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HAlVrMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, JUNE 22. 1908.
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Gin POLITICS-IS
Will 0PM
Probability Exists That
Four Tickets Will be Put
in the Field Next Year.
COUNTY PARBOILED
III HEftTAND SWEAT
First Day of Summer Comes
and Makes Her Pres
ence Well Felt.
OUT OF . RANGE.
-Iiake Station Rounds Up
Two Horse Thieves Who
. Get Three Horses Walk
into Trap and Are Landed
in Heart of Town.
GARY ME?i PUT
Them
Jurisdiction Over Stolen Horses and
Thieves Threatens at One Time to
Wind Up in a Free-Por-Alll Fight
Over Hobart Official's Claim Hold
Men Until Chief Martin Arrives.
Jiot ince the daya when the famous
car-barn bandit, Marx, Neldermeyer
and VanDlne were captured In the corn
Held near Lake Station, by a pomie and
n squadron of police, hag there been
bucIi excitement In the quiet little ham
let as there was yesterday when two
Gary horse thieves were rounded up
and at the point of revolvers, shotguns
and pitchforks compelled to surrender.
As soon as the presence of the much
hated depredators became known the
news spread like wildfire throughout
the village and a posse of ever-ready
minute men was Instantly formed.
Every conceivable weapon was secured
and the party Immediately began chase
In the direction in which the thieves
were seen to go. Soon after they had
left, however, the two men returned to
ton supposedly for supplies, and walked
directly Into the arms of h mob
Anions the posse Jeaders were Alike and
William Reich, formerly of Hammond,
Charles Thorn,., B. Ollake - and, S.
Flanders.
Surrender Without' Resistance.
Both men who 'gave the names of
Henry Green and Julius Markovitz, sur
rendered without resistance. They were
then' held until the arrival of Chief
Martin and Officer Neuman from Gary,
who took them to this city. The thieves
were first discovered by a farmer named
Charles Thome, to whom the bulk of
credit is given for their capture. He
noticed the . two men pass his house
about 4:30 in the morning riding in a
single- rig and leading another horse.
The animal in front looked tired as If
he had been driven rapidly and this
aroused the suspicions of the wily
farmer.
When a few hours later this same
horse returned to Thome's farm-yard
alone, the suspicions of the farmer
were verified and the news spread about
the city. The posse of fearless citi
zens, that is now becoming feared by
all of the wise criminals, then started in
pursuit. In the meantime the thieves
becoming bold, returned to Lake Sta
tion to secure supplies and were then
held by the citizens. The leaders of the
posse were: Charles Thorne, William
and Michael Rich, S. A. Smith, and Wil
liam Rose, the deputy sheriff. Beside
two horses a third was found by Smith
tied in the woods near the city which
they had stolen and abandoned.
In Gary as soon as Desk Sergeant
Glenn Rambo received ord from Lake
Station that the thieves had been seen
Chief Martin and one of his aien pre
pared to assist in the search. Just as
they were about to leave, word was
received that the men had been cap
tured. They then left for'Lake Station
on their wheels and arrived at the town
In an increditable short time. They at
once identified the horses as the ones
stolen from Garmley, the local livery
man and a horse belonging to Sa
loonkeeper Mike Kessric.
Demands Horses and Men.
When Deputy Sheriff Rose arrived
from Hobart he demanded that the men
and horses be turned over to him.
Charles Scheidel, who had taken charge
of the situation, could not see it that
way, however, and stubbornly
h?ld
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them until the Gary officials arrived, i tion repeatedly, the request met with
whom he thought were the proper ones j no objection and was readily granted,
to take the prisoners and horses. For ajthe board, however, taken this occasion
while it seemed as if the dispute over j to tack on a little provision on the priv-
tnis question would end in a free-tor-
all fight.
The three horses are valued at about
$400. One was stolen from Gormley's
livery barn on Thursday night. An
other was taken from John Kessric
Friday night and the single seated
buggy was taken from the livery barn
of DuFrain & Son on Friday night The
men then made their get-away. The
black horse has not been accounted for.
Fight for Reward; Xone Offered.
One of the amusing aftermaths of the
capture of the thieves is the claims
which the members of the posse put
In for the rewards. They began a
quarrel among hemselves, each as
serting that he was responsible for the
capture of the men. After a heated ar
gument it was finally discovered that
there was no reward offered In either
case.
It is believed- by the local police that
the horse thieves were novices in the
(Continued onstage 3.)
KIDNEY ON A LABOR TICKET
Eric Lund Is Another Prospective
Candidate For the Kepub
lican Nomination.
