatterson of 108 West State sf.cet and was stolen from in front of Aiigu' t Myer's place In that village. Will Be Tried Today. The other was a Banner bicycle which was stolen in East Chicago about a month ago. A Whiting boy called at the police station and Identified Toma as the young man he had seen three or four days ago with a nickel

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SINGERS HAVING A6MND TIME Hammond Men at LaCrosse, Wis., Send Home Glowing Reports of Fest.

1.800 VOICES ARE BLENDED Nothing Like Present Affair Ever Heard Before In the Northwest States. Judging from reports that are reaching Hammond about the big singing fest at I.aCrosse, which is attended by a good delegation, the Hammond members are having a good time and the pinging is a big success. The I.aCrosse Daily Chronicle, speaking of the event, says: "Probably no chorus in the history of the Saengerbund of the Northwest has been more thoroughly drilled. "Under the able direction of Theodore Kelbe of Milwaukee the 1800 voices I harmonize like a church choir. One would hardly believe there are hundreds of bass singers and hundreds of tenor voices so well do they sing together. Well Drilled thorn. "That the chorus is exceptionally well drilled is shown the moment the dire. -tor cives the signal to rise. With all eyes on their leader every singer, j as if were but a few persons. I "LaCrosse has had musical events of all descriptions but never in its history has it h saengerfast. d anything to equal the Last evening the grand its appearance for the first chorus mad time. singing four selections, two of which were with orchestra lecompaniment. The songs rendered were all of high order but the closing number on the program Trior dcr Zigeuner" by Verdi, bett rer known as the 'Anvil Chorus,' was the crowning feature of the evening. With full orchestra accompani ment and the immense chorus singing with full power the mammoth building fairly trembled and cheer after cheer went up after the program had been concluded to show that the audience appreciated the efforts of the singers. 111(1 Picnic Snndny. "The big saengerfast came to a close "The big saengerfast came to a close 'yesterday with a picnic at the fair j 'grounds. The singers gathered at tho I auditorium at 12 o clock and mareneu t to the fair grounds. The several socities were quartered under tents at : the grounds and a general jollification took place. "At 9 o'clock in the morning the business meeting of the saengerbund was held at Germania. hall when officers were elected and the next saengerfest selected plated bicycle and who tried to sell a watch and several rings. This evidence leads the police to be- I lieve that they have captured one of a hand of voting desperadoes who have been engaged in petty thievery and j have been responsible for much of the small criminality which has been going on around here lately. The young man will be tried before i Mayor Fred Smith of hiting this morning. ARBAIGISJAO SALOONS Judge McMahan Attributes Sobriety to Fact That Men Haven't Money. Today is a Monday without a drunk. There was not a case to be tried in the court of City Judge W. W. McMahon and to tell the truth there has not been a period in the history of the city during which the local police court has been so quiet. "It is all because the men have not money enough to buy beer, said Judge Mahon this morning. "This makes it all the more apparent to me that the saloons are the cause of nine-tenths of the crime which is called to my attention. Vicious Saloon Make Tremble. "It is the vicious saloon that makes all of the trouble and in my opinion it would be better if they were all out of business and we had prohibition. "During the good times when the Standard Steel Car company was running full blast there was a great increase in crime which I attribute to drunks and there was a great increase in crime, which I attribute to the fact that the men have more money to spend In the saloons." CARRIES OFF HONORS AT THE SHOOT. Henry Direcks carried off first honors yesterday at the Sharpshooters' club shoot yesterday afternoon. Direcks shot a 95 out of a possible 150. C. F. Cowgill, who is making a strong bid for the gold medal at the end of the season, won second yesterday. The third and fourth medals went to August Schreiber and Gus Muenich respectively. The club had a good attendance and with the exception of the dust the shooting was splendid

