Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 54, Hammond, Lake County, 20 August 1908 — Page 1

VTKATKKB. Generally fair aid continued pool today; tomorrow fair; rising temperature. EVSfflNG rm EDITION VOL. in. NO. 54. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1908. , ONE CENT PER COPY.,

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Max Rosen, Proprietor of Saloon, Viciously Assaulted and Robbed Of $400 This Afternoon.

LOCKED IN ICE BOX

Desperate Deed of Thugs Wins Them Eich Booty in Saloon Robbery. "Hands up. Get out from behind that bar. Give us that roll of bills. Get Into the ice box. There, take a crack in the jaw for luck." That is what Max Rosen, the proprietor of a saloon next to Minas' department store heard at 12:15 today and for 15 minutes afterwards he lay on the floor of his Ice box where he had been locked up. After being imprisoned for half an hour in the refrigerator he broke the glass and called for help. A DAHISG ROBBERY. Two men heard him yell, open the door, and the police were notified. The robbery was the most daring, barring only the recent robbery of Baster & McGarry's store, which has occurred in this city for a long time. The haul was a rich one and the holdups secured $376 In cold cash. It was shortly after noon today when Max Rosen, alone in his saloon, that two men entered and ordered a glass of beer. Mr. Rosen placed the beer on the bar and was tendered the money to pay for it. TURNS TO REGISTER. He turned to the cash register to make change and when he looked aro into the barrel of two revolvers. Rosen says that the men at once commanded him to hold up his hands. He (Continued on pace 2.) T IS GALLED OFF Kid Herman Won't Fight Jimmy Until the Latter Part of September. ANDERSON WILL HAVE A GO Expects To Take On Eddy McGoorty of Oshkosh in Labor Day Mall. It is understood that the bout be tween Carl Anderson and Tony Capon ii is off on account of the fact that Caponi is not in the west, and it will be impossible to arrange an engagement between him and the Hammond man on Labor Day. But Anderson is going to fight in Hammond on Labor Day and he is going up against one of the best men in the business. Since Jimmy Clabby has decided not to fight Kid Herman until later in September, if he fights him at all, the road is clear for Anderson and all of the local fight fans will pitch in and help make the affair a success. Eddie im a Tonga One. Carl Anderson has arranged to take on Eddie McGorty of Oshkosh, Wis. McGorty ia a mighty tough customer and will put up as good a fight with Anderson as he would well wish for. He has made something of a reputation for himself and he will give Anderson a good argument. Carl Anderson has been training hard ana ne expects to make a good showing in his coming fight. It will be the first time that Hammond men have had an opportunity to see a good bout and they are sure to attend the fight in large I numbers. The details of the bout are being arranged and as soon as Anderson is ready to make an announcement, his plans will be made public. It is possible that James Clabby will be at the ringside and there are sure to be a number of well known Chicago sports present. The bout will also be advertised in all of the surrounding cities and a number of sports are expected to come to Hammond to see the contest.

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GIRLS CHARGE MM CRII Police Investigate Serious Charges Made by Two Little Girls.

MORRIS GALLfiGHAN ARRESTED Girls Accuse Single Man of Mis treating One of Their Number In Court. Morris Callaghan, aged 48, who live In 748 Wilcox street, where he has bachelor quarters, flan arrested today by officers from the Hammond police department, charged with mistreating Emma Forsythe, aged 12, and Mand William, aged 12. The police have been working on the case for some time and now claim that they have enough evidence to make a good case against Callaghan. Maud Williams, the first little girl, was caught in a compromising position with some boys and testified to the policeman who found her that Callaghan was to blame. Botn Girls Tell Same Story. " The police were not inclined to believe her story until she mentioned the Forsythe girl and said that she had had a similar experience with Callaghan. The police then found the Forsythe girl, and on being questioned she told the"""6ame story as the Wil liams girl. Both of these girls say that there are other little girls in the nelehborhood who were enticed into Callaghan's bachelor quarters with promises of various kinds, and these little girls will be brought to the station and be in duced to tell what they know. Chief of Police Rlmbach says that he expects to secure considerable more evidence to show that Callaghan was a dangerous man to have in the community. He is being held in the city Jail pending the investigation which is now being conducted by the police. FARMERS WILL USE Protective Association is Started to Shoot Foreign ers Who Steal Potatoes. WILL HAVE AN ARMED DEPUTY Saxony Fanners Will Temporize No longer With Men Who Steal Their Potatoes. The Mealing of potatoes and vegetables in the vicinity of .Saxony has been so. frequent and the losses have amounted to such a large figure, that the farmers In Saxony met last evening and organized a farmers' protective association. The territory is not in the jurisdiction of the Hammond police and the sheriff's office cannot afford to hire a deputy to protect the property, in that particular neighborhood, and so at the meeting last night it was decided to contribute enough to pay a man, who will be deputized at the sheriffs office, and who will have full authority to take action against the marauders. Will Employ Sure Shot. A large sum of money will be raised by subscription and a man will be employed who will be given a shotgun and a revolver and will be authorized to arrest or shoot the first foreigner who is caught stealing vegetables from the Saxony farmers. It has been estimated that the Saxony farmers have lost in the neighborhood of $500 worth of produce which has been stolen by the men at the Standard Steel Car district and they propose to stop this leak. Several applications have been received from men

