Hammond Times, Volume 10, Number 34, Hammond, Lake County, 10 September 1921 — Page 1
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Constable Shoots At Cop Bui Proves Poor Marksman Fate early this nvirrir.g deor?d that Pet ectiv. Char'pf Car'.STi of the Hammond police force sh u'.d live, mil. alrh.-Kitrh six shots, fired at a r?nge f six feet. whistled past him ha shot it out with a drir.k -razd Italian and rams out victorious after Lsrlson had done his duty. Lir.n Va'Ant. 222 Favpite street, lay r-n the pavec-.er.t of Morton avfiu mortally wounded . Jrry Eldride night foreman of The v.". B. C'onke Co., was wounded in the left am. and Fee Chrille. a former employe of the printing- company, ran away and ha not been seen ainf. ITALIAN STARTED IT. The shooting can bo attributed only to the theory that Vatante was drunk Twice Officer Carlson told him tha' h was a policeman and twice showed him his star. The Italian answered with a short from his revolver. The two men. standing toe to to1, then fought It out. Cailson, realizing that his only chance lay in sending In The fatal shot first, f.rd with deliberation, seeking to get his man. Va -an' dropped to the pavement wp.n two bullets in his body. Eidridg r.t knowing what the shooting1 wi; about, f.ed with a flesh wound, inflicted by a etray shot from the officer"? gun, in his arm. in RED Willi, n DYING. Vatsnte. althoutrh mortally wounel rd three more thots from his prone position on tho pavement, before he lost consciousness. Eleven shots were f.red in all. Carlson was driving east cn Morton avenue at 1:40 thin morning, when he saw Vaunts walking- out from in lack of the grocery etore at 450 Morton avenue. Becoming suspicious, Iut'inicii the machine ar.d went back. - sr.-.pping the apparently drunk mar: fjr Tuestfoning . In the meantime. Jerry Eldridgo Vatante's boss, who llvf f at lliU Harrison street, Hammond, was In the C. & O. restaurant on Calumet avenue, near Morton avenue. With him u Pete Chrille, hosi address is not known, but who worked under Kidridge at the Conkey plant a year ag.-. The two men emerged from the restaurant and walked east on Morton svernie. They arrived at the scene of the. shooting juat as Carlson started to question the Italian. WANTS TO BE SHOWN. According to the statements of both the officer and Eldrldire. the following conversation took place. "What are you doing here?" sail Carlson . "Who are you?" "I am a police officer." "Show me." At t hi.- point. Carlsr n opened his coat and revealed his star "Show me again," said the Ilalia;. As the officer opened his coat again Vatante sent a bullet fri.m his Coll .31 revolver clashing in the direction of the officer, shouting. "I'm a Unite.'! States officer," as he fired. Carlson's revolver wis out of his holster in an instant, and the du ! be gan . MYSTF.RV IN MISSING. It is a mystery how the Italian couki have missed the policeman with h's first shot. They were not more thai in feat apart and had Vatante not stepped back a few pacts as he whipped out his gun he would not have had room in which to use it. The only solution is hat Fate was with the officer. After his gun w. empty, and his opponent was lying oti the pavement, Vatant-; fired thr e more shots in an effort to kill him. After eaminlng Vatant and saein that he was badly wounded, Carlson calied the station. The unconscious man was taken to the hospital in Carlson's car and rush' d to the operating room in an effort to save his life. He died under the knife. VATANTE A PRESS WASHER. Pr. Chidlaw, who was called to attend to the wounded man, reported that the fatal bullet entered the right side, below the ribs and after passing through the edge of the liver canr--out the back. The other wound punctured tha left hand and lodged in the left thigh. Eldridg-e. after receiving treatment for hla wound from Dr. White, went to the police station and made a statement, which agreed with that of Carlson in every respect. He stated that Vatante worked under him as a press washer, and that the man always carried a gun. He said also that the Italian had a deputy constable tar and had often said that he wouM "ahoot when necessary." F1XD IJQtORS. Dr. Chidlaw stated that the dad man had been drinking. In this connection, the Hammond police tns morning raided the grocery store from which Vatante was seen to emerge. Armed with a warrant they searched the place and found five barrels of wine, six quarts of moonshine and nine cases of beer with a high alcoholic content. The owner. Agatin Ballo. was arrested anil booked for violating the liquor law. Officials of the Conkey plant statel today that the men quit work at ten o'clock last night. The evidence tends to show that Eidridge and Chrlllie were not involved as principles in the affair, but were bystander. Chrille will be called in today to rive his testimony.
