Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 46, Hammond, Lake County, 16 December 1911 — Page 8

THE TIMES. December 16, 1911.

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I (Special to The Timkp. 1 Kast Chicago, Per. 16. James Ken-; nedy, known inthe Michigan City prls-1 on aa "No. 2783," and paroled, has gone back to the big institution from -which about four months airo h -was released after serving four years of a teri-year sentence for burgrlary committed in a Muncle clothing store. Kennedy is the man who early this week Rave himself up to the police, saying he had broken his parole and asking to be allowed to return to the jprlson, In order to bei saved from the curse of drink. Guard August J. Funk came from Michigan City yesterday to take the ex-convict hack into custody and Kennedy seemed as glad to see him as though he had been a friend of his. boyhood days. Before he went, he bequeathed to his landlady, who lives on the north shies all of his possessions, including what was coming to him from the Interstate mill, where he has been employed since his release.

LOGANSPORT

LOW ON LIBRARY I : . '

i m Bids were received by the Gary public library board last night for the new Carnegie library building which is to be erected in Fifth avenue. Kev..Father Thomas F. Jansen, president of the board, presided at the meeting. Next Tuesday evening the board will award the contract. Bids were submitted as follows, the figures in parenthesis indicating the extra price to be charged for each additional cubic foot of footing necessary: v James Barnes, Logansport (45 cents) .$53,351.00 Booth & Loufenberg, Omaha, (28 cents) 63,300.00 Dalrympte company, Gary (23 cents) 33,736.00 Knglish Bros., Champaign. 111., (33 cents) 62,000.00 Iarson-DanieJson company. La Porte (32 cents 58,941.00 M. I- Maxon. Gary,- (30 cents) 59.000.00 Ingwald-Moe, Gary, (?5 cents) 54,247.00 J. U Pyle, Gary, (30 cents).. 55,500.00 W. J. Reed,, Hammond. (30 cents) 65.000.00 Rooney Construction Co.. Gary and Hobart." (50 cents) 57,000.00 Stephens & Paine, Gary, (25 cents) . 61.900.00 So far Barnes of Logansport is the lowest bldder. However, if the architect finds whether -more footings are needed the Dalrympie company of Gary,

which is $385. higher than Barnes but whose footings bid is lower by seventeen cents per cubic1 foot, may be the lowest bidder. If the architect finds that more than 2.400 extra cubic feet of footings are necessary, the Dalrympie people will be the lowest bidder. The board says that the contract will go to the lowest bidder.

CONCERT MANAGERS AFTER WEE TOT WHO COMPOSES AND PLAYS AT AGE OF FIVE.

CASTLEMAN IS NOW DRAGGED INTO CASE (Continued from Page 1.)

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- . f tective, and that he had since remained In its employ in the plant at Gary. , At ten o'clock this morning Dean was excused at the completion of the fiery 'cro.oK-emamlnatio.ii, but it was arranged I to have hiiu recalled on redirect if '- necessary. After lean left the stand (1Iarry JT. Moose the city clerk was put ion to testify as to the franchise ordij nance sought by Dean. The defense !didnot cross-examine him.

Then came the Ilimmeiblau testimony which was the big sensation of the trial as far as it has progressed.

hianote for $500." was the purport of the remarks. Ktfort to HaUe IJoubt. An effort to raise a questino of doubt t Ik. 1 .1 .. . . . t . , 1

111 I11IMU3 Ul IIIC JUI 1113 5 IU UIO j real purpose of the visit of Alderman j Walter Gibson and Thomas B. Dean to I the Chicago Trust Company when thn i bribe money is alleged to have been j placed in a safe deposit box. revealed ; the newest move on the part of the de- ;

ferine to clear the Tolleston man of the charges of graft that have been preferred against him. It. is admitted that the signing of tin safe deposit slips by Gibson is the most inerlmirfcting piere of evidence against

him and if Attorney D. K. Boone and j Herbert S. Barr- for the defense can J

persuade the jury that Gibson and Dean did not go to Chicago for the purpose of putting the bribe money in the box but to look at some papers he will have raised the. question of doubt that nryny have some influence with the jury. Dean Denle Question. Accordingly when Dean was on the stand this morning Boone asked him if

it were not a fact that he and Gibson which was brought out in evidewee, in by the defense for the purpose of 1m-

