Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 58, Hammond, Lake County, 24 August 1917 — Page 9

Friday. An crust 24, 1917.

THE TIMES

Two Years Fass and Proulam of Ray, Kayser's Daatfi at Gary' Still Bafflas Polios,

COUNTY'S MOST NOTED TRAGEDY The mystery of tha assassination of tiia pro-German palter of Gary, rather Kayssr of St. Jolua's Evia. gTftlical clia-ch, ren-.A-a as deep as 1, ws one year ao tor-Ibt, the firsT aaniTorsary of tie weird crimj, a:t dep as it was two years affo toaig'ln when it occurred. THE Trarss herewith reprints tho story it carried one year ago tonigrht, maXiiig- no cJianye in it except that in throe instances the word "two years'' substituted for "one year." As the mystery is as iiape net ratable as it was cue year ago tonigrht the editor Of THE TT3EE3 feels that the story this newspaper raa on Augnat 24, 1916, tells all that has heen revealed of the strange happenings in the lonely,' but pretty house, atop the marsh in Tolleston on the night of Anrcst 24, 1015. there he anything- new to tell on the third anniversary, August 24, 1318? In the meantiice while the assasiin or assassins remain nrraptured Eev. Kayser rasts in a grave in the quiet cemetery at Chesterton. 21a widow and three tcts now live in lachiiTRn. The mother and the elder child trying: to Mot out the story of that awful night that came to them while thoy were away from Gary on their vacation.

over the Iittln Calumet marsh. The dampness, augmented by an' extraordinarily cool summer, made the outside air uninviting so there was ltttle motor traffic. As for those on foot ihrre wpre few, for when the evening's Are places did not attract, not many came after sundown into the lonely neighborhood bounded on the north by a graveyard and on the south by a twenty-mil stretch of unsettled marshland. Pastor Was All Alone. Two years ago tonight a light gleamed in the cozy two-story colonlaJ house on the bluff in W. 20th place, Tollston, Gary. In day time only two other houst'S wer visible in the lonely section. One was empty. Thai night there was no light in the other because lhs man and wife occupying H had sn out. Sitting in the living room of the colonial house the parsonage of St. John's Evangelical church. a white painted, country-looking little edifice at the other end of the lot was the. pastor. He was reading. Back to the Prologue. The pastor was Rev. Kdmund Kayser, a short, stocky crop-bearded German clergyman. 'Well likd. but headstrong

j and given over to arguments. Father I Kayser had come to Tolleston in the

early days and built up a parish of substantial Saxons and Kavarians. They came from all parts of the middle west, many buying lots and homes on an. installment plan from a land company organized by the minister. The realty operations of the minister later were to cause him much trouble and may have been the cause of the grim tragedy that followed. As the parish grew Rev. Kayser was able to build a fine residence, a cause of much criticism. There he

I houseri his young wife and three chilI dren. In time a feud broke out in the j parish because ihe minister objected to I a -s txon society having a club house and beer hall, declaring ti e financial efforts ! should be directed toward the church. Becomes a Pro-German. I AVhen the greit war broke out in 1914 ; Rev. Kayser became the central figure among those who argued its merits in ;Gary. He stoutly defended the German i cause, writing pamphlets for it. In the I spring and sumrrter. of 1915 there was ; quite an anti-kaiser sentiment in Gary, i being due to the. I.usitania incident and other women and .baby slaughters con- ' ducted oy the kaiser s submarine boats, j Kayser took the part of Germany as against America. About this time the ! Act la dynamite factory and the great .'Gary steel works became munition

TVTO TEAKS, ago tonight sometime between the hours of eight and nine thf early darkness of h !ae Aueust evening had settled down

: plants for the allies. High wag's were i paid and many of the foreigners of allied j extraction resented the loud demands j of Kayser that an embargo be placed j on the shipment of munitions.

Pears for His Xiife. For some time Rev. Kayser declared he had "secret enemies." He got strange

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FROEBEL LAWN ALLOWED TO DIE

The beautiful lawn at Froebel school park-playground, upon which the Gary school board spent $25,000 for clay and black dirt alone and which has been allowed to be carefully nourished for several years, is a burned up mass. The acres of green grass ko refreshing to the women and children of the foreign quarter in other years today stands as a brown stretch. m . Janitors say their orders are to water only the trees, and the economy in water saving has produced lamentable results. Krorbel school lawn was the only large green spot in the south side, where 30.n0 people live, and where only a few- can afford to buy water for sprinkling purposes from the steel trust's water subsidiary. Uptown the fteel trust provides free sprinkling water. The vegetation they have in the south side is that which grows in sand cactus.

