Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 150, Hammond, Lake County, 13 December 1911 — Page 8
8 THE TIMES. Wednesday, Dee. 13,
THREE INTERQRBAN LINES NEAR GARY
tor. She" is one of nine children, all oC first degree" will be preferred. It sne
I whom are unmarried. Last summer she ' lives. Miller wilt be prosecuted under a
was employed In the Llbbey sauerkraut statue which provides for a term of factory at Highlands and Miller also 1 years or life imprisonment.
I worked there icr a few weeks. She learned to know him by sight then. t
Stronac Vor Her A Re. ! Although only sixteen years old, the j
I girl, a brunette is strong for her age. I
Small Army of Men at Work if he ,ls weU evelpe and Velghs onn " (hundred and thirty pounds. Thei
1 trampled ground on the edge of the
ditch is evidence of the fierce battle she
put up against her assailant.
Miller Still Denlea. Miller was,- questioned into half the
night by Chief Austgen anct his men last night. He admitted knowing the girl, and having seen her near tha
bridge, but flatly and continually denied having attacked her. He seem
ingly anticipated evey question and
to
BILL FOR HARBOR Hi BOTH HOUSES SOON Returning Delegates From Washington Express Confidence in Situation. Kast Chicago, Dec. 13. C. A. West-
Three interurbanlines are building ', had an answer for it. Asked how the ; berK an1 the delegates who represent
NEW CRIME VAVE HITS GARY HARD
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Rush Lines to Completion.
ACTIVITY IS PLAINLY SHOWN
towards Gary Just as fast as men, ( blood spots came to be on his coat and'ed the city and the Commercial club at
money, machinery and enthusiasm can bring them there. " Vnmn 3 l.laen In IS Minute. If a person in an automobile starts at Fnrtv.first avenuA and Rroadwav
In Gary and takes a quarter-circle tour
some of his underwear, he said his tne Rivera and Harbors congress hela washwoman in washing them had pat j ln Washington last week, are busy prethem ln with some red clothes which Paring data for the purpose of endeavfaded. , j oring to make Indiana Harbor a port Have Kvtdenee KnouKh. . iot entry. Every influence will have to Aside from the girl's own accusation!13 brought to bear in this section and
through Liverpool, New Chicago and ; or Miner, tne ponce are satisfied that me preny gwm uSu.- win i.v w Kxit Garv. a fifteen-minute ride will : they have enough circumstantial evi-: &e shown in order to convince the war
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result in tne crossing ot tnree inierur-
dence to convict Miller. In the first ' department that the harbor warrants place they say that -Miller's clothes are j that recognition, and th figures thit blood stained. Part of them were wet l8 being prepared will deal not only
as was atso the prisoner's handkerchief with the plans located directly on the
which the police sajr Indicates that he !the canal, but with the entire region
Mayor Schlieker seemed pleased with
of men Is busy at East Gary laying!-. - ' what the delegates had accomplished
ban routes that are being built towards the steel city. Are RtiHy at Kant Gary. To the east of the city a small army
tracks, cutting down trees, erecting
poles ana stringing wires.
Huge
steam shovels are attacking the sand
mony of reputable witnesses who will:.
swear that they saw Miller follow
dunes an,j leveling the ground, and !
girl.
Among these witnesses
the are
in Washington. "I think." said he "that we managed to arrange matters
so that our case will receive more con-
Mitinio i-r ir-L-rt nf nicrhicnH j Frnni sideration than wouia nave Deen in
others of these mechanical monsters , Traf n known a9 Boat House pranki of case had there been no delegates there
are niung in me swamps. iwiii. T1 u:v-i-j. t i W had nersonal meetings with Con-
iiriii u if, o I 111 "v icit. ui. ItlKiiiaiiua, dat.Ul1 " r- - - - - - u -
iKulenhofer of Hessville. Joe Markevlch ' gressmen Crumpacker and Barnhart I near Hessville. Mike .Tonovich. "Polack" i ald with the, Indiana senators as well ;Mike and James Cannon of Crown j as wlth Colonel Blxbywbo is at the i Point, a pipe line walker for the Stand- bead of the survey bureau of the, war
ard Oil Company. Glrl'n Condition Critical. "They took my gun away from me
yesterday," said John Krause, the priation.
