Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 257, Hammond, Lake County, 19 April 1909 — Page 8

CTTTS THH-3. Monday, April 19. 1909. "BUD PIG" GASES ABE UOLLE PBOSSED First Apprehensions in Liquor Cases at Gary Come to Naught. GLAY GOLUHS BOOSTED Kansas Congressman Who Wants Law to Stop Wheat Speculation -- -rT Y FRIEHDS TOR KUYOR uin I Vociferously Endorsed by Whiting Republicans and Democrats. 'v. sv- :: - X? x"- . --.- . " '' Til PROSECUTING WITNESS FAILS IS NOW POLICE SERGEANT T

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Had Told Police That He Could Se

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Evidence, 3ut Could Net.

The capes of the foreigners who were arretted Thursday afternoon, charged with selling liquor without a license, were nolle proved Saturday by Judge Fitzgerald whn, after trying one of the ras.'s, it was s en that there was rot sufficient rviderce for conviction. The ir.en vvho had b-en arrested were

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FACTS AM COOBT lie wm 60V. While One Case Is on Trial Thirty-Nine Others Are Filed. 404 SUITS 11 CALENDAR

This, However, Does Kot Include Kcw Ones That Have Been Filed Since Jan. 1. Tt is a very probable that Oovrenor M-irs'iail w -uhi not have vetoed Hammond's court bill if h- had known, or 1 f-l-vcd. that the stories- the Hammond lawyers told about the congested condition of the local court, were true. 'P at th"S' stories were not exaggerated is i-hown !..y the fact that during th; two wi fits that the case of Smith vs. t'.if Xatioiia! Fire Proofing c :r. .1 y has b"fn on trial there were t: i,-;y -iiir." ca filed in the Lake su1 e; ior court l i iil'.f-r words while there was one case le-ir.g di-po?cfl of there were thir

ty-nine of... r. In infr liled. Local atto! neya .-.! y there is probably not another In the state of Indiana that can show such a record for new litigation p. j that. A i other thing that will probably surI r ).- Governor Marsh-ill is the fact that there are nr-w '. live cases on the trial calendar. This does not inc'c.le any of the cases that have been liled since the first of the year. The jury in the ease of Smith, administrator, vs. the National Fire Proofins: eonipany went out this morning to take up the too interrogatories which have been submitted by the attorneys in the case. As soon as the .lory had been instructed by Judge Virgil S. Reiter and had retired Judge Charles Tlanley of Rensselaer took the bench and presided in the ease of the Gary saloonkeepers

against the commissioners of Lake county.

He Lonrj Has Been in Public EyeMention of Name at Meeting Causes Enthusiasm.

(Special to The Times.) Whiting. Ind., April 19. Another mayoralty candidate has. bobbed up in Whiting, in the person of Sergeant Clay C. Collins, who has been in the public eye. perhaps as much as any other man in the city. Sergeant Collins has not as yet declared himself as a mayoralty candi

date, but on the other hand he Is thinking seriously of the matOer. especially since his friends are spurring him on. 1 At the political meeting in Frankowski's hall the other evening. Clay Col- j lins was proposed as a candidate for mayor. At the mention of his name ; every one in the hall gave a vocifer- i ous yell for Co, lins. So intense was the exc itement tht it took fifteen minutes J for the noise to subside, and then after that almost all of the one hundred foreigners, who were in attendance, they . being from both parties, pledged to him their unanimous support. Still on Police Force. At the election of May 3, 1S96, Mr. Collins was elected marshal of Whiting, which was then a village. At the election of May 2, 1S98. he was reelected marshal, as ho also was at the el-etions on Mav 1, 1899, May 7, 1300 ami May 1. 1902. , On May 4. 1903, William E. Warwick I went in as the first mayor of AVhiting and Mr. Collins again went in. but this time as chief of police, and also acted1 in this capacity during Mayor War- ' wick's second term of office. , Mayor Fred J. Smith was elected on j

May 1. 1906, and it was during this administration that Mr. Collins was succeeded as chief of police by Patrick Lawler, the present incumbent. Mr. Collins was then appointed as police sergeant in which office he may still be found.