Tlin heavj rain storm this rnormnK op-Usrht hundre.l of c,rlv workers and drenched them to the skin, the dow o pour as so ."idcn.
IF you hurry to the polls you may still hive time to register and thus assure yourself a rhar.ee to vote in Hammond's rip roaring citv eleeticn. Jt'PCiE HARPY is of the opin.i'. that the adopton of Amendmetit ' ne ni Tuesday's special ele.Von rr.e.Kis the rejection of the registration law. THB dedicatory exercises of ft Paul s Lutheran s.-h"Ol and parish hou-e will r.ot be be Id on the 11th a? previously anr.ouncei!. but on the lth. JOHN" MOKTHLAM) is wor.derinc who the pup is who stole a tire and rim from his auto yesterday as it was I arked rear the new .Masonic Temple. PATRONS of the Orrheum uerc startled this week to see a male t"c dancer on the bill. What next? said one customer, as he felt around for a brick. IT is reported that the other bondsmen in the llriok I.uml nuit at Crown Point are apreed that Her.rj -Schneider ought to pay the attrone;. fee s. THE Cohen bankruptcy saie went ith such a bang that Deputy Marshal H. E. Sasse was impressed into seri.as a salesman by Purchaser Han ;. Mlnas. GARY doctors met yeterday, twenty of them, and reduced their price scale, then the garages followed suit ano when the bowling rooms heard of It. they cut also. THERE wasn't a single banker in police court this morninj, which aroes to show that the cops have no hard feelings for the defeat they suffered Thursday afternoon. SIOST people thought that Midget fmith had a considerable edge in the scrap at the East Chicago arena last night, but it won'tr w to disagree with the experts. JUXIt'S C MIL. LIKEN", a new entrant in the Ilohman street road race who has crimped a few fenders, was handed a slip yesterday for parking in front of a fire hjdrant. CITY CLERK ANDY STACHOWICy of West Hammond has been rassini; out cigars this -week in celebration of fb.ethe birth of a nine and one-haif round son on Labor Day. THE Hammond A. A. football team tried to make a deal with the school board whereby they could rent the high school athletic field for Sunday games but the board wouldn't stand for it. THE I. O. O. F. is going to have a Kail Festival on Calumet avenue, Sept. S2-22 and announces there will be ten big shows and four free acts- A $1005 'iardner touring car is to be given away. EVIDENTLY there will N football teams galore in Hammond this season for every acant lot has a squad ol huskies practicing on it each evening The high school turnout looks like good material. AN old man, whose address and name could not. be learned, was found, badly beaten, on the Gibson hump early thi: morning. He was taken to tire hospital, where his injuries were said to be -lot serious. FEW construction jobs have ever eer been rushed along in Hammond quite so fast as the additions to the Industrial High school. Visitors art amazed at the rapid progress th workmen have made. A CIIICA; fan, in leaving the arena at East Chicago, shouted an address .vfompar led by a suggestive "bended elbow" gesture to a friend, and they -say that he headed a delegation of 4.i'J9 to the place. The writer tame home. THE Hohman Street Road Race has passed from the ranks of live news, but this column has no objection to reminiscence, and The grand old classic will be perpetuated in the hearts of those who were at one time oiU to dash madly over the historic course in their attempts to qualify. WHY does $2,600 of Chicago's bakers' bread come into Hammond every day? What's the matter with Hammond bakers? Isn't their bread good enough? If it is, why don't Hammond people buy it? These questions are aaked by II C. Riewe of the Hammond Rake-Rite bakery. RIGHT after Ed. Berwans-er received the letter requesting his resignation as chief deputy prohibition agent, he gets a wire ir," ruetinc him to proceed to some place in the territory, still a .secret, and make some pinches. The result is he and Chief Simons have sud denly dropped out of sight but should I be heard from soon. ANENT the 1st Nn bank anniv er" ary, a contrib says Murray Turner really got his start traveling with a circus. "Murray's circus had a fine collection of horses." says Contrlli, "and the more it traveled the more horses it had. There was some complaints made by the farmers who lost horaa. but r-r.tfi i n,g vf coma vvf it."
