Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 124, Hammond, Lake County, 11 November 1908 — Page 8
THE TIMES. "Wednesday, Nor. 11, 190S. SEE IHE 'I!!' PBESTO VWiyiILL East Chicago Saloonkeeper Robbed Before He Can Say "Scat." ROBBED OF TEAM SS1NG IS A GOOD DEATH-TRAP ARRESTED FOR HORSE STEALING Young Man Trapped by Police While Driving Into Gary Livery. PROBE DEATH OF YOOfJGJLECTRICl Coroner and Assistant Work Three Days on Inquest of Metz Schneider. FOR BODY AIRLINE FRANCHISE OF HORSES YESTERDAY IS U! IS STILL Whiting Lady Sees Horses Madison Crossing of Michigan Central Railroad Is Gary's Peril. Charles Buboltz's DisaDGary Town Board Held Regular Meeting Yesterday.
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Taken But Didn't Know - They Were Stolen. (Special to The TimisS Whiting. Ind., Nov. 11. Mrs. K.
pearance at Cedar Lake Not Yet Cleaned Up.
LOOKS FOR SEVENTY DOLLARS
Peter Glick and John Hasan Are Placed Under Bond to Appear in Superior Court.
(Special to The Times.)
JSast Chicago, Ind., Nov. 11. When
John Billon, a saloonkeeper residing
at One Hundred and Fiftieth street and
Melville avenue, this city, leaves his
saloon for a few moments, he will be
very careful hereafter to leave in charge a perfectly trustworthy person. As a result of a robbery committed Monday evening, Johan Hasan and Peter Glick, two neighbors of the saloonkeeper, are in jail awaiting trial
Sn the Lake superior court.
The amount involved in the robbery
is in excess of i0. and, strange to say,
the money has not yet been found
Another strange feature of the case is
that the entire transaction, including
The arrest of the defendants, occurred
in less than fifeen jninutes.
Hillon was called out of his saloon
Rout 7:30 o'clock Monday evening by a
business visitor, who desired a front-
Ftep conference. Turning to Teter
Glick. who was the only habitue of 1!ic place. Billon requested him to take -harg of the bar. Seeing before him visions of several free beers, Glick aswnted, and hastily donned the white iipron. In the meantime, Hasan enl"ied the saloon, and during the abf.nce of the proprietor, It Is believed that the robberyl was committed. No sooner was Bilion's back turned, than Glick went out of a side door, and the presumption is that he carried with him the money obtained from his light
ning raid. Disappears Ai If By Magic. ' As he re-entered the saloon, Bllion entered through the front door. ' and immedately noticed that Glick seemed somewhat perturbed. Glancing towards the cash register, he saw the money drawer open, and the till, under the bar empty. Estimating his loss at over S70, he quickly called a policeman, and had the two men searched. Both protested their innocence, and. of course, the money was not found on their persons. In a preliminary hearing before Judge DeBriae yesterday morning, the two men were held to await the-action of the superior court, with bail fixed at $500 each, and in default were sent to the county jail. What really worries Bilion is the fact that the money has been so safely "planted" that it cannot be found, empty barrels, "boxes and kegs have been inspected thoroughly, but without result. If Glick really is the guilty party, he has succeded in performing an excellent slight of hand trick, and it is doubtful whether P Koger could have made the money disappear more effectively himself.
Frankowski. who with her husband, moved to Whiting today, last night about 11 o'clock saw two horse thieves
take their horses away without know
ing that they were being stolen. She
did not realize until this morning, when
they went to their barn at Forsyth,
from where they were moving, and
found the stalls empty.
Part of the moving was done yesterday and the Frankowskls intended to
spend the night in their old place and
finish the moving today. Joseph Ry blckl put the horses in the barn at For
syth about 8 o'clock last evening and at the same time noticed that two negroes were lounging near the gate. Nobody paid any attention to the two, however. Last night about 11 o'clock Mrs. Frankowski heard the dog barking in the yard and, thinking that something was wrong, opened the window and looked into the yard. Everything was quiet there, but further down the road she saw two men riding on horseback, headed toward South Chicago. She is sure that they drove away her own horses. Chief Lawler was notified and he and Frankowski have gone to Chicago today, with the intention of locating the thieves and horses there. Mr. Frankowski had made arrangements yesterday with John Furtyo, a Whiting grocer, to sell one of the horses to him.