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CHECK GASHER IS HELD Albert McGarry of Franklin, Pa., Detained by Whiting Police.

Chicago Man Who Tried to

Get Funny With Whiting Girl Is Arested.

BEACON ST. MOURNS

Children Lose Canine Companion Yesterday.

(Special to Tub Times.) Fast Chicago. Ind.. April 19. Teddy is dead and ail Beacon street is mourning. Teddy was a large yellowhaired mongrel dog. formerly owned by the late George Hitchcock. Jr.. son of Oeorge Hitchcock of P.eacon street, but. who since his young master's death, had devoted himself to little William

Meade to such an extent that he had come to be regarded as William's own property. yesterday morning Teddy accompanied, by a number of children on their way to Sunday school as far as the Interurban tracks. The party had reached the Y off Wegg avenue when ore of the big through coaches humped Teddy and humpl him hard. Poor Teddy, when he was d-agged from beneath the car, was still alive, but seriously injured, and his p'tiful whines caused by-standers to call the police to put an end to his sufferings. Officer Leo McCormlck, who also lives in Beacon street, was summoned and at once fired a bullet into Teddy's brain, killing him instantly. All the children in P.eacon street, with whom Teddy was a favorite, are inconsolable over the loss of their general pet.

(Special to The Times.) Whiting. Ind.. April 19. Albert McGarry of Franklin, Penn., went into the Edelweiss buffet on 119th street, on Saturday night, and asked the proprieor Michael E. Harr, to cash a check for him for $35.00. Mr. Harr was reticent for a short time, hardly knowing what to do when McGarry said, well if he did not want to cash the check, he would get Patsy

Kern, who had known him since boy

hood, to go good for it. He returned

with Mr. Kern, and it was when the

latter decided to go good for the sum.

that Mr. Harr decided to cash the

check.

A short time after cashing the first

check McGarry retuned to Harr and

asked him to cash another check, this time for the sum of $10.00. It was then that Mr. Harr blankly refused, and also began to get suspicious. In

quiries proved that he had also gone

to O'Keefe's restaurant and Geo. Gir

ard's saloon, asking them to cash

checks, some being on the Baltimore

Br.nk and one being on the First National of Whiting, while the check

cashed by Mr. Harr was on the Frank

lin. Pa., bank.

Investigations also proved that Mc

Garry had no money in the Whiting bank, so steps were made to arrest

him on suspicion. He was found at

his rooming house. When placed tin

der arrest by Chief Lawler, he said he

was being done a great injustice, as

he had $1,300 in the Franklin bank.

He. however, Is being held until the

statement is verified.

Mr. O'Keefe thinks he is fortunate

In having his suspicions aroused, or

he would have cashed the check with

out a doubt. McGarry told him there was a poker game on at the Owl Club and he wanted to get in on It. O'Keefe knowing there are no poker games

carried on in these quarters, knew that

all was not well.

JUDGE JONES GETS BUSY

Transferred to Aurora.

Managfr Smith of the Western I'n

ion Telegraph company, who has had

charge of the office in the Gary ho

tel ever since the office was installer

has received notice that he is to be

transferred from Gary to Aurora, 111

either Tuesday or Wednesday. Man

ager Smith has given great satisfaction to the public in Gary and his re

moral from this city will be regrette

His suoe-ssor in this city has not been

announced as yet.

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Mishawaka Boy Astounds Police in Gary; Is Arrested and Taken to South Bend, Where Hs Is Found to Be Confirmed Criminal.

BOY IS ONLY FOURTEEN YEARS OLD

Had Robbed Tribe of "T" Store in Gary and other Crimes in City May Be Fastened Upon Him By Police After Strict Investigation Takes Place.

CotfGKESSZUiZT ClJAlZLsZS F. SCOTT-

LIRTS EFFORTS GOME TO NAUGHT

REMONSTRANCES TO

BE FILEDJTQMQRRQW

Burns Ditch Matters Ex

pected to Keep Judge McMahan Busy.