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CAPTAIN HAINS, HIS FATHER AND WIFE AND SCENE OF BAYSIDE TRAGEDY.

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Th killing of William E. Annis, a New York advertising man, by Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr., of the United States army at Bayside, N. Y.,was the most sensational tragedy since the shooting of Stanford White by Harry Thaw. Captain Hain's father is himself a retired-, army offler, and the family is widely known in society circles in "Washington and elsewhere. The killing, which Hains says was prompted by Annis' alleged attetions to the captain's beautiful young wife, was accomplished in the presence of Mrs. Annis and a large number of members of fashionable Bayside Yacht club. It recalls the fact that Hain's brother, Thornton Jenkins Hains, an editor and novelist, killed a man under some similar circumstances at Fortress Monroe in 1891. who would like to have the job of watching the farms at night, and at a meeting to be held next Saturday the man best fitted for the work will be selected. He will then be deputized and armed to the teeth. It will be his business to watch the farms in the neighborhood, and the first man who is caught will be severely dealt with. AVant Foreigners to Take Warning. The farmers state that they hope the foreigners in Hammond will take warning and let their produce alone, and if they do not they are likely to be perforated with shot or sent to jail. Phil McLaughlin is one of the leaders in the movement and he says that he supposes the poor people at Standard are in need of food, but the farmers in the vicinity of Saxony cannot afford to provide a whole settlement with edi bles. E IS IN RLINAW Delivery Horse Races With Passenger Train Down M. C. Tracks. Jimmy Graves horse created a sensa tion on Oakley avenue this afternoon by trying to race with a Michigan Cen tral flyer, west bound. The horse was standing In front of the federal building on Oakley avenue about 2 o'clock, when the steam roller which is working on State r. . . , turned in on Oakley avenue and fright ened the horse. It dashed down Oakley avenue ave nue towards the Michigan Central tracks at top speed. Tht west bound flyer was approaching the crossing and the gates were down. The maddened horse did not stop for them, however and plunged through the gates, dragging the delivery wagon after It. As It drew near the train, the horse turned west and galloped down the depot platform, scattering the passengers right and left. As it passed the station It slackened sneed and wna caught and stopped without nny damaire after its sncctacnlar fllcrht

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GRAND JURY WILLBE CALLED Judges Reiter and McMahan Have Not Yet Decided Which Court. CALENDAR A RECORD-BREAKER If Called at Beginning of Session It Win Necessitate Calling of 400 Witnesses. That a grand jury will be summoned for the September term of court is a certainty, unless George MulMken. who is now in the county Jail, charged with the murder of Paddy Ryan on the Fourth of July, dies. Whether the grand jury will be summoned for the Lake circuit or the Lake superior court, has not yet been decided by Judges Reiter and McMahan and Trosecuting Attorney D. E. Boone. Has Sixty Criminal Cases. Mr. Boone Is preparing as much of the calendar for the term as is possible and already has in the neighborhood of sixty criminal cases. Eighty per cent of these come from Gary. Mr. Boone, in commenting on the number of cases said: "The criminal calendar for the Serntember term will be the largest one that we have had to handle. Of course this Is largely due to the three months' vacation that the court has taken. Once we get busy. I think it will take us a month to dispose of them. Say Is Is Snre Thing. "Yes, a grand jury will be called, and if I can have my way we will not call it untill all the criminal cases have been tried with the exception of the one murder case. If we call it in the beginning of the session, it woura mean that all criminal cases would have to undergo a grand jury investigation, a thing that is unnecessary and entails