THOMAS DEANE IS INJURED
Condition Accident's Victim
Thought To Be Serious For Some Time.
VQRHEES CASE IS UP
Former Crown Point School Principal and Wife in r Divorce Court.
ORDERS FLAT BUILDING
New York Man in Gary to
Supervise Plans for Buildings.
Special to The Times.: j Crown Point, Ind., Nov. 10. Much
interest is evinced In the trial of the Voorhees divorce suit in Chicago.
George Voorhees, now principal of
the Samuel B. Morse school, formerly principal of the Crown Point high school, and Mrs. Ella Culver Voorhees must appear in person before Judge Mack in Chicago next Tuesday morn
ing, when the petition of the defend
ant for alimony and solicitor's fees in
their divorce suit is heard.
Miss Geraltha Farrar, alleged "affinity" of the school principal, and
named by Mrs. Voorhees in her cross bill, was not mentioned in court today.
Following the charge made against her by Mrs. Voorhees the latter's husband is said to have declared a willingness to marry Miss Farrar if she felt similarly inclined. Mrs. Voorhees lives on a farm at Upper Alton. 111., and Is the mother of seven children. Mr. Voorhees left the farm several years ago when he came to Chicago to teach in the public schools. Last spring he filed a suit for divorce, alleging desertion.
One of the worst death traps in the
city of Gary, the Madison street crossing of the Michigan Central tracks
again proved a dangerous pitfall on
Monday afternoon when one of the wagons of the Gary Lumber company was partially demolished and the driver, Thomas Deane, narrowly escaped with his life. This is the fifth accident that has occurred at the crossing during the last few weeks including the death of one man. Owing to the fact that there are only two viaducts under the Gary & Western railroad on Broadway and Madison street, thes two thoroughfares are handled more than any others in Gary by the sonth-btfund traffic. Train Make It Perilous. The distance of the Michigan Central tracks from the Gary & Western rail
road elevation is only forty feet and teams passing under the viaduct are upon the tracks just as they emerge from the grade. This is the reason that makes the crossing so dangerous. The accident Monday night, which nearly resulted in the death of Thomas Deane, a driver for the Gary Lumber company occurred about 5 o'clock, just as it was getting dark. Deane was returning to the yards af
ter delivering a load! of lumber in the north part of town. He had just emerged from under the Madison
street viaduct when a short distance down the track he saw the approach
of the fast east-bound Michigan Cen
tral passenger train. Deane just turned his horses' heads towards the east, and
thev becoming frightened, started down
the tracks. The rear end of the wagon
was thrown against the passenger coaches and Deane was thrown to the
ground where the heavy wagon passed
over his body. He was picked up a short time afterwards bruised and
bleeding and was taken to the home of
Charles Allen, the yard master of the
Gary Lumber company, who lives near
by.
Deane's condition for a time was
thought to be critical but a report fim
there today says that he Is much lm
proved and will recover. Laborers from
the yards, who stood near while the
accident took place, look upon Deane's
escape miraculous.
Chester Noorlfh, 27 years old, was arrested in Gary early this morning on suspicion of having stolen a horse and buggy. Noorifh appeared at Tom Gormely's
livery barn this morning, driving a fine black horse, hitched to a stanhope buggy, which he at first offered to sell for $150 and finally for $40. Suspicious of such a bargain, Gormely summoned the police, and Chief Martin and Officer Newman arrived on the scene and placed the man under arrest. With Noorifh were two other men, Jesse Morris and his brother, John Morris, who told the police that they
met Noorifh in South Chicago where he 'offered to give them a ride, since they were walking from- Chicago to Michigan City in quest of work.
