The Lake County times. [volume], February 16, 1909, EXTRA EDITION, Image 1

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WEATHER.
Snow, with brisk north
east winds, today-; Wednes
day, probably snow flurries.
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Pervert Captured in Chicago Pleads
Guilty to Awful Crime at
Qarv Last Year
IS TAKEN
Chief s Rimbach cf
mond and Martin
Gary Will Bring the
Prisoner to Lake
County.
At last the murderer 0
Lizzie '
lie is
Schrader has been discovered
under arrest at the South Chicago
police station aad there confessed to
ell of the terrible details of one of
the most brutal and fiendish murders
of an ir.noccrt girl chili that nasi
a " I
ever Deen neara ci in Indiana crun
inal history.
The murderer of Lizzie Schrader
is William Gagle, the man who was .
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arrested m a cheap lodging- house m
Chicago, charged with several other j
Crimes Of a Similar nature.
For nearly tWO Years the terrible 1
secret of the death of the litle girl, !
who was on her way from a visit to 1
where her father was working on a
,team-shovel, has been jealously
guarded by the silent sand-hills to
he south of Tolleston and by Gagle
imself, whose consciousness of
uilt has not seemed to prey upon
8 rierverted mind m all tne long;
Dnths since the terrible crime hap-
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aied.
.h noon nn Gacle nan nrrented the
Jice sunpected, from tbe iai-t that he
ilttrd Miik f-mployed by AVIlliam
' h in a n, who llve near Tolleston, that
title was jsruilty ot the Schrader mur
r. The prlnouer was sweated with
I of the Kkill of old, experienced of
ers and finally, without n UKge
n havlnn been made rccnrdlnB the
,Tlble erline at Tollewton, he told of
In all of Its terrible details.
The u in and substance of the con
fession, which was made In the pres
ence of Detective Matthew Jlcnnara
of Sonth Chicago, Chief of Police Illm
bach of Hammond, and C hief ot Police
Martin of Oary, was a follows:
IJESCllinES THE MEETING.
I was on the way to Gary to buy a
package of tobacco. As I was polnR
throujth the woods I met the little
Schrader elrl, She was dressed in a
little fslnRrham dress and was carrying
a dinner pall, which I presume con
tained her father's dinner.
"As soon as I saw her I made ad
vances to her and finally (crabbed her
by the arm. She made a loud outcry.
It frightened me and I placed my hand
over her mouth. She resisted me still
further nnd for fear that the attention
of some passers-by would be attracted
I put my hand on her throat.
LEFT HER OX GROVM,
"After 1 had accomplished my pur
pose I discovered that the little girl
did not move. I left her lying; on the
around and hastened hack to the farm
of Bill Iohmnn, where 1 worked.
'Some time after that I left I.oh-
man's and went back to Chicago."
' The rest of the story is still fresh
In the minds of Jhe people of the Calu
met region, wh6 were inexpressibly
shocked' by the , terrible revelations
which were made as a result of fhe
discovery of the body of the child,
BLOODHOUNDS OX TR4IL.
Sheriff FV S. Carter, Jene Farley of
Crown Point, a dosen policemen, from
Hammond and other cities, a Times re
porter and staff photographer and
scores of citizens soon made up a posse
and organised one of the most memor
able manhunts In tbe history of the
state.
The Chlcatco papers were filled with
stories of the affair and there were
many theories as to how the murder
took place and as to who tbe murderer
was. Weeks passed by and there was
bo solution of the mystery. The ease
promised to fto down Into history an
one of tbe most peculiar and terrible
f unexplained crimes. i
At that time the whole region waa
of "
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it
More Accidents Reported on
m , r ri wf-i 1
account oi storm wnicn
Has Been Raging Con
ductor Silled at Hunting
ton.
More
fatalities and casualties in
ion owing to the storm un
this re
this region owing to the storm which
subsided this noon are being brought
to Uglu
A1 JoneSi an Erie conductor, well
known in Erie railroad circles in Ham-
mond was killed at Huntington last
"ht when he was struck by
a street
car. Kotu ot his leg's were so badly
crushed that It was found necessary
to put him on the operating table,
where he died shortly afterward.
