Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 62, Hammond, Lake County, 30 August 1911 — Page 1
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Two Important suits were started In the United States court at Hammond In which Louise A Boyd has brought an action against Leslie R. Skinner of -Valparaiso for an aggregate of $20,000. The suits were to recover $4,500 and $5,000, respectively, on "two notes and to recover $10,000 which is alleged to be due for rent on a lease that was guaranteed by Skinner. The suits were flled by Attorney William J. Whinery of Hammond. The action was started in the federal . court for the reason that the plaintiff, .Mrs. Boyd, Is a resident of California. The notes under which suit was start- . d are dated Sept. 1 and Dec. 1. 1910. and were payable at the Continental National bank of Chicago. The other action Is etitled Louise . Arner Boyd vs. Leslie R. Skinner. Har- , ry M. Holbrook and Edwin L. Baker.
The complaint recites that on May 29,
1907, the plaintiff leased to the Hoi-brook-Baker company the auditorium, stage, ticket office and rear room of a building at 245 East Chicago avenue, in Chicago. The building is now tised .by the
Players' Stock company for storage purposes. It is related that the leaje called for $100,000 rental, to be paid
quarterly, r The quarterly payments of $5,000 each are due March 1 and June 1 have not been paid and suit is
brought to recover the amount.
Mr. Skinner, of F. C. Orumpacker, his
Hammond representative, said today
that the plaintiffs were seeking to
force him to pay on a fraudulent contract and that It was a blackmailing case pure and simple. He declared that he refused to enter into any over
tures with them and hence the suit.-
THERE IS ! LID II WEST HMD
Resorts and Gambling Hells Run Without Interruption Another New Resort Is Opened Shocking Revels Across .the Line.
FEDERAL BUILDING INSPECTOR
DUAL NATURE OF -VIRGINIA. YOUTH ACCUSED OF WIFE MURDER ' REVEALED TO GIRL REPORTER WHO TAKES AUTO RIDE WITH HIM.
If eld-Frank Bough, the king of the West Hrpmond. resorts, were alive today he' would : rub-his hands in glee ;??ThWK rneve? ""looked" better for V.s than they do now, boy s. The fact : is West Hammond is wide open. There are many resorts in full
swing and. the beaten path from Hammond to the state line was never more animated than it is today. The resort keepers have made their
peace . With the village officials; that j Is with, the part of them that it was j
necessary to seV and are able to run on without interruption. Only the other day a new place opened up In a flat In 303 Plummer avenue. The building is said to be owned by a railroad man by the name ofMaeOregor and rents it for the sum of $60 a month. The place is run by a woman by the name of Rendall, who is reported to have been driven away from the north side In Hammond several months ago.
The resort Is called the Colonial hotel, and there are six Inmates In it. Other Places Running;. Street walkers are called In when it is required. Rooms are also rented to those who brings their ":friends" with them. The place is filled with men every evening. The largest place is thatrun by Jas. t Monahan at the corner of Plummer and Douglas avenues. It is said that there are a jjozen inmates in this place. The saloon is fully equipped with wine- ' rooms and other adjuncts to a place of this character. Between Monahan's saloon and the Colonial Hotel, on Plummer avenue, Henry Foss runs a saloon and resort. There , are five or six inmates in this f place. Then over on State street, at the northwest corner of Douglas avenue, is
Con Talty's place. This place is kept as quiet as. possible on account of
.Major v asmngton Haverstick, gen
eral inspector of public buildings for
the United States government, was in
Hammond today for the purpose of in specting the federal building here.
He declares that the Hammond building is In remarkably good condition in consideration of the fact that it has been in use for over five years. The occupants of the building Tiave been very careful not to put nails in the walls and deface the building In other ways. He stated that the building had been given good care. He will make certain recommendations for the 'renewal, of carpets qt furniture wherever he thinks It la necessary,' . '.
