The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-17

Surrounded like hunted animal
brought 10 bay, 100 men armed with
rifles and revOivera, firing thousands
of shots into the cIump of bushes where
he had made his ambuscade, the des-
DeradO maniac sold his life dearly ON
the sand plains near Pine Station last
night, and wounded three of the posse
before he was brought to the ground
with IA bullet from the gun of George
Hanlon.
When, with "a henrt-wrung grOan, the
shotgun fell from his hands and the
officers rushed 10 his side, il was seen
that the Angel of Death lowered close
10 the unknown, for he was bleeding
frem many wounds. any OF which,
IL seemed, was enough TO cause death.
He was sa1s2~ to the last. however,,
and although desperately wounded. he
would not cry for mercy until the lead
en- messenger crashed into his brain.
Died This Morning.
His hold ON life was remarkable even
after he made his last fight. and the
spark of life held in the body of the
unfortunate man until after ; o'clock
this morning. when he passed away,
without regaining consciousness, and
the story of what started the man on
the wild mission Of death and carnage
Will never be known.
The man hunt of last night will go
down into the annals OF Lake county
as one of the most remarkable events
In it's history. The story of the chase
and the windup read like II story of the
wild western plains. With armed
forces of men, teeth set, and "a quiet hut
determined expression ON their faces,
pouring iH from city and hamlet with
thirst for blood and the smell of gum
powder in their nOstriIs. inflamIne them
with desire To Kill. no southern negro
hunt was ever more weird in the dark
ening twilight of the midsummer day.
Not only the police officers of Gary,
Hammond, Whiting. East Chicago and
Tolcston were In the hunt. but prominent
citizens, bankers. business men and me-
chanics, all armed with whatever kind
of weapon they could hastily reach.
Joined in the hunt. determined that law
and order should be upheld nt the cost
of their lives.
Chose Good Spot for Stand.
Thore on the sand dunes, surrounding
the railroad tracks, with the deep
slough in the rear. the desperate man
chose a spot where lie thought his pur-
suers, the men who demanded from
him his life. would have to face him
and could not approach him from the
rear. II was a wise move on the part
of the hunted criminal. sagacity that
is only equalled by the God-given Gun
ming Of the animal He did not appre-
ciate the courage of the men he had
to deal with. and officer George Han
Ion took his life in his hands and swan
TO where lie could set a bead on the
prey
Who is the wild desperate. where did
he come from, and what was his object
in his desperate series of pillage and
carnage? The questions cannot be an
swered, for although many had seen
the man, none knew his identity or
what brought him to the wild spot where
he made his home. All last winter and
spring the man made his home on the
bleak, desolate plains, in a homely
cave. dug in the sand dunes. and few
can realize just what privations the
man suffered. and which. in the minds
Of many. eventually turned his mind,
and made him raving maniac.
Lived ON Refuse
Like wolf he lived on what he
could steal and beg from the rough
camps about the steel center at Gary
and the farming districts about Pine
station and the surrounding country
The refuse thrown from the tables
formed the chief source Of his food. to-
gether with the results of night raids
TO hen roosts. and herbs and garden
produce which he could steal from the
fields and woods kept the man alive
The theory Of his case. in the minds of
Chief Rimbach, Chief Martin and other
sleuths, is that the man. during some
time IN his life. committed a desperate
crime in some far eastern city and