Mr. Monroe Doctrine: "Come away, , JUDGE SAYS JOSIE WASN'T BLIND PIG The Osilinski's Have a Terrible Time at East Chicago Yesterday. East Chicago. Ind., July 27. (Special.) Last Saturday Albert - Hlebelc invited Joe Oilinskl to take a drink. Mrs. Josie Oslinskl, overhearing the invitation and not caring a whole lot for either Albert or his system of drinking, objected to her husband accepting, Now Albert being a "gent" just a triflo shy on the finer coral discrim inations, it was impossible for him to understand how a wife would deliberately attempt to deprive her husband of such an easy opportunity to get full. Josie, however, had seen her Joe perform before after similar generous offers had been made to him. Hence the veto. When Joe, after taking a slant at his wife, sustained the veto, Mr. Hlebek was certainly "riled." He seemed to understand joe s poition. However, lor nis anger was, urected solely against the lady. After calling Mrs. Oslinski all the names he could think of (and his vocabulary is no mean one) he made one grand final effort and said she was a "blind pig. Whether Albert was trying to convey the impression that Josie was selling Joe his booze on the quiet, was not made clear, but anyhow she swore out a warrant for Albert in Judge William A. Reiland's court on the grounds of provoke. The court opined that if Albert had so much money to blow in entertaining his friends he could afford to help support the state, and af ter considerable figuring it was found j that 15.6.) was the total. MAKES A PERFECT SCORE Frank the Williams Stars at Gun Club Shoot Yesterday. The Hammond Gun Club certainly had its shooting clothes on yesterday and Frank Williams proved himself to be a real shark at the game with Frank Hammond closely a very near shark. Williams shot at 75 birds and broge 75, giving him a perfect score and the gold medal. Frank Hammond broke 73 out of 75. thus being entitled to the second medal. F. T. Richard was honored with the booby medal, having broken only 17 out of 50.

In the beginning the club wanted to ! stimulants to aid in restoring the cirshoot at one hundred birds a piece but ! filiation. Finally the young man rethe weather interfered. The next reg-i gained consciousness and was taken in

ular shoot will be held August Ji. Yesterday's standing of the members was as follows:

Shot at Broke ....75 75 75 73 75 71 . ... 75 7 5 51 5 m 43 . ...5i 43 . . . . 5 3 9 5" 3 . ...5o 3S 50 2 4 . . . .50 17

F. C Williams . . F. Hammond . . . .1. C. Pecker Joseph Humpher C. Williams Peter Warnimont Tony Warnimont Walter McCumsey X. Haehnel P. Green Carl Kaufman . . F. T. Richards . . LAKE STATION IS QUIET. Mr. W. J. Metelman, a prominent building contractor of Lake Station and well known all over the county, was in Hammond this forenoon. Mr. Metelman says that things are very quiet in Lake Station and that his business has suffered by the depression.

OFF FOR A LITTLE VACATION.

sister. The silly season is on, and it's Young Chicago Man Tries to Swim Across Calumet and Back and Only Through Heroic Effort of His Partner is Rescued. The filthy water of the Grand Calumet river came very near claim- ; Ing a victim yesterday at about 1 1 :'. j in the morning, u lien Frank Ilvnu. nge U2, of 12.-.0 aluih avenue, ChirKO, swam across the river near the old G. II. 1 1 aiuinoiMl company lee lionise and upon returning v.n Heizcd with n cramp nnd Mink beneath the surface of (lit water. A. C. Hunt, the partner of young Flynn, jumped into the river and as he came up for the third time he seized him and managed to support him until help arrived. Dr. Alva A. Young was called and the police were also notiI tied. Doctor Fight to Save I.lfe. I'r. Young used every means in his power to resuscitate the young man and it was only after an hour of ef fort that he was successful. Officers 1 "Isner and Lee assisted and after the iMni; man had been brought to con sciousness he was taken to St. Margaret's hospital. At the hospital the boy showed signs of rapid recovery and this morning he was sent home. It was a narrow escape and had it not been for the bravery of the partner of Fiynn's, the chances are that the young man would not lie alive today. Itclntcd lo Chicago Officer. Flynn is said t be a brother of Ser-

geant Mynn of the Chicago police a, ai,out four-thirty and it rained hard fore, and the young man is well j ti,,.r, f,,r nearly an hour. The area known In the neighborhood in which j which was drenched with the rain exhe resides. j tended as far west as Van Loon on When Dr. Young took hold of thf i,,. Nickel plate.

young man he relieved him of the wa- Didn't Mnterlalic Here. ; ter which was on his lungs and in his I While there were threats of a storm ' stomach. Flynn Ind no pulse and his, in Hammond it did not materialize and i respiration was very short and wea k. j Hammond's unsprinkied streets were ' The doctor, aided by Iaiuis Klsner. i being picked up by the winds and i rubbed his body with alcohol and he. 'carried into the office buildings and i was given nitroglycerine and ot her ' homes of the residents of the city.

