Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 151, Hammond, Lake County, 14 December 1908 — Page 8
THE TTITE3.
Monday, December 14, 1908. ; .
YES, IT WAS
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1I1GIS READY TO CARE FOR POOR
Belief and Aid Society Now Permanently Organized.
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Gary Man Buys Carbolic Acid With Suicidal Intent, and Asks Pertinent Question Before Leaving Drug Store; Clerk Has no Sus- . picion.
Several Cases of Destitution Are Al
ready Eeported and Have Been Looked After.
LEAVES MYSTERIOUS
fiOTE FOR FRIENDS
CONSTITUTION IS ADOPTED
Eeads "After Seven Years of" and
Then Stops There Victim Is Wil
liam Deneen, Foreman for Green & Sons Company Death Follows
a Debauch With Companions. . ' -V .
With a tmlllng countenance, William Deneen left a Gary drug store yesterday
noo nwlth an ounce bottle of carbolic
add in bin pocket which he had just
purchased. Aa he turned to leave the tore he Inquired: "In this enough to
kill a man?" A half hour later the clerk who gold the drug Identified a lifeless form In the morgue as the man who bad purchased the add. William Deneen, a foreman for the Green & Sons company, the big sewer contractors, drank the carbolic acid as he lay on his bed In a shack at Eighteenth and Massachusetts street. His death came Instantly, although several of his comrades worked Incessantly fjr fifteen minutes on his body until a physician could be called. Death Follows Debauch. The suicide of Deneen followed a long debauch with a number of his comrades. All of the men In the shack had
been drinking all day Saturday, nearly all night Saturday night and again Sunday morning. During all this time, however, Deneen did not Intimate in any way that he was despondent. None of his friends could design hi3 purpose when he went down to the drug store stnd returned In a few minutes, ready to take his own life. They did not even grow suspicious when the man called out to them: "Goodby, boys; 'm going!" Just as he drank the fatal liquid. The acid was procured at . a local drug store shortly after noon. ; The clerk testified at the Inquest thai' the man seemed perfectly sober at the time he asked for the acid and that he was not suspicious of him in the least. The man laid down ten cents on the counter, probably the last piece of change he had, and took the bottle labeled poison and walked towards the door. Tells Friends "Goodby."
Just as he started to open the door, Denen turned around, and with a smile.
asked the clerk if the acid in the bottle would be enough to kill him. I should say so," answered the clerk
"But If I thought for a second that you
wanted it for that purpose you would never get past that door." Deneen did
not reply, but left the store at once and hurried down the street. The next heard of the man he was lying In the
morgue.
As soon as the acid was taken and he
had yelled "goodby" to his friends in
the next room of the shack Christopher
Rley and Joe McCarty, who were in the
next room, suspected that everything was not right. They Investigated and
found their friend dying. He was at once carried out into the open air where
they pounded his back and forced water down his throat In an effort to induce him to vomit. His death was almost instantaneous. Leaves Message Unfinished. The only message left by Deneen ' was on a piece of wrapping , paper written In an almost illegible manner. He was either very nervous or weak at the time from his long debauch, as the
more he wrote the worse the writing became. As near as could be deciphered
the following was on the paper: , "Rooney (his alias). "Dec. 12, 1998. -"Goodby, kind friends.
"After seven years of this sentence
was. never finished. It might be pos sible that he intended to write a con
fession of some kind but did not have the courage to finish It. "What he intended to say will never be known, al-
thought that might have had something
to do with the suicide.
The iody was removed to Jones'
morgue, and the police notified relai
uves in jmcago. xne deceased has a brother working on the Chicago fire department, and other relatives In and
aoout tjmcago. ueneen nas Deen employed by Green & Son for seven years.
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(Special to The Times.)
Whiting, Ind., Dec. 14. The Whiting
Relief and Aid society held their sec
ond monthly meeting on Friday night
in the parlors of the Congregational
church.
The main feature St the meeting was
the acceptance of the constitution
drafted by the committee, composed of Rev. F. M. Webster, Messrs. William
Greatrake and James M. Smith.
The objects of the society, as stated
in article III of the constitution,
to provide effective means to alleviate the suffering of the needy; to minister
to the sick, and In every way lend I hefping hand to our neighbor In dis tress. Article five, regarding the member
ship, says that "any person a resident of Whiting, Robertsdale, Wilcox or
Stieglltz Park, may become a member
of the society by application to any
member of the board, either personally
or through another 'member." No Direct Taxes.
Article six, dealing with the funds
says, there is no initiation fee nor will there be direct tax levied. The
methods of obtaining funds will be:
"(a) By free will offerings of money,
"(b) Contributions of clothing, fuel
etc.