C. Hoffman, a fireman on the Erie
Erie road, firing on passenger train
No. 22, due in Hammond at 8:10,- was
struck bv a heavy lumn of coal while
firing his engine. He -was knocked
from his engine and the engineer pro-
ceeded for some distance before he no
ticed he missed his partner.. He back
ed up his train near Fifty-second
street, where the accident- happened
and took the injured fireman to Ham
mond, where he received medical treat
ment. He was later sent to his home
in Huntington.
Joseph Manasack. an Erie employe,
working near the state line this morn
ing, was struck by a Nickel Plate
train and brought to the Hammond
station, from where he was taken in
Emmerling's ambulance to St. Mar
garet's hospital. He suffered a broken
collar-bore and other bruises, but his
injuries are not thought to be seri-
ous. .
Manasack lives at 132 One Hundred
and Fifty-fourth place, West Ham
mond. aroused and there wa snot a suspicious
character who npepared on the streets
of Gary who was not closely scruti
nized and possibly taken to tbe police
station for an investigation.
Gene Eariey placed his bloodhounds
on tbe trail and their loud cries struck
terror thronch the hearts of the peo
ple of the neighborhood as they fol
lowed the tracks of the fugitive.
I.E.4D TO LOHMAX'S.
It Is na notable fact that the honnds
led the officers towards the house of
Bill Iibniati, where Gagle says he
went after he had accomplished one of
the most fiendish crimes In the history
of the state.
The whereabouts of the prisoner is
now- being kept a secret, as ft is feared
that even now he might be subjected
to mob violence if tbe enraged people
of Tolleston shonld discover his where
abouts. Xote Criminal Tendencies.
It is acting on this knowledge of the
criminal tendencies of these moral
monstrosities that the police were work
ing. William Gagle Is positively
known to have assaulted two little girls
of the age of Lizzie Schrader and has
been proven to prefer to entice them
to Indiana towns In the vicinity of
Tolleston, -where his first terribhe crime
was committed.
The police, have been hot on Gagle's
trail for two months. He not only
eluded them, but they say he also com
mitted one of the crimes charged in
that time.
Maude Welland, 15 years old. 8042
Saginaw avenue. Identified Gagle In the
police station as the man who appeared
at her home Dec. 29 and asked her to
work for htm for a few weeks on his
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Her Brutal Murderer Confesses
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LIZZIE SCHRADER,
DIVINE PROVIDENCE
ANDELEMENTS RELENT
Permit Cablegram From
Cuba to go Through
on Time.
Despite the- Inclement weather last
night, the local lodge of Knights of
Pythias enjoyed an exceptionally pleas
ant meeting. Owing to the anniver
sary of the fortieth year of the instal
lation of the grand lodge of Indiana
there was a roll call which proved to
be indeed interesting. Every member
of the lodge 'answered either in per
son or by letter, and the latter especi
ally were very interesting-.
Divine Providence and the elements
which had set the plans of man at
naught during the past few days, how
ever, relented for the occasion and
speeded a cablegram from Cuba,' sent
by M. Rothschild, who is enjoying the
winter there with Mrs. Rothschild. The
cablegram could not have arrived at
a more oportune moment than it did,
for when Mr, Rothschild's name was
called the telegraph messenger rapped
at the door to deliver the message.
In view of the fact that nearly all tele
graph service in this region is crip
pled and this being a cablegram, the
delivery of the message is remarkable.
Among the forty or more letters tha
were read irom aosent members was
one from W. C. Atwood. formerly em
ployed in the Conkoy plant, but now
located In Montreal, Canada.
Mr. Atwood said that there were not
so many Knights of Pythias in Canada
but that he had occasion to visit the
lodges occasionally. However, ho ad
ded, that he was not a frequent visitor
for the knights in Montreal appear
regularly in ;ach session in evening
dress. The local degree team will go
to Crown Toint Thursday evening to
confer a degree.
