The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-25
Section Boss Calls Dummy
Sleuths Bunglers; Will
Appeal to Courts.
SICK WIFE MAY DIE
Has Relapse Because Of Nervous
Strain Suffered While Posse
Searches House,

! According to the story told by viii
! liam Kelly, a section boss on the Lake
Shore railroad. the detectives who were
sent out on the dummy" limited to
capture a bandit who threatened to
blow up the regular train if $4,000 was
not forthcoming, are a lot of bungIers,
and his sick wife's life has been placed
in jeopardy as a result of the search
they made of the Kelly home at Edge
moor.
For several weeks the officials Of the
Lake Shore railroad have been receiv-
ing anonymous letters from sources all
over the country. stating that the
writer was desperately in need Of
money and would go to any length to
secure it.
The letters stated that if the Of
fciaIs of the railroad company did not
throw off a bag containing $4,000 at
a given signal when the train ap-
preached a lonely spot near Pine sta
ton the train would be 7-'e---vn TO
atoms.
Ike trastic measures to prevent a pos
sible catastrophe. At first it was pro-
posed to put gang of detectives and
U. S. marshals on the regular train
and in the event the bandit fred the
shots that were understood to be the
signal for the train to stop, it was pro-
posed 70 stop the train and effect tha.
capture of the man or men that were
making the bold demands.
Later it was decided that the risk
would be too great and so a dummy
limited was fitted out to look just like
the regular train, and after being fill
ed with a posse of detectives, it was
regular train.
At lonely spot it is claimed the
bandit took the bait and fired the sig
nal shots.
The detectives crowded off the train
armed to the teeth. and began a search
of the territory in the neighborhood
OF the attempted holdup. Shots were
fired through the underbrush and the
blood hounds were put on the trail of
the desperado
Failing to find any one to arrest in
the vicinity of Pine the party went
back 10 Edgemoor. Just previous to
their arrival there, Ed Kelly. who is
employed in the East Chicago water
works, had returned from work to the
home of his parents at this place.
Upon the arrival of the party the
hounds at once took up the fresh trail
that had been made by Ed Kelly and
led the whole party to the residence of
the section boss and his son
OF course, the whole family was dunn
founded that. they should be accused of
an attempt to hold up a passenger
train, but in spite Of the protests of
Mr. Kelly that his wife was sick and
should not be disturbed. the detectives
searched the house from top to bottom
and then put Mr.. Kelly and his son,
Edward, under arrest
Although the two members of the
family were allowed to remain to care
for the sick mother. who had been Wis
tied by the doctor just previous to the
arrival OF the detectives, the guard
that was placed over them was not re
moved until four hours afterwards
BY that time the shock and the con-
tinued strain had proved too much for
the sick woman and she suffered re-
lapse. This morning 1t was feared that
the woman would not recover. and Mr..
Kelly is so indignant that he has de-
termined to hire a lawyer and see if he
cannot have recourse in the courts for
the uncalled for indignities.