Xeidow's ambulance to the hospital. Cramp (hiko Near Drowning. The whole affair was caused bv a boast of Fiynn's that he ould swim , across the river and back again. He i i jumped into the river and swam across j j all right, but when lie returned he be- j 'came fagged out and was cramped so j that he could not support himself' above the surface of the water. 1 When Fiynn's partner saw that he was sinking he, too, jumped into the . river and succeeded in getting hold of the young man. He was struggling! with him when a gasoline launch came down the river and wenr to the rescue of both of the young men. . They were taken out of the river exhausted and it was then that Dr. j Young came on the scene and saved : the young man's life by using the j proper methods to bring about his re- ! - .v. :-.

back to the woo4s for us till tre skies Wallace in San Francisco Chronicle.

1ST REMOVE PCLES FROM PLUMMER AVE. Board of Public Works Holds Important Business Meeting Today. The board of public works this morn ing instructed the city engineer to draw up plans and specifications for a pave ment in Field avenue and a sewer in Pine street from One Hundred and Fiftieth street to Hoffman street, peti tions for these two improvements hav ing been presented by the property owners. The American Telegraph and Tele phone company was notified to prepare itself to remove its poles on Plummer avenue along the line, which will be outlined by the city engineer. Pavement Uiiculion Postponed. Muenich court pavement was taken tinder further advisement until July 31 Permission for the use of Douglas park was granted to All Saints church of Hammond which intends giving ; picnic there on August 15. Permission was also granted to th Hegewisch Methodist church for the use of the park for picnic purposes on August S. Peter .1. Lyons acted as clerk pro tern in th absence of Clerk Otto Duelke. who is attending the singing fest in La Crosse. NUN ALL AROUND US Calumet Region Escapes a Drenching But Farmers Got One All Right. The people of Hammond may not have known it but the cities of the Calumet region were about the only ones in Lake county which did not receive a drenching from thunder clouds ye sterday. Down in St. John it rained so hard tliiil tlte I'mintrr round about was iust soaked with water. The crops all needed it and the shower was a welcome o r,e. over in Valparaiso is started to rain j one Hammond man said that he I guessed the Iiord knew what he was 'doing. In the Calumet region which 'is a manufacturing community it did I rot rain but in the farming districts where a rairf will do the crops a great deal of good they got all they wanted. FRIGHTENED BY BLAZE. Fire in the alley between Fayette and P.ussell streets, in which pom body was burning rubbish. caused some frightened person to summon the fire department. P.oth Xo. 1 and Xo. 4 answered the call, but found little to do. EVELYN TROST IS DEAD. Evelyn Trost. the two-weeks'-old daughter of Robert Trost, 630 Summer street, died yesterday morning. The child was one of a pair of twins, the boy of the pair having died two weeks ago. The funeral took place this morntir.g at Oak Hill cemetery.

EAGLE PICNIC AT KINDEL'SJOCCESSFUL Badger Fight Brings Many "Ohs" and "Ahs'' From Assembled Ladies.

OCAL AERIE HAS NICE TIME Harry and Miss Phillips Win the Prize Waltz Without Any Question. The crowd stood with bated breath. the bulldog was tugging in the leash, the referee with stern mien stood at his post holding the chain that led into the sealed cage of the "badger." Then, the badger fight was on, and the "special event" heralded for the Eagles' picnic at Kindel's grove last night was revealed at last. The "badger" was certainly the fiercest animal that the ladies had seen for many months. They were afraid of it and tried to get away. They were not so much afraid of the blood spilling as of the "badger" Itself. Never before had the dancing pavilion in Kindel's grove been emptied of skirts so fast as last night. l.oni Church Referee. Louis Church of Hammond refereed the fight. That he did it right can ne taken from the address that he made i.ef,.e the ooening of the fight. He said : "Ladies and gentlemen, this fight will ho rt..cited on its merits. It will De a finish fight and much blood will be spilled, but as far as I am concerned, as the referee, it will be on the square." After this speech he was wrapped up in rags to save his clothes irom tne blood and right here is where "Frenchy" Poland, George Hanlon and Frank Hoth got in some of their work. Roth held his dog Bessie in the chain ready for the fight. "Frenchy" Poland bet $1,000 and Halon guarded the badger cage. The whole affair was taken most good naturedly and in many a feminine home today there was a titter as the ferocious battle was recalled. Picnic Big Sticce. The entire picnic which began at 2 o'clock vesterdav afternoon was a big success, thanks to the untiring efforts of Dave Hirsch. Frank Roth, Frank Cooley, Frank Meyer. M. M. Towle, jr., C. Green and Dr. W. D. Weis. A fine luncheon was served in the evening at the grove and the big crowd enjoyed itself in the music and dancing. The nrize waltz was won by Harry Phillips and Miss Phillips. The ladies' 50-yard dash in the afternoon athletic program was won by Mrs. Kogeler. Frank Roth won the race fo rfat men and Duke McCarthy won the Eagles' race. It was an exceptional day ior the Fagles and there was nothing in the whole program to mar the pleasure of the day and this morning Dave Hirsch showed up a bag of money which the Eagles made on the picnic. M HAVE PAPER HERE Report is Started That W. R. Hearst Decides to Pub lish Paper in Hammond Judge W. W. McMahon said this morning that a representative of the Chicago American had informed him that William Randolph Hearst had decided to publish a paper in Hammond during the coming campaign. He saiil Hearst realizes as well as the leaders of the other political par ties that Lake county is one or tne i '",st important counties, politically in the state. Judge McMahon said that he would: not vouch for the reliability of his in formant but that the item could be taken for what it is worth. He said he understood that Hearst would run the pap( r for a few months and then sell it out for whatever lie could get out of it. WHENCE THE SMOKE? Fire at Western Grain Pro ducts Plans is Denied by Officials. Anxious inquiries at the Western Grain Products company relative to a disastrous fire or explosion were informed that everything was O. K. at the plant and that nothing was known tile re of yesterday of a fire or an explosion. People who happened to be near he plant yesterday saw smoke belching forth from the building standing near the smoke stack. The smoke seemed to emanate from the second or third stories and at times completely envoloped one side of the building. The management of the plant says that the supposed smoke was nothing mere than a cloud of dust that was swept from the building in preparation of the work this morning