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STIRS GARY POLICE

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Little Loretta demons, daughter of R. M. demons, of Nottingham. Ohio, is only five years' old, but already concert managers have been attracted by her wonderful skill as a pianist, and -trying to overcome the objections of her parents to permitting her to begin a professional career at such a tender age. The child made helNfeublic debut at the age of four, at a children's concert. She has composed a half dozen pieces, o ne of which she calls the Marblehead March, in honor of Marblehead, Ohio, h er birthplace.

caused Chief Martin to take every pre

I caution necessary to ward off any explosions. In addition Ito the mn on

watch at the depots a strong guard was

j placed around the city hall and police i station and the approaches to the

. building were kept well lighted all j night. - "During the. recent months we have 'arrested many "desperate characters w ho are wanted elsewhere and some of whom have escaped from prisons In (different states," said Chief Martin today when he revealed the contents of the Kansas City warning, and It is

possible that we may have incurred th enmity of some desperate gang. will not be caught sleeping.

SHOW FALL HITS

TELEPHONE G0QPADY

AWAKES

Weight of the Beautiful on Wires Works New Havoc.

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(Special to The Times.)

East Chicago. Dec. 16. Wire

C. B. Courtright. of the telephone com

pany, found trouble enough when he

gdt to headquarters this morning. Calls, were coming in thick and fast from all

over town reporting phones out of or- !

der and as soon as possible Mr. Court- j right had a couple of gangs of repair- j

ers out looking up Tne aamages. Many

wires were found snapped, but up to i 11 o'clock the crews had not reported;

any poles down, although it was ex

pected that some of these would be '

found before the repairers get through, j

The snow that fell last night is un- cAwtkt. for momma in the bowl of

usually heavy, and ' of the consistency i

He based his attack on a con-ersation, All of these things were brought up

which Gibson asked to see Dean.

'WantefT Quirt Place.

went to Chicago and visited the

company for the purpose of looking a', certain papers which Dean had locke i up there. Dean of course denied that. He stoutly maintained that the purpose of the visit was to carry out the

suggestion of Gibsons that the money thee circumstances Dean

ought to be pluced in the deposit box that Gibson go to his room.

peaching the testimony of Dean in the eyes of the jurors. This is in line with

There was a socialistic meeting ,nithe prediction that these tactics would progress on the streets and the noise be used by the defense in this case and lights made it seem necessary to' just as they were used In the Willitson seek some more secluded place. Under .tri.iL ,

suggeste 1

Instead of in the hands of Anlderman Baukus for the reason that Baukus was

Dean o'clock.

was on the stand until ten Boone in his cross examination

hard up at the time, owed, alt over , tried to show that 'Dean was a governtown. and might not divide tbe money ! ment Inspector, that he came to Chithat was placed in his hands for tnetcago when the Roby race track was bribing of the four aldermen. running and demanded $500 from a man Night Smnloa Is field. 1 by the name of Davis, who was con-

The trial of the Gibson case was re-knected with the track, as a sort of

sumed last night after supper. Court was held for an hour between 7:30 and S:30. The idea seemed to be that on account of the close surveillance under which the jury is being kept and the Inconvenience to whin the jurors are being put that it would be advisable to rush the ase through to its conclusion. Rapid progress has already been made; the testimony of Dean, the star Witness for the state, having been introduced and the witness subject to a rigid cross-examination. Dean's cross examination began at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. Attorney Boone tried to make it appea.that Dean had tricked Gibson into making one of the famous trips to the Gary hotel where the dictograph records arje said to have been made.

He went after IK-an "for these tactics. I tentiarv.

"hush up'' donation. Dean hooted as he denied the story. Boone referred to the M'lllitson triil in which he said that Dean had been forced to admit that he did not want the heating franchise but simply wanted to entrap Gibson and the rest of the city officials. . " He claimed that Dean stated I In George Keiser's saloon in Crown Point that, "I am Dean the- detective." Dean denied that he had made this statement. Crow Quia Is Severe.. Boone also tried. to show that Dea had sold some land for two widows in Gary and had never given them their money. Boone also asked whether Dean had given Governor Bradley of Ken-

Jtucky $200 to keep him out of the peni-

CHRISTMAS SAVES HIM FROM JAIL (Continued from Page 1.)

