Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 259, Hammond, Lake County, 22 April 1912 — Page 5
.'Monday, April 22, 1912.
THE TIMES.
IN TUB
SUPERIOR and CIRCUIT
LAKE COUNTY COURTS AT A GLANCE
Harbor Case on Trial.
The defense In the cases of the state
of Indiana vs. John Gullkowski and
Lewis Kezriunskl, charged -with bur
glarizing- the Lake Shore depot at In
diana Harbor, has moved to quash the
affidavit on the grounds that the in
dictment reads the crime was commit
ted on Oct. 23, 1912. a date In the fu
lure, it is understood that 1911 was
meant.
The case Is being heard in Judge
Lawrence Becker's, court at Hammond
The cases are being tried separately and are expected to take all of this
week.
Contested Divorces.
Judge Virgil K. Keiter tried more contested divorce, cases last week than he has tried in any one week In some
time. At one time he had three contested divorce cases on trial, hearing
evidence In all of them, one after the
other.
The first case was that of O'Donnell vs. O'Donnell, then came Pora vs. Pora and finally Vanes vs. Vanes. Heretofore there have been but few contested
cases and most of the divorces are
granted by default.
Practically all of the time of the
court last week was taken up with this
kind of cases.
UKB SUPERIOR COURT, ROOM HO. t Judge Ytrsll 8. Ralter. Information. The following settings will be taken Up tomorrow. Tuesday, April"23: Sixth Tbnrdy. April 18th. 86115 Saric v O'Brien S621 Pick & Co v Capen f622 Artisian S & L Co v Gormley S6$l Hunnell v Sheriff Lake Co 8S4 Reil v Cohen S635 Strawn v Kaven fFl Van Dusen v Racklch S665 rearbeyne v Shorownskl S6H0 Jones v Vossler 8sl Ginsberg v City of Whiting 94 Harrison v Lewis S74S Trustee H C K v TtempHn 4413 Conn v Parker Constr Co 443 Van Home v Gal 47R8 Adler admr v Adler 4789 Plan v Vohs 483S Keely Erg Co. v Riley 487 Bastian v Ianch 492 Mettelman v Papke B1S0 Nagel v Lewis
8157 Bell v Ivanich UKB (VPEBIOK COURT, ROOM MO. 3 Judge Iwreaee Becker. Information. State vs. John Giulkowskl and I.wls Keirlunski, charged with rolbbing the Lake Shore depot at Indiana Harbor, are on trial again today. As soon as these cases are disposed of the following settings will be taken up.
471 a Lasser v Samansky. LAWRENCE
S344 Lundt & C. Roofing Co. v Cherry. 65S7 Simons v Bund. S12 Dugan v Independent Brg. Assn. 6769 inland Steel Co. v Johnson. 6062 Lang v Ambrozy. .6063 Beaubien v Inland SteeL Tuesday, April 16 61J Nichols v First National Bank, Hammond. C47S "Washburn-Crosby v Rose. 6537 Selor v United B of C. & J. of A. 638 Brlnkman v Kleselbach. 6688 Spanler v Ruhstadt. 6740 United Breweries v Riley. LAKE SUPERIOR rOURT, ROOM NO. 9 Judge Johannes Kopelke. At Hammond. . Information.
Court convened at Hammond today
and the calendar was set for' the term
There will be no court tomorrow, but
the trial of cases will begin Wednes day. LAKE-PORTER CIRCIUT COURT. Judge W. C. MeMahan. At Valparaiso. Judge Harry B. Tuthill will convene court next Monday. l.MTED STATES COURT, .'odge A. B. Anderson. Case Disponed Of. George W. Lawrence vs. the Pennsylvania railroad. Jury returns a sealed verdict in which the plaintiff was awarded a verdict for 81,400 damages and 1620 interest. - .- -. -Case on Trial. Case on Call. Monday, April ,22. Dewar vs. the Fltzhugh-Luther Co. Civil jury case.
GETS JUDGMENT
George W. Lawrence, In his suit gainst the Pennsylvania railroad, In
which he sought damages for the loss
of a building on the north side In Ham mond' which was destroyed by fire lg
nlted by a spark from a locomotive, received a judgment for $1,400 with seven
and a half year's interest amounting
to 8620.66, making the total amount o
the judgment 83.020.66.
The Jury returned a verdict late Sat
urday afternoon after Judge Anderson
naa jeit xne cny. x ne verdict was
sealed and read In court this morning.
The case of Dewar vs. the Fitzhugh
Luther company Is on trial today.
Is expected that the cases In the fed
eral court will take the rest of the
week.
CROOK WANTED
IN CLEVELAND NOW
Chief Austgen and the Hammond po
lice department added another crim
inal's name to their long list of ar
rests this morning when they received
word from Cleveland, O., that L. J.
