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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-23


Jeff and Al Hankins opened a gamb-
ling house at l25 Clark street Al
afterward bought a stock farm in In.
diana expecting to settle down and
get away from the life he had led. Not
long afterward he was found suffo-
Gated to death in a folding bed An
investigation was made but il was
stopped when il was found that TO
pursue it would destroy at least one
reputation Jcf Hawkins dropped
dead of heart disease about ten years
ago No name was better known in
Clark street in the "wide-opeu' days
than that OF Hankius George was the
prey OF all the boodtiug politicians in
them then than uow-and was init
mately associated with the Doodle
ring In the county board He is said
to have furnished the largest part of
the fund OF $3.50 1000 which was futilely
spent in trying 20 have passed state
law legaliziuS pool selling on race
tracks
Garritys Were Fighting Men
Then there vego The Clarity broth,
ers John. Hugh and Mike They we're
an especially tough trio and known as
hshting men They were guilty of uu.
mer0us assaults some Of them of the
most serious character Il was John
Clarity who bit an ear OF OF Alderman
James Peavey, who VAS also q gamb-
Ter The men had tugased In q fight
aui IN the absence OF moro deadly
Weapons Gavgity used his teeth on the
part of the aldegmaus anatomy that
was most convenient Hugh and Mike
Clarity are dead having fallen into
poverty and the saWe i'll fortune that
pursued moss 81 Jhgg fellows on one
occasion, also the Clarity brothers,
in the course OF a gamblers leud With
John Bowling who ran a rival eStab.
ltshmeGt proceeded h beat bowling
up In frlght'ul fashion DoVuaE was
one 0t the characters Of the old Clark
street that was at once one ot the
best and one of the w0rs. He was
brutal and often hea. men with the
butt OF The big uyolyey he carried. for
no strouEev appatao, reason than de
sire % see them s4i. AZ the same
time he Was generous 10 the Uufor-
tauate and as q resal. had many OF
Tie most bi,,st enemies and 4 great
many staunch friends powIug lost
MS money after CIaTn street was
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-23
GROWING Monotonous

Mother-There. The baby's fallen
downstairs again,
father-Dear me- l wish he'd !eara
70 do another stunt-.Detroit Free
Press.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-23


and shot him in the groin Hoey re-
fused to appear against Dunn when the
case came up for trial
The Killing Of Elliott.
Elliott, with the professional oars
man Plalsted. was in Appetite Bill
Langdon's place on the evening of
March |, 1883, when Dunn entered.
From this point In the story there is
u wide divergence in the alleged facts.
Dunn. always vain and always boast.
full gave a version 10 the effect that
he was attacked by Elliott aud fought
him singlehanded for half an hour
after everyone else had fled in terror.
Elliott was more than six feet tall and
giant in strength Dun claimed he
shot his enemy only after the latter
had forced him to the floor and WAS
holding a cooked revolver against his
breast The other side of the story is
that Dunn entered the place, found FL.
lott sitting at a table and, without
warning and without giving Elliott
any chance for his life, shot him n
cold blood
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-23
Reign Of the Bunko Men.

Clark street became as infamous for
the bunlSo game In the days Of the Nc
Donald crowd as for gambling. The
bunko steererS were gamblers, and the
gamblers. or many OF them, We're bun
ko steerers, Harry Lawrence was one
OF the best known of the bunko men
Before Mcdonald became known as
the gambler king of the city he was
strongly interested In the bunko game
In brief the bunko game was oper.
ated in this way; The stecrers, we'll.
dressed and suave, sought their prey
In the hotels principally. Steerer No
/ accosted the stranger. called him by
any name that happened TO occur to
him. The prospective victim eyed the
stranger with suspicion and told him
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-23

pered financially except Mcdonald
himself. was Pltrick Casey, who had
charge of the bar. Casey saved his
money and died a few years ago fair
ly well off
Others Pursued by Fate.
James papes, who was a thief as
well as a gambler, broke into the treas.
ury of Springfield, Ill, and died after
fleeing to Canada to escape the pen
atty of his crime
Jimmy" Carroll, another of the
crowd that alternated gambling with
stealing and who made the police a
world of trouble, continued his outlaw
career until he died, seven years ago,
in abjeCt poverty.
Joseph Lewis, alias Hungry Joe, "
Is said to have renowned his former
ways Is making an honest living and
is doing better from the material
standpoint than most of the men he
formerly associated with.
Jimmy" Hoey, one Of the most no
torious deni2cus of Clark street in the
"wide-open' days and a gambler who
stole, got into a fight with Al Walters,
barkeeper in the saloon of Count"
Riley in Clark street. and shot and
Killed him He was tried and acqult.
ted,
Most of the gambling men who com
mitted murder in Clark street in those
days were acquitted, in fact, owing to
the strength of the pull of the entire
gang with the police and the courts.
Hoey afterward married Mollio Hol-
brook the widow of Buck Holbrook,
a burglar, who was killed at Hennepin,
Iii. Hoey and his wife went to Eu-
rope and have not been heard of In
Ghirnrn Slnrn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-23
Tragic Finish Of the Hankins.

terry" headquarters were switched to
another room
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25
ANOTHER SEA HORROR.

