The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-05
Many Suits are Filed il the
Past Few Days for Oc-
tober Term.
CITY IN DAMAGE SUIT
Held Jointly Responsible With Rail
road Company For Injuries To
Irwin Jahnke.

As there are only a few days left
before the opening of the October term
of court. many suits have been filed in
the past few days.
The law firm Of Crumpacker & Nor
an have instituted damage proceedings
in the superior court in behalf of Fer
dinand Jahnke VS.. the Chicago Terni-
nal Transfer company. John \. Faith
orn as receiver for the said company
and city of Hammond The sum asked
is $4,000. Mr.. Jahnke in the present
suit, is acting for his son, Irwin. aged
eight years, whose foot was crushed
by being run over by car white at
tempting to cross the railroad tracks
while on his way home from the Lin
coin school.
Foot in Hole.
The circumstances in the case are un-
usual
The crossing where the accident c.
Cured on May Is, last. is made level for
street traffic by heavy planks which
are laid between the tracks. The bill
charges that for year before the boy
was hurt there had been between one
Of the tracks and one Of the planks, a
hole four inches in diameter and I'VE
inches deep. While crossing the right
Of wav Irwin caught his foot ia the
hole and was held there for several
minutes. unable TO extricate it. While
attempting to disengage the member.
a car which had been unattached to any
train or engine, when the boy started
across. was suddenly shunted back sew
eral yards by a switch engine which
had approached after Irwins foot be-
came lodged in the hole. The little
fellow was Knocked down and the
wheels of the shunted car passed over
his foot, so injuring il that amputation
was necessary. The operation by the
surgeon and subsequent medical at
tendance cost Mr.. Jahnke $1,000, ac-
cording to his bill. The city of Ham
mond enters into the case through its
/ Joint responsibility with the railroad
\ company in maintaining an imperfect
crossing a the point where the acci-
dent occurred. Mr Jahnke is a saloon
/ keeper. whose place of business is in
I North Holman street.
Mrs. Hunt Wants Divorce.
Barbara NJ. Hunt. $50 Walter street
/ has filed a bill in the superior court
asking for divorce from her husband
Arthur Hunt, an electrical worker
/ charging habitual drunkenness and
cruelty Mrs. Hunt prays the court for
the custody Of her child. little gir
/ I'VE years Of age. and Judgment in tile
sum of $1,000 in the nature of alimony
1 The declaration states that the couple
wete married in Chicago in 1897 ant
/ that of late her husband has becom,
a habitual drunkard. absenting himsel
| from their home for several days at
time and treating her with cruelty Sh,
tically withdrawn his support from her
obliging her to provide for herself anC
her child BY taking in sewing and do
ing other work. The plaintiff asks tn,
court to award her the home in whiel
she now lives.
The city of East Chicago is made de-
fendant to a damage suit brought by
Benjamin f. Harper in the sum o
j 5000. Harper was walking on the ce
ment walk along Forsyth avenue a.
the night OF April Is 1t was verl
dark and he could not see his hand be
fore him there being no street lamps
In the vicinity The walk ended ab
ruptly in a step OF twelve inches. H
fell. spraining his foot and ankle an,
being laid up for some time with tn
injured member. his leg deveIopin;
varicose symptoms and that he ha
been a cripple ever since. He says n
has lost thirty pounds from the pail
and suffering due TO the injury