Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 26, Hammond, Lake County, 19 July 1909 — Page 8

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s THE TIMES. Monday, July 19, 1909.

Nick Lally, Believed to Be a

Member of the Hod Car riers' Union, Killed In

stantly Before Throng of

Spectators.

BABY HURT

If SERIOUS RUNAWAY

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Both Engineer and Fireman of Freight Train Maintain That They Blew the Whistle for the Crossing Where Accident Happened Victim Had Union Card in Pocket.

Nick Lally, 45 years old, believed to be a member of the Hod-Carriers' union of Gary, -was instantly killed at 9:30 Saturday night by a "Wabash train on the Broadway crossing before a throng of pedestrians. Lally -was standing in the center of the track with his back toward, the fast freight which struck him, and death came instantly. The reason why. Lally did not see the strong headlight- of the engine as It

approached or 'heard the engine whistle can only be surmised. Engineer Will on the east-bound freight, No. 92, and Conductor Mitchel, both maintain that they blew the whistle for the crossing for a considerable length of time and had slowed their train down because of the fact that two heavy wagons were crossing Broadway at that time and narrowly escaped being hit, one of these was an expression wagon. Had Plasterers' Card In l'oclict. On the other side of the trucks and teams which just crossed the track in time, stood Lally. Some of the spectators maintain that considering the fact that the strong rays of the electric light blazed down the track for miles and that the engineer blew his whistle violently for some time, and that they slowed up at the crossing.

(Special to Thh Time) Indiana Harbor, July 19. A number of persons who happened to be on One Hundred and Thirty-seventh street, between Deodar and Cedar streets, yes

terday, were horrified to see a baby run down by a grocery wagon which was being driven at breakneck speed down the thoroughfare. The child was the 2-year-old son of Tom Ywano of Cedar street and the wagon was the property of Joe Topayna, the grocer. The vehicle was being driven by a young boy, Steve Kloska, and according to spectators did not even stop for the driver to learn what injuries he had inflicted on the victim of the accident. The little one's leg was broken. Those who witnessed the accident disagree on their visions of he Incidents, some claiming the boy was simply driving recklessly, and being

frightened at what he had done, preferred to drive on. rather than stop and face the crowd that speedily gathered about the form of the unconscious child. Others declare that young Klo

ska had lost control of the animal and

that the horse was running away.

Joe Efola, the fritu dealer, was first to the rescue and he carried the little form into the house where a physician was called to attend the child. At first it was thought the baby was killed, one wheel of the wagon apparently having passed over his body, but an examination failed to reveal any other injuries than the broken leg, which was the left one. Young Klcska declared h'.s horse was unmanageable or.d that this accounted for the accident.

Boy Is Proclaimed Stall of Peraia.

NEW BOY FOR TOM.

(Special to The Times.) Indiana Harbor, ind.. July 19. Friday morning at S:30 o'clock a new arrival in the family in the form of a nine-pound boy. made his appearance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O'Connel! on the lake front. Mrs. O'Connell and the baby are getting along splendidly, while Tom is reported out of danger. This last addition to the O'Connell family makes the baseball nine which Tom proposes organizing in his own family complete all but five members, and he expects in time to sign the balance of the team. The young O'Conne.lls who are thus far under contract include one pair of twins, who are the pride of Indiana Harbor. This diminutive pair already

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Aftr Lally was struck and thrown to the side of the track the train was brought to a quick standstill, and a great crowd gather about the tracks to watch the transpiring events with morbid curiosity. The body of the victim wag not badly mangled, but he bled through the esrs and mouth and his bodly was badly bruised. By the time a physician and the undertaker arrived there was not a vestige of life remained. Lally has a wife and relatives living In the vicinity who have been notified of his death, but so far they have shown no disposition to take the body for burial. A working card was found In one of his pockets for the Plasterers' union bearing the name Eugene Dougal and an attempt will be made to find out today who this person may be.

ROB THE CHINK (Special to The Tijtesl)

Indiana Harbor. Ind., July 19. Un

known pasties last night entered the Singe Lee laundry, on Block avenue.

and got away with $23 and a jackknife. Tt was easy for the burglars to gain access by raising a window on the south side. The police have no clews to the perpetrators.

NEW COTTAGE. (Special to Thk Times.)