Packard, who was arrested here a week
ago on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses. Is wanted there
by the authorities on charges of trhee
forgerleS.
A week ago Packard was arrested by
Captain Rlmbach, who suspected him as being a fake magazine agent. He was
brought to the station, where he later
confessed that he had been fleecing the
residents of Hammond and Gary out of their money. Posing himself as a maga-
zineyftgent for the Ladies' Home Jour
nal and the Women's World, Packard
canvassed from house to house In Ham
mond and Gary, where he collected dlf
ferent amounts of money on subscriptions, telling the people that he would
send the magazine and also premiums.
After his confession, Packard was
taken before Judge Reiter, where he plead guilty. He was not sentenced and was taken to Crown Point, where
he was being held awaiting news from
Cleveland.
This morning a letter was received
from Cleveland, stating that he la
wanted there on three charges of forg
ery. That he has a wife and hwo Is receiving a pension because she is blind. Part of this money he has been
spending.
It is expected that these facts will
go hard against Packard and will likely
receive a sentence of 1 to 7 years on
the charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses.
police then grew suspicious, and not until the Carley robbery was reported
did Hayes confess of robbing the safe.
A warrant was then sworn out for
Howard, and he was arrested by officers Bunde and Einsele at the Central poolroom. After learning that Hayes confessed, Howard also testified that he had been an accomplice and told the
truth.
They were taken before Judge Beck
er, this afternoon, where they plead
guilty, receiving a sentence of one to fourteen years In the state reformatory.
It developed at the trial this after
noon that Hayes . has been watching for his chance to enter the Carley of
fice a week and that he had asked How
ard's younger brother to go with him
and do the work one night last week.
BLAST KILLS
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ENGINEER
Bloomington, Ind., April 22. By the
explosion of one of the Monon's largest
battleship type of engines here yesterday afternoon. William F. IJillerman, the engineer, was Instantly killed, and
the fireman, Orville Clay, was scalded nearly to death. Hillerman was hurled
through both sides of a closed box car
with a part of the cab. His skull was
crushed and one leg was entirely sev
ered. The boiler cleared tho telezraDh
wires and was pitched 50 yards Into an
open field. The state boiler Inspector
was notified to come and investigate.
of its number. Job. L.: Humpfer make the second highest score both in the tournament shoot and In the sweep
stakes, each member shot at fifty birds. Every team was allowed to enter us many shooters as It desired, but the scores of only five shooters counted for a team. The Chicago Gun Club had nineteen shooters while the Hammond Gun Club had but six, six more who promised to attending having remained away. On the whole It was a bad day for scores, owing to the high wind and dark sky. The individual scores for
Hammond and the totals for the other
clubs were at follows:
Hammond G. C, Hammond, Ind. J. L. Humpfer .... 44 J. C. Becker 38 W. B. Fenstermaker -. .. 33 W. B. Brown 34 T. M. Warnlmont 28 Total .177 Long Lake Club, Long Lake, 111. Total 202 National Gun Club, Riverside, 111. Total 184 Chicago Gun Club. Total , 1S2 South Shore Country Club. Total 181 South Chicago Gun Club. Total 180 Arlington Heights G. C. Total 158
AV. Jackson of the Long Lake club
led the Individual list with a score of
45. He was hard pressed for the lead by J. L. Humpfer of the Hammond
Club, who finished second with 44
Third place was divided by Charles AntQlne of the South Shore Country
Club and Tom Graham of the Long
Lake club, each scoring 41.
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Seeks a Divorce. Aileen Davis seeks a divorce from her husband. Daniel Davis. The couple were married June 15, 1911, and separated in October of the same year. She says that her husband has abandoned her. She alleges that shortly after their marriage the husband began a system of neglect and sbuse that nearly drove her insane. He would "not speak to her and mistreated tier in other ways. She asks that her maiden name. Aileen Roberts, be restored. The case was filed by Attorney L. V. Cravens of Hammond.
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IMMENSE DAMAGE IS DONE TOPROPERTY (Continued from Page one)
cleared away before any traffic delay
ensued. 1 , Just Misses Geo. Ade's Farm.
The cyclone Just missed Hazeldon farm, George Ade's summer home. At Morocco nine persons were crushed to death In the ruins of their homes as the result of a tornado which swept over that section of Indiana at 6:30 o'clock last night. At least one other person was so severely Injured that he Is expected to die, and many others were bruised by
flying debris and falling trees. Thousands of dollars worth of property was destroyed by what is conceded to have been the worst hurricane that ever swept over Newton County. The storqfi came suddenly out of the
southwest after a beautiful spring day and the victims were taken unawares.