HessviK today has the unique dis
tinction of being the on y town in the United Statts with two civil governments . The de facto .-rovernme nt lan night fixtd the tax levy f--r and rebell ed from the city of Hammond to which it has been declared by the supreme -ourt of tho slate to have been legai,y annexed. The town marshal with highiy ;i ,.:yhed star, patrols the main street of the village, glowering upon the uniformed policeman assigned to duty in the- "suburb" by the chief of the Hamniond uep;vrinient. Volunteer fire-fighters are prpareo to extinguish any and all Hazes before the motor equipment of the Hammond department can reach tive scene. Meantime the two newly appointed aldermen from the. Hessville territory are seated wtth the Hammond n'j council . NO MONEY FOR. SCHOOLS. The Hessville public schools are be ing conducted by the old village s hoc! board and the tc-achers arfaithful although the "rebel" boaru ia without funds. Trie $14, C00 o .-chi.o! taxes collected this spring in the Hessvills territory are withheld by the county treasurer pending deposition by the state supreme court of a petition for rehearing of the famous annexation case. These are exciting times in Hessvslle. The posi'oility that the town .iarshal anl the city policeman win contest the authority of arrest keeps the citizens in hopeful suspense. The situation was made even more complex today by the opening of voting place by the city of Hammond in a residence near the echool build Ing. Those citizens of the village who cared to avail themselves of tin privilege were registered for the Hammond city election, November S. JARNECKI HUB EL. PRESIDENT. August E. Jarnecki, president of the town board, refuses to suirend-'r the sceptre. Ho stated today that until the supreme court has granto-l or refused the petition of Hessville foi a rehearing he will continue to direct the affairs of the town as against th administration of Mayor Brown. !! said that the treasurer, clerk and th town board wil continue to functiot, and that while the school board '- virtually broke, the town treasury i net depleted and has finances to defray the expenses of the de facto government. "OUTLAWS." SAYS HAMMOND. City Attorney McMahon of Hammond stated emphatically "the town of Hessville is a defunct corporation and any action H may presume to tak' !.-! without authority and illegal." "We do not recognize the polic power of Hammond or the right of th. c ouncHmen from Hessville to enact laws for thi scommumty," declared member of the town beard. I am the marshal of this town," .-'.aid Marshal William Frederichs. This cop Is an intruder. According to Delbert Johnson president of the Hessville school board, the county treasurer will l asked to surrender the $14,000 school fund to the board in order that th. schools shall not be compelled close . "If we had the money to pay th teachers we would have taken ovei the Hessville schools," declared Sup. Monroe of the Hammond public schools. "As it is we will wait until the supreme court acts upon the appeal for a rehearing." Fred Crumpacker, attorney for th' de facto corporation is also couns.t for the Hammond board of education f Ol NI'II.MEN TO KEEP SEATS. Kaleb White, and E. Brandt appointed by the Hammond city council to represent the Hessville territory are not In sympathy wtlh the "rebellion" it was declared. Mayor Brown of Hammond made th" following statement: "By a ruling of the supreme court of the state Hessville has been declared a part of Hammond. On this authority I am giving the Hessville territory police and fire protection and all the benefits of th'city government." IDEAL PARKING SPACE IS OPEN Ready for Business at Nominal Charge This Morning. The I'nw r.ttm n Auto Parking Co.. which Is a partnership of O. F. Roth and Milton permedy, opened a parking space bfiek of the Hammond building on Fayette street this morninc The concern guarantees protection to automobile owners, charging twenty-five cents from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. and another charge of a quarter from t p. m. to midnight. A man will he on euard at all hours. Considering the continual loss of extra tire?, robes and other accessories from care, this is cheap insurance, besides providing a convenient downtown parking space. One hunared and twen-tv-five cars can ha aceonrnodatsa.