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ICIIMOXD, Va., August 30. In a
seventeen mile ride I took with Henry Beattie from Chesterfield
to Richmond today he completely dropped the mask which he has successful
ly worn before the crowds In the courtroom. '
He is no longer a mystery that ad
mits of no explanation. He can easily
be accounted for on the ground that he is mad. He may present an interesting psychological study in the field of dual
personality, but if he is two. persons, one of them acts like a madman and if
he is only one, that one shows the same trait. The rats are thick in Henry .Beattie's prison back of the old courthouse and he could not bear the thought of another night spent among them, so his attorneys petitioned that he be taken back to Richmond. He was intrusted to Policeman George Jarell and Detective Luther I Sherer. He and Mr. Sherer and I sat on the back seat. He offered me a cushion he had brought for himself and when I refused it he settled back comfortably like the most care-free boy in the world and puffed at a cigarette while the wind blew through his hair. On the way to Richmond the road was lined with the inhabitants of the little ramshackle huts nearby, waiting to catch a glimpse of the man that was
the cause of the daily procession which
for the last week has disturbed the quiet of their lives. Beattie looked at them all and smiled, nor did he wince when he was greeted with several jeering cat calls.
When the car struck the long stretch
of road where there are few houses, he
seemed to be enjoying the sensation of wind and air whipping coolingly against his face, and after a while bepart of the ride was perfectly pleasant and normal, like that of a maa who has not only never committed a crime, but has never been accused of one. It
leftthose who rode with him totally
unprepared for what followed.
"Last night I couldn't sleep," . he
said. "I felt something hit my body and a moment later something crawled
up on my face. I brushed it off and got up and as I rose I shook four or
five rats off my body."
This was horrible enough in itself.
Almost anyone who had felt rats run
ning over him the night before would
have shuddered when he came to tell
of it. ; But Henry has shown that he is
without the power to shudder. In this
BY ANNABEL SHARP.
PITTSBURGH MAN HIT BY TRAIN
1911 RAILROAD RECORD IN LAKE tiOV&Yt INJIREIJ IV REGION 31 KILLED IS REGION 29
Pat Whalen, 30 years old, was struck by a Lake Shore train near Buffington this noon and was seriously injured. Medical attendance was given him and later he was removed to St Margaret's hospital.
Whalen was struck by the engine and
was thrown a distance of fifteen fet. When he was picked up he was found
to have a broken leg and arm, body
bruised and cut about the head.
The particulars of the case could not
be learned. He said his home was In
Pittsburgh. He is not known by any
body at Buffington. His condition at
the hospital Is reported as serious.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.
The following marriage licenses weru
issued in Crown Point:
Martha Denes, Elisabeth Szak, Gary;
William J. Burnes, Winifred Billows,
Chicago: George Maxwell. Elisabeth
Harton, Chicago; George W. Truax, Jennie Hopewell, Chicago; George W.
Draeger, Hattle Austin, Chicago; Carl
Leiseinej, Amanda Xadolsjte, Chicago; Milon Angeloff, Agata Yeckel, Gary; Lawrence Peklo, Chicago, Margaret Pine, Crown Point; Frederick J. Robinson. Belle Hedges, Chicago; William It Davies, Chicago, Alma Kielnick. Milwaukee.
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he is abnormal, though it is a small thing. He told of the rats in a conver
sational way and had apparently not
felt any repulsion at the time. This subtle lack of the sense of aversion has been manifested In every detail throughout the trial. Tom Owen told how Beattie had insisted on wearing the blood-stained coat on the morning after the murder, saying that the stains would not show. Beattie told how he and Mr. Sherer had been nearly killed on a railroad crossing while making the run one morning to the courthouse. "Sherer was going to Jump out and leave his prisoner." the boy laughingly told. "That was about as near as I've come to being free." Sherer, later, was discussing a dangerous adventure-4n which he soon expected to participate. He declared that he might not live through it. "I'll put flowers on your grave," Beattie leaned over and said, politely, then in an undertone, "If I'm here myself." It was not until the car passed through Manchester, the outskirts of
Richmond' and Beat tie's home and the place where he superintended his father's store, that the prisoner showed any
of the traits of Mr. Hyde, his twin personality.