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tsnrent and hit an obstacle with terrific force. In one place in Lowell a piece of wood was hurled through a window and lodged In a stove pipe. While the damage In Lake county ss far as Is known was confined to prop
erty loss, Morocco which was in -the southern path of the cyclone reported nearly a dozen fatalities. Disaster In West Creek Township. ' William Love, in West Creek township, brick house, barn and outbuildings destroyed, $1,400 worth of hay
blown away. The farm Is occupied by i William Nichols and family, and see- !
ing the approaching storm they sought Seven In One Family Killed.
shelter in tne cellar oi a neignoorsj Tne storm first struck the house of house. ' I Charles Rice, several miles west of
The railing on the Monon viaduct Morocco, killing every member of the
norm vl icii who iuih tins? .nu family except Kice, and ne was so
thrown on the track as was also a roof badly injured that it Is feared he can
from a corncrib. The debris were not recover. " I The Rice home is a mass of ruins,
but the exact manner in which the
members of the family met their death
may never be known, as the only sur
vlvor, the father. Is - unconscious and
unable to tell the story.
When the news of the disaster wis
telephoned to Morrocco' and Kentland every physician who could be reachcr ..was rushed to the scene In automobiles
to give aid to the Injured, but there
were few persons in the neighborhood
outside of the Rice family who had
suffered seriously.
Mother and Babe Crushed to Death
When the storm struck Morocco
many houses were unroofed and out
buildings blown down. When their home began to show signs of giving way before the onslaught of the storm
Mrs. Charles Smart rushed Into th
cellar, closely followed by her daugh
ter, Cassle, who was carrying the 6-
month-old baby. When the girl had
descended several steps the house was
lifted from Its foundation and turned over, crushed her and thme baby to death. The father was only a few steps behind them, but he escaped with slight Injuries and the mother was unharmed.
Less than 48 hours after entering the
office of S. Carley and taking $96 out
of the safe, Jater Hayes, 18 years old
139 Plummer avenue, and Willmer
Howard, 20 years old, 747 Sohl street, were placed under arrest and sentenced from one to fourteen years In the state
reformatory at Jeffersonville. This is another record that has been establish
ed by the Hammond police department
since Saturday night
Figuring on breaking into the office
of Samuel Carley over a week ago,
Hayes came up town Saturday night, where he met Howard in the Central
poolroom, where he asked Howard to
go with him and get the money.
The two young men went to the Car-
ley office on Michigan avenue, when
with the aid of a skeleton key, Hayes
went inside while Howard watched on the outside. Having worked for Carley as a driver two weeks before, Hayes learned the combination and succeeded In opening the safe. Ninety-five dollars In cash was taken and also some checks, amounting to $S6, which were destroyed. In a drawer Hayes over
looked a sum of nearly $200 in money.
They then went to Hayes' room on
Plummer avenue, where the money was
divided between them. From there
they went to the M. C. bridge and threw the cash box into the river. The Cen
tral poolroom was their next stop, from
where they went to West Hammond.
It was nearly 2 o'clock when they
started for home, and It was when
Captain Hanlon saw' Hayes running through the alley between State and
Plummer avenue that he was arrested.
Upon being searched at the station.
$40.75 was found on his person. The
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In a drunken brawl at East Ham
mond last night in which several men
DusanDuchle one of the participants was arrested by Officers Schaadt and
Wallak at Company House No. 17. Duchle was brought to the Hammond station where he will be charged with
felonious assault
The officers were unable to learn the
details of the fight, but it Is said that Duchie and a brother, who were in
toxicated, pounced upon another man who was cut and severely Injured
about the face and bead. The police
are now looking for Duchle's brother and a sson as the arrest Is made their cases wll be tried In the superior court.
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Hammond Loses.
In a close game at Michigan City
Saturday afternoon the Hammond high school lost Its optning game of the season by a score of 5 to 2. The feature of the game was the twirling of Smith, who held the ' Michigan Cityteam to two scattered hits. -Coach uff is satisfied with the showing of the Hammond team, as it was their first
game, coupled with the fact that they played new material. Next Sunday the Blue Island high school will invade Hammond and it Is hoped that a largo crowd of fans will turn out In order to encourage baseball In the local 'high school, as It Is
the first team the Hammond school has ever had. The Hammond lineup at Michigan City was: Hess, c; Smith, p; Enders, lb; Thompson, 2b; Hirsch, 3b; Conroy, ss; Andersen, If; A. Hess, cf; Jewett, rf; Hudson, sub.
Riflemen Hold First Shoot.
The Hammond Rifle Club held its
first shoot of the season for 1912 yes
terday at Sharp Shooters Park. Nino
'members present and seven taking part
in the match with the following scores
Cowglll ....100 Hunter 8 Dlercks 81 Frolke , 60 Scellenger 46 Fick 49 Murl 60 The club wil have the gold medal
by the next regular shoot In two weeks, four In number for which It will spend a larger sum than ever before. The
riflemen are delighted with their new quarters which are the finest In the country. The new fire proof club house is nicely arranged and the grounds are in better condition than ever before. The new manager and owner Mr. Coy
'is the right man in the right place.