VAS POORLY ATTENDED
reporter for The Times, answered the
call for the meeting of the Hammond
Business Men's club in the superior
court last evening. The other two at
tending members were the president
of the organization, Jacob Schloer, and
E. F. Johnston, the secretary.
While no business was transacted
Mr. Schloer announced the names of
men who are expected to appear be
fore the tariff commission, in session
at Indianapolis today. He named W.
B. Conkey, E. F. Johnston, Judge W.
W. McMahon, A. M. Turner, John Gavit
and himself to go to Indianapolis.
Messrs. Schlber. Johnston, McMahon
and McAleer left for Indianapolis this
noon.
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INDIANA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1909.
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GONTRAGTORJS MISSING
Jacob Sallinger's Wife Has
Fears He .' Met ' With
Foul Play.
Mrs. Jacob Sallinger, . 67d Hoffman
street, is one of the unhappiest women
In Hammond today. Her husband, who
Is a contractor, has disappeared from
his home and she fears that he has met
with foul play. Mr. Sallinger left
Hammond yesterday morning to go to
East Chicago on a business trip with
the East Chicago Land company. He
was to make a payment of money here
and this, upon investigation, Mrs. Sal
linger finds that he did. The contract
or had told his wife that he might go
Into Chicago and buy some carpenter's
tools from East Chicago, but she has
not been able to find whether he did
soor not. At any . rate Mr. Sallinger
has not returned home and the Chicago
police have been notified. He is 27
years old and wears a sandy mous
tache. SAMPLES NOT SATISFIED
Married Life Not What
They Wanted, Hence
Suit for Divorce.
Fannie Sample and William Sample
have had a sample of married life.
After sampling it for a few years they
have decided to separate into seaprate J
samples. There are no little samples
mentioned as the fruit of their mar
riage. , .
Mr. and Mrs. Sample were married
May 3, 1S96. They lasted until Oct.
1, 1908. Mrs. Sample gives as a sample
of the way she was treated, a recital
of the fact that lyr .husband once put
her out of the house.
She alleges that he w:as guilty of
cruel and inhuman treatment. She
says that he used vile and Indecent
language towards her and was fre
quently intoxicated.
She states that he and she jointly
own lots in East Chicago and that he
has $2,500 worth of property In Mil
waukee, Wis. Mrs. Sample asks $500
alimony.
A Modern Miss.
"Say, mama, won't I be able to go
to balls this winter and figure in the
sensational trials? Fllegende Blatter.
-1 li m it huh
Heaviest Snowfall in Many
Years Is Recorded in the
Calumet Region, and the
Traction Service Bears!
the Brunt of Beautiful.
STREET
D01NGSPLEHDIDLY
Western Union, Postal and Telephone
Companies Repair Damages to
Their Line Wires - Sound of
Sleighbells 13 Heard For the First
Time In a Year.
The wiatrrlrss winter has finally de
veloped the heaviest snow storm that
has been experienced in this locality in
years. For three days the snow has
been falling Intermittently, and this
morning, it Is estimated that the con
gealed precipitation was at least twelve
Inches. Of eourse, tbe snow baa drift
ed In places that It is several feet
deep, but it is blown off from the
ground in other places so that the
average of a 12-inch depth will proba
bly be the correct estimate.
The various traction systems in the
region are running as well as could
be expected under the circumstances.
The storm has blown considerable snow
on the tracks," but, the sweeper g'oes
over them every once"ln a. while and
cleans them off so that the traffic is
rot delayed. ' -
The agent for the Chicago, Lake
Shore-& 'Sou-th BmJ line In Hammond
states that the cars on" his line, both
on the main line and on the Indiana
Harbor branch, are running with a fair
degree of regularity.
, Traction Service Fair.
The service on the Hammond, Whit,
ing & East Chicago line Is being main
tained at twenty-minute intervals, and
Is fairly reliable. Manager Green has
been eternally vigilant during the
entire storm and if the average person
knew what sacrifices he is making per;
eonally- In the way of continuous ac
tivity and a loss of sleep just to keep
the wheels turning on the cars they
would realize what it Is costing the
company and all of its employes Just
to maintain the service that is now
furnished - the public.