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Indiana Taxpayers Staggering Under Load Warns State Legislators TMES BUBEAU AT STATE CAF'TALJ INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 10. The emphatic verdict of the people of Indiana in the constitutions! election last Tuesday against any sort of a change in th'- taxing system will tend to temper the attitude of the next session of the genera! asembiy should new schemes be advanced for the raising of public revenue. Those in authority have be'.n of the opinion that the people, of the state lire staggering under the present ioa.i of taxation. Taxes, of course, are abnormally high, but if the people are suffering from the pressure of taxaition tney seem to be willing to go along carrying the load rather than f resort to experiments. Before the decisive defeat of the tax amendme-nts in Tufsday's election there w s an undercurrent of sentiment for some sort of investigation of taxation by a s'ate commission and possibly the convening of a special session of the assembly to bring about reform . The grim attitude of th( electors against not only a change In taxation, but in other matters of state government, has served to quiet the tax reformers for the present. In fact several other plans of the reform element of the s'ate have been definitely halted. On the face ot things it did not seem to be a bad plan to plac in the constitution a clause whereby the assembly coulJ establish qualifications for lawyers. With the exception of a few attorneys who expressed the belief "that I got my law in the back room of another lawyer's office and think the same opportunity should be given to others," the attitude semed to favor the basic principle set out in the qualification amendment. Nowhere in the state did there develop any open hostility to the idea that lawyers should be forced to come up to some sort of educational standard. On the other hand there seems to be a very definite sentiment in the state, especially in the rural sections, that government is becoming too paternalistic. Leaders here see in the defeat of this amendment a desire on the part of the electors to register a vote of disapproval at the creation of new governmental bureaus and departments to regulate almost ever--avenue of professional, business, social and agricultural life. Hand in hand with this sentiment is the: opposition to "centralization or power." This probably accounts for the defeat of the amendment to make ihe office of state superintendent of public instruction appointive instead of elective. For several years there has been a movement on foot in Indiana, s. well as other states, to centralize th" school government. The men behind ;his movement are educators who hav-; worked out scientific programs for uniform educational opportunities for all the children of a state regardless of the wealth or poverty of the respective sections. The rlan involves the abolishment of school government by townships and making the county the unit of education. This entire program seems to have been slapped by the citizens of Indiana in defeating one of the most impotrant i ogs In the plan. The defeat of the amendment ;o make the terms of ail. state offices four Instead of two years changes the political situation with regard to the general election of 1"22. The passage of this amendment might have enabled Wiliam G . Oliver, state auditor; Ed Jackson, secretary of state, and Ora J. Davtes. state treasurer, to remain in office for another two vears. Mr. Oliver and Mr. Dnvies will" both be candidates for re-election. This had been known It develops that -Mr. Jackson will also be a candidate for Tf -elect ion . Mr. Jackson was firpt elected secreContlnu;d on pae five-) COSTS NEARLY SI 00.000 MILE FOR PAVEMEN1 SPECIAL T0 The TIMES) CROWN POINT. Ind.. Sept. 10. Two hundred and ten thousand dollars for two and a quarter miles of concrete road .' That is what the raving of Sheffield V avenue in Hammond is costing North tcwnshY taxpayers because- the city let a franchise to the street car company which did not have the usual provision that the company should pay for the cost of paving between its tracks. The street car company has double tracks on Sheffield avenue. The cost of paving the etreet is a third greater than it would be If the company were compelled to pave betweao tha ur&J