TWO, CEMENT PLANTS CLOSE

Although the sloean "business as usual" has been heralded all over the country and urged upon civic, mercantile and construction companies throughout the United States, yet it has been impossible to overcome altogether the depression due to prevailing high rrices of raw material. Even some of the iron and steel mills are handicapped just now by inability to meet the exorbitant prices prevailing on material and supplies. The Universal Portland Cement plant at Ruffington has entirely closed down

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If you join the Marine Corps the s oldiers of the United States who are always first in war ou will wear one uniform for dress parade and on warships and another for action In the field. That at the left of the photograph shows the dress uniform, while the one at the right shows the uniform for action. The first uniform is of blue. The coat is of navy blue while the trousers are ofsky blue. The second uniform is similar to that of the infantry in the field. It is made of khaki. On the dress uniform the chevrons are yellow like those of the cavalry, the trimmings red likf the artillery, and the caps suggest the nvy.

( period. The cause assigned is that there ! is great lessening of activities in the , building industries.

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and vile letters, illustrated. Whether they were because of parish or business affairs was never learned. They were not of the war. evidently came from some one within the parish, and htnted that the pRstor had duped women in his realty ventures. The postoffice department was unable to run down the writers when the minister made an appeal. Early in August Rev. Kayser seemed to fear some one and appealed to Pontus Heintr, then chief of Gary police, to be made a special policeman and for a permit ,;o carry a gun. The safety commissioners refused the chief's plea that Kayser get the protection he wanted. In mid-August Kayser's wife and children went on a vacation, Mrs. Kayser, who knew of the mysterious threats but not of whence they came, urged her husband to come along, but he said he would stay and defy his enemies. A Weird Stage; A Weird Crime. About sunset on the evening of, August 24 Mr. and Mrs. August Schultz. neighbors, passed the Kayser home and saw the pastor in his garden. He spoke to them. A half hour later Attorney Paul Tomanoczy and a young lady called at the Kayser home it was learned days later and conferred with the minister about the Teutonic movement to prevent shipments of munitions from the country, an appeal to congress being considered. They left shortly after eight o'clock, being the last rersms to see the minister alive. Between 9:30 and 10:00 o'clock, the Schultzs returning home found Rev. Kayser in a pool of blood sprawled out on the sidewalk at the east end of his home. Around the neck was a curtain and one wrist was tied with rope.

Schultz entered the house and smelled pistol smoke. There had been a struggle. Evidence showed tha the minister had ben reading. That two or more persons had visited hi.n. That they sought ;o bind nm. that he resisted and that many shots from three revolvers had been fired. The struggle occurred in several rooms, the minister being a powerful man. Then he dashed out" of the kitchen, around the house and leaped from the terrace to the ground where he had been found shot twice through the cheM. rive Mudrera Since. The crime attracted international attention because it wan first killing of a prominent German after the anti-Germany sentiment had raged following the U-boat war and the supposedly German dynamit plots. German-American alliances declared the minister was assassinated by egT'.s of the allies. Heavy rewards were offered, many arrests of suspects and of Kayser's parishlonerH made and eminent detectives were employed but no headway was made. Even the chief of the. federal bureau of investigation the chief of the United States secret service came

SUMMER RESORT WEATHER ARRIVES Cool winds swept over the region last

1 nignl ana as a rfsuu incrs woa a rum for heavier clothing and blankets were in evidente. Today was one of the cool

est in weeks. Besides the crickets shrilled lustily last night, which is taken as a sign of early frost and coal bills.

NEW CHURCH IN EAST CHICAGO The First Greek Catholic church of East Chicago has taken out a permit with Building Inspector Anderson covering the construction of a new church to be erected on the fast side of Olcott avenue, between 144th eni 115th streets. The edifice will be two stories and in dimensions 4nxT0 feet. It will cost about $1 3.2C 0.

MERCY HOSPITAL SISTER IS DEAD

The death occurred at Mercy hos pital, Gary, at 7 a. m. Thursday of Sis ter M. Huldulpha. whose name in thi

world was Miss Elizabeth Hinkamp of

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connected with the hospital, had been ill three weeks with heart trouble. Born on December 8, 1S74. Miss Hinkamp entered the order of Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ in 1304. Sister Huldulpha was particularly well fitted for her work of mercy, and she lived a saintly life. The Mother Superior . of the hospital announced that requiem KfKh mass will be sung at Holy Angels church at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. Undertaker Williams will have charge of the funeral, interment to be at Calvary cemetery.

DEATH OF EAST CHICAGO MAN John Dalton. mill man of East Chicago, died at his home on South Olcott avenue yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. He was taken with cramps Wednesday at the Republic mill where he was employed as busheller and was trken to his home. Complications set in which resulted in his unexpected death yesterday. - He was 39 years. 9 months and 14 days old and leaves a wife and five children, all girls, the oldest nine and a half

and the youngest about two years of

age. Arrangements for the funeral have not as yet been completed. J. H. Fife has charge of the remains'.

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"Let Us Pay Wtfh Our Bodies For Our Soul's Desires." Roosevelt.

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