The Chicago Telephone company re
ports that its toll service is being rap-
Idly restored and the work on the
city lines is going forward as rapidly
as the limited number of linepien can
make It.
The Western Union and Postal Tele
graph companies report that service
is being restored, although there Is
still a quantity of ice on the wires
and this is still causing the wires to
snap off in the wind.
Sleighing Good.
Miss Ethel Meston of, ,thev Western
Union company, in Hammond, reports
that the service is restored to St. Paul
and Omaha, and that there are lines
through to the east, but the service Is
poor on these lines owing to the pres
sure of accummulated business.
The sound of sleigh bells is being
heard over the city, and the first sleigh
ing of the season is available to those
who enjoy this winter's sport. Sever
al sleighing parties are being organ
ized and. every one is taking advan
tage of this opportunity to enjoy the
great winter sport of sleighing.
. The through trains on all of the
roads In the region are late, although
a fair service is being maintained on
some of the better equipped of the
lines.
HE REFITS Ml OFFICES
Township Trustee John C.
Becker at Last Secures
New Quarters.
There , has been an armistice de
clared in the fight between John C.
Becker and Bert Escher. John C. Beck
er has secured room ?12, the last va
cant room In the Hammond building,
and will lease it for an office.
He learned yesterday that the board
of county commissioners will not meet
until March and he does not like the
idea of holding forth in the lobby of
the court-house until that time.
He says that there Is nothing he
can do but submit with the cards
stacked against him, and eo he is go
ing Into ' the ' Hammond building and
end the squaling over the matter.
The desks, which have been out In
the hall, of the court house for the
past week, are being removed Into the
new office today and Mr. Becker will
be found In room 312 hereafter.
RS
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Summers' Pharmacy the Purchaser,
Bank to Occupy Summers' Store
Other Changes. are Planned
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Awakening in the Business
District Promises Build
. ing Era in the City Which
Will Give It Metropolitan
Appearance.
BUHDING OPERATIONS
ALREADY ANNOUNCED.
Jacob Rimbach One hundred-foot
business block, two stories, basement.
Construction to commence April 1. Cost
$60,000.
Mrs. Peter Schutz Seventy-five-foot
business block, three stories, basement,
construction probably to commence In
spring. Cost $50,000.
Anton Tapper Build on fifty feet,
remodel fifty feet, .three stories, base
ment. Construction to commence In
the spring. Cost $100,000.
George Eder Fifty feet, next to
school house yard, two stories, store
building, flats, office rooms. Cost $20,
000. ,
Bell Theatrical Enterprise company
Fifty feet, theater, located on State
street. Plan to begin work in the
spring. Cost to be $50,000.
Emll . Mlnas Two-story building,
State street, east of Oakley, for his
second-hand store. To build immedi
ately. Cost $20,000.
Total cost of improvements already
announced, $300,000.
Anton Tapper is the last to an
nounce unequivocally that he will build
a fine business block In Hammond. Mr.
Tapper said yesterday that he will pos
itively build at the corner of Sibley
and Hohman street next spring and
the building he will erect will cost
nearly $100,000.
In accordance with the plans, which
were announced some time ago, the en
tire front of the building occupied by
Kolb's drug store and the Princess the
ater will be torn out and a new front
will be put in, which will be similar to
that in the South Shore Gas building.
This will make the Tapper block one
of the most atractlve in the city. Mr.
Tapper has already leased praotlcally
the entire building. The lower floor
at the corner of : Sibley and Hohman
streets will be leased to the Citizens'
German National bank. '
M- Kolb will occupy one of the oth
er; store-rooms, and the Princess the
ater will occupy one of the others.
Mr. Tapper said yesterday that the
only trouble he expected to encounter
was with some of his tenants, who
would be inconvenienced for several
weeks while the changing of the front
of the building is going on.