Since F. Richard Schaaf has been
prominently mentioned as a candidate
for mayor on the republican ticket In
1910 there has been considerable gossip
regarding the selection of a man to run
against him on the democratic ticket.
This brought out the fact that there
likely to be several other tickets in
the field. Pete Davis is the authority
for the statement that it Is his belief
that there will be an independent labor
ticket in the-field at the next election
and tha Robert Kidney will be the can
didate of that party.
Peter Davis, who keeps about as close
to the local political situation as any
body said that he is of the opinion that
Kidney will be nominated and further
more that he will be elected.
The name -who Is mentioned most
frequently as the democratic candidate
for mayor 13 J. D. Smalley. It Is rea
sonable to suppose that the Becker
crowd will want to retain control of
the local party and as Smalley Is one
of the big cogs in the Becker machine
ho will be the natural successor of the
piesent mayor.
Socialists Expect to Have One.
Then there Is the socialistic party
which expects to cut some figure in the
coming campaign and election. The
socialists have been holding meetings
with considerable regularity during the
past year and It is understood that this
party expects to try its strength In
Hammond by putting a candidate in
the field.
With four tickets in the field and
with four parties striving for suprem
acy the next municipal election prom
ises to be most hotly contested in recent
years. '
What the politicians are
now spec'
ulating on is, which of the big political
parties will loose the most by the inva
sion Jf the Independent labor and the
socialistic tickets." ? . r
vThe' republicans think they have the
best of the bargain If these new par
ties become factors In. the local sit
uation and that both the socialists and
the independents will most all come
from the democratic party.
This would especially be true If such
?. man as Robert Kidney were to nom
inated by the independents. Kidney
is one of the conservatives In the labor
ranks and he is one of the most in
fluential of the local contractors in his
relations with the unions.
Kldeny and Lund w Candidates.
Kidney would win some votes from
the republican party but he would win
hundreds of them from the democratic
party and the political dopesters are
arguing that if Kidney himself did not
win he would so weaken the democratic
party that the republicans would be
sure to win.
The possibility of these men entering
the race then presents several new feat
ures which have not been delt with
locally in the history of the city and al
though the election is still a long way
off it Is already a frequen topic of con
versation Eric Lund of Homewood will be a
candidate on the republican ticket for
mayor in all probability and what Eric
will do to them, if he is named, will be
plenty of what his friends say is true
GET FURTHEREXTENSION
Interurban Railroad Grant
ed Further Favors by the
Board of Public Works.
The Chicago, Lake Shore & South
Bend Interurban railway company find
ing itself handicapped to some extent in
completing its Interurban line through
Hammond by July. F. J. Lewis Meyer,
the attorney for the road, appeared be
fore, the board of public works this
morning to ask for an extension of time
of one month. The coniDanv bavins'
I proved its reliability to the administra-
euges 01 me company
of the
While the original ordinance calls for
a $3,000 depot on Hohman street and a
J $1,000 on Calumet, the board has further
saieguaraea me city uy securing a
promise, that if the -Kensington and
Eastern railroad with which the inter
urban will be connected west of the
statellne, fails to build the depots that
the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend
road builds a $2,000 on Hohman street
and a suitable waiting room on Calumet
avenue, both place to be completed
witln 18 months after July 1, next.
Mr. Meyer says that he believes the
road can be in operation by August 1.
The board at this morning's session
also adopted the primary assessment
roles for the East Doty street primary
assessment roles and Cedar street sec
tion "B."
The Lutheran Cemetery association
having asked the board for an exten
sion of the Calumet avenue water main
to the cemetery the board promised to
take the matter under consideration. -
iZi ssJr-
A
FIFTH DROWNING
OF THE SEASON
Calumet River Taking Its
Annual Toll of Life
These Days.
SWrl&FBIl BOAT
Body Is Recovered and Tfill Be Sent
to Old Home at Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
SEASOX'S DROWXIXGS IX REGIOX, 5.
(Special to The Times).
Hobart, Ind., June 22. The greedy
mavr of the Calumet river sucked In
another human life yesterday morning
and brought gloom to the picnickers
yvIio were camping on the banki of the
river, near Liverpool, and seeking rest
from the terrible beat. The vletlm
of the water was James Kane, 6233
Wabash avenue, Chleago.
WAS WITH PARTY OF FRIENDS.
Kane, who Is a nice-looking young
in mi of 22 years, came out with a party
of friends on a Ashing trip on Satur
day night, boating with his chum on
the river. As the morning broke Kane
rowed his companion to the shore and
went out in the boat again. When he
reached midstream he let his oars rest
and those on the bank saw him go
to the end of the boat and sit down.