History has been smeared with
sea tragedies, but few are darker
than that which befell the Steam
er Columbia few days ago, the
appalling details of which are
ringing with woes all over the
United States.
The death list shows that SO
seamen and IS passengers per-
ished, while 23 seamen and lOS
passengers were saved. The YES
sci collidel with a schooner near
Shelter Cove, Cal. No matter
where the blame rests the Colum
bias sailors were heroic and true
for the figures show they did not
rush to the life boats as other
sailors have done, to save them
selves and leave the passengers,
unfamiliar with sea life, to stug-
gle and drown.
A prominent Denver school
teacher was among the half dozen
Colorado people lost, while
large party of other Denver peo-
pie were saved by various fates
which prevented them from EN-
barking.
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25
EDITORIAL MEETING At SULPHUR SPRINGS.

The midsummer meeting of
the Colorado State Editorial As
sociation held on Monday and
Tuesday of this week was the
most pleasant and successful of
any meeting held in the history of
the organization. One hundred
and fifty editors and their families
boarded the D. N. w. g. P. train
in Denver and rode over one Of
the finest railroad systems in the
world, widely known as the "Mof-
fat road, through the grandest Of
the wonderful and unsurpassed
scenery of the Rockies, to Hot
Sulphur Springs to enjoy the hes
pitality of the most liberal hearted
people on the western slope.
Extensive preparations had been
made by the generous citizens of
the Grand county metropolis for
the entertainment of the editors,
and nothing was too good for their
guests. The gates of the town
were thrown open to the visitors,
and the homes of the citizens were
at their disposal. Music of well
come greeted the ears of the news
paper men upon their arrival, and
expressions Of regret were offered
at their departure.
The entertainment afforded the
editors was unique. Sports, con-
sisting of horse racing, burro rae
ing and bucking contests were
held, and trout dinner served,
which was fit for king. A grand
ball was given in the evening, and
the bathing resort was open for
the free use of the visitors.
Hot Sulphur Springs is the
county seat OF Grand, a county
which was virtually unknnwn
until the advent of the Moffat
road four years ago. Since that
time the county has forged to the
front with tremendous strides, and
is now recognized as the leading
commonwealth of northwestern
Colorado. Its resources are un-
bounded and its two chief indus
tries, agricultural and mining,
when fully developed, will make
the county SO appropriately
named the wealthiest section of
the state,
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25
NOTICE OF FoRr EIrURE.

To John Kcylin, James Dohoncy, Matt o'Bricn.
ct al. and to whom II may concern:
You are hereby notified that the undersi igncd.
yonr . cc,owner. has expended for tho years 1899.
1900 1901 1902 1908. lpOl 1905 and 1905 the sn of
eight hundred (sSO0.0O) dollars In labor and i'm
provements upon the following described lode
mining claim, as follows to-wit:
The Homo Rule Lode Mining Claim, as re-
corded IN book lis. ut page 2o3 Of tho records OF
Gilpin County, Colorado.
An being situate in Russell Mining District,
Gilpin County, Colorado, In order to hold said
claim, under the provisions OF Section 232I of tho
Revised Statutes Of the United Statcs and tho
amendment thereto approved January %, 1850,
concerning annual labor upon mining claims
being the amount required to hold said lode, for
the period ending December 81, 1905. And II
within ninety (9o) days from the personal service
q this notice upon You, or within ninety 1901
days after the publication thereof, you fail or
refuse to contribute. your proportion ms above
stated OF such expenditure rs co-owncr. your
interest In said mining claim will become the
property OF the subscriber your co-owner who
has made the requisite expenditure, by tho
terms Of said section.
JOHN CLARE.
First pub May o; last Aug. s, 1907.
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25
Hammocks at Rapins.