GRAFT CASE TAKEN INTO

THE COURTS Attorney D. J. Moran Be gins Injunction Proceedings by Serving Notice on City Clerk of East Chicago and Fight h On. JUDGE V. S. REITER CALLEDJ1 HIGH. Colonel E ,D, Walsh's Graft Meeting Results In Injunction Proceedings and Scandal Will Now Be Threshed Out in Lake County's Ccnrts In tho Near Future. The East Chfcafro rnmad against the alleged bribery of city officials took aq unexpected tarn this afternoon whra Judge Virgil S. He! ter returned front lil" vacation to hear, In chamber, the arguments for and against the Errant Ing of an injunction to prevent the city officials of East Chicago from buying t,00O worth of furniture from the A. H. Andrew company. The injunction filed asks that the city officials be enjoined from purchasing the furniture when it should eek to enjoin them from paying for the furniture. Moran Represent Association. J. G. Ibach, Andrew Wickey and J. D. Kennedy are representing the city officials and T. J. Moran is representing the East Chicago Improvement association, which is bring the action. Attorney Ibach contended that the city officials have taken the proper course in the letting of the contracts, but Attorney Moran declares that in tha letting of a contract the usual course of advertising for bids has not been followe dout. J. D. Kennedy maintains that the city councilmen have the right to let a contract without the consent of the mayor. He also claims that the petition asks that the contract be not awarded when the proper proceeding would be to enjoin it against paying for the furniture. Tirade Agnlnnt Citizen. Mr. Kennedy then began a tirado against the East Chicago citizens whom he claims have besmirched, the reputation of the city without having any evidence to support the charges. He said in no case where the charges have been made against the East Chicago officials have the charges been susta ined. Mr. Ibach asserted that the advertising for bids applies only to the letting of contracts for the paving of streets and not to the purchase of the furnishing of supplies for the city. Mr. Ibach contended that the court could not interfere unless he had positive evidence brought to him that thero has been collusion on the part of tha bidders. Say It I Only Alternative. The attorneys for the defendants i claim that whil the petition for an injunction asks that the city officials bn I enjoined from letting the contracts j when the contract has already been let. i the only alternative h; to enjoin the city officials from issuing the warrant for paying for the tilings purchased. Redmond D. Walsh, for himself and, other taxpayers of East Chicago, ara I the petitioners for the injunction. - ! mrs. frank davis DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS. (- For Ilenllli to fluhuqne. Hut Altitude I Too High. Mont., Mrs. Frank Davis, who with her husband had been living at 222 Plumincr avenue. :iei yesteruay morning at i her home after an illness of two weeks. The deceased had only recently returned from Dubque, Mont., where she ! had gone for her health. She was sick. with dropsy but the altitude was too high for her and she had to return to Hammond. The funeral arrangements, while not definitely made, have been so far fixed, as to set the date for Wednesday. The. deceased is a sister of Mrs. M. Towle, jr., Mrs. John Cervin. 25u State street and a daughter of Mrs. Joha Gehrke. She is 36 years old.

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