FALLS IXTO RIVER.
To the astonishment of the specta
tors Kane fell backwards over the end
of the boat Into the water and never
came up again. Boats put out from
the shore and efforts were made to
bring up the body. They were un
successful at first, but later In the
morning the body was recovered and
taken to Vndertaker Wild's morgue In
this city. There Dr Shanklln of
Hammond held the Inquest later in the
day. The remains were shlped to
Philadelphia today for burial. Kane's
mother and two sisters live there.
WILL FOLLOW UP CLEW
Brother-in-law of Missing
Glucose Worker Comes
to Hammond Today.
Omar wheeler of Valparaiso, a
brother-in-law of George Cornell, who
has been missing since June 9, was in
Hammond this morning in search for
the missing man, but was unable to get
any further clews to his whereabouts
than have already been mentioned in
The Times last Saturday.
Cornell was an employe of the "West
ern Glucose company at Roby and on
June 9, cashed his check in company
with several friends. His home is at
384 Ninety-Third street, South Chicago,
and he ostensibly started to go there,
but was later seen In Hammond.
The police of all the surrounding
cities have been asked to search in the
search, as his relatives In .South Chi
cago -and Valparaiso fear that he has
met with foul play. , '
. Cornell was a man of temperate
fiabias and his disappearance cannot
be explained in any other way that
that he fell into the hands of crooks.
AW.
1..TQ
ANOTHER FLYING MACHINE
THAT
Driver of Adams Express
Wagon Reports to Police
This Afternoon That Safe
Containing $500 in Silver
is Taken.
The theft of $500 from the wagon
of the Adams Express company oc
curred at noon today when the driver,
William Young, was on bis way from
thethe Pennsylvania depot to the
Adams Express company's office in.
Hammond.
The $300 was In silver and was ship
ped in an Iron strong box. Xo Infor
mation was given out by the police
and only a few of the tacts leaked out
this afternoon.
The theft is a startling one, consid
ering the fact that it occurred tu
broad daylight and while the driver
was on the wagon. When William
Young left the Pennsylvania station a
young fellow from the north side by
the name of Manlowskl, who is alleged
to have been Implicated in the Haehnel
robbery some time ago, was riding on
the renr of the wagon.
. It Is believed that the young man,
who was on the rear of the wagon,
managed to get hold of the strong box
when the driver was not looking and
throw It oft the wagon.
He then left the wagon a little far
ther down the street, and of course
when the strong box was missed Mon
lowskl was suspected. The police Im
mediately instituted a search for the
young man and he was arrested this
afternoon.
The police have as yet been unable
to locate the money and believe that
it has ben bidden by the alleged thief.
The money was consigned to the Citi
zens German Xatlonal bank but this
Institution will not suffer the loss for
the reason that the express company
carries the money at its own risk.
The police are working o nthe the
ory that the Manlowskl boy had an
accomplice and that the accomplice
took tbe mosey as soon as It was
dumped off the wagon.
POLISH GIRL ATTACKED
Word comes from Indiana Harbor
late this afternoon that a young Polish
girl was found In a box car, between
East Chicago and the Harbor, this af
ternoon on the I. H. railway. She was
unconscious and had been sbamefnlly
mlatreated. The police at East Chi
cago are at work on the case as The
Time goes to press.
'
Business la picking up. People
are coming back to town. Should
you not keep your "rooms and
houses to rent" before the pub
lief advertise on page 7 in our
want "ads."
CAN FLY.
Thorndyke in Baltimore American.
HOMEWOOD YOUTHS
DISGRAGETHEMSELVES
With Practically no Attire
They Brazenly Frequent .
Lake Front Park.
G 0 MP LAI NT S M AD E TO BOARD
South Chicago and Whiting Hood
lums Also Make Life Hideous
For Park Visitors.
The first real opening of the lake
front bath house yesterday has brought
In scores of complaints to the board of
public works in the first twenty-four
hours.
The board virtually found itself up
in the air this morning by the repeated
and serious complaints that were made
about the hoodlums that occupied the
bath house. What adds more serious
ness to the affair is that some of the
young fellows whom made a nuisance
of themselves before Hammond ladles
and gentlemen is the fact most of the
rcwdy and indecent behavior was car
ried out by some, of the sons of prom
inent families living in Homewood.
Some of them even forgot themselves
so far as to walk about in their scanty
and indecorous bathing suits among the
the visitors in the park. The behavior
of this set was boisterous so that de
cent people who did want to enjoy
water front were compelled to stay
away and leave the field Xo the hood
lums. Added to their brazenness was
the fact that some of them took a
dressing room and occupied it for hours
when there were others that would
have liked to use it.
