The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-02
Young Women That Own the Resort in
Dreadful Controversy with the
'PhoBe Company.
MAGGIE HECK IN COMMAND
UNDER HER DIRECTION THE OBJEC-
TIONABLE POLES COME DOWN.
Injunction Proceedings Have Been In
stftuted and the Case VIII BE
Tried Next Friday.

Indianapolis people who patronize the
Greenwood sanatorium are much interested
in the outcome of the injunction proceed
ings brought by the Greenwood Telephone
Company against Miss Lora Heck and Miss
Maggie NJ. Heck, who own and are at the
head of the sanatorium. The suit grows
out of the planting of some Objectionable
telephone poles on the property of the Heck
girls, over their protest. and the subse-
quent cutting Of these poles. job that was
neatly executed under the direction of Miss
Maggie Heck.
The poles were placed in position about
a year ago. They were planted on the
east side of the sanatorium, where there
should be a street that has never been
opened. Until this street is opened the
Heck girls claim this real estate their
property. For a year they have been
squabbling with the telephone company
over the position of these poles, and the
trouble eliminated a few days ago in a
row that might have been a riot had not
two young women been at the head of one
of the opposing sides.
MISS HECK SOUNDED WARNING.
One evening a gang of linemen from the
telephone exchange came to the sanatorium
with the evident intention of stringing
some new wire. Miss Maggie Heck, from
her cool retreat on the veranda, scented
trouble. and, gathering up her skirts.
walked out on the lawn. The men saw her
coming and knew that trouble was on.
They listened to her orders, politely enough,
and when she had concluded they picked
up their tools and left. AS they disap-
peared Miss Heck sounded a warning, and
this was to the effect that If they returned
the next day and began 10 string wires,
the poles would be cut away. The follow
ing morning a man returned, and, from her
place at the breakfast table, Miss Heck
watched him preparing 10 string wire.
About the time he had his climbers snugly
on his feet Miss Maggie Heck made her
appearance. reinforced by the engineer at
the sana torium. The lineman looked as
kance at the ak which the engineer carried,
as he touched his cap politely to the young
woman.
string wire, I'll have IL cut DOWN. de-
clared the commander of the sanatorium
forces. The engineer stood at an attitude
ders The lineman chuckled as he went up
the pole. In that chuckle Miss Maggie
Heck thought she could detect sneer,
and it angered her. The lineman went to
the top and began to fasten his wire. The
eyes of the woman below blazed with
wrath. You may cut down the pole" She
spoke quietly 10 the man with the ak. She
ness of the famous naval commander, who,
standing on the bridge in the thick Of bat
tie that calm May morning. said to the
captain below, when you are ready you
may fire.
LINEMAN CAME DOWN
Miss Heck's engineer started in with the
axe and the keen edge sank deep into
the wood. At the first blow or two the line
mon gave a laugh, but at the third or
fourth he ceased to see the funny side of
the situation, and before the pole was half
cut away he scampered to the ground.
Finish the job while you at it, was
the command Of Miss Heck, and the chips
again began to fly. In the meantime the
lineman had climbed another pole and
by the time the first came down with a
crash the lineman had succeeded In string
ing wire to the next pole. He was chased
away from that one and ran on TO one Of
the others He managed to keep ahead a
few poles and once when he did get some
wire in place Miss Maggie Heck promptly
cut IL with a pair of large shears. At
length the lineman fastened his wire to
the last pole and all the others had been
cut. Miss Heck told the axeman TO spare
this one
A few days later the telephone company
came to the Heck girls with a claim for
suit for injunction was then brought in the
Johnson Circuit Court. The Heck girls
claim they will be able to show that the
poles set on their own real estate. A
petition is now before the Greenwood Town
Council to have the street opened along the
east side of the sanatorium. The fnjunc-
tion proceedings will come up next FRI