Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 97, Hammond, Lake County, 11 October 1911 — Page 1

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Wfthout a sign - of emotion George Davis heard the verdict of the Jury which pronounced him guilty of the murder of May Marshall and determined his punishment to be hanging-. George Davis is a negro and is guilty of the cold blooded murder of his paramour. He cut her throat from ear to ear as was evidenced by the testi mony or three witnesses and by an actual photograph of the dead woman. The attempt to have him acquitted on the grounds that he Is insane- failed miserably. The jury was thoroughly convinced that he was sane at the time that the murder was committed and that he is sane now. j - The announcement of the verdict was made exclusively in The Times last evening. The verdict was returned at three-forty five and was Immediately followed by a motion for a new trial by Attorneys Alexander & Green, for the defense. The case was prosecuted by Attorney Ralph W. Ross, for the state, who had no difficulty in convicting the Gary negro of the crime of which he wad charged. FORCED MARRIAGE TURN OUT UNHAPPY John Zumbala and His Wife v Are Once More in Trouble. John Zumbala was arrested yesterday by Constable Taussig and a warrant sworn out by his wife charging him with non-support and wife desertion. He was placed under a J100 bond and wag.ynable to furnish the required amount." - " - -- .. He was tiken to Crown Point, where he will be'.held until his trial before Judge Ames. The couple have not been married very long and Zumbala was arrested on the same charge only a Short time ago. At the time of their marriage his wife filed serious charges against him, and the case was dropped after he promised to marry her. After the wedding he immediately took steps to file a case for divorce, but was then arrested and promised he would cause no more trouble and would support his wife. Koontz Is Back. J. O. Koontz. who languished in the Crown p8int jail for sixteen days in default of paying a fine and costs of J3 assessed against him several months ago. gained his liberty yesterday by paying the full amounjt of the fine. He is trying to figure out a way fbw how he can be reimbursed for the time he spent in jail. Chapter Meets. . The Hammond Chapter holds a regu lar meeting this evening. The Blue lodge meets on Friday evening and the Commandery next Monday evening. At all three sessions there will be degree work. . WILSON'S SON GOES: FATHER TO FOLLOW? A'ast'ngton has been expecting James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, to withdraw from the cabled almost daily blnce the ret! g nation of his son, Jaspar Wilson, wno has been bis private secretary ever since the father attained his present position. The younger Wilson and Solicitor McCabe of Ua depart- . xuent. WUv'b fee. always have beea Xrteudly.

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SEND INJIQT CALL Gary Case in Crown Point Court Provokes a Big - Sensation.

(Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Oct. 11. Judg Nicholson had to send In a riot call to the sheriff's office yesterday after the completion of a justice court case venued from Gary which was heard in the judge's chambers here. About fifteen foreigners, all with blood In their eye, started a near-riot on the stairway elading to the Judge's chambers, and one of the participants was knocked to the foot of the stairs by a chair in the hands of another enraged foreigners whom he had testified against. The bunch were all foreigers with names as long as the moral law, tha charge against two being adultery. The judge, after hearing the testimony decided that the woman and man charg ed by the husband were not as black as they were painted and freed them of the charge. It was at the completion of the trial that the near riot took placa and only the appearance of the sheriffs force quelled what might have resulted in a serious fracas. The parties were bundled. Into automobiles and headed for Gary probably to resume the feud over In the "city of trouble." JUDGE RILEY'S IIAIKE HOT TO UNCONSIDERED Prominentx East Chicagoan Withdraws Name From Chairmanship Race. Announcement was made of the positive .elimination of the name of Judgo Walter J. Riley of East Chicago thU morning a aycandtdate for the republican county chairmanship next year. Judge Riley has been impqrtuned by many republicans to become a. candidate and lately has been besieged with party leaders to present his.' name. Ills banking, real estate and judicial" duties however are so onerous that he decided 1t was impossible for him to give th matter of the cSunty chairmanship any. consideration whatever. The news will occasion much regret In republican circles for Judge Riley says his decision is final. GRAFT CASE TRIAL WAY BE SET ON FRIDAY Latest Developments Knotts Cases in Gary. in It is possible that Special Judge Van Fleet of Elkhart will come to Valparaiso on Friday or Saturday to name the trial date in the Gary graft cases. New developments in the cases are as follows: Attorneys If. F. lcCrncken of defenxe hmn returned from Ohio. lie went there, It In said, to s;et a line on the graft canea at Colunibua where the die. tograph resulted In aoitie state prison sentences last month. Postponement of Mayor Knotts trial for perjury, mlseondurt and embesslenient st Crown Point until after he la tried for bribery nt Valparaiso may re suit In these three eases also being tak en to Porter county. T. B. Oenn absent on mysterious visit. Said to be Investigating Gary p'avlng contracts. Possibilities of Porter county being treated for the third time with tha spectacle of Gary washlns; Its linen at Valparaiso mny arlse as the result of the postponement r.t Crown Point of I ether charges .against Mayor Knotts. Even thouarh the Gary executive es capes the .briber;- chance at Valparaiso he will still have to stand trial for earlier charges of perjury, misconduct n office and the embezzlement of S-,0O0 court funds. It la said that these cases, which will come up next winter, will be tried In Porter county on a change of venue. The first case tried against the mayor In Porter county waa for conspiracy to co commit murder. MEN ARE LUCKY. Hammond's lucky three, Charles Jewell, Peter Crumpacker and "Teddy" Scherer, and Frank Young of Crown Point, who were the principals in an automobile accident near St. John, on Monday afternoon, were atl able to be up and around again yesterday, and today. All are more or less sore and stiff as a result of the smashup.. but the physical pain is greatly alleviated by their knowledge that they had a lucky escape from severe injury. "Teddy" Scherer,- who sustained' a bone fracture over his right ankle, is able to get around on crutches. The machine. It was found, was not damaged as much as it was thought to ,be at first. .... . s The la Vendor Cigar laa, borne product. Nona better. -