Other Men Disgust Ladies.
While the behavior ot, the Homewood
boys in " itself was serious enough to
cause such an outburst of complaint It
was added to by the hoodlums of Whit
ing and South Chicago, who couldn't
clean their very foul mouths if they
stayed in the water 24 hours at a time.
In fact the behavior of some of the
people yesterday was such as to lead
one to believe that Hammond still was
a border town where devillshness Is a
virtue.
Some of the women who came out
carrying grub for the whole family in
cluding the dogs and the parrot, placed
their basket in a dressing room and
carried away the' key with them for
hours until they felt like appeasing
their hunger.
The board of public works will im
mediately draw up a strict set of rules
which must be obeyed and afrests made
if they are violated. One of these will
be that a dressing room may be used
for only a certain length of time.
WILL SPEAK ON
SOCIALISM TONIGHT
Socialism, its theories and principles,
will be expounded this evening on the
street corner of Hohman and State
streets beginning at 7:30. A socialist
meeting was to have been held In
Huehn's hall this evening but the pro
moters, fearing that the hot weather
would keep way the crowds, have de
cided to make it an open air meeting.
A good address is promised for this
evening.
IF YOU DO.VT TAKE THE TIMES,
WHY!
HAMMOND SUFFERS IN- HEAT
Weather Man Promises Relief, But
Is Not Very Enthusiastic
About It.
From Hammond to Gory and from
llcbertsdale to Lowell the people - of
Lake county sweated, sweltered, stewed
and broiled under the hottest sun that
has shown on Lake county this summer.
Fcrtunntely there were few fatalities
j as a result of the torrid heat except In
the canine population of Hammond,
which was depleted by the death of half
ja dozen degs, shot by tbe police.
The various pnrks In the Calumet re
gion were filled with the people who
hoped to get nnny from the bake ovens
vthtch old Sol had made of their homes.
Last night tbe residents of the entire
region lay on their beds gasping for
breath and this morning many of them
awoke very little refreshed after a
night's attempt to sleep.
May Be Cooler Tomorrow.
After three days of increasing heat
the best that the weather maiv can
promise is that it will probably be
cooler tomorrow. The "fresh southerly
winds will become variable." This' is
not very reassuring to the thousands
of people who had hoped that a change
might relieve them and at least allow
them to sleep at night
Over on the lake front there were
hundreds of people who journeyed
thither in the hope of getting a breath
of the fresh lake breeze but they did
not stop to think that there was an
offshore breeze and that the air of the
lake was being heated by that from the
land instead of the blistered sands be
ing cooled by the lake breezes.
Consequently instead of finding the
much sought relief the Hammond 'suf
ferers were simply toasted a little more
and those who went in bathing are ex
hibiting suburned bodies which testify
to the heat of the sun's rays.
The city of Whiting, was as hot as if
the lake was a doeen miles away - and
the same was , true at Indiana Harbor,
-The people went out on tne lake front
from both of those cities but they did
not find any relief from the heat.
It Was Fierce In Gary.
Gary was a scorcher. The hot sands
were boter than ever before and the
absence of shade trees made the city
as hot as a desert. And there was no
place where refuge could be taken
from the heat. It was hot everywhere
in Gary and the people were simply
ocmpelled to put up with the discom
forts.
Down in the southern part of the
county the heat has been so great that
the level of the Kankakee river has
been, lowered 4 inches within the past
week. The sun has been drawing the
water up into the skies by the millions
of gallons and it has been deposited
over the farm land in the county much
to the delight of the farmers. 1
Bully For the Crops Though.
There was one of the worst thunder
showers in Hammond Saturday night
that has visited the city since the storm
overturned several buildings here a
month ago. The sorm was furious and
month ago. The storm was furious and
Had it not been for the thunder show
ers which have continually watered the
vegetation in Lake county it Is certain
that the crops would not have been as
Dromising as they are today. The
farmers say that the hay crop will be
better than ever and the wheat, oats
and corn are all doing well.
Today a strong south wind has been
relieving the situation somewhat and
it is expected that there will be showers
late in the afternoon. " If these ma
terialize the temperature may be re
duced" to ' an extent " which will make
the weather tolerable. '
D1REGKS Hi WINNER
Crack Shot Does Some
Fancy Scoring at Sharp
shooter's Park.
Henry Direcks won the gold medal
yesterday afternoon in the Sharpshoot
ing contest of the Hammond Sharp
shooter's Club. Direcks made ninety
nine points out of a possible 150. Gus
Muenich won the second medal and the
city treasurer, William Wolter received
the third. Gus Muri was beaten by
only one point for the fourth medal.
this going to Frank Cowgill of Whit
ing.
