Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 9, Hammond, Lake County, 30 March 1912 — Page 8

THE TIMES. March 30, 1912.

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j the ; wrongfully accused man, though : the-evidence Is said to have been obj talned. Is pointed to In the affidavit!!

of Freedman's friends filed before th Pardon Board. - The story of the pursuit of the group

of criminals who eventually revenged

tnmselves en the pursuer, Pegan Dec. 19. 1910. Freedman was a Jewelry salesman who visited many of the larger cities of the West. While In St

! Louis on that date he learned that cer

tain countrymen of his,' Sigmund Klein, Adolph Klein and a woman named Mary Langsman, were under arrest, charged by Federal authorities with being unlawfully within the United States. The exact charges asserted that the two men had brought the woman Into the country for an Im-

Conntv School S,.t Til.w-V purpu.

-. T ,,,, . v,. . , Sigmund Klein prevailed on FreedMr. J. wayward, photographer, were In I . , .

ast Chicago yesterday for the purpose of getting views of the Washington ' J0""', w,th H,0rac' and McKinley school buildings, to use!Louls attorn,'. fL ha (Klein s ap-

in a manual that Superintendent .....

in tne iouowing January, 10 answer 10 the statutory charge. Klein then said

.he would go to Chicago to obtain bonds

ifor the other two of the trio. When

time for the trial approached he

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picture, of the more modern and lar-I w" no"fled ,by J"" to return to

listed the ' aid of the Gary police and went back along the right of way to! the point where they had seen the box thrown off. They found that the box had been dragged to a clump of. trees near at hand and two men were burying the contents of the box near the base of a tree. . 'One of the men was Sigmund Klein, later identified as the "white slaver." The- other was Morris Kellner. Kellner seemingly was a newcomer in the gang of criminals, who had not appeared on police records before. Klein had served time. It now is alleged, in foreign and Nnlted States prisons. Both of the men turned state's evidence at the trial, having implicated Freedman tn the crime prior to the trial. On their evidence' Freedman was convicted after a series of uncussessful attempts on his part to

obtain affidavits of his good character, refuting the charges of Klein and Kellner, which asserted he (Freedman) was the leader of a desperate gang of Chicago robbers and criminals. Freedman came to Indiana to stand trial on the charges without extradition proceedings and was the only witness for himself. The judge allowed time for his at-

the township, which reflects the great tramp, came along just before time for

the 'company to arrive, she let him In

with a halter said to belong' to Liveryman Frailey of Hobart. The judge let them go. Frailey caught the lads at Clarke station and

interest shown

tomumn Rum Well. on the "eats," - permitting him to parThe two candidates for "the auditor- take of them in the kitchen.

ship, John A. Brennan of Gary and Mr. Tompsonis was busy shavlngtthev "aid they took the halter because Township Trustee Alex Jamleson of when his wife came to the door and ' they were charged a quarter extra for

crirnth, are from Calumet township, told him of the fact that she ha tav-ieome service

Brennan received 1.068 votes as against en pity on a poor unfortunate and was 301 for Jamleson. ' j feeding him in the kitchen. He said Gary stood by Kunert of Tolleston ' she was foolish, as the man was probfor sheriff, giving him 707 as against ably an imposltor. but Mrs. Tompsonis Whitaker's 278 and Frledley's 171. I said "no such thing." She knew an For representative Widhoim outdls-' honest man when she saw one. Mr. tanced Quillon by a short margin, 501 ', Tompsonis merely lifted his eyebrows votes being cast for the former and 454 : and said nothing further, for the latter. Newton received 209 j Tne tramp departea profusely votes, most of his - strength coming .,,,,.. v ,,.

from Tolleston and the older precincts ; th. rriva u, tnl teen years old, was arrested for steal-

of the city. kartakiT.a- f fr.hmnt- ng the hind wheels off of a buggy be-

August Johnson's good campaigning j Mr TompBOnl. knew of a don bottles ' lon8rlngr to Pete Smlth whl1 Pete wa

Meals Wheels From Baggy. The Gary police court recently had two men up before, it one stole a church pulpit and the other stole a house, and the woman who once stope the city pest house has also graced the court room but today one of the oddest thefts In the history of the city came to the attention of the court. Leonard Braw, a negro lad, seven-

In Gary rolled up 640 votes for him In

of beer that he had placed on the back

from his compromising position and the attorney failed to return the same

er .c.hool buildings in the county. The Dfc t,,s Bnu rluu- r"u ntt" wo"1 Waafcin-t rt-i.,,. to Chicago to persuade Klein to re-

I... ' : turn and prevent the forfeiture of the!