The trio rode all night, having lost
their way, and arrived in Gary early this morning.
Chief Martin conferred with Captain
P. D. O'Brien of the Chicago police force
and learned that" such an outfit as he had in Gary, was missing from the Skeeles livery at 5723 State street, in Chicago; that the horse and buggy had
been rented to a man by the name of
S. B. Poly and that he had left it
standing in front of a place on State
street.
Noorifh protests his innocence, say
ing that he is the. rightful owner of the hOrse.
TRYING TO FIX THE BUME
It is Established That 6,000 Volts Passed Through Victim's Body.
BELIEF OF SUICIDE IS PLENTY RESOLUTION ARE ADOPTED
Farmer Said to Have Had Trouble at
His Home Early In the Morning.
POSTOFFICE ASPIRANTS IN BIG RUSH.
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10. J. Tallman of LaFargeville, N. T., who recently wrott the widely advertised letter to "Attorneys Harris and P-retsch of Gary, in which he stated that the building of several fiats in this city would be made contingent on the election of Taft. arrived in Gary yesterday r.nd stated that the work of erecting the Hats would be begun at once. "I did not intend to have that letter published." said Mr. Tallman to a Times reporter yesterday, "but as long as the papers got hold of it we will not attempt to deny the context. As evidence of the fact that I believe in Taft and that the country will prosper under his administration, I intend to invest considerable money in fiat building in the city, the first of when will be built at once.
GIRL MAKES TROUBLE
Whiting, Ind., Nov. 11. John Vargo
of Schrage avenue was arrested yesterday by Constable Kuffner on a warrant sworn out against him by a neighbor.
Mrs. John Szubko.
The trouble between the two families
has been of long standing. Vargo's daughter, Rosie Vargo, "aged 13 years.
has been in the habit of calling Mrs.
Szubko names. The woman is said to
have appealed to the girl's father on several occasions, but as the girl con
tinued the practice the father was ar
rested on a charge of encouraging delinquency.
He was arraigned before Judge Jones
and fined $15.65.
He first refused to pay the sum, but
after being confined in jail for a-few hours he sent word to his wife to come down and pay the fine.
The inquest on the case of Metz Schneider, the Gary electrician, who had 6,000 vlots of electricity pass through his body, causing his death instantly, was finished yesterday afternoon after
a long and tedious probe of the case
instituted by Coroner Gordon of Ho-
bart. assisted by Dr. T. B. Templin of
Gary. There were nearly twenty witnesses wh'o testified in the case for the purpose of trying to establish the responsibility of the man's death. The only point of importance which was brought out, and which was not generally known heretofore, is, that
there was no , watchman placed at the switch to watch for cars, so that when the pantagraph hit the main wire and the switch wire, the current was etablished in the latter. It was only for an instant Uhat the current shot through the wire, but during that time it happened that the man was grasping the wire and he received the full effect of the shock. The responsibility for the accident seems to rest, according to the evidence, not with the carelessness of watchman who was placed on the job, but to the fact that there was no watchman placed there at all. The taking Of evidence in the case has consumed three days and during that time the coroner has probed the
matter to the bottom. The finding of
the coroner has not yet been announced. The body of Schneider was shipped last
night to Maumee, O., accompanied by the. young man's uncle, John Irwin.
Washington Street Sewer Assessment Is Confirmed Arrangements Made for Auditing Books.
Hypothetical Question. "Daddy," said the three-year-old,
'what would you do if you loved me
just as much as you do and didn't have any children only sister?"
ANTI VIVISECTION CONCERT.
New York. Nov. 11. So numerous were the offers of prominent singers and musicians to contribute their services to the concert under the auspices of the New York Anti Vivisection society tonight, that many of the offers had to be declined with thanks. Everything indicates that the concert will be a great artistic and financial success. Among those who will appear on the program are Mme. Emma Eames, the proma donna, and Albert Spalding, the young American violinist.