Grant Hunter, who in the past has
succeeded in holding one or the other
of the medals, was not out to shoot
last night.
Gus Muri is thinking of getting him
self a new and better gun than the one
that he uses now.
mere was a gooa attenaance yes
terday and the spirit of rivalry ran
high.
START KILLING DOGS.
Somebody else besides the police are
killing dogs. Reports came to the po
lice station today that six differen
canines were dead in the various part
of the city.. The police started out this
morning killing unmuzzled dogs.
PELTS WIFE
11 WINE
10 CANDY
Clifton Lingo, Traffic Man
ager of Inland Steel Plant
at Indiana Harbor is Ac
cused of Baptizing Wife
With Champagne.
TELLS OF AFFAIRS
T3
ndiana Harbor Steel Magnate " Is
Sued for Divorce and Some Racy
Testimony of Doings on South Side
Side Is Brought Out On First Day
of Trial.
Indiana Harbor la reveling in gossip
today because of the revelations that
have been made In a Chicago court on
Saturday. - '
Clifton L. iLingo, traffic manager of
the Inlond Steel company at Indiana
Harbor with a salary of $7,000 a year,
washed his wife's face In champagne
and. "pelted her with candied violets
when she refused to go automobile rid
ing with him at 2 o'clock in the morn
ing.
Mrs. Anna Brown Lingo told of tha
incident in Judge Ball's court In Chi
cago on Saturday when' she took tha
witness stand-in her suit for divorce.
She regaled the court also with , a de
scriptions of . several other eolspdes of
Parisian flavor in her recent martial ex
perience.: St a was siurrtetJ - a "decves
on the ground of cruelty. " . V ". .
"My husband returned home at .2
o'clock on the morning of May 3,"eaid
Mrs. Lingo. "I was in bed asleep. Ha
caught me by the shoulders and awak
ened me by shaking me. , . '
" 'Get up, darling,' he said 'and coma
for a spin. My car is waiting at the
curb.' " ;
" 'No. dear. I'm too tired,' I replied.
Let me sleep."
"My refusal made him angry.' -"
'Be a sport, he urged. .','," ;
" I won't go' I answered. . ... , . .
Pelted With Confections. :
"He stepped to the table where a flva
pound box of candy sat open. I had
bought it in State street in the after
noon. He grabbed a handful of" the
bonbons and threw them at me. . They
thudded all about me on the pillow. I
ducked under the coverlets. "When I
peeped out he fired other sweetmeats at
me."
"In panic I. Jumped from the bed and
dodged about the room, while Mr. Lingo
continued to bombard me with candies.
An opera carmel hit me In the left eye.
A neugat caught me under the right
ear. A marshmallow landed on the tip
of my nose. A chocolate craem smashed
against the point of my chin."
"I dived behind a Louise Quinze chif
fonier as a shower of lilybud creams.
orange conserves, walnut. bars and pia-
tache cubes whistled by my head like
bullets. .......
"When his candied ammunition waa
exhausted my husband caught me and
washed my face in champagne. .
"Again on June 7 my husband be
came abusive because I had not drunk
enough beer while on an outing with ,
him. We had visited a South Side
amusement park, where we ate sand
wiches and drank beer. When came
home, my husband shoved me about the
room.
A Quaker Sport.
" Tou don't drink enough to ault
me he said. Tou are a Quaker sport-
"He went to the sideboard, opened
a bottle of pale ale, and dashed the
liquor in my face.
"My husband became angry with me
on the evening of June 15. He chased
me into the dining room, where lie
caught me and forced me into a rocker.
He took another chair and sat imme
diately in front of me. Then he com
pelled me to sit awake all night. If -I
dozed off he slapped me in the face to
keep me awake."
Mrs. Lingo is a strikingly pretty
woman. She created a stir as she
rustled into the court room in her silks
and plumes. She and her husband since
their marriage in June, 1898, have been
favorites in South Side society. They
have entertained lavishly at their
sumptuously appointed home at 312
Groveland avenue.
ERIE PUTS BACK
ITS NIGHT TEAIH.
Crown Point, lnd., June 22. (Spe
cial.) A change occurred in the time
table of the Erie railroad yesterday.
The road has put on an additional train,
leaving Crown Point a little after 11
o'clock at night, for Chicago. Thia
will be welcome news for the numerous-Chicago
and -Hammond" fellows
whose best girls reside In Crown Point
CHICAGO
GOUR