Twin cities he ;,' , Y , , i bond. Freedman took a letter from! to the court, though he collected it, acl win cities, he chose them for photo-' I t totmnt nf nfrir-iai nnw

j me cnivi ui uciccuvfs in iuuia 10 p..- o - tVi hi.f of rietertlvra of Chirairo and, in the hands of Governor-Marshall. On

VI porch ju8t before evening, thinking 140 for Glover Johnsons candidacy ; that a Dutch ,unch woaM not De com.

was aided by Gary's sympathy being more with East Chicago than with

plete In the minds of the mere men of the company, without enough of the

Inside Sam Boblovich s saloon near

Seventeenth avenue seeing about getting a dripk of water for his thirsty horse. v When Smith came out with the wat-

Crown Point. For the superior court amber flued to wash U down. Armed,1" for hi8 horse the r'r of the busy

room 2 nomination Moran received 567

as against Shunk's 416. The Miller-Aetna precinct trimmed John A. Brennan, although the Aetna

sr. ononr h. wnt to tt,- hh,was on the ground and Braw. he says.

porch as the company was being scat.:was running up a near by alley rolling ed at the table. He found nothing to;th wheels at a furious pace.

tk.n k vo u Braw, wno wui ue givin a. nennB

voters 'were, strong for him, yet the Tomnsonis -Bm hark livM on Monday, the police say stole the

Miller vote overbalanced them. Moran,' .T., that mm nf a tramn vnn rA " i wheels in order to put them on a

torney to get evidence extricating himl Manlove, Widholm, Jamieson. Whltaker was hip comment when the fact of the 'waBn he lntends to enter the junk

na jonnson lra m precinci, wnicn absence of the beer had been made 1 business.

is tne- fourth of Jlobart township.

graphing. In a conversation following his visit to the Washington building Superintendent Helghway made the remark that it was a pity the school trustees .could not get the remainder of the property in the block In which the Washington school is located, for

ry grounds. It came out then that the East Chicago company about a yaar and a half ago gave the school board an opportunity to get this property as a gift from the East Chicago company. While the offer was not made In so many words, the trustees waro grven to understand that all they had to do was to ask for it and the land was their. The East Chicago company went so far as to enter into negotiations with the only man who owned a lot in the block, to trade him another lot for his holdings and move his house, onto it. so that the entire block would be clear for school purposes. Tt Is said the offer waa turned down on account of possi

ble special assements on the property. The property has since been sold by the East Chicago company for $12,000 and is today worth almost doubls that sum in the opinion of real estate experts. MARSHALL ' PARDONED FRIEDMAN

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In Freedman's sentence for from two to fourteen years for alleged leadership of a gang of freight train robbers, having headquarters in Chicago. The alleged neglect of attorneys hired to defend Freedman in the Lake Superior Court on charges of alleged ""fcBnspli'ngy t-y -Trrtt. l,ifiljerto present evidence of the "frameup" against

was assigned, two detectives from the Chicago force to aid him in his apprehension of Klein. Klein was arrested, taken to ?t Louis, tried on the "white slave"

charge and sentenced to deportation.

meanwhile uttering threats against

Freedman. The alleged "white slaver" then was taken, to New Tork by the Federal authorities, put on board a steamship for deportation and escaped from the ship, re-entering the United States by way of Canada. Klein made his way again to Chicago. A reward of $500 was offered for his second apprehension, and Freedman, learning of the reward and of Klein's whereabouts through a friend In Chicago, started for Chicago again Feb. 26. 1911. On March 2, before he had seen Klein or been able to get a trace of

him, Freedman was arrested on the

charge of conspiracy to rob and was taken to Hammond, Ind and from

there to Crown Point.' where he re

mained until the time of his trial In May, 1911. The tale of the conspiracy of the alleged gang of "white slavers" to wreak revenge on Freedman also is given In the affidavits x of attorneys. Judge Lawrence Becker of the Lake Superior Court and Ralph W. Ross, deputy prosecutor, who handled the prosecution against Freedman. Prior to March 1, 1911, the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad was troubled by numerous robberies between Chicago and Gary, Ind. -Two young detectives were assigned to the case and, on the above date, rode in the caboose of a freight train which left Chicago late in the evening. Shortly before arriving at Gary the two officers saw a large box thrown from the train. They got off the train at Gary, en-

the evidence of Klein and Kellner,

Freedman was convicted and sentenc- leston and Ridge road in Gary

ed. Sigmund Klein, subsequently to , Oak, Ross and Griffith

Gary and Calumet Tovrnahlp Vote. The following is the vote of the 26 precincts of Calumet township, comprising Gary, Ambrldge, Clarke, Tol-

Black

the trial and conviction of his pursuer, ! was deported again, and now Is believed to be without the confines of the '

Cnited States. I

In the statements tiled before the;

Pardon Board there is no reference to

what became of Adolph Klein or the woman in the case. The board, in its. recommendations, declared that Freedman had been convicted on perjured testimony and the Governor's pardon 1 yesterday probably will mark the last

chapter in the case, unless other members of the alleged "white slave" gang still remain in the United States.

Relter 978!Swanson 826

Moran

B7Friedley

171

Shunk 415!Kunert 707

Manlove Wheeler

...1.042iWhitakor

278

JOIiGIover 440

Newton 209Johnson 640 Qulllen ...... 454Seeley S73 Widholm .... 601!Smith 905 Brennan . . . .1.068!Schaaf 853

Jamleson

301lHutton 803

known to the assembled company. Mrs. Tompsonis then remembered hearing something like the clink of glass after the door had been closed behind the tramp, but knowing nothing

of her husband's "surprise," had failed to connect the incident with a possible theft.