(BULLETIN) : i N T r P t. A t i o n a u fcE'AS SERViCEl SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Sept. 10 At 8:50 o'clock this morning. Commander of Police Phil Wright estimated the loss of life in the flood at 500 and has asked Col. Thomas H. Slavin, chief of stafT of the Eighth corps area, to proclaim martial law in this city. His request will be granted. No official estimate of the dead can he made for several days, according to Mayer 0. B. Black, because of the flooded condition in the lower sections of the town. Property Joss is estimated at $10,000,000.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! SAN ANTUNIO. TEX., Sept 1 Fifty people are estimated to have been drowned and property loss estimated at more than JT. 000,000 has resulted from floods that inundated large sections of the San Antonio early today. Scores of families have been driven from their homes and bridges in the business district washed away. All of the lowland sections of the city are Inundated by waters overflowing from the San Antonio river and Alazan creek, swollen to torrents by a twenty-four hour downpour of rain. The flood, which came suddenly, is the result of an all clay rain that poured torrents oT water into the streams. The flood broke over the hanks of the San Antonio river shortly after midnight this morning and began pouring 3 w j
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Lightning during a heavy storm struck the Hammond Hotel this morning and knocked off about twenty bricks on the Sibley st. frontage, but fortunately no one was passing at the time. (BULLETIN) MMTRNATlCNlL NEW? SERVICE CHICAGO. Sept. 10. Increating dissatisfaction with the wage award of Judge K. M. Landis, arbiter in the Building Trades wage dispute here, was manifest today when all carpenters at work on the new Federal Reserve Bank building, quit work. The men refused to accept the contractors' offer of $1 per hour, the rate announced by Jodge Landis as a fair wage for carpenters. (BULLETIN) NEW YORK. Sept. 10. In its OLD LAW SUIT ON TRIAL AT CROWN POINT Has Been Continued for Nine Years, Big Array of Talent. CROWN POINT. Ind. Sept. 10. A law suit that has been shelved since 1012 is being tried in the circuit court by an array of legal talent before Special Judge V. S. Relter and a jury. The case involves a sum of $5,000 declared to be due the Interstate Public Service company of Indianapolis on a subcontract let them by Erlck Lund, who lad the general contract for the building ot the house at the poor farm. The sub-contract was held by the Crown Point Electric company, which had since that time been absorbed by the Indianapolis company, which is the plaintiff in the suit. The defendants are Erlclc Lund ad his bondsmen. Judge Joseph Ibach. H. S. Hart, and Edwin Knight represent the rlainttff. while counsel for the defendants are Edwin Frederlch. Fred Crumpacker, George Eder and W. J. McAleer. The case has been continued for one reason or other for nine years The bondsmen who are being sued with Lund are George M. Eder, Charles Frederick, Henry Schneider and the estate of Trter Crumpacker. HARBOR REVOLVER BRINGS DAMAGE SUIT July 21 was a lively day at the home of Henry and Victoria Daniel i.i Indiana Harbor. It wound up when Hank drew a revolver and chased Victoria from the house. She has never been c.ack and today fi'ed a suit for divorce, in the Superior court at Hammond. Mrt. Panic! savs that thev were i married November 21, li'18. but were i never happy. Henry was a' ways n,i--j treating hr. She insists she tried her ! best to be a dutiful wife 'out it went j over Henry's head. After he had I driven her from home she say.w she j was so afraid of him that she would not Jet him know the address of the- i room at which she was stay in?. Sh now lives at 3544 Block avenue. She :s t epresented by Attorney J. P. Hard-on.