the expense of summoning 400 or 500 witnesses. At the rate we are going now, I think the time is not far off when at will be found necessary to create a continuous circuit court in addition to our superior court that we have now. It will be up to the court during the next session to give me an assistant and a special judge for the criminal 'work if he sees fit." - w mm. Had there been anyone on North Ilohman street this afternoon abont 3:15 o'clock when the troyyel from a Chicago, Ijke Shore and South Bend In3:15 o'clock when the trolley from a Is Impossible to predict what would have happened. There was said to be 6.0OO volts running on the high tension when ft 00 only should have been used. The current Jumped the Insulated circuit breakers four feet, dropped the trolley in the street and set fire to the cross-overs on the South Chicago line. Electrical men say that It Is an outrage that so powerful a current Is used and predict disaster If It Is continued. TROUBLE IS REPORTED The police last evening received a report that there was trouble at Sam Gobletz's place, 450 State street, and Officer Herman was sent to investigate. It appears that Gobletz and Otto Schenke had a fight on the last street car going to East Chicago, on State street. Gobletz wanted Officer Herman to arrest Mr. Schenke, but the officer refused to do so until Gobletz swore out a warrant for Schenke's arrest. Gobletz claimed that he had been robbed by Schenke, but the police did not believe his story. Gobletz was asked to come to the police station and when he arrived there Officer Herman was sent for Schenke. Schenke was questioned and Gobletz failed to bring out any evidence to warrant Schenke's arest. Gobletz was sent home and informed that if he wanted Schenke held he would have to come to the station in the morning and swear out a warrant for his arrest. It is not known what turn a"s will take. " i

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THE YARDS Yardmasters of All Railroads in Hammond District Are Handsomely Entertained Yesterday by Indiana Harbor Belt Officials ARE DINED AT TRE y. H. G. A. HOTEL Guests Find Much To Interest Them On Trip of Inspection and Discuss Railroad Work As It Appertains To the Duty of a Yardmaster. The yardmasters of nil of the railroads In this district were entertained yesterday at the Gibson yards by General Yardmnster R. . Ilurwell, of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railway, who first took them on a special train for a tour of Inspection and then gave them a fine dinner at the Gibson Y. M. C. A. The meeting was caled to enable the yardmasters of the various railroads to get together and t?lk over matters of interest to the"i ergarding their business. There was a free exchange of ideas and the meeting and dinner was voted a great success. The guests of Mr. Burwell were met at Gibson at 6:30 with an engine and a coach and in this conveyance they were given a good opportunity to see the Gibson hump yards, which are said to be as up-to-date and modern as can be found in the country. After the tour of inspection was made the party was taken to the new Y. M. C. A., where a fine dinner was served. After the party had parjgfcen of the repast there were cigars anoThe discussion of the various phases of a yardmaster's work was taken up. The discussion was general and in addition to dispensing a great deal of valuable information regarding the work of a yardmaster, there were many nice compliments for the Gibson yards. After the meeting, in which the various yardmasters became much better acquainted with each other ,the party went to Hammond where they took trains on the various roads for their homes. List of Guests. Yardmasters H. S. Lee of the B. and O. ; C. I Jarman of the Pennsylvania company; E. L. Alnut of the Erie railway; C. W. Mann of the Monon; J. W. Dacey of the Chicago Terminal; T. J. Crawley of the L. S. & M. S.; F. Dorkey of the C, L. S. & E., and A. E. Shires and E. T. Dean of the Michigan Central. YEGGEIII TRY TO GRAGKSUJ10N SAFE Caught Red Handed by Proprietor, Guns Emptied in the Dark. Two masked men attempted to crack the safe in a saloon owned by John Harvey, two blocks west of Calumet Lake, late Tuesday evening, but were unsuccessful. Harvey had closed his saloon at the regular hour and went upstairs to his room and went to bed. About 1 o'clock the men gained entrance to the building by means of a skeleton key and made at once for the safe, which was in the corner. They worked at it for a while in an attempt to get the door open without blowing it up, but were not successful. They then tried the blowing up game. They piled up old burlap bags and all the rags they could find and put beer boxes around the safe to deaden the sound of the explosion. Then they lit the fuse. The safe door was blown clear across the room and beer bottles flew In all directions, cutting up the robbers. They at once tried to get the money box, but it was locked and the explosion had not broken it open, so they started to pry it open when Harvey, who was awakened by the explosion appeared at the door with his gun, and seeing the men at work, fired at them. They were startled and ran for the door, whipping out their revolvers at thes ame time and firing at Harvey. One of the bullets grazed his leg and inflicted a slight wound, but the other bullets went wild. Harvey fired the remaining shots in his revolver at them, but to no avail. The men continued running until the Nickel Plate tracks were reached and there they jumped aboard a freight and disappeared.