Squire Decides That Ray Lewis Was

About $15 Worth Too Fresh.

(Special to The Times.) Whiting, Ind., April 19. Ray Lewis,

aged 19 years, who said his home was

on Ellis avenue in Chicago, was ar

rested on Saturday evening for dls-

rderly conduct, and fined $15.00 by

Judge Jones.

Lewis had been around Whiting for

three or four days, and said he was

looking for work, in the meantime be

was travelling arouna on Al arson s

milk wagon.

While on the street Saturday even

ing, he happened to meet miss juna

Modrock, one of our most attractive

Polish girls. Being much impressed

with her good looks, he decided to fol

low her trying all the time to make

an impression upon the young miss.

but all In vain. He followed her right

down Oliver street to the residence of

lr. Lauer, where she is employed. After Miss Modrock had gone into the

house, her pursurer continued to hang around for quite a while, when he fin

ally left in the direction of One Hun

dred and Nineteenth street.

It was quite a time after that the

telephone rang, and a strange voice greeted the young lady, saying they

were from South Chicago, and had an

excellent position in view for her

They refused to divulge their name

but asked her to come down to the

corner to meet th-m.

Her curiosity being aroused, she agreed to f?o. and when the corner was reached sho was confronted by none

other than the same Ray Lewis. It

was then that her anger was aroused

and as Officer F.mmcl happened to be in the vicinity, at that time, she told him the exnerience. with the result

that Lewis was arrested just as h

was about to board a car out of town

Rest for Our Intelligence.

Ignorance, considered alone and aside from truth with which it is so

sweetly harmonious, is rest for our Intelligence; it maks us forget our past evils, dissimulates the present ones; in fine, it Is a boon, since it comes to us from nature. Barnardln de Saint-Pierre.

Whole Race Condemned.

A native of Annam, Indo-China. sen

tenced in Paris for theft, wrote the

following apology to his employer

All Annamiti&s, whether emperors mandarins, secretaries, literary men

and others, are born thieves. It is a

grave and deadily complaint, and there is no cure for it. I know people do not like thieves in France, but It

cannot be helped."

ROPERTY OWNERS BENEFIT

Land Owners Flock to Porter County

Court to Examine Commissioners' Court.

Tomorrow is the time specified by

Judge McMahan of the Porter circuit

court for the filing of remonstrances

against the Burns ditch assessments of

Lake and Porter counties, and especi

ally Randall Burns and the court

commissioners, are anxious to know

whether or not an attempt will be made to block the construction of the

ditch by remonstrances. which will

take an indefinite length of time to

settle.

Most of the large property owners

along the territory benefited have

agreed to stand a part of the costs

and no oposltion Is looked for from

that source. Most of the trouble en

countered will be from a large num

ber of resident property owners, who believe that they have not been bene

fited or have been unjustly assessed. Last week scores of land holders

crowded the court at Valparaiso for

the purpose of examining the report of

the commissioners and determining

what amount the ditch will take out of their pockets.

Itlg Property Onnera Won't Object. There are but few property owners hut what feel that the construction of the ditch will make for the general good of the region. The only question Is how it will affect them individually. Engineer A. P. Melton of Gary says that there will tie little opposition on the part ff the large property holders, whose remonstrances would be a serious drawback. If the remonstrances filed tomorrow do not prove too serious an obstacle and the litigation consume too much time, the ditch will soon be under way and this will be the last season where thousands of acres of land In Like and Porter counties will be submerged. Great reliance has been placed upon the ditch commission. A. P. Melton of Gary. Thomas Wilson and Guy Stinchfleld of Valparaiso, in preparing the assessments of benefits and damages,

which will tend to reduce the number j

of remonstrants.

Bruce Stearns, the 14-year-old Garyboy, with a criminal record big enough for a man twice his years, was caught by the police of Mishawaka Saturday after a series of robberies in this city and in Mishawaka. Word was received of his arrest by the police of Gary yesterday morning, in which Chief of Police B. F. Barrett of that place stated that he had made a full confession of the robbery of Kletn-

schmidt's bookstore in this city.