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Sought Other Truant Girls in Resorts. The date for the trial of Isaac Stanford, truant officer, who is charged with drunkenness and contributing to the delinquency of Annie Schmidt, the paroled protege of the girls' reformatory, has not yet been set. i Attorney D. E. Boone of Hammond will represent the truant officer at the trial in Judge Riley's court in East Chicago. The state will be represented by Deputy Prosecutor Meade of East Chicago. Attorney Boone said today that he will be able to prove that Stanford and the Schmidt girl did not drink any liquor in East Chicago and that his mission in Whiting was to locate two other girls, acquaintances of Annie Schmidt, who are also on parole. Attorney Boone says that Stanford went to Bauer's placa in Whiting for that purpose, and that when Annie Schmidt came in later, he tried to get the information from her. As to the forty-six labels of beer bottles which the Schmidt girl is said to have shown saying that she and Stanford drank that amount of beer. Attorneys Boone says he will be able to show that Bauer does jot handje the beer bearing that label. Stanford is at home. The trial of Martin Finneran, changed with appropriating $2,750 of the funds of the village of West Hammond to his own uses has bqen continued until Oct. 2S. . - J Is charged ,tha FinneanjyjjliSrl. charged as village collector and that following his discharge he received 12,750 from the Michigan Central railroad which amount was due the village of West Hammond. It is further charged that he deposited this money In the First National bank of Hammond to his own account, and that he purchased village bonds with' it. After complaint was made that the village had never received the money, it Is charged that Finneran put the bonds in the village treasury to save himself from prosecution. W. C. Belman, one of the witnesses, testified that Finneran had deposited the money. Dan Enright, the agent of the Michigan Central railroad, testified that the money had been paid. AUT01ST COLLIDES WITHMRCYCLE And as a Result East Chicago Man Suffers a Broken Rib. G. Washington, agent for the Straube Piano company, figured in a collision yesterday morning when ho was driving his automobile at the corner of State and Morton court and struck H. Cardkios, an East Chicago motorcyclist. "N, Cardkios was thrown to the ground, and when he was picked up it was found that he suffered a broken rib and other minor bruises. The motorcycle was also badly damaged. Cardkios was removed to Dr. Chidlaw's office, where he was given medical attendance. AVashington was driving, east .on State street and Cardkios 'was going west. At the corner of State and Mor ton court the motorcyclist thought Washington was going to turn and he tried to get out of the way. but both men got confused and as a result Card kios was severely injured. WORK BEGINS ON G. & S. (Special to The Times.) ' Crown Point, Ind., Oct. 11. Accord ing to report work has been commenced all along the line of the Gary &. South ern right of way north of the E., J. & E. railroad tracks, and that teams and men are working toward Merrlllville putting the finishing touches on the grade preparatory to laying the tracks. With the securing of the finances it is expected that work will now go on uninterruptedly with the building of road and that Seaman will keep his promise to have the road in operation long before the expiration of his franchise rights. Crown Point is divided against Itself as to the sincerity of the Gary & Southern promoters and after July 1. 1912, there will be an excellent opportunity for one side or the other to overwork the "I told you so" phrase. : . . i LaVendor Cigars' are "pronounced exceptionally good by all smokers.