He is of the opinion that they will
be public-spirited enough, however, to
put up with a little inconvenience for
the sake of being quartered in one of
the finest business blocks of the re
gion.
Mr. Tapper says there is no ques
tion that he will begin the construction
of the new block this year. The of
ficials of the Citizens' German Nation
al bank are clamoring for improved
quarters and nearly the entire second
floor of the building will be occupied
by Hammond doctors. The third floor
will be easily rented, and Mr. Tapper
does not expect to have the least dif
ficulty in disposing of the leases on
the various rooms.
Mr. Tapper's decision to build next j
spring makes it apparent that there j
will be greater activity in the busi- j
ness district in the building line than i
Hammond has known in a great many
years.
Seizes Dime Novel.
The Hammond police caught a young
man of tender years reading "Slim Jim.
or the Indiana Maid's Last Arrow"
with a great deal of relish and Cap
tain Bunde took - the book away from
the young fellow. - He does not pro
pose that the young man, whose name
is withheld, should be given any more
Instructions in lessions in crime than
could be helped.
EDITION
ONE CENT PER COPY.
THER DEALS
ARE PENDING
Wholesale Changes - to Take
Place in'Hohman,,Block
Shortly.
BrSI.XESS CHANGES.
'
Summers' pharmacy buys out
Bleknell's drag- store.
Lake County Savings and
.Trust company will occupy the
old Commercial bank and Sam-
mers pharmacy sites.
Chicago shoe dealer will prob-
ably locate In Hohman block.
Changes are planned by Hob-
man estate in both Kaha and
Meeker & MoCnne saloon sites.
Other changes will be made
la the block.
That there are to be some Important
changes In the business houses in tha
"Four Corners" district, in Hammond,
was made apparent this morning when
the announcement -was made that Vern
Summers, the well-known Hammond
druggist, has purchased ths business
of Henry Bicknell, the equally well-
known druggist, who is one of Sum
mer's strongest competitors, and that
the Summers' pharmacy will occupy
the store-room now occupied by Bick
nell. This paves the way for the Lake
County Savings and Trust company to
occupy the entire lower floor of the old
Commercial Bank building, as was
stated in The Timss recently, and will
provide it with as splendid a location
and as finely equipped an office as
there is in the city.
Closed TUr Afternoon.
The negotiations between Vern Sum
mers and Henry Bicknell were brought
to a close this afternoon, and the deal
is one of the rr-OEt notable that has
occurred in the business history of
Hammond.
There is little to be said about this
transaction at this stage of the game,
except that it all grew out of the pur
chase by the First National bank ot
Hammond of the stock of the Commer
ercial bank and the elimination of
this institution from the financial af
fairs of the city.
There are rumors of other startling'
changes in the business district of
Hammond. It is understood that
Chicago shoe man is making arrange
ments to secure a location -on, llobtnan
street.
Report Sot Confirmed.
It Is even rumored that th Toont
leased by Meeker & MeCune at trie cor
ner of State and Hotman streets has
been leased to other parties. It la
impossible, however, to confirm this-report,
however, as the present tenants
of the corner store have not teen noti
fied to move.
There are other deals pending, which
will be revolutionary in-their nature,
when they are announced. In fact, tha
faces of new business men are like
ly to be seen in several of the familiar
business places about the city.
SUES FRATERNAL CO.
Theodore Sharron Wants
$34 Sick Dues From
K. & L. of H.
Theodore Sharron has brought suit
in the Lake superior court, on an ap
peal from Judge George W. Jones'
justice court, t.o recover $35, which he
allaged is due him as sick benefits
from Lodge No. 1,677, Knights and
Ladies of Honor in Indiana Harbor.
The transcript of the case is a
voluminous document and the original
complaint recites the fact that Theo
dore Sharron was in good standing in,
the order and regularly paid his dues.
When he was taken, sick he claims ha
had t a week sick benefits coming.
These he did not get and he is suin
the order for that amount. He. got a.
judgment for $21.37 and costs, amount
to $7.75, in Jones' court, but tha
Knights and Ladies of Honor took an
appeal from the decision of the lower
court.