This line is the Gary Connecting railway which will link the Gary &
Interurban with the Valparaiso .&' Northern railway. The completion of i this project will give interurban con-i nectlons that will reach from Ham- j mond via Gary to Iaporte, east and. west, and to Valparaiso and Chester- i ton by the north and south routes. Karr-IIobart I.lne Hochrd. None the less activity is being exhibited a few miles to the south, where men and machinery are building a parallel route that will connect Gary and Hobart. Grading and track laying has reached Liverpool and a few hundred feet more will mark the reaching of the Gary limits. This line is the Gary, Hobart & Valparaiso Traction company, and it Is the Hobart-Gary division that is now being built. Uary to Crow Point. The third race is going on'in the south part of the city. Tracks have been laid, poles are up and wires are strung frqjn Calumet bridge ln South Broadway, the terminus of the Gary & Interurban railway, to way beyond the Nickel Plate tracks ln the same thoroughfare. It now only requires power
and. street cars to give the Ridge road people traction connections with down town Gary. To the south of the Nickel Plate tracks there is Just as much activity, and the time Is not rar distant until the Gary and Southern traction Interurban cars will be speeding; from the Gary steel mills down past the farms and right up to the Crown Point courthouse square.
new arrivals according to the police are mostly men and are bad characters, who have been run out of other cities.
As a result of the arrival of the, armed horde Xt blacks, most of whom have a criminal record, the city police depart
ment has a hard problem on its hands.
Rob, Club and. Shoot. Two robberies last night, in which fire arms and clubs were used, were
cause,d by negroes and on Moriday night
there was a shooting affair in the south
part of the city Jn which a negro named Smith shot another one named
Courtrlght. Police records of recent date show two negro murders, one for which!
George Davis has ben sentenced to hang for on February 12. Several shooting aairs have also occurred lately. Sunday night the police arrested a negro desperado, who had been carrying a huge 44-caltbre revolver, the largest ever seen in the city., John Hennlson, the prisoner, who was arrested told the officer who took him in tow that if he didn't have the drop on him first that there would have been a
dead DOliceman in Gary. Hennlson, it'
has been learned, is an escaped convict. IJo IVot Fear the low. "These bad blacks are causing the police much concern," said Chief Martin today. "A lot or them have come
from Youngstown where they were run
(Continued from column 7, page 1.) ed and robbed by three young men at Flfthteenth avenue and Masachusettj street last night. His assailants escaped, -v.
Mm. oldn Attacked. The . home of Mrs. Olds, No. 75 Eleventh avenue near Monroe street last night was approached by two armed negroes Edwards Olds, her son,' a motorman Is employed by the Gary & Interurban railway. Two Vnder rrnt. Two suspicious looking negroes wer placed under arrest as they stepped from the 9:30p. m. Gary & Interurban car by Officers Bunde and Elnsele of t ti. 1 T .1 it j .
I " imiiimipiiu ponce department last
DID LEE WE THIS
night. At the station they were book
ed as Bud Owsley. 2314 Dearbon street, Chicago, and Joseph Hesse, Chicago. Upon searching the two men a load-
STATEMENT?
recognition of, Mr. News standing in his party, and it also is acknowledge! to give the administration forces a distinct advantage in the coming national Iconventon. A dlsptch from Washington says thst Senator Lafollette has stated definitely i that he cannot come to Indiana to at. ; tend a meeting of the Manufacturers land Shippers Association ln this city
on December 28, when he was expected to make a speech. This is understood here to mean that he will not come to Indiana at all this month, neither to
make this speech nor to make political speeches in behalf of his own candidacy for President. - Another interesting piece of political news from Washington says that Henry Warrum and Michael A. Ryan, leading democratic attorneys of thi
TIMES Bl ItKAl , I ci,"' wno are in that city have declarAT STATE CAPITAL. I c1 that Senator Kern will be the next Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 13. Since '.Ed- democratic candidate for president, win M. Lee made his statement m V.arrum formerly wa3 city attorney of Washington, yesterday evening, to the Indianapolis. Ryan is a noted criminal
effect that President Taft cannot carry lawyer. Both said in interviews, that . t.h., .. it i.. v... n 1 there was no chance for Governor Mar.