It is probable that Stearns would

never have been apprehended had not his kleptomanial instincts got him into

trouble again at the city in which he sought refuge from the local police.

Here he was cajght in the act of steal

ing, and will probably be convicted. He was taken to the county Jail at

South Bend and held under $200 bonds.

Heaon for Snupect Ing Him. Because of the fact that Stearns in

quired about the time that the store closed up, and frequently went into

the cellar that night, he was suspected of robbing the "Tribe of K." It was then found that he suddenly disap

peared, and all doubt as to his guilt

was dispelled. With the eighteen dol

lars he secured and other money which

he is thought to have obtained in the

same manner, he went to South Bend

and to Mishawaka.

The police are now not only certain

that he robbed the bookstore, but be

lieve he is guilty of robbing Tittle

i5rottiers meat market, in which a

quantity of spurious coins were taken

and is also guilty of several other

crimes of a like nature. Stearns told

the police who arrested him a graphic story of how he secreted himself in

the basement of the Gary store until

after it was closed and then tore the boards off of the floor of the show win

dow to climb into the store. Other Ventured of His.

Among the other ventures which

Stearns has been involved in this city

is running away from home several

times, which resulted in his being turned out of his house by his parents and being found by the local police

several times sleeping in public buildings and any place where he could secure warmth and shelter. The boy Is believed to be a degnerate of the worst type, and his arrest will be a source of satisfaction.

WOMAN IS TAKEN

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HTO CUSTODY

(Special to The Times.) Whiting. Indiana, April 19. Mrs. Mary Kostrabanich of Davidson Place, was taken into custody yesterday, after acting very strangely which gave the impression that she must be

mentally deranged. Mrs. Kostrabanich attended the services at the Greek Catholic church in Clarke Station, yesterday morning, and it was first noticed at these services that she did not ac quite like herself. After church was ever, she wandered around the streets in such a manner, that although she was not violent, it was thought best o ake her in charge. She will undergo an examination before Judge Jones, and if it is found that she Is insane, steps will be taken at once to have her admitted to the asylum at Longcliffe. Logansport. Much sympathy is felt for the unfortunate woman, as she has two small children, whom she supports by doing washing, and it is thought that hard work anil worry, might have been the cause of her unbalanced mind.

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New York's Coal Consumption. New York city has consumed 1, 400,000 tons of coal in the last II months.

Deserved to Escape. A Russian political prisoner condemned to death at Kieff recently escaped from prison as he was on the point of bein driven to the place of execution. Although in chains, the man ran over half a mile before he was overtaken and recaptured. He was subsequently hanged.

Runaway Occurs. Han Phelan, aged 20, was quite serie.us'y injured in a runaway at Gary on Saturday afternoon, between Seventh street and Broadway. He was taken to Mercy hospital. His horse, a spirited animal, became frightened and threw him out of the wagon he was driving.

Building Permits. The J. F. Schmidt Bros.- Construction company will put up five twostory brick residences on the comer of Madison street, near Fifth, to cost $5,ooo each. Contractor Joseph Frost will build three frame residences: two en Jefferson street and one on Connecticut street for Paul Michalich.

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A Frog jumps readily enough when put in warm water, yet a frog can be boiled without a movement if the water is heated slowly enough. In a psychological experiment at Yale University the water was heated at the rate of .0036 of a degree a second, Fahrenheit, Th? frog never moved, and at the end of two and onehalf hours, was found dead. He had evidently been boiled to death without knowing it There are hundreds of business frogs.

They Are Not Sensitive of Business Changes

The evolution from the old method to the new, bright, advertising way has not startled them they die a slow business death. j a The merchant who doesn't advertise today is being boiled to death, and the bright attractive prin&ng that we are doing for his competitors is the water .that is doing for him what the frog got at Yale.

MORAL Don't be a frog; use a little printing- ink.

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