East Chicago. Ind., July 19. Work

will be begun today on a story and a

half frame cottage belonging to Mrs. Abbie Thomas of Magoun avenue. The house is to be built in Baring avenue, between Chicago and 14Sth streets, and is of frame construction. It will have a good concrete basement and all modern conveniences in the way of bathroom equipment, hot water and heatin gfacillties. The heating plant is to be for steam, a modern and improved device of thi3 character being contemplated. The house will contain seven rooms and will cost $2,000. This is only one of many new residences and other buildings which are under way in East Chicago this summer.

More of the Same. "Is there anything in Houston mora glorious than one of those red-headed and dimpled widows?" Is a query which comes from Lake Charles. Yes, sir. Two of them are twice as glorious. Houston Post.

Many People fail in Life because their Wishbone is vhere their Backbone should be.

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Frank Johnson, a colored man, 29 years old. got in bad in Gary almost

as soon as he had set foot on Magic City soil and was placed under arrest.

The story of Johnson's downfall is as

follows:

Mr. Johnson blew into the city on an afternoon freight train and started up the street to secure funds from the

charitably inclined for the purpose of I getting a good square meal. Looking about the broad street, known as Broadway, Johnson ppled a tall, pleasant, faced man on a corner with evidently a few dimes to spare: "Say old sport." said Johnson with a half starved expression acquired by long practice, "could ye slip me a dime for a little coffee and? I was Just turned loose from a hospital in Chicago, pard, and I'm walkin' ta Loui'-

vllle to get a job."

'Well," the tall good, natured looking

man replied, "I can't give you any money, but I will give you a bed and

get you a good, square meal."

This suited Johnson all right and his

hopes rose as he was led to a small

white cottage on Se-enth and Massa

chusetts streets. Not . until the man had stepped in the door and stood

facing the desk sergeant in uniform at the police station, did he realize that

he had been placed under arrest by

Chief of Police Martin.

"Johnson took the joke with as much

fun as anyone and as the jail door closed on him, said: "And to think, by goly, the chief was the first man I

struck."

Johnson will be tried for begging.

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Colored Female Degenerates

Crazed With Whisky and

Morphine Fight Like Fiends When Gary Police Officers Arrest Them.

SLICK BUYS FIFTH

AVENUE PROPERTY

Fishel Building in Gary Sells

for $10,000; Adjoins Laundry. OTHER DEALS SHE PENDING

New Owner Desireous of Increasing

His Business Is Willing to Pay Price.

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Sold at all Daalsra and at JOS. P. WLEKLINSKI, 4724-4726 Forsyth Ave,, East Chicago. Ind. Union Fidelity Building -Tel. 333.

(Special to The Times.) Indiana Harbor, July 19. One hundred and fifty dollars seems a large price to nav for a bit of cheese, but this is what small hunk of limburger cost Tom Maugpr, the proprietor of tho Mauger Kxpress company, some time ago. The story is ancient history

so far as Tom is concerned, for it happened while the express man lived in Chicago, but it is new to his friends, as it just leaked out, and according to Tom's own admission, his family even does not know of the incident. That is, of the cheese end of the incident. Tom got confidential the othr day and that is how the story became known. The subject had turned to the question of cheese. "Do you know, I have a terrible weakness for cheese. It's simply a fright tho way I love cheese," said Tom. "Not the mild, respectable variety that appeals to the every day appetite, but it's llmburger that gets a hold on my fancy, the same as whiskey does on the confirmed periodical. Every so often I must hav limburger. It seems as though It is essential to my existance. "Like a whole lot of other women and most men, the Missus can't abide the stulT. She simply draws the line at haviny any of it in the house. And

' I, being a peace loving soul, don't in

sist onmy rights in the premises, as meaner husbands might. I simply take the opportunity when my wife is

away, of indulging my craving for limburger. If the appetite gets hold of

me when she's at home, I get my bit

of limburger and retire to the solitude of the woodshed, where I can cat it in

peace.