He had been looking idly out on his
side of the machine. Suddenly some landmark seemed to send a message to
his brain and, quick as a wink, there was scarcely any resemblance left of the Beattie all had seen day after day in the courtroom.
He jerked his head and there was a
desperate brightness in his eyes. He
seemed unconscious of his fellow pas
sengers. He looked like a man who had been hypnotized.
All at once he sprang up, dashed
himself to the opposite side of the car.
leaned across Sherer and I, reached out of the car ani waved his arm franti ally.
"Hello, girls," he shrieked in harsh voice, very unlike the musical one he usually employes. A group of girls in light dresses were standing under an awning and waving back at him. The car was going at a high rate of speed and so almost immediately whizzed by the group. Hen-ry started after the girls until he could
see them no longer. Then he sank back in his seat muttering incoherent things to himself. That unnatural. Irresponsible brilliance was still in his eyes, and they did not look like the eyes of a reasoning human being. "My girls," he kept whispering to himself. Then, aloud, "Those are all
my girls." All the rest of the way when he did not know he was being observed, so firm and well shaped when the crowd is looking on, sagged open. His lips hung limply wide apart and his head was craned forward while that dreadful fire burned In the pupils of his eyes. His expression was one of animal terror. Again he did not look like a reasoning human being.
Those heated eyes, staring ahead into
space, saw some unspeakably horrible object in his imagination or memory.
Was he remembering the details of the crime in which he is accused of taking part, or did the thought of the electrio chair sweep down upon him to chill
his soul?
When the car drew up before the jail at .last, Henry got to his-feet and ran
lightly up the steps, saying good-night in a gentlemanly tone to the occupants
of the car."'.. .-' ,
He was again on parade before the
worldi - ' ,
When interviewed at the Gary police station this morning Prosecuting Attorney Charles E. Greenwald stated that the story In the Gary Evening Post that he would be a candidate for renomlnation is absolutely false. He said that he had had enough of the office and .that he would not take
it under any consideration. This political tale following on the heels of others, equally ridiculous, makes, "If you see it- inj the Post, It isn't true," axiomatic. The story s also being circulated In Gary to the effect that it Ralph "W. Ross ' of Hammond should be elected prosecutor he would appoint Charles E. Greenwald to the Gary deputyship.
This story is circulated for the purpose of alienating the republicans In
Gary-who - are against the . ' Knott
regime from start to finish. ;It is alleged that Greenwald and Knotts ar
friendly. - . - : Attorney Ross said today, "There )s
a. law in Indiana -which makes the
promise , of a deputyship sufficient to invalidate an election. If . I should promise a ' single deputyship : . In the
fevent of my election and I should be
elected , the democrats could have my election declared invalid and their candidate would become prosecutor. "For-this reason and for the further reason that I do not think that Greenwald would take a deputyship if I should offer It to him I have not made any promises and it is stretching thing to say that GreenwaldTs appointment Is a, logical development In the event of my nomination and election."
PIONEERS
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tmr ' the pRKsreT will SW'SG AROX'Xn THE CIRCLE" AXD WHAT HE WILL DO. Leaves Beverly Sept 15; reaches Washington Oct. 31. Has eliminated all southern points and will concentrate xn mfSdle and northwest and Pacific slope. Kxpects three tickets in the field. Will defend vetoes of tariff bills. Tariff, reciprocity, conservation, currency reform and arbitration to be chief topics. Plans personally to attack In home states insurgents who aided democrats in passing tariff legislation.
Lake County's Old Settler's new CASES IN Association in Annual Ses- j CIRCUIT COURT i ... sion Today Librarian! New cases m circuit court: ' "Dailan t. j. '. 9113. State of Indiana vs. Peter 15 alley OI trary XteaUS a Sartech. Aft, for search warrant.
9114. Laura A. Bremer (J . Frank
Splendid Paper.
Meeker. Atty.) vs. John B. . Bremer (August A. Bremer ancJ.Otto J Bruce, attorneys.
PRESIDENT SOON TO START ON RECORDSMASHING CAMPAIGN TOUR THROUGH U. S.