The Wisconsin Experiment station
has found that 20 per cent. solution
OF iron sulphate is effective In de-.
stroying wild mustard in grain fields
without In the least injuring the
grain. The directions given are to
empty q 100.pound sack of granulated
iron sulphate into a 52.gallon barrel
and fill with water. Stir well and use
with the ordinary spraying outfit. It
Is advised to spray before the mus.
tard Is In bloom.
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25

Denver newspapers hove lost
another child. When they get a
new can OF led ink the reporters
discover that somebody's child is
missing, and the public doesn't
know yet how many murders and
kidnappings there have been, if
any.
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25

The Redding meetings have contin-
ued this week at the Presbyterian
church with good crowds and good in
terest. Quite number have come for
ward and signified by so doing that
they would enter the Christian life.
Next week the meetings will continue,
confident that interest and crowds will
increase.
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25
CUBA UNDER THE LENS.

A close range study of the stu
alton in Cuba would dispel any
doubt as to the future of that ISL
and. The Liberal party, which
consists of no more than tenth
of the population, and is practi-
cally the only party, has been
deadloched for six months over
candidate for president, and they
cannot have an election under two
years. The Liberals have a meet
ing every night in Havana, at
which one of the candidates re-
signs and is persuaded to recon-
slider. A candidate for governor
of Havana province was caught in
police raid at chicken fight re-
Gently and because a newspaper
printed his name he waylaid the
editor and beat him up in true
thug fashion. The Cubans who
would govern themselves spend
much of their time at Jai Alai and
selling their political influence.
Only the natives who have a
smattering of foreign education
have any conception of what Re-
publican government is like. To
these few large portion of the
semi-enlightened are looking for
favors, while there is a concourse
of parasites in their following.
Cuba will be able to govern her
self in one thousand years. By
that time there will be no trace of
the monkeys who now live on the
island.
Uncle Sam will be scratching
where Cuba hurts for an age. Ev-
cry time he turns her loose there
will be dust in the cane fields and
he will have to send the soldiers
back to stop the insurrectioners.
Spain is still thankful to the Uni
ted States for taking this burden
off her shou lders.
The government is doing the
proper thing in building S5,O0O,-
0OO worth of new roads throughout
the island. These roads are to be
military highways, over which a
company of sharpshooters can be
whisked in one of Uncle Sans
big army automobiles when the
need arises.
The Cuban is mysterious
thing He has.the characteristics
OF only half human, and some
people believe they are the mis-
ing link. The attack on the Uni.
ted States marines at night by a
company of police, when the Am
ericans fought against bullets with
bare fists, showed one side of the
Cuban, while the praise these
same people speak for the Ameri-
cans shows another.
The hest thing the United Sta
tes has done was to force the Gu.
bans to clean up their own HON es,
where vaults and kitchen stoves
were SO close together it were
hard to tell where the frying pan
belonged. II the grating can
now be stoppel and the revolu.
tlonists permitted to kill one an.
other, a great deal can be accom-.
plished towarl settling the Cuban
problem,
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25

+. Seymour Darlington, the ST..
Louis murderer. who claimed to
be an English lord, wrecked sew
eral happy homes and found res.
pite from the gallows for two
years under the cloak of England,
is at last to swing.
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25

Wanted--Gentleman or lady to travel
for Mercantile House of $3.50, 900. 90
capital. If desirable the home may be
used as headquarters. Weekly salary
of 81, ,092.0O per year and expenses.
Address j. A. Alexander, 125 Plymouth
Place, Chicago, III.
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25

A ma il Pueblo sold Lis wife
for 81. He ought TO get more
than that for woman.
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25

James j. Hill and Mark Twain,
in their white flanel suits and hory
locks would make n lovely pair
cracking jokes and railroad bolts
together.
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25

The Governors island bridge
in New York, which is soon to be
completed, will be greater than
Brooklyn bridge.
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25

For Rent-Houses furnished and un-
furnished, $4.00 month and up. Ap-
ply at this Office.
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25
WHEN YOU MEET

WHEN YOU MEET
a well.groomed horse hitched
to a stylish vehicle, you're
naturally envious to know
where it halls from.
ANY LIVERY RIG
from these stables is rig you
are not ashamed of "when you
meet" friend. Driving now
is good and charges low.
Your order booked to, day for
tomorrow insures you the
turnout you want.
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25

The largest and finest line Of fishing
tackle in the county is at. Rapin's.
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25

Carpets and linoleums at Anderson's.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-10
ON THE TRAIL Of
GIRLS ASSA|LANT
Police Closing in on Brute
Who Attacked Little
Edith Peterson.

