The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-17
WHO IS NJ. WELL?
NOBODY KNOWS
Claims to be Whole Thing
for G. Q. P. as Repre-
sented in Gary.
A MYSTERY ENSHROUDs HIM
Declines to Discuss Himself Until
In Meantime, If Anything is
Printed, Zing!
Especial to Lake COUNTY T,me.,

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Gary, Ind. Dec 17-If the renuhlican
party managers had adopted the mol
Icy OF sending business agents into the
held to organize the party in new
nelds like that al Gary, it would have
caused little more surprise than that
which has been caused by the apnear-
ance of M. Well on the political hori-
zon and his assumption Of the reins
OF the party in Gary
Mr Well is Well dressed individual
with dark hair and dark ewes. He is
always in conference with some one
and had no sooner arrived in Gary than
questions were asked on all sides re-
garding his identity and his purpose
About all anybody seemed to know
about Well was the fact that he was
interested in the organization of the
republican party and that he claims TO
pc Ioaner OF money on real estate.
AS to who the man is. where he. comes
from. and how he got into Gary. all is
mystery In fact, We'll seemed to be
so omnipresent and had excited so
much curiosity that a reporter for THE
LAKE COUNTY TIMES decided to look him
UP and see whether he was an amis-
sary sent out by Taft in Ohio, by Fair
banks in Indiana, by Root of New York
by La Toilette of Wisconsin, or by
dear Uncle Joe Cannon in Illinois
You are Mr. We'll, are YOU not?"
he was asked. Mr. We'll eyed his ones
TONER critically, and then admitted his
identity.
I understand you are fathering
movement for the organization of the
republican party" ventured the re-
porter.
Who gave you that information?"
was the suspicious reply
is it not true that you have issued
call for the republicans of Gary?"
Mr.. Well was asked
There is not a word of truth in it,"
was the decisive reply
Did you not ask certain republi-
cans to attend meeting of the re-
publicans of Gary next Thursday" ?" was
the next question. The evasive Mr.
Well was compelled to admit that he
had and also that he had given the
impression that he was behind the
movement
1t was then broken TO Mr. We'll that
the people Of Gary were very much in
terested in him. that they did not
seem to understand him, and while they
appreciated the efforts of a stranger in
their midst in attempting to organize
a republican party, they would like to
know a little more about him.
Mr.. Well was very much irritated. but
he admitted that he was in Gary or
ganizing the republican party. Il
viii have things shaped around by to-
morrow and then I viii be pleased to
inform you regarding what has been
DONE. said he. For the present I
must decline to give you further in
formation regarding myself"
THE TINES man was then dismissed
with the information that if anything
about the mysterious ones presence in
Gary appeared prematurely he would be
obliged to cut the paper OF from all
sources of news in Gary" He mod
estly admitted that he controlled that
source of news in Gary.
Mr.. Weirs political meeting Is to be
called next Thursday. He says there
viii be 1000 republicans present
In the meantime Mr.. Well is as much
of a mystery as ever and there will
be a goodly crowd out to the meeting
lust to see what is going on.
Later in the day Mr. Well voluntar-
lily vouchsafed the information: 7 am
not to be a political dictator here. YOU
know. I am just getting the members
of the party together. II man de-
velopes who is capable Of taking over
the leadership of the party I will be
ready to hand ii over That's fair
enough, isn't it,"