The club extends a cordial invitation to all rifle shooters to join. There will be three more regular shoots In which members can qualify.
alone, as was evidenced by the Titanic I None of the games were very close, in disaster, although the ship represented i fact two of them were walkaways, La
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West Ends Defeated. . The Zimmerman Colts defeated the
West Ends Sunday morning In a practice game by a score of 8 to 6. The game was very exciting and full of brilliant plays. J. Zimmerman, crack
third baseman for the Colts, received
a dislocated snouider in tne last in
ning while sliding to third base, but is reported as doing nicely. The Colts would like to "arrange for a game for Sunday, May 5.
FAILURE TO ATTEND COST CLUB PLACE Failure on the part of a sufficient number of the Hammond Gun Club to attend the first shoot of the Chicago Interurban Gun Club League yesterday robtied that club of the first or second
place which it could easily have won
As It was the team finished in sixth
place, with 177 score out of a possible two hundred and fifty. Hammond hal the satisfaction however of seeing one
Two Arrested. James Rivers. Toledo, Ohio and J. I.
Collins, no name, were arrested by Officer Carlson last night at Douglas street on a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Agreeing that they
would leave Hammond, they were released by Chief Austgen this morning.
Preaches on Titanic. The Titanic disaster afforded the Rev. C. J. Sharp of the Christian church occasion to draw some deep and impressive religious lessons. The sermon was preceded with a me
morial service last night. One of the lessons which the minister drew from
the disaster was that it is futile for
Board's Busy Session. The board of public works at Its meeting this morning awarded the contract for a sewer in Kane avenue, section B, to Lavene Brothers, they having been the lowest bidders. They bid $1.29 per running foot and J3.50 for the house connections. The plat for the Kenwood subdivision
and the bond of Roscoe E. 'Woods and Frank Hammond, president and secretary-treasurer, respectively, of the Su
burban Realty company, to firade the streets were accepted and placed on
file.
The contract and bond of the Calu
met Sewer Construction company for
the contract on Allen and Harrison
streets were accepted. Bids were asked for on the Indiana avenue section C pavement, and Alvin Herbst was appointed Inspector for the Manila avenue pavement. The agreement between Max Ber-
thold and J. J. Flaherty, under which Bethold transfers the Lake Front park privileges for the seasons of 1912-13
was accepted by the board, Bethold having oiginally secured the contract
as the lowest bidder. C B. Shedd appeared before the board to ask the board to reconsider the Improvement that It had ordered from him in the way of a six-foot sidewalk from Wolf river to the state line on the south side of the street. Mr. Shedd agreed to lay in the neighborhood of a thousand feet of walk, but the board insisting on more compromised with him for the present, he build a walk from Wolf river to Roby, with the understanding that later the balance would be built. Mr. Shedd argued that for the present the territory did not warrant all the improvement that the bo.ard asked.
fayette winning from Irving by a score of 42 to 1. This, was due to the fact that the players on the Lafayette school lineup have been practicing regularly, while Irving made their start only
this week.
Lincoln slightly outweighed the Wallace school lineup and won, 16 to 1. The Wallace team is composed of small boys who weigh not more than 75 pounds, while the Lincoln boys weigh close up to the league limit of 90 pounds. The best game of the morning was played between the 'Washington and Riverside schools, resulting: in a victory for the Washington school by a score of 11 to 6. In the early part of the game the score was close and it ' was either team's game until the "Washington boys struck a batting streak in the fourth inning and laid up enough scores to win the game. Prohl, Harris and Mette gave satisfaction as umpires and their decisions were lived up. to without any dispute. The schedule for next Saturday is as
follows: Lincoln vs. Washington at Harrison park. " Wallace vs. Lafayette at Morris park. Irving vs. Riverside at Gostlin street grounds. , The grammar school major league will probably open their season next Saturday morning. Washington, Central, Lafayette and Riverside schools
will probably compote the league.
League Opens Season. The grammar school minor baseball league of Hammond opened their season Saturday morning at Harrison park
man to rely on his own skill and power by playing a series of three games.
More Dog Talk.
Notices are being posted around the city by Chief Austgen to the effect that dog licenses are due and must bo paid by the middle of May or waj-ants will be tworn out for dog owners and prosecutions will follow. The dog owners are being notified early enough this year, as last year when arrests were made some of the people complained that they did not have time to take o,ut licenses. A report came to the station this morning that a son of J. A. Lamers, S26 Hohman street,- had been bitten by a dog, but none of the particulars have been " learned. This is the fourth or fifth victim that has been claimed in the past three weeks and it is likely that an order will be issued in a short time for all dogs to be .chained and muzzled.
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