"(c) By entertainments under the
auspices of the society.
"(d) By any means that the execu
tive board may arrange."
The annual meeting of the society
as designated in the constitution, will
be held on the Tuesday preceding Thanksgiving of each year, when the
election of officers will -take place.
The regular meeting will be held once
each month, which shall be the first first Tuesday of the month, at 8 o'clock
p. m. The scope of the society will
SELECTS SIX B DM
Gary's New Chief, Joseph
Feeley, Has Ten Appli
cants to Choose From; All
in the Past.
WILL WORKFOR I'llCKEY Interest in Contest Instituted By Ed Simon - Growing.
(Special to The Times.) East Chicago, Ind., Dec 14. Attorney
George W. Cromer, of Indianapolis, arrived in East Chicago yesterday and Was in conference with Attorney A. Ottenheimer and Representative E. W. Wickey relative to the trial of the Simon-Wlckey legislative contest at Crown Polnto today. Mr. Cromer is an ex-congressman and is in Lake county in the interests of the republican state committee. In the southern part of the state, it is believed that the contest is Instituted hv th domnprfttlc Tartv not
Have Had Some Training I bo much for the overthrow of Mr.
wiCKey s canaiaacy dui lor me aeieai of a few republican candidates who
were elected by a few hundred majority. ' It is these doubtful ones that Mr. Com
er will represent In the future hearings of the contest. He is confident that Mr. Wickey will retain his seat in the house and will use ' every energy in securing the positive holding of office by every elected republican. .The two Justices who will try the case expect to be busy for at least two weeks, as it is believed every vote cast will be brought as evidence, and its validity or invalidity proven to the satisfaction of the , trial court. The
contest is arousing much more inquiry
in other states than in Lake county. "In Washington," says Mr. Wickey, "I was besieged by newspaper jnen, as soon as they ' associated me with the contest, and was interviewed by them on every possible angle of the affair; There is a great deal more interest shown in the capital city than In East Chicago, where it is readily believed that Mr. Simon's defeat will be made doubly sure."
1 BE HR. DAUGHERTY
Auditor Johnson Reported to Be Ready to Make Changes.
TOUT THB ARHT WHO HATE TRIED TIMES WART ADS AND HAVE NOT FOUND THEM WANTING.
(Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point Ind., Dec i4. A report circulated yesterday says that Charles J. Daugherty, ev-sheriff of Lake county, will be deputy auditor under Charjes
A. Johnson's last regime, and that John
Wise is getting the hobbles on the of
rumor has it that Fred Furman, who took an active part in the recent poli
tical campaign in Center township, has
been rewarded tor his activities by get
ting the deputy sheriffship plum for the central part of Lake county, to begin with the seating of Thomas Grant, the present sheriff-elect. Fred is conversant with the duties and routine of the office and If the rumor is true, will no 'doubt fill the position favorably. The report, although unofficial, has gained wide circulation and is given credence among those who are near the firing line.
Luck and the Gambler. Luck is another name for superstition. The whole betting mania -ia
based on pure superstitious belief , in
al i 1 a. L a.
flee of bailiff of the circuit court in1a DUlia cnance uai wm suuibuuw iuiu the event of a vacancy being caused by I and help a fellow out some time. And the present Incumbent getting the de- j that's why the innocent victims keep
puty 'sheriff's plum. Mr. Daugherty has had long experience in clerical and matters pertaining to the office work of the courthouse and would be an ideal man for the situation, and his many friends would like to see him in the office if he wants it. An unconfirmed
coming in a never-ending stream, beg
ging to be shorn. And vwlly, they are not disappointed. -
IF TOU ARES BUST, TRT TO FORGET A LOT OF THINGS AND REMGMBER THB WANT ADS. , '.
DEPAR1EIIT TO BE
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Temporary Station Is Completed By
Contractor Gallagher Today Will Accommodate Hose and Chemical
Wagons Big Fire Alarm Will Be
Installed.
Today Chief of the Gary Fire De
partment Joseph Feeley will select six men from the list of ten applicants who
will compose Gary s first paid fire de
partment
By tonight the new fire station, being erected by Contractor Gallagher, will be
finished and tomorrow the men will be housed in the new station. These are the men. from Chief Feeley will se
lect his fire fighting force: G. H. Baldwin, Oscar Olson, E. L. Elderklne, F.
L. Undlre, L. M. Lovejoy, J. W Duncan, Stephen Geresy, James B. Frazer and
E. C. Naylor. ; ' 1 ,
In the selection of the men, all that
is required by the board of town trus
tees is that Chief Feeley must select the best force of fire fighters he can obtain, and he will be held responsible.