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(Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point. Ind., Aug. 30. The an
nual meeting of the rapidly-diminishing Old Settlers Association of Lake county Is being held here today and the ideal weather has brought out a fair-sized crowd to greet Rev. T. H. Ball ' the- veteran historian and the
officers of, the association. A. B. Woods
of Lottaville who has assisted Rev.
Ball In getting the program together is master of ceremonies. Among the most
interesting papers read are those dealing with the progress made in the Calumet region, including the cities of Gary, Hammond and East Chicago durduring the past year. The following are extracts from the first paragraphs of the paper on "The founding and growth of Gary" which L J. Bailey, head of the Gary public library isto read at the Lake County
Old Settlers' meeting at Crown Point today: "The population of Gary has beta recruited from all quarters of tht, globe. Practically all states of the union and all the foreign nations are represented. Now numbering about 25,000 that number has been sifted out of four times as many people. Gary from the beginning has had a shifting
NEW CASES IN
SUPERIOR COURT New cases filed in Lake Superior
Court at Crown Point:
129. Hugh M. Clark and Joseph A.
Clark vs. John Smith et al. Quiet title.
130. John M. Castle vs. Kelley Nichols. Suit on note. . V Herman Kuselbach vs. Louis G-ood-man. Civil.
TELEPHONE COMPANY GETS BUMP
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STIRS UP
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Service Wires of Northwest
ern Telephone Company at Crown Point Are Severed by Order of City Council, Last Night. j
The official visit of Frank Tucker, the state food inspector, has put bakT
ers, conrectioners, grocers ana muis.
dealers in the Calumet region on the anxious seat. A number of prosecution have already resulted and more are to follow.
There is a probability that he may go farther, and institute prosecutions
against citizens who disregard the
state health laws regulating the conditions of the alleys. Accompanied by
Dr. Tt W- berlln.- - secretary ' ef the equnty board o health; Mr, Tuckerjast Monday, made an inspection ofxsome of th- Hammond alleys: He found What
Thb Times has pointed out time and again, that the alleys of the city in the main are unsanitary, disease breeders, and a disgrace to the city. He will also make similar inspections in other other cities of Lake county. f All the Hammond defendants whom he had arrested appeared in Judge E. P. Ames' court and pleaded extenuating circumstances. among other things, that they were first offenders, that the conditions in which the food inspector found their places of business or products were rather the exception than the rule, but realizing that the evidence was- against them, they pleaded ruilty. The lowest fine possible under the law is $10. The defendants who pleaded guilty were De Poali & Lucini. George Brahos, and George Schmidt. A warrant on the
same charge has been issued against ! - - . . -n , , H nMVAn t.n I
BETJLAH BINF0RD TO TESTIFY. - Chesterfield County Court House, Va., Aug. 30. Beulah Binford wjll be forced to take the witness stand la
the trial of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.,
for the murder of his young wife, it
was agreed by the defense and the state today, if Beattle's attorney fol
lows his announced plan and calls , the defendant as his own witness to
deny Paul Beattie's story that he con
fessed the killing and asked Paul to
telephone to Beulah to "keep qut."
DISABLED BY M0SQ.TJITO BITE.
Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 30. Bitten by
a mosquito on the big toe, C M. Trautman has been under the care of
a physician and disabled from work for several days. The bite proved very poisonous and the toe has swelled to an abnormal size.i v " r
COUPLE 02TXONG TBIP7 - Crown Point, Ind, August SO. - Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Herr of Cincinnati reached this city by machine last night, having traveled a distance of 250 miles since early morning. Both were nearly fagged out and expected toSfinisn the trip last night. They had been on the road since 6 o'clock and had made a fine mileage record, considering the roads they encountered south of In-
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President Taft Is planning a 15,-000-miltt swing around the country this fall " i an effort to strengthen his chances tor the renomlnation, the longest trip ever taken by a political candidate. He will speak In many cities on the way, and expects to make hundreds of back platform addresses in addition. He will start from Boston, September 17," stopping first at Syracuse, N. Y.