"My wife happened to be away when the limburger that cost me $150 entered my life. It was a succulent bit with a smell like a morgue on a hot

day. I never will forget the taste of that particular bit of cheese. Well, as I was saying, my wife was away on the day the craving came on me and I got a pound of the stuff and had eaten about two-thirds of It when I heard her coming. She had some company with her. I made a quick sneak Into the bath room. locked the door and let the package of cheese out of the bathroom window into a small court, which the window overlooked. There happened to be a nail just below the ledge on the outside of the window sill, and to this I tied the parcel. "Well, will you believe it, I forgot all about that cheese. Tt was summer and the windows were open all the time. Everytime anybody went into the bathroom, they would come out of it with their noses wrinkled and an anxious look upon their faces. The question arose, what was the matter. It was decided that a rat had died

to make an investigation. lie took up the floor, but could discover nothing. Wo figured that the thing was in the walls, so a section of this was torn away. Still nothing doing. Plumbers, bricklayers and plasterers were called into the consultation. My desire to eradicate the smell became as much of

a passion with me, as my desire to experience it when the limburger appetite took possession of me. "They were all there one day and the house sounded like a boiler making establishment in consequence, when I happened to poke my head out of the bnthroom window. My eye caught the little package suspended beneath the ledge. Kverything was plain to me then. I cut the string and let the package fall into the court and then, when no one was looking I went down and picked up the limburger and carried it out to an empty lot. The smell disappeared and I discharged the men. When the bills came in they amounted to just $150.75."

A large real estate deal was con

sumated last week in which the sale

of another big business block figured.

This time, however, the property Is lo cated on Fifth avenue instead of Broad

way, where the Erand building was recently disposed of to W. II. Moore of Montgomery, Ala., for J15.000. The latest deal is the acquisition on the

part of S. H. Slick, manager of Slick's Gary Laundry company, of the Fisher

building, adjoining his present placl of

business on Fifth avenue.

The purchase price of the building, it is said, is $10,000, though this has not been verified. As the owner of the

building was not anxious to sell, Mr.

Slick is said to have paid a good price

for the building and property, which

he desired to increase his business.

Mr. Slick feels that at his present

location he will not have sufficient room to expand and therefore found it necessary to secure more property. The

laundry business, conducted by his com

pany, has grown to such proportions that he found It obligatory to seek more space to handle the improved bus

iness.

Aside from the two big deals in Gary

buslnes blocks, which have been put

through in the past few days, other

deals of like proportions are now pend

ing and may bo announced in a few days.

FINDING WILL NOT BE MADE PUBLIC

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all of the things recommended by the commission. This much, at least, will

be interesting news to the people of

that part of the state. Investigation In Thorough. Never before has the commission made as thorough and complete an investigation of an accident on a railroad

in this state as it has made in the case of this Chesterton wreck. Inspectors were sent to the scene of the wreck to make an examination of conditions at

that place. They also inspected the cars that came togther and examined persons who were present at the time of the wreck. The inspectors even

examined the clothing of the dead mo torman and of some of the dead pas sengers. Muni Comply With SuRgentionn.

Not only that, but after everything

else had been done the commission

called several of the highest officers of the railroad company from Cleveland, O., to the commission's office a few

days ago and asked them to explain

away certain things in connection with

the operation of the road. Just what the members of the commission said to them Is not known, but it is said that they read the riot act to them and

gave them to understand that measures

should be taken to prevent any more

accidents of that kind.

Unless the company cony?Hes with all of the suggestions and recommenda

tions made by the comtnission, the

facts in the case as ascertained by the

under the floor and when the stench commission during the Investigation

became unbearable I got a carpenter will be given to the publla

Two colored women, Edna McDonnel

and Beatrice McFarland, both filled

with craze producing morphine and

whiskey, fought each other Sunday

morning on the corner of Fifteenth avenue and Washington street with

beer bottles as weapons until every vestige of clothing was torn from their bodies, and bruised and lacerated were handcuffed and brought to the police station in vehicles. The affair was one of the most disgraceful ever witnessed in Gary. After they had fought each other viciously with beer bottles, hands and feet, and seemingly with murder In their hearts, they turned upon the officers as they placed them under arrest and fought so madly that two police were required to hold each one of them down. Ail Mght Debauch. The deplorable wrangle occurred after an all night debauch in which morphine figured prominently. This drug followed by the use of intoxicating liquors made them both fairly wild and when the fight commenced it seemed as if one of them would surely be killed. A riot call was sent in to

the police station and three officers and

Chief Martin hurried to the place.