Crown Point, Ind., Nov. 11. The itearch for Charles Bubolz, the Cedar Lake mnn, whose strange disappearance was told yesterday, still continues, but at this writing no traces of him
have been found, and nil that the officials who are conducting the search have to so on is the drifting boat
containing the farmer's hat, a bottle of whiskey and a board that he proba
bly used for paddling across the lake. The Boat at North End. The boat was discovered at the north end of the lake near the Hoffman farm residence, and all Jay yesterday searching parties have been dragging the lake with hooks and seines dragging the lake where Buholz is supposed to have taken the boat, to where it was found stranded on the shore. Steamers and boats containing men who worked unceasingly all day yesterday dragging the lake in their efforts to locate the body ceased late last night, meeting with no success. Will Have to Walt for Body. The searching parties will probably have to wait until the body comes to
the surface, providing that Buholz met his fate in the manner that lots of his friends supposed he did. The officials claim that there are many strong points to substantiate the suicide theory, as it developed yesterday that the missing man had had trouble at home in the morning, and his unwarranted and unaccountable actions in the afternoon with the subsequent finding of the boat as above described greatly strengthens the facts that the man ended his own life, or else boarded a
train and has left the country, although there is nothing that will bear out the last supposition.
The Gary town board met for Its regular session yesterday aftenoon, but nothing of real importance tran-
J. C. Keator of Aurora, 111., one of the promoters of the proposed Valparaiso-Gary electric line, was present at 'the meeting of the board, and said that the company had been delayed on account of some explanable reason in securing the papers necessary for the incorporation of the company, but would have them ready for the meeting of the board next Tuesday. While the board was in session a telephone message was received from Attorney Chase of Chicago, representing the Gary and Interurban company, asking the board to defer the matter of granting the franchise to the new company until next Tuesday, which would give the two companies time in which to talk over a certain clause in the franchise of the Gary and Interurban company, over which there is some dispute. This is in regard to interpretation of the clause whether it gives other companies "the right to run their
cars through Gary for two cents per passenger or where they must to let off at some terminal points.
Resolutions were adopted confirming'
the assesment of the Washington street sewer.
The report of the city treasurer and
city clerk were read and accepted by the board. An auditing committee will
be appointed later on in the year to audit the records of the treasurer and clerk. ; There was; some talk of changingthe meeting day of the board, but on account of there being no agreeme-nt reached, the matter was dropped lor the time being.
Mortal Needs In Small Compass. There are blocks in New York city
that contain all that a mortal needs from the cradle to the grave. Such is the block between Hester and Grand
streets and Essex and Norfolk streets, where there is the physician, butcher.
baker, clothier, school, preacher, sa loonkeeper and undertaker.
Close Quarters. The following extract from a letter of thanks is cherished by its recipient: "The beautiful clock you Bent us came in perfect condition, and is now in thJ parlor-on top of the book shelves, where we hope to see you soon, and your husband also, if he can make it convenient." Youth's Companion.
HAVE TRUNK MYSTERY
Owner Has Been Missing for
' Long Time Belongings Are in Gary.
B3TTEB MARRIAGE LAWS Object of Kansas Official in Seeking Indiana Information.
The state of Kansas is trying to get better marriage laws, according to a letter rccived by Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, from F. W. Knapp, secretary of the board of control of the state charitable institutions of Kansas. Mr. Knapp makes inquiries concerning the marriage laws of Indiana and says he thinks they are excellent. He is espec
ially impressed with that section of the
Indiana law which requires that both
applicants shall swear to a statement that they are free from transmissible diseases. Mr. Knapp believes the In
diana marriage law should be cppled by ttates that have not already taken advanced steps in this direction. Dr.
Hurty will give Mr. Knapp full and complete information in regard to the
Indiana marriage law.
promises to handle its affairs properly should it be awarded him. Mr. McCoy Is Confident.
Frobably the man who is even morn
confident in his selection is Harry I.
I McCoy. Mr. McCoy is a real estate dealer in this city and has labored
for' years in the interests of the G. O.
P. Whenever there has been work to do, McCoy has always been ready to perform any task assigned him. He has many friends who have personally Interceded with the congressman in his
behalf.
