The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-23
NAMED
AS PENALTY
Jury Imposes Extreme Pun
ishment in Strathaco-
poulos Case.
SECOND IN A WEEK.
Trial of Lapidat Sets Pace for Body
Which Listened To Testimony
In Greeks Case
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Crown Point. Ind. Nov. 2S.-Sentence
of death by hanging was pronounced
this afternoon by Judge McMahan on
John Lapidat, convicted last Friday of
the murder Of Alexander Urdia. The
Judge overruled the motion for a new
trial and the prisoner was brought into
court just after noon to receive his
sentence The sentence will be ex-
ecuted March 29 at noon at Michigan
city. The murderer took his matter
calmly appearing less disturbed over
the knowledge that his doom was
sealed, than anyone else in the court
room.
Especial to Lake County Times).
Crown Point, Ind. Nov. 23.-Death
is the penalty Constantine Strathaco-
pouIos must pay for the murder of
Demetrius Kackleman at Gibson, Oct.
81.
The jury that heard the evidence
in the case, which opened Monday
morning at Crown Point, reached this
decision at l o'clock this morning
after having wrestled with the testi-
Inony and the judges instructions for
eight hours and half.
| Strathacopoulos is the second man on
whom sentence of death has been pass
| ed in the Lake county circuit court
within week, John Lapidat, who
shot and killed Alexander Ureba at
Indi ana Harbor last August, having
been doomed to the extreme penalty
by a jury in the same court, last Fri
day.
The prisoner Is an ignorant foreign
er, a Greek by birth, and he received
| MS sentence with stolid composure, ap-
| parently failing TO realize the full
meaning OF the verdict, when it was
read by the clerk.
Notice Of a motion for a new trial
w&s at once entered, but as there is
| another motion pending for a similar
| proceeding in the Lapidat case, ano
| this will be given precedence, 1t may
be some days before it will be known
whether the trial viii be granted.
Unless the cases OF the two prison
ers are reopened or the governor in
tervenes with his committing power
Lake county will furnish the dramatis
personae in a grewaome performance
to be enacted soon at Michigan City
tho like OF which has been spared *
this community in times past. LAX,
county has been justly proud of it:
record of no hangings, although EC
Donohue escaped the fate that is Il
be meted out to the two prisoners a
crown Point, by very narrow mar
gin. Executive Intervention alon,
prevented his execution.
The case was conducted by Prosecut
ing Attorney Boone in behalf of III,
state while Attorney Milo Bruce ap
peared for the defendant.
The crime of which the defendan
was guilty was committed during
quarrel with fellow workman. Botl
are Greeks and were employed OF
railroad construction work at Gibson
During the quarrel Strathacopoulo
plunged a knife twice into the hear
of his victim. Kackleman lived 70
two days with the knifewounds il
mis- heart. Owing to the unusual cir
cumstance of life having been pro
longed for so long period after tn
infliction of this fatal wound, the in
lured organ was preserved in alcoho
after the death of the wounded ma
and displayed as an exhibit at tn
trial The knife wounds were plainl
visible.
AS most of the testimony had to b
taken through an interpreter the tria
proceeded slowly and was a very tire
some ordeal to all concerned
t defense.
The jury was composed of the fol
lowing:
John Adank. Center.
W. L. Funkhouser. East Chicago
3 Albert Foster, Lowell.
{ Frank Prest. Hammond.
I Joseph Sutton, Schererville
n Thomas Hayden West Creek.
e Trube Case. Ross.
i Joseph A. Beattie, Center.
= Dan Carlin. Cedar Lake.
= Herbert Esty. Creston.
J. Robert Parks. Whiting.
Marcellus Smith, Hobart
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