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who is in Londc a consulting lawyers preparatory to asking a divorce Irom Prince Ibrahim Hassan, first cousin of the khedive of Egypt, declares she fo-ind-itfr their marriage that her husband rega-ded her as a servant: rather than a wife. The prhjee- was expelled Irom the khedival family after Jhe -wedding for marryint a oman who hadjiot' forv

B-:en Christianity. WILL ELlfillFIATE THE MIDDLEMAN; Peoria, HI., Packers to Open Up an Establishment in Hammond. Buehler, Bros., who operate a pack ing plant at Peoria, 11., have made ar rangements to open a meat market at

84 State street. aHmmond. in which A, large number of candidates have igthey promise to sell direct to the con- 'nlfled. their intention of being initiated

sumer. thus eliminating the middleman. They operate about twenty markets in the middlewest on this plan, three of them being in Indiana, one at South Hend, one at Elkhart and one at Michigan City. All of these markets are big successes, because the company has established a -reputation for doing business just as It advertises. The company expects to bo establish ed in Hammond by Saturday, Oct. 21stw Like other . packing plants, the Pe oria concern is . under-federal inspection, and the success of , its Indiana markets shows . that the company is complying with the Indiana pure food laws. , Patrol Makes Cajl. The police patrol made a call to South Hammond this morning.-where three women were placed under arrest for stealing grain out of a car in the Monon Aards. t A bend -was given by the three ladies for appearance and . their cases wil likely - be tried before Judge Prest The arrests were made by a specialdetective on the Monon. 1 VICTIM OF DOCTOR'S SHOT IS RECOVERING fTtULLOCrt;. People of Terre Haute. Ind., are waiting anxiously to hear the story behind the shootinj of Mrs. John McCulloch by Dr. O. R. Spigler in bis office two weeks ago. The physician, whi- is well known and respected, says the woman had been, blackmailing him. and bad fired at hisn before he shot her. Mrs.. McCulloch.. who ia recovering, denies she hac" a revolver. Spigler Is charged with shooting to kill.

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Humphrey, the American actress. SHRIFERS PLAN AH INtERESTENG WEE Last of Month Orak Plans a Ceremonial to Eclipse All Others. Orak Shrine is planning another ceremonial sssion that it expected to eclipse anything that has been held recently. Ion October 30 and it Is expected that the ceremonial will be one of the best that has ever been held. . J. Frank Treat, the Imperial Potentate of the Shrine, will be present it this ceremonial and everything will be done to make the affair a success. ' The usual banquet will be held In the evening and there will bo a parade, auto tides and other diversions for the elect and the'guests of the shrine. The dedication of the new Shrine temple in Chicago will occur about thi3 time and the members of Orak are expected to take part In this-celebratlon. Taken all in all the week is expected to be an Interesting one for the Shriners of this locality.' 'CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE (Special to Thk Times.) Griffith, Ind., Oct. 11. Considerable interest was aroused in the caucus of the People's party which was held In HarkenrtdeT's hall last evening. Nearly every voter in town was present regardless of former party lines. A great deal of patriotic oratory was indulged in,' on such subjects as the constitution laws of Indiana etc. Nearly an houH and a half were consumed in these pre -llminaries before the work of actual balloting was begun. Joseph Grimmer acted as preslden of the meeting and Blaine Hutrhins as secretary. - Henry Oovert was elected as candidate for councilman from the 3rd ward. M. J. Berieger as clerk, P. C. Tagart as treasurer and Henry Dutton as marshal. . The following are the various candidates and the respective votes received by each: For Councilman 3rd ward: Henry Govert . . a 37 S. Margraf 30 For Clerk: M. J. Bereiger 35 John M. Miller 29 For Treasurer: " P. C. Taggart by acclamation. For Marshall: Henry Dutton 24 John Taylor ......21 Daniel Walters ..15 WHY ARE READER? YOU NOT A TIMES

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Which City in the Calumet Region Will

Capture This Fine Big Glass Industry?