The V. S. Steel Corporation officials were again drawn into the case by Attorney Boone yesterday afternoon when in- cross examination Thomas B. Dean was questioned in -..manner indicating that the defense would seek to prove that Dean had 4pcted as the agent of

the corporation In bringing charges

against the councilman and others. Dean admitted knowing Henry G. Hay Jr., president of the Gary State Bank; L. W. McNamee. auditor, and A. M. Roberts, chief accountant of the steel company. Hay, he said, he met through a letter of introduction 'from David Moffat, a Denver banker, now dead. Admits Visiting Mills. He denied, however, that he had vis ited the plant of the steel company, but later admitted : he had registered as a visitor at the slip and "billet mills May 5th. Attorney Boone, counsel for Gibson, asked Dean if he had not met Mr. Rob

erts in the Great Northern HoteMn Chicago Dec. 8. Dean denied this. He also denied that his office partner, Theodore J Kermltx of Louisville, Ky.,

had entered the employment of the steel company July 11. 1911, as a de-

declaring that they were going to "begin over." There -were other condi

tions to the unusual agreement, one of

them being that the man find eTploy

ment within five days, quit drinking

whisky and. support his wife and child In a manner becoming a husband and

father. Ptanko is to have all the beer

he wants, hi-s wife consenting to this

without a murmur. but the . whisky

must be cut. out and Stanko must have

a Christmas ' tree at the house not la

ter than the Saturday before Christ

mas. The "fixings" go with the tree.

this being stipulated in the agreement,

and an officer from he Indiana Harbor station is to go to the home of the

Stankos on the evening agreed upon,

to see whether Stanko has lived up to

his part of the agreement and pro

vided a suitable number of ornaments.

Promises to Be Good. The man was arrested Wednesday, after knocking his wife into insensibility, it .is alleged, by the use of a club. The family have lived in the Harbor four months, having come here from Pennsylvania. Since their arrival Stanko has worked only' seven days, spending his time in, saloons and neglecting his family. , Judge Relland thpught it better "to let the man "begin over" than to send him to Crown Point, the ."Christmas tree" end of the agreement appealing strongly to him as well as . to others who heard the pitiful tale.

to pile itself up In -masses on the wires, and where many wires are connected with one pole the burden is lia

ble to be too great for. long endurance.

Haa flung the stone that puts tha starto flight!"

Most of the phones reported out of or-1 uc uuaiyv ui luc ..any

der were from the north side; although -- ShODDCT.

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from the south Bide In East Chicago were put out of commission.

MUST CROSS WATER FOR WIFE BEATING

EPORE the phantom of last pay dr

died Methought a voice behind the coun

ter cried, - ----- "When all our wares are spread for the to choose ' . Why doth the shopper let his shopping slide?" -

thousand bargains brings.

"Sold" of yes-

Each mora

you say. -Tes, but there gleams the

terday, And this long winter month that brings the snows Eh ail take yon slippers and that pip sway.

Aa early shopper loaded heaven knows how A jigsaw fine,- some toys of lead and. wow, A doll that sings -when on Its chest you

press!

(Special to The Times.) Indiana Harbor, Dec. 16. Joe Rubech of Watling street, arrested for beating his wife over the head with a chair, was sentenced by Judge George Relland day before yesterday tq, go back to the old country. At least Mrs. Rubech said that on condition he do that and that he take their three children

with him, she, would agree to drop the . " . ... .. . .

proceedings she had instituted against him. He seemed agreeable to the proposition and so It was fixed up. Ru- Myself when flush did eagerly frequent

bech is to go back w ith his young ine cro'-a.ea stores ana neara mucn rgu-famib-on an early steamer, leaving his my feet! ron nahlDg me.

' 11. )'l ! - - . 1 S ' - " C ."1 lit Judge Reiland's court and Rubech and his wife were content. Fins of 15 ach including th costs' were assessed against Frank Radovich of Guthri strt. chargd with making a murderous assault upon the life of a foreman in the Inland steel company's plant; Dolise Copar, the ex-constable who pulled hair out of the head of, John George a Cedar street saloon keeper, and John Ladankoclck, technlcally known as an "Indian."

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But came out bargainless and badly bent. And when, like me, O doubter, you shall pass With these great crowds as dense as growing grass. ' Tis then you'll say, as I did, shall you not? "I watted long. Wherefore was I an ass ! Arthur Chapman In Denver Republican.

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