V Z ,W a,f n Hess,e oneitlcians here to mean that Lee has no ! "ball to be nominated, and that the.a cartridge 'being discnarged. When be- , furtner hope of beinK re-elected chair- j every reason to believe that tho ing -hed. around his chest the offi- I man of tne Indlana republican state democratic national convention will ei
cer found Hessie bleeding on the right
side. Upon examining the wound it was found that he had been injured by a shot gun. 'Hessie was then taken to St. Margaret's hospital by Dr. Touni and ws placed under guard for fear that he woSld attempt to break away. Upon calling up the Gary police it was leaitned that the negroes were wanted for breaking into the home of Mrs. John Olds, 75 Kleventh and Monroe
committee. Lee is now the state chair-! lrto a tangle that will mean corn-
man, and has for months been a cand'date for re-election. It was rather in the nature -of a surprise when word was received here that Lee had given cut a statement at Washington in which he said that if Taft was renominated the republican party would be defeated before a gun was fired. Lee said he had been one of the president's original friends and that he had
piomise candidate, and that Kern will
be the man.
he would e the strongest
afVUL I - LiUlIL 111 Lilt? rVKIH 111. I nn . ..
out following their murdering a police i,i, i ,. i oeueve
ar1 , . hav. nnother norde ' J 1 ttl ,CI , candidate, but that circumstances and officer and we also have anotner noroe , Mrs. Olds had srrpamed fur Heir, I
department. It is through these gentlemen that we will get whatever is done for us in the way of an appro-
What we went af'ei is par-
father of the girl to a Times reporter , ticular was to get Congress to appro
priate a sum sufficient .to construct a breakwater clear across the harbor, for its protection and also to insure'government care of the canal as far as the forks. This last to take care of th; Standard Oil company's shipping when it locates here. The breakwater alone will cost $1,000,000. Al of our representatives in Washington have promised to lend their earnest support towar.i securing an appropriation sufficient to cover the urgeht needs of the harbor
and the canal." Congresman Crumpacker has promised to introduce a bill Into the house asking for the appropriation, while Senator Shively will do the same thing in the senate.
this morning. "I think I would havs used U. I 'don't know what I would have done. It was enough to drive me crazy when I saw all my other children crying, and when I thought of the Inhuman tortures that Anna suffered." "What do you think today, should be done with such a man?" Mr. Krause was asked. neaerven Death. 'I think he should be killed, if he Is
guilty," said the wretched father I promptly. Anna Krause spent a bad night In
the hospital. She has all possible care, and no patient in the institution was ever nursed by the sisters more tenderly than this one. But there is danger of poison infection. Then too she has not yet overcome the shock of her exposure in th Ice cold rater. It la not thought that she will lose the sight of
her eyes, bu she will be disfigured for life. Did He Vne Stick. There is a difference of opinion as to just how the wounds were inflicted. Anna says her assailant used a stick. It seems that he trlert to put her eyes out so that she would never be able to identify him. An opening near the
'juglar vein also shows he attempted
PHILLIPS ENTERS HOUSE TO
ESCAPE STORM
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to make cjulck work of his victim. Some PQL ICE HAVE who have been to the scene of the atmTm nTnTTm n i w ,ack hold to Wie theory that the felTxlEj RIGHT MAN j low pounded the girl's face Into the stumps of smalt willows which were
Continued from Page 1.) h;:s muMarhe adds-to his grlzled appearance. It was noticeable yesterday after his capture that his face had just h:n washed.' Anna Krause is the daughter of John Krause a Highlands carpenter contrac-
cut off just above the ground. Bloodmarks on the willows can be seen, tilrl Pbntosrraphed. A photograph of Anna was , taken this morning, in order to have it for the jury at the proper time, j Should the girl de as a result of the Injuries, the charge of murder in the
from a Tennessee tpwn where another
policeman was murdered.
"Gary is reclving some of the most
desperate negroes from Chicago whera
the pplice have been after them WJien the police arrest them here they are given but a small fine and as a matter
of fact many of them welcome a briei.
Jail sentence. :
as to the course of the bullet, and Chief ,
of Police McCormick of ast Chicago, who told of his part of the affair after the shooting. The jury was taken to East Chicago yesterday In the police patrol to view the scene of the shooting. The jury was
in charge of Bailiffs Robert Werley and j
Theodore Klotz. Klota lost the jury in the course of the afternoon, but Werley brought them safely home. That the state expects to insist on capital punishment is shown from the fact that Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
help.