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DARING DUO INJURED

Premier Gymnast at County Fair Who Leaps in Burning Gasoline, Misjudges His Dive Last Night and is Internally Injured. IS THE WILL GET BETTER Plucky Aerial Artist Thrills Eig Throng By Amazing Leap Into Fire From an Altitude of One Hundred Feet at the County Fair Grounds at Crown Point. Special to The Times ron Point, lad., Aug. 20 Last evening while Cbas. A. Johnston, known as Dlavnlo" the conntry over, was nuking his sensational and death defying dire of a feet into a burning tank, an nrident happened to the daring diver that nearly deprived the fair managers of one of their main thrillers." DIVEIt SEEMED TO HESITATE. Johnston had gone up his lofty lad der to his perch 100 feet above the earth, and hesitated for a considerable time on account of the electric lights that stud the apparatus from which he makes his thrilling dive backward, being out of order, and not giving sufficient light for him to see sufficiently to time his drop into the tank. Finally seeming satisfied that everything was all right Johnston gave the signal for bis assistant to light the gasoline ia the tank, and an instant later his body shot through space into the burning lann. IIADX'T TIMED HIS DESCENT. He, however, had not timed his des cent accurately and did not strike the water in his arcnstnmH .... I'U.II L.V'll. Striking the water as he did, sent the daring man to the bottom of the tank, where he struck with considerable force. His assistant noticed that it took the famous "Diavalo" longer to. leave the tank than usual, and that Johnston appeared to be making an unusual effort to clamber over the sides but did not know that he was injured until after the gritty man had taken his customary departure by warning a good-night to the crowd. PHYSICIAN IS SUMMONED. Johnston then went to his test nni called for a physician. Dr. Houk was called to attend him but after an examination could find no broken bones, although he stated that Johnston might be Injured internally as he was suffering considerably. Later the Injured man was able to walk and appeared considerably better, and it is said will go through his daring and thrilling stunt for the rest of the fair week. CROWD HIDXT KNOW OF IT. No one In the crowd knew of the accident to Johnston, who in snite of hia drop to the bottom of the tank and being severely injured for the time being made his usual effort to escaDe th burning gasoline and came out smiling oerore tne assembled crowd. TOM MCMEANS IS CAPTURED THIS MORNING. Porter at Hotel Majestie is Landed at Miehlgaa City. Tom McMeans, the portf-r who is alleged to have left the Majestic Hotel in this city in a hurry after he had taken a suit of clothes, a razor, and several other articles of small value from a guest, was captured at Michigan City this morning after a description of him had been sent by the local police to the authorities there. McMeans was found to be empty handed and the police are now havinsr considerable difficulty in connecting him with the case. He maintains his innocence and he has told a pretty straight story so far. He will be held until Saturday, when he will be given a preliminary hearing. When Mr. Glennon was notified a few days ago that one of his guests had lost a lot of valuables and that his porter had gone at the same time, he naturally connected him with the case. The Hammond police were notified and it was not long before the porter was apprehended in Michigan City. He was brought to Hammond by Captain Bunde and has been sweated periodically ever since without results. If a case cannot be made out against him by Saturday, he will be released. The Hammond police had given up all hope of capturing the man owing to the publication of the story of the robbery ast night n local paper, after they had expreJsly stated that tha story was not for publication.

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