HE RAISED THE COIN. John Wireminsjti, who was fined 3 and costs amounting to ?15, 1n Judge Barnett's court and was unable to pay his fine, succeeded in raising the necessary amount yesterday afternoon and was released. Wiremlnskl is employed by th Alillx.rn t'onatruotfon company.
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! Fitzgerald Recovering.
John K. r ltzgeraia was taken home from the hospital yesterday afternoon and he is reported to be very much improved in health. "While he fs recovering as rapidly as could be expected it is thought that it will be some time before he will be tip and around.
If you are a judge of quality try a,
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(Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 30. Snip, snip, snip, with a pair of wire nippers, and the death knell of a public utility corporation was sounded here yesterday, before the vibration was well ou of the wires. Severing the service wires of the Northwestern Telephone company. On their main line in this city, the members of the city council carried out their notice to the company.
and in less time than it takes to tell
it. the switchboard at the IocrI ex-
Mrs. Pelagiit Przybyl. No arrest has
as yet been made. Two charges of short weight have also been preferred against Edward Undine by City Sealer Jacob Friedman.
Examining Applicants. F. W. Weber, iiie national naturalization examiner, is in Hammond for the purpose Of examining applicants for second papers preliminary to the opening of the Lake cirouit court at Crown Point, where a number of applicants have appeared.
AU of the applicants for second pa
pers have been notified to appear at the federal court between 1 p. m. and 5 p. m. and between 6 p. ni. and 8 p. m. today and tomorrow to be examined.
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HAUGHTY JESSE TO SPOIL JOHN'S PANAMA Erie Engineer Will Be Haled Into Court on Unusual Charge.
Esther Cleveland, twenty years old, daughter of the late President Cleveland, Is soon to wed Randolph D. West, 6on of Prof. Andrew West, jat Princeton University.
If you had 'a nice new panama hat. and It were still early In the season, and if: you had a nice new suit to match and if the engineer of the Erie
ARE NOW AFTER HESSLER'S SCALP
Quo Warranto Proceedings
Are to Be Started Against West Hammond Man.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING place your offer before moot of the people In thin rl(y to whom It would have any Interest.
MAY TAKE PLACE OF SECRETARY WILSON
Quo warranto proceedings are to be started in Chicago for the purpose of ousting John Hessler, the president of the West Hammond village board, from office. It is believed that the heavy hand Of public opinion can be made a real factor in West Hammond providing such steps are taken. It Is thought that if Hessler can be driven out of office that a way will be found to get rid of the others even before the city election takes place. Perry S. Patterson, who recently returned from his vacation, is at work on the papers now and they will be filed in a few days. It would be impossible to get Hessler out If the city cJerk was friendly to him, and the rest of the gang for he could fix up the necessary credentials. However, the gang have fought
railroad would permit his engine to i Mankowskl- from start to finish, and
spout soot a.id dirty steam on you. in the words of Mr, Opper, wouldn't it make you mad? It would. It made John Koch mad, too, and as a result his attorney, E. G. Sproat, has brought suit in Judge E. P. Ames' court to recover $25 damages. Jesse James, an engineer for the Erie railroad, is made the defendant in the suit which will be tried next Saturday. I his complaint, oKch states that on July 10th he was standing on the Sibley street crossing of the Erie and that Jesse James also halted there with his engine, when without warning to Koch he found himself in a shower of oot and dirty steam which emanated from the engine.
he naturally is going to see that the
evidence against Hessler is preserved.
Body Is Unclaimed. No further information has been learned regarding the identity of Mike Hader, who died at St. Margaret's hospital yesterday morning from injuries receive Sunday night by a Monon tain. The only clew that is known Is the feat that he- lived somewhee in the state of Nebraska, which was learned by Mr. Burns when he removed the man to the hospital. His remains will be kept at the Burns morgue another day in hopes of learning where he lives.
In connection with the Washington rumors that Jam 2s ! Wilson is to be retired as secretary of agriculture, the name of Dr. Liberty IL Bailey, of New York, has been repeatedly mentioned as Wilson's probable successor. Dr. Bailey is one of the most prominent agriculturalists in the country. He was named by ex-President hoosevelt as bead of the country life commission.