Hesie drew a loaded revolver and shot her In the face, causing only a slight' cheek wound. They then made their escape. -Klrea At Enraplutr Man. A. C. Venderwater a neighbor hearing the noise, started outside with a shot gun. . As he stepped . outside he saw Hessie running from the hcusa. He fired thre shots, one of them lodg
ing in Hessie's right side. Hessie's condition is not serious. He will be kept at St. Margaret's hospital for a few days and will beclosely guardei so he will not be able to escape, for It is feared that he will make an attempt to get away. Owsley was taken back to Gary this morning. f.lrln Attacked. Late last week an attack was made upon a party of young girls attending the Holy Angels school while they were walking along the Wabash tracks from their homes In Tolleston. Their assail
ant attempted to seire one of them but
Ralph W. Ross asked all of he jueors if ' was frightened away
they believed ln capital punisnment, j A slmlIar attempt was made to atand dismissed a number of them be- tack Geneva McGlone at Seventh ave-
cause they did not.
BRIBERY CASE JURY SECURED TODAY
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again." Vipfore she finished this x-
clamation Phillips had fired another
shot. Insteud of escaping from the building, as ! murderer would have dne, Phillips went for a doctor. He did not attempt to leave the city, but was picked up on the street by the police later. Bailiff l.om Jury. William Rhodes, Phillips' friend, on the evening of the shooting, was placed on the stand and proved to be an excsllent witness for the-defense. Other witnesses who have testified are the city engineer of East Chicago, who testified as to the plan of the house in which the killing was done: Dr. Robinson of Indiana Harbor, who held the
I post-mortem examination and testified
nue and Carolina street late Saturday night. Girls employed in Gary stores whose duties require that they work
late at night have reported to the po-
conditions which hehad met with had
convinced him that he had been wrong. It Is not so long ago that Lee announed publicly here that he- was for the renomlnation of Taft, and that Taft would carry Indiana. It is taken tt mean that the progressives, to which faction Lee belongs, will make as hard
a fight as possible to get control of the state committee of Indiana for next year, but the Taft sentiment is so strong and Taft's friends are so completely in control of things at this time that no one is predicting sucess for the progressives along thart line. It Is Known, and It has cropped out in the
last few days, that there is awld--spread sentiment in Indiana forthe nomination of Roosevelt, but no one gees so' far as to say that the Indiana delegation could be swung over to Roosevelt under any circumstances. Another thing that has ( attracted much attention here and which has caused Indiana Republicans to congatulate themselves, is the fact that Harry S. New, national committeman from this state, has been chosen chairman of the sub-committee 'of the national committee to make all arrange
ments for the coming Republican natioral convention.' NeV" had to fight' to
Wheati- th
e Doctor Comes.
Y telephone he calls the druggist, the nurse,
j jj tne iiospiidi-or lr ine case is ursrent ne mav
summon a brother physician for consultation.
In this and a thousand other ways the telephone proves its wprth. It is an educator, a protector, a comforter. ,
It is especially valuable during winter
neys Boone and Barr, who have charge of this case, was given when the veniremen were asked if they knew Roberts, Gleason, Simpson and some of the other high officials of the Indiana Steel company and its affiliated Institutions. It is believed that the defense will lay
great stress on the insinuation that the United States Steel company Is back of this prosecution for the purpose of "getting" Knotts and the members of
the city council of Gary.
Interent (ironing. The jury has been passed by both
sides, but haj not been accepted. The defense is going over the jury again
with -Its fine-tooth comb questioning.
and will be followed by the state, which
Is equally careful not to get a juror who would be prejudiced. Each side has tt peremptory challenges. Associated with Attorney D. E. Boone for the defense Is Herbert S. Barr, of the. law firm of Barr and Wheeler.' Mr. Wheeler has not been sitting in the
case so far.
Attorney Samuel Parker, for the
state. Is doing most of the work of ex
amining the jury. He nas associated with him Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Martin J. Smith of Crown Point, and W. F. Hodges, of the firm of Hodges and Ridgely of Gary. The interest in the case is growing and Crown Point, which did not seem to get excited about the matter at first, is beginning to sit up and take notice. The real interest in the case will come when the Introduction of testimony begins. The jurors who have been temporarii" selected are: John Webber, Ross; Adolph Lottes, Center; William Newton, center; Henry Yeager, Robertsdale; Edward Meyer, Brunswick; Barnie Buckley, Lowell; Charles Tappis, Cedar Creek; Julius Hess, Hammond; Wiliam Herkner, Hammond;, Matt Sternberg. Indiana Harbor; Tony .Gavert. Lowell, and Howard Bracken Ho'bart, .