William Fur.y, the present assistantpostmaster, is putting up a strong fight, based upon his experience and labors for the republican party. Mr. Fuzy has proved himself a shrewd politician, and it Is not likely that his labors shall go unrewarded by Mr. Crumpacker. At any rate, the citiasens of East Chicago wll regret his departure, should such be necessary, and it is
to be hoped that he will be retained as deputy, if not given charge of the department itself. Citizens Are Divided. The citizens of East Chicago are divided on the choice of the proper man for the office and naturally the appointment of a person not in harmony with the desires of the public will meet with their evidenced disapproval. The new postmaster will be called upon to bring about many changes in service
and accommodations. On Jan. 1, the postal department will be compelled to
seek new quarters for its local office.
the owner of the old landmark having decided to make changes whereby it will be rendered practicable for
store purposes. A new location will
be selected shortly and arrangements"
also made for the installation of two
or three hundred addition lock and call
boxes, thus filling a long felt want of
the East Chicagoans.
? Gary has a trunk mystery and a call
will probbly be made upon the local
sleuths to tak a hand in fathoming it.
Last February a man who was em
ployed by the Green Construction com
pany appeared at the Green camp for board and lodging. He was told that he could secure lodging and the next
day the man arrived with a fine can
vass leather-strapped trunk. He boarded at the camp several weeks and then disappeared, leaving the trunk behind. Nothing has been seen or heard
of him since, although an effort has
been made to locate him.
In April the Green camp was sold to
Mrs. A. A. Dolan, who has been in pos
session of the trunk ever since. The
contents of the trunk are unknown to
her as it was thought that the man
would return at any time and claim his property. The weight of the trunk in
dicates that it is well filled. Mrs. Dolan has notified Chief Martin of the trunk
and w-as told that she might keep the
trunk until the owner came to claim it.
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Beauty and Goodness. Beauty is part of the finished laniruage which goodness speaks. Eliot'
Evidently Father Was Doing Well.
Long after the death of the elder
George Grossmith the British income tax commissioners sent to the son, the well-known actor, a notice assessing
the income of the deceased at 510,000
Mr. Grossmith returned the document
to the proper quarter,! with the follow
Ing note written across it: I am glad to learn my "father is doing so
well in the next world; $10,000 is a great deal more than he ever made in this. Kindly forward this notice to his
new address-, and remember nie affec
tionately to him."
Or the Lubricating Oil.
Love makes the world go round, but
roney buys the axle grease.
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VOTE HERE STILL
MOOT QUESTION.
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democrats will use it as one of the
grounds for their contest before the
legislature.
Stokes Jackson said today that he
had also learned that in another coun
ty a crowd of Italian working on a
railroad were voted. He says he is in
formed that they were not entitled to
vote at the election, and this is another matter that will receive special
attention during ! the investigation. Vote Counting Ends Today.
The tedious work of making an official count of the vote for state of
ficers was expected to end last night.!
when the canvassers at the office of
the secretary of state began counting the last three State Statistician, Judge
of the Superior court and Judge of the I
Appellate court. These three were al
ready known to be in the republican j list, unofficial totals having shown !
this. The last democrat shown to be elected was Robert J. Aley, for stata
superintendent of public instruction
who defeated McTurnan by a plurality
of 762. This gives the democrats only three offices, governor and lieutenantgovernor, and superintendent unless the intention to contest every office before
the legislature bears fruit.
Wants Something a Little Better. Hardly any man is satisfied" with the living that, the world really owes him.
It is sparing neither money nor labor to promote the advancement of Gary. It is building a model city of homes. It handles exclusively, property in the FIRST SUBDIVISION, that part of Gary where all public utilities are now installed, such as water, gas; sewerage and electric lights. AH residence streets boulevards. ' Gary will be, not only a manufacturing town, but an EDUCATIONAL CENTER, a city of schools and churches, an ideal place for . you to build a home, a place where your sons and daughters will have exceptional opportunities.
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