through the streets. Early today an area many blocks in extent was under water. The deepest water is ?r the business district, St. Marys, Houston and Soledafl streets being chiefly affected. Merchants hurriedly attempted to remote stocks of merchandise to safety but were able to acroni'lish but little before the flood caught them. Electric light conduits were fioodeo nnd lights in all parts of the ctty were out- The darknoss added to the confusion. Telephone cils for a:d came from all parts of the city. A neighbor retorted seeing the house occupied by Mrs. .'.'ma Elam and her two children beir.s carried away by the flood. Charles Grant and his wife also are reported missing. The water was reported to have reached the second floor of the telephone building. Water to a depth of elht feet was flowing down River avenue. Families in the neightlo'rhord or Josephine street and River sent out a hurried call for aid at 11 o'clock and lioeing front their home3, were unable to r-. e furniture or other possessions. Last night's flood district extends from Bra'kenridge r.-irk, with along the river through the businetis district It also extends alone the entire lcr..-;tbs of Alazan and San Pelro Creeks Flood waters were five feet d e p :r Crockett street at S o'clock this n.crr,ing and the flood extended as far uptov.-r as Avenue C. West Commerce str, .-: was flooded.
monthly statement issued today, the United States Steel Corporation reports unfilled orders on its books as of August 31 last, of 4,531,928 tons. This compares with 4.830,324 tons on July 31st last, a decrease of 298,398 tons. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LOS ANGELES. Sept. 10. Five armed and masked bandits held up and robbed Sub-station C of the postoffice in South Los Angeles street early today and escaped with two pouches of registered mail after a spirited pistol fight with several mail clerks. Henry D. Hileman was shot and seriously wounded by one of the bandit's bullets while walking near the scene of the holdup and gun battle. PIPE EXPERT W. E. Russell, vice president of thContinental Pipe Manufacturing Co.. of Seattle, Wash., was in Hammond today studying conditions which wiii be encountered In laying the thirtysix inch water works main from th Robertsdale pumping station. Mr. Russell's "ompany manufacturwood stave pipe, and his argument, naturally are al! in favor of this material in preference to any other. Hiwill bid on furnishing the pipe for the Hammond Improvement and declares the city will save over $60.fM0 by using wood conduit intsead of iron. Wood pipe is made of fir staves and held together by rive-l boiler steel bands. Mr. Ua.e!l gives the life oi such pipes as varyipg from thirtyyears up depending on tec condition f the ground in which the pipe Is placed. Many examples have been found in which wood pipe was dug up after betnir in service from seventy-five t loo years and found to he in good shape. He says that Hammond should get at leas i' years service from wood pipe as the water level is hiiRh in the ground and waf-r acts as a preservat i ve . He cites numerous instances bi which cities have placed wood pipe Installations satisfactorily. Seattle has 163 mil's. Tacom 14 5 miles, Denver over 10 miles and Butte, Mont.. 40 miles. His company is putting in a twelve foot main fo- the Aluminum Co., of America at Potsdam. N. Y.. and another of the same diameter at Vtloa. N. Y.. which will operate under a head of LIS fet . Cities w i ' h wood mains from flirty inches dianf-'t-r up to ninety-six ::i hes ar" comm 'ii. GARY FIRM GOES TO WALL Another Gary firm has pen" to the wall. An involuntary petition in bankruptcy wa.' fTed in the U. S. Pisirlct court at Hammond this morning against Keiss and Kir.na'iy, retail tailors. The petitioners are the pet-n-er Woolen Co., and J. N. Mann, both of Chicago. Th" firm owes th-m $521. 7.j it is allested It is also claimed that Weiss and Kmr.aliy have other debts which will bring the total tc SI, 500.