Much damage had been done before

they could place them under arrest.

however. A section of the upper lip

of the McFarland woman was hanging

by a thread and her opponent was bruised and bleeding in a dozen dif

ferent places where the beer bottles had done their deadly work.

The officers took the women to the

station in a wagon, and never have they

had more desperate men or women to handle. They bit, scratched and

screamed. Fonerht With Officers. i They kicked the officers, and with

almost superhuman strength tried to

break away from them. On the other

hand the officers were compelled to handle them with more severity than the majority of men. They did every

thing in their power to make them peacefully to the station, but i this

proved useless. After their hands had been handcuffed like ordinary thieves

or murderers, they resorted to biting. At the police station when the Mc

Farland woman was recovering from

the effects of the drug and liquor, her

condition was fearful. It was thought for a time that she might die from the

effects, but prompt medical attention

gave relief. The suffering was terrible

to see. and seemed to serve as an ob

ject lesson to the other inmates of the jail and those who chanced to see her pay the penalty for her revelry of the

night before.

DYERS INCORPORATED

New Gary Firm Is Incorpor

ated; Capital Stock $9,000.

PLAYS AND PLAYERS. t

Mirk Brown will appear in "Brown

of Harvard" next season.

Margaret Anglin has a new play from the French, called "The Rival." Arthur Wing Plnero and Beerbohm

Tree were lately knighted by King Ed

ward. Maude Adams sailed for Europe on the Lusitanla the other day to spend a few weeks in Ireland. Marie Dressier is to play four weeks in vaudeville this summer and is to rereceive $2,000 a week. Suzanne Santje, who was once leading woman with Richard Mansfield, has decided to return to the stage. Suzanne Santje, who was once lead

ing woman with Richard Mansfield, has

decided to return to the stage. Arline Holing, formerly of "The Alaskan," has been engaged by Mortimer H Singer for one of his seven companies

Valerie Bergere has produced a new sketch Bergere has produced a new sketch called "The Sultan's Favorite," by Edgar Allen Woolf, author of "The Vampire." W. F. Furguson has been engaged by David Belasco to create an important role in "Is Marriage a Failure?" to be produced next season. Edward Abeles is to have Arnold Daly's role In a revival of "The Strong People." which wil be given under its former tiii( "The Pickpockets." Martin Harvey's London venture in the Nirdlinger version of "El Gran Galeoto," (The World and His Wife) failed. He gave the play at a series of special matinees. Hamilton Revelle has been engaged to create te principal male role In "The Coast of Chance," which will be staged

A new company was incorporated last week at Indianapolis, which will be

known as the Gary Cleaning and Dying works. The company incorporated for J9.000 and the incorporators were A.

Howard Bell, O. H. Schmidt, and R. 11.

Hildebrandt. The company has already

secured quarters In the Moody build

ing on the corner of Seventh avenue

and Broadway and expect to open their

place of business a week from today.

All of ;he young men interested in this

enterprise are well known in Gary. Mr.

Schmidt hag been in the cleaning busi

ness for eighteen years. The company

will handle wholesale and retail work.

tinder the direction of its author, Eu

gene Presbrey. next season.

An effort is being made to form a

western producing association for the

production of new plays in Chicago,

which shall afterward be taken through the one-night stand of the middle west.

Rehearsals will begin soon for "The

Love Cure," another Vienese comic op

era, which Henry W. Savage will pro

duce early in August in Atlantic City and which will go to New York a week

later for a long run.

"Quo Vadis," which as a play had such a phenomenal run. has been turned into an opera and has been obtained

for the New York Metropolitan opera house, where it is to be given a pro

duction early next season.

"Keegan's Pal" completed its run In

Chicago, June IT. and the company was

given six weeks vacation before reassembling for the Broadway production

at the end of August. Emmett Corrl

gan will be stirred at the New York

run.

Henry Greenwall Is said to have parted with his interest In the Greenwall theater circuit, which embraces the principal cities in Texas and it is

stated on good authority, that his for

rner partner, Sidney II. Weis. is now

the sole owner of the circuit, which includes Houston, Galveston, Fort

Worth, San Antonio, Beaumont, Waco and Dallas, and does Its booking through the American Theatrical exchange.

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