lice that they have been followed on support the president at the eeting of several ocaslons lately. (the national commitee at Washington. I hat tie won out agains the opposition, A FEW DIMES FOR CAR FARE OR ani It will now be up to him and his POSTAGE IF YOU'RE ANSWERING committee, all Taft men, to select the ADEJ. A FEW DIMES FOR TOUR OWN temporary chairman ot the convention, 'WANT,", IF YOU'RE ADVERTISING Oecide on all of the details and' make IN THE TIMES A AD THE USUAL RE- ! all plans for the big gathering in Ch;8UI.T IS A JOV, cago. This is regarded as a high
LOWELL,. The members of the Christian church gave a reception to R. O. Wickham, tha new pastor, and his wife ln the church last evening, at which occasion a large crowd gathered. The time was spent in vocal and instrumental music, a short talk by the pastor and general sociabil. ity. Light refreshments were served. It was an enjoyable event. C. E. Nichols, the grain dealer, transacted businesu In Chicago yesterday. County Assessor William Black wai in the city yesterdfiy. i Two young men from Lowell, who
borrowed a rig from another young man at Cedar Lake and went to see their girls a short distance away and were arrested by Sheriff Grant and given trial and fined $10 and costs besides squaring themselves with the liveryman, are sadder but wiser young men. Clayton Belshaw and Oliver Palmer were in Chicago yesterday. Mrs. Charles McCoy was in Hammond yesterday. Mat Riser and wife were in. the city yesterday. David Fisher of Shelby was in Lowell yesterday. Clyde Dickey and James Doty of Shelby were ln town yesterday. The New Movement Bible class of the Methodist church hield Its regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Caroline Sanger Monday, evening for the transaction of business. The, usualsocial features were dispensed with this time, owing to the meeting being
held as soon after the big basaar and supper. Mr. and Mrs. Lon Hen irger, who were united in marriage at Crown Point on Thanksgiving, returned to Lowell Monday evening. Mr. Heminger is a foreign missionary, home on a vacation. He and his wife will leave for Africa in March. - - . J
The
' tamd Co,
CONTROLS EVERY UNIMPROVED LOT IN THE HEART OP THE CITY OF GARY. This Company will pave every street in the Firsty Subdivision. Sewers and water mains are now in every alley in the First Subdivision. The prices of lots in the First Subdivision include the cost of paved streets!
i
weatner.
Every Bell Telephone it a Long Pittance Station. CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY
- SOUTH CHICAGO. The deal on the property at South Deering which caused much comment some time ago, was pulled through by Thomas Wall, a real estate dealer. The site has 740 feet frontage on 106th street, extending from Yates to Luella avenue, on the west and Oglesby and Palmer, avenues intersecting. It is understood that a large industrial industry of some kind will be erected within a very short time. Gus Berg and Frank Bullock were
both arrested in the "red light" district last night on a disorderly "charge and Hned $30 and costs by Judge Sabath this morning. Both the young men are well known In the Calumet region. James Edwards, 2412 East Eightyfourth street, Jeft for Saginaw, Mich.', where he has accepted a responsible position with the Saginaw Match Co. Emma Toppel left on a six months' sojourij through Europe.
GRIFFITH. . Miss Ruth LIghtfoot was a Hammond visitor yesterday. A. Stommel, president of the Dyer bank, was a pleasant caller her yesterday on his way to Crown Point. R. T. Carney of East Chicago washere yesterday in the interest o the Manhattan Lumber Co. Clarence. Hutching and George Spitz were over to the Calumet river huntingi ducks yesterday. Mr. Hutchins. bagged a fourteen-pound coon instead of any- of the feathered tribe. A. B. Chipmund of Chicago was a business visitor here today. - - - - - .
Foir; Years to Come
the properties of the Gary Land Company, situated directly south of, the Steel Plant and other subsidiary companies of the Corporation, will be the home of the ' merchant, banker, clerk and workmen. Compare the price of our Improved Lots with those south of the S Company's properties. A clear title to every lot.
is this not Reason Enough?
Why you should purchase property for residential purposes in the First Subdivision? Beautifully situated, high and dry, accessible to plants of the Steel Company, to schools and churches and the business center of the city. A few, unsold lots in the First Subdivision ranging in price from $450 up.
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Laimd .Co.
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