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Echo Of Standard Steel Strikf Just Two Years Ago In Hammond
rtNTERNAT;CNAL NT 'AS 5E9!Ct' INDIANA POL IS. Ind Sep: 1 0 -A -rn-re-P'cullar Infrn-H! d o u b t as to the . ment of the Vol: -, p 1 .-. e ,-lr. ,-, . vealed t-ulny in Hammond suit s j'.:t filed in f'd"ra! cour here, based r r unusual allegations, prow'na cut of the st'. el strike in the e'aiunvt rfir;"n in 1519. BOTH ISAM MONO MIA. John Fci!r and BoUs'aw Wa.ric-h-owski, both of Hammond. ar p.ainIffs in the suit in which t'-.y k $i -009 damages for wounds a'.i- r-d ' 1 have been inflicted by F rdinan-2 M;.S .. hief of the Standard Pte--' g-,.-.r-;-. a-, i six member of the Ha mm- mi p.,;.. force in 1&19 in "deliberate t- r.spitrp-y to condemn ar.d to do o death t- t h plaintiffs without cue curse la v " The policemen d'f'-ndants ar'- V.'ii'iam Lute. Benjamin Strong. Carl Kan'irf i. Fred Hestr rm a n, i-'anloi r an i George Hsn'in. PLAINTIFFS AHi: Al.lKV". Feller and Wa;.;ih,iw ski are aliens, their legal r'sidencc b'-.r.g in the disputed territory of the 'o;tBh republic. llO'-ause of international disagre.--ttient '-ver the territorial scope of thi. .t'lvt rnment. Fell' r in one paragraph of the e-omplaint states his home is in the Polish republic and in another that he is a resident of the Austrian i' P'.t,:;c . Wajciechowski gives ths Polish r. public and the Rusian republic as his 1'gal residence. The ncounter in which the aliens -'a- tlo y were severely wounded oc-ei;r-(i at Columbia and Highland s.. II- : 1 n -. loci , .Sept. 9, 1?13. Neiv Damage Suits Filed Here flr.ee more the Standard Steel car i :ot w hich cost the lives of four men and the injury of many others has bobbed up in court. Numerous damages suits have been filed in the federal and Lake county courts since the battle occurred on trie morning o' Sept. 9, 1919, between strikers and the police and plant guards, but none has come to trial. Yesterday afternoon, on tha second anniversary of the riot and Juat within the two-year limit for filing such suits, Mtorney E. G. Kproat, as administrator ele bonus non of the estates of three of the men who were killed, filed suits asking for $10,000 damages each from the Standard Steel Car Co., in the superior court at Hammond. The estates represented are Stanley Kish, Lawrence Dudek and Stanley Krawcayk. Each complaint is in two paragraphs. Each set out that the decedent was on the morning of September 9. 1919. at the corner of Columbia ave. and Highland St., "then and there n every way lawfully conducting himcelf" and that certain agents of the Standard Steel Car Co.. fired reoivers pistols and shotguns inflicting wounds which resulted in the death of the decedent Each man's wounds are described in detail. The second paragraphs of the complaint charge that the company conspired with certain persons with th ame results. Ktsh was 45 years old and left a widow and five children. Pudek was Z2 years old and Teft a widow and one child. Krawczyk was 30 years old anJ !eft a widow and four children. II CYCLE COP SAVES LIVES Officer Ceorge Henson. Hammond motorcycle policeman, yesterday afterncon by his presence of mind and quick a- tjon, saved the lives of ;t North Chicago couple as they were sinking In the water under the bridge at Camp Cmuo '. on Indianapolis boulevard. TK- j'oli-e-man dragged the nearly i-xiiausted pa r to safety by sliding down a post which supported the bridge, and palling tin in to where they could hold on until a. boat picked them up. The rescued pair are i'bi-rlc M iran. 45.13 Christan a . e.. North Chicas", and u Mrs. Titus, who rclusee! to gi'.e her address. Morgan became tangled in a trout line under the bridge and had several fish hooks embedded in his leg. The couple was apparently under th bridge when in some unexplained mantier the boat tipped over Officer Henson, seeing the people running and hearing cries for help, rushed to th" scene of the accident. He saw the pair struggling in the vater. and immediately climbed over the railing. 17: slid down the l Ties to the water and, reaching out, caught the drowning pair one at a time ar.d dragged them to a place of safely. A boat then put out from shore and picked them up. The coup! left hurriedly aftr being restored. DEATH OF AGED MAN Fled l.i'.f. an ane-l Hammond man, passi away yesterday noon at tfi home of his livith'fr, Mrs. Hen Hoc.l be rjr. at t' 4 Webster avenue. H is survived by a son and four daughter. Th-? funeral will be held Monday afternoon at rv o o'clock, at Kjnmer'.ms's chapel, under the direction of th Rev. Liehtnein. Burial will take place in Consortia, cfeme fry.
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