One of the cities of the Calumet region is to add to the diversity of its industries by locating a glass factory. Whether it will be Whiting, Hammond, East Chicago or Gary is not known at the present time. Senator David C. Jenkins of Kokomo, Ind., already the owner of one large glass factory, has spent several days in company with Senator Frank Gavit of Whiting who has taken him to all of the cities of the region for the purpose of showing him its wonderful advantages as a location for manufacturies. v GAVIT ESCORTS HIM. In addition to Senator Gavit, ExMavor Fred J. Smith of Whiting, and James A. Gill of that place have shown the prospective manufacturer every courtesy. ' The Kokomo factory that is owned LATEST MEWS NEW HEAD TOR ALTON, BTJMOR. St. Louis, Mo., 6ct. 11. That A. A. Allen, president of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway, is to become president of the Chicago and Alton and subsequently of the Minneapolis and St. Lous after it3 absorption by the Iowa Central, was the report that circulated in railroad circles last night. SECOND HUSBAND SUED.' Aurora, 111., Oct. 11. A husband has been sued in Batavia for the funeral expenses of his wife's first husband. His devotion to his wife and her relatives brought him into the legal quagmire. He was considered a poor man until he went $1,000 bonds for his wife's son-in-law. It cost $50 to bury his wife's first husband and T. C. Crane is the undertaker who is suing for his services. ' SUFFRAGE CLOSE IN CALIFORNIA. San Francisco, Oct. 11. The vote on woman suffrage is exceedingly close so close that both sides at 2 o'clock this morning were claiming a victory. In 1,367" precincts in the state out of a total of 3,128, the returns at 2 o'clock gave 60,9 &8 for the amendment and 63,589 against a majority of only 2,621 against. ATTACKS WHITE GIRL; LYNCHED Greenville, S. C, Oct. 11. Willis Jackson, 17 years old, a negro, who assaulted a 11 year old white girl at Hoena Path yesterday, "was strung up to a telephone pole by one foot and his body shot to pieces last night. Following a sensational chase, extending over 100 miles, a mob over powered the sheriff and his deputies six miles north of Greenville late yesterday and secured the negro. TE0UBLE IN CHINA. Pekin, Oct. 11. Five foreign gunboats have been rushed to Hankaa to protect the foreign residents there. A despatch from Wachang sayshat prior to the capture of the town by the rebels the commander of imperial ,troops was assassinated Dy a Domu. The viceroy nea ana ine victorious rebel3 are pillaging and burning all over the Province. ATTORNEYS WITHDRAW The law firms of Crumvacker, Crurapacker & Tinkham aiid Bomberger. Sawyer & Curtis have authorized the statement that they have, withdrawn from the Schlieker impeachment case. They also announce that they simultaneously but for reasons that can not be made public on account of the relations between attorney and client. It was these two firms that succeeded in saving Schlieker the humiliation of an impeachment trial n a technicality. This matter is now before the supreme court of the state from where a. decision is expected shortly. It is expected that under these circumstances Mayor Schlieker will be compelled to employ new counsel to take charge of his cases. For some time l has been rumoredthat the relations between Schlieker and his attorneys were strained and the announcement that is made today was not unexpeeted.

by Senator Jenkins employes In the neighborhood of 200 men. All kinds of glass ware are manufactured. It is the purpose of Senator Jenkins to erfcet a similar factory In this reprion In order that he may take advantage of tho freight rates in the Chicago shipping district. CITIES OX QVI VIVE. The plant which it is proposed to erect here will be larger than that at Kokomo. Senator Jenkins proposed to put his two sons in charge of the local plant after it i sbullt. ' The senator left for Kokomo last night very much enthused over the prospects. He will take up the matter at the Kokomo end and it Is expectel that he will come to a decision as to the location shortly. There are sites In Gary, Hammond, East Chicago and Hammond that are looked upon with favor by ..Senator Jenkins and it is said that should the plant be located in Whiting it would occupy the old cemetery ground next to the Westrumite factory.

UNFORTUNATE MAN DIES AT HOSPITAL lrnnBnnBnn Death of Railroad Clerk Brings Sadness, to His , Companions. Charles Back died at St. Margaret's hospital yesterday afternoon shortly before i o'clock; 5BiTroimced,.Uttlese columns In a later edition' last night, from the fatal injuries he: received yesterday noon, when he -was' struck and run over by a switch engine at Gibson. His case was a" most remarkable one, and Drs.' Chidlaw and Sha'rret worked over him for nearly- four - hours, but could do nothing to save the younj man's life. ' r It was impossible to do anything for one of "Back's legs, as it was cut oft at the hip and in no way could the wound be sewed upBack had other cuts and bruises on his body and was also internally injured. His vitality was wonderful,- and he was conscious up to 3 o'clock and never once complained of his pains..His mother and sister, who- live In Chicago, arrived a little after the young man lapsed unconscious. The remains were taken to Stewart's morgue, where they will be prepared for burial. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning from the Oakwood cemetery chapel, in Chicago, at 10:30 o'clock. It Is still a mystery Just how Back met his untimely end, but it 13 claimed that he tried to cross the tracks in front of the switch engine and 'he slipped and fell beneath the wheels. Back was employed an Gibson as chief clerk to General Division Foreman Wilcox, and. was ononis' -way to dlryier at the Y. M. C. A., when the accident occurred. Ho was well known in Hammond, and was well liked and very popular among his fellow associates. He is 22 years old and is survived by a mother and sister of Chicago and a sister, Mrs. E. Turner, 6P4 summer street. Hammond. LOSES HIS WHOLE FAMILY IN FLOOD h if H jg't"' 35 ;-- (O t?Bderwoo4 At tTn4moas SEX. FRAXK E. BALDWIN. State Senator Frank R Baldwin, of Austin, Pa., lost his father, mother and young sister when the Bayless dam broke and the town vas destroyed. A church behind which they had taken refugo was tipped over upoj theia.

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