They Didn't Vote For Eight Candidates in One Gary Precinct. The patriots ltvtaa; In the fourteenth precinct of Onry, which t down in the Madison street woods somewhere aronnd Klevmth avenue, dtdnt bother much about voting yenterday, so the shark In the woods

wasn't bothered at all by any one

Trantlnic to vote.

Only the Judge, clerk and Inanee-

tor voted. The whole three voted

for George Manlove. Judge Rettrr

wan thought well enough to get two of th votes, nnd Shunk, Newton, Widholm, Brennan, Jamleaon, Seeley, Smith and Srhaaf each received a vote. No votea were east for Moran, Wheeler, Qutllen, Frledley, Kanert, Whltaker, Glover, Johnson or Motion. Whether the election officials

knew that these gentlemen

running has not been nscertnined.

close of last year It was decided to skip the assesment for this year.

LABOR NEWS

GARY

GOP

f URNS OUT TO POLLS

Gary stood for Gary candidates In the republican primaries held in Calumet township yesterday.

It was not until the 1 o'clock' whistle gave

was sounding at the steel mills that Township Chairman H. P. Francis received the report of the last polling

pltice, which covered part of the sec-

EAST CHICAGO HAS IIAOGHTVTRAIIP YARN He Came of Good Family and Was Death on a Handout. Mrs. Albert Tompsonis of South Magoun avenue. East Chicago, has come to the conclusion that there is little if any gratitude left in this world. Last evening a tramp came to her door, who In addition to a meek and seedy appearance, added the charm of apparently having come of a "good family." He asked for bread, and she

him potato salad, hot frank-

GARY POLICE COURT HAS BUSY SESSION Judge Wildermuth Entertains With and Is Entertained.

The Wholesalo Co-operative Society, with headquarters at Manchester, has procured ground and will erect a shoe factory in Leeds which will employ one thousand persons. The society already has factories In other large cities in England. The representatives of the Railroad Brotherhood favorable to the formation of a federation of all the employes of the Canadian railways have prepared a plan which they are confident that the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will accept. The Riggers' Stevedores' union, one of the oldest labor organizations in San Francisco, has a membership . of 2,500, and it is the belief that upon the com-

j pletion of the Panama canal, the mem- """""" jbership of the union will be increased

The Gary city court has a few odd (to 5,000.

and illustrious visitors this morning.) The railway men of England are not Patrick Henry was there as was a! satisfied with the working of the terms colored lad who was accused ojf steal-jo' settlement reached after the recent ing the hind wheels off of a buggy j strike. - Complaints are made that cer which stood in front of a south end I tain railway companies have not adsaloon while the owner was Inside get-jhered to the terms and have introduced

OPEN SALVATION

ARMY CITADEL Tomorrow night at eight o'clock tho

Gary corps of the Salvation army will formally occupy its new two-atory

citadel at 1116 Washington street. Ap.

propriate services will ba held and tho public is cordially to attend.

The first floor will be used for army

purposes. Capt. and Mrs. William Pur

due, commanding the Gary corps, will occupy tho upper apartment as their home.

furters, jelly roll, pickles, limberger cheese, coffee and hot rolls. The reason of this sumptuous lay out was that Mrs. Thopsonls was expecting a llttla

on J ward in the west side. Nearly 500 company of her husband's brother votes were cast here and It took a long! lodge members and their wives In for time to list them. In all approximate-J the evening and ahe had prepared a ly 1,500 votes were cast in Gary andldutch lunch for the occasion. As the

ting a drink of water for his horse. When Judge Wildermuth called the court to order the first man to appear before him was a vagabond. "Who are you?" asked his honor. "Patrick Henry." Liberty or Death." "Patrick, you are up here On a serious charge and I'll have to give you a Jail sentence." "Give me liberty or give me death," answered the ragged namesake of the noted Virginian. "I'll give you ten days with Tom Grant down at Crown Point,' came from the court. Ray and Robert Dawson were also up before the judge for making away

method which have displaced a great

many men. Fifteen thousand carpenters in Chicago have noted to strike for an increase in wages on April 1. The result of tho recent referendum vote showed that the offer of the contractors to pay a scale of 62 1-2 cents an hour had been rejected. The men Insist upon their demand of 66 cents an hour for the next thre years. Since the Insurance feature was remodeled in 1902 the Pattern Makers' League-of North America has paid $19.077.77 to members whose tools were destroyed. Assesments were levied every

year to maintain this fund, but as there

$19 0722.11 In thine fund at the

TO DEDICATE TOLLESTON CHURCH Sunday April 28 has been set as tho dedication date for the Westminster Presbyterian church of Tolleston. -' Dr. John Balcom Shaw of Chicago will bo the chief speaker and the services will practically be an all day affair.

infl congregation was nrganneu iwu

years ago. A membership of 100 ana

a .Sunday school list of 250 and a fl 6,000 edifice mark the work of tho pres

ent pastor. Rev. Green. The Westminster church is located at the corner of

Grace and Center streets. It can seat 500. '

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