Religion and politics will not be taken
into consideration but the active quail-
take ties of the men and their ability to cope
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in all cases in Uniting, Robertsdale, with- the drills which they will be put
Stleglitz Park and Wilcox. This is through today will mean much in their
much more territory that it was at first selection on the force.
thought to be able to cover, but as it is a Whiting society it can be seen' that I
On Duty ToraorOTV.
Many of the men on the list of ap-
the acts of charity will also include pnCants have belonged at times to vol
unteer fire departments and all that is necessary to make a highly efficient de
partment will be careful training,- which
they will receive under the direction of Chief Feeley.
The hose wagon has arrived and to
gether with the chemical wagons and other fire fighting paraphernalia, will be placed in the new station today.
Stoves have been purchased and a bunk room has been arranged in the second story of the station, so that by Tuesday night the men will commence duty at the station and will be ready for
their first call for fire.
A big fire alarm will be placed in
the town which will be sounded whenever a fire occurs
Hammond and East" Chicago territory.
Three cases were reported at the
meeting Friday night. They were the Klemm case of Robertsdale, a Finnish
family living at 422 Fred street, and a Polish family.
Cause Is a Most Worthy One. Dr. Kohr of Robertsdale, who is vice
president of the society, said he did not
think it necessary for the society to take action in the Klemm case, as. the
children had been made quite comfort
able by kind-hearted citizens and arrangements had already been made to send them to a home.
The Fred street family is in need of
fuel, the father having gone away to seek employment.
An interpreter was sent over to con
verse with the woman and she will be
given coal. The relief society will also
look into the case of the foreign fam ily.
Much suffering will undoubtedly be saved this winter by the work of this society, and persons having any donations to make will do well to give them
to this society, knowing it will go for a
good cause, and perhaps save a suffer ing fellow man.
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DOUB L E All Day Tuesday,
LARGEST DISPLAY OF HOLIDAY GOODS 1 THE CITY
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Christmas Exercises Being
Arranged by East Chicago Musicians. (Special to Thb Times.)
East Chicago, Ind., Dec. 12. The
choral society of the East Chicago Con
gregational church are working en
ergetically towards the completion of
their cantata, which will be presented
to the public on next Wednesday even
ing. The proceeds of the entertainment
will be devoted to the uses of the
church and choir. The society expects
to clear a neat sum from their efforts.
The cantata is of sacred composition,
entitled "The Coming of the King," by
Dudley Buck. Opening with the Noel
prelude, solos dealing .with the birth of Christ and his subsequent discovery by
the three wise men will be rendered by
the choral society soloists and the general chorus. Miss Townsend will ren
der the contralto solos, and James O. Parks and Evan Lloyd are to sing the tenor and bass solos. The choral society is one of twenty-five voices, all
well trained by the directress, Miss
Mary A. Stone, who is also teacher of music in the East Chicago public
schools.
Following the rendition of the cantata, .a program of especial merit has
been prepared, at which both local and
neighboring city talent will be in evi
dence. Mrs. IL L. McCoy of Magoun
avenue has consented to give several
readings, as will also Miss Mary" Lee Morrison of Whiting." Miss Neilson of South Chicago, who is particularly well
known throughout the Calumet region
will render some of her pleasing violin
solos, while other musical numbers, vo
cal and Instrumental, will be rendered
by Ea.st Chicagoans.
The program will be given In the Congregational church, corner of One
Hundred and Forty-fifth and Magoun
avenues, and an admission fee of 25
Atorney Frank C. Gavit of Whiting I
Orders Construction of Ten Homes Is $25,000 Job.
Today at 4 o'clock in the offices of
Architect C'E. Kendricks, the contract
for the erection of the Mast building.
which will cost from $18,000 to 120,000,
will be awarded.
It is understood that there are at
least ten contractors figuring on securing the contract and the competition
will be lively. The foundation of the new building Is already in, and as soon
as the contract is awarded work will
be started and rushed until completion.
The Mast building is situated on
Broadway, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, next to the John O. Bowers
building now under construction.' It will be a three-story brick with offices on the second floor and flats on the
third. It Is said the front decoration
of the building will be the finest of any in Gary.
The Smith Construction company of
Gary was awarded the contract on Saturday for ten brick story and a half
houses for Frank Gavit of Whiting, to be erected near Twenty-second and Jefferson streets at Gary. There were ten bids received on the contract, but the Smith company underbid the other contractors on the whole contract by $4,060. The new residences will cost in the neighborhood of $2,500 and will be the best In that section of the town and will be used by Mr. Gavit for renting purposes. Architect J. J. Verplank is the designer of the new residences.
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. All 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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