Before nightfaH, the dastardly ruff
fan who committed the felonious as
sault on little ten-year-oId Edith
Peterson. in a field on Michigan ave
nue., yesterday, may be in the clutches
Of the police Of Hammond, as il is
thought that a suspect seen at Clark
Station this morning may prove the
right man. Captain Austgen, Bailiff
Shine and officer Elsner left this af-
ternoon in an automobile for the scene.
and it Is expected that the culprit Will
be rounded up. He was first seen at
Clark Station by telegrapher and
towerman, both of whom had read the
description of the man in THE LAKE
COUNTY TINES. They Immediately
started down the track and when the
man saw them coming, took hastily
to the woods. The matter was re-
ported to the Hammond police Sew
eral hours later, a railroad employe
saw the same man walking the tracks
near Lake Station and he also was
struck with the similarity Of the two.
He also reported the matter to the po-
lice and he was asked to apprehend
the man and hold him until the ar
rival of the officers from Hammond.
Accordingly, the local police went to
the scene in hurry with the automo-
bile and it is expected that he will be
brought along on the return trip. and
will be presented to the young girl for
identification.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-10
BELT LINE OPEN
TO EVERY ROAD
Official of Vanderbilt Lines
Says I. H. Road is Not
For Coercion.

The Indiana Harbor Belt railroad is
not different from any other belt line.
1t will have business relations with
every line entering in Chicago all the
industries along its tracks. the pack
ing houses, and the public generally.
The New York Central lines will not be
given preferred service; as a matter of
fact. the belt line could not exist solely
on the business Of the New York Cen
trail lines"
This statement was made yesterday
by prominent official of the New York
Central lines when discussing the fu-
ture attitude of the belt line.
The requirement. of full control of the
outside belt lines heretofore operated
by the Chicago Junction railroad and
merged into the Indiana Harbor Belt
road will not. it is claimed. make any
difference in the management other
than an effort to provide better service.
The statement the Vanderbilt interests
would use the road for coersive pur-
poses was fatty denied. I'm a nutshell
the Vanderbilt interest gained fun con
troll Of what heretofore they only par
TALLY controlled ana under the condi-
tions Of a ninety-nine year lease may
purchase eighteen miles Of road if II
desires.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-10
NOW WORKING
IN ILLINOIS
Horse Thieves Shift Scene
of Operation Across State
Line--J in Blue Island

The operations of the gang OF horse
thieves shifted last evening from Indi-
ana TO Illinois. and the section OF Blue
Island was the scene. This time the
thieves did not wait TO hire the rig
but boldly broke open the door and
cody harnessed the horse. went around
TO the carriage shed and hitched the
animal into fine runabout and drove
away.
The loser was John Elliott OF Blue
Island. and he slept the sleep OF the
just while the crooks relieved him Of
his property. He did not lock the barn
when he went TO bed but left q section
Of the door open to cool of the barn
When he awoke IN the morning he
found the barn door wide open and
on investigation found that his out
1T had disappeared He Immediately
reported the matter to the police. and
the officers at Hammond were informed
Of the robbery. as it was thought that
the thieves were heading this way
with the team
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-10
Leave Cleveland Today and
are Due to Pass Through
Hammond on Friday.
STRETCH OF GOOD ROADS
Speed Through Towns Regulated and
Route To Be Efficiently
Policed.

There off at Cleveland" is the cry
today of the motor enthusiasts the
country over. and early this morning
eighty-one touring cars and runabouts
entered in the grind swung out from
the starting point, at the HoIlenden
hotel on Superior avenue, accompanied
by hundreds of machines of local en-
thusiasts and the Glidden Tourists
were on their way. From the time of
the starting this morning, until July
q, when they swing into New York
City, the entrants will have a busy
time of it, and events will be crowded
into every minute that they are on
the road.
Cleveland was awake early in antic-
ipaton of the start and the Hollenden
hotel presented a busy scene. The
contestants We're taking the final look
at the machinery and everything about
the almost human vehicles before the
gong rang for the start. Hundreds of
friends and rooters We're about with
all sorts and kinds of machines from
Red Devil" to a dinky little runabout
or a home made affair.
And such a bedlam of noises that
come from every kind of a horn manu-
factured. There was the "honR
honk' of the hand bulb tooter and the
semi-muscial tremble Of the steam ar
rangement to warn pedestrians from
the path. to say nothing of the cleo
tric bell of the smaller electrical run
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-10
KITCHEN DOOR WORKERS.
CLOSED FROM WINDSOR PARK
Mysterious Actions Arouse SusDfcio,s
of Residents and Game is Nipped

Two alert Windsor Parkites deserve
thanks from the residents for shad
owing and apprehending two sneak
thieves yesterday. Two stvlishlv
dressed young men alighted from an
I. G. train at noon and inquired where
the best residences We're. and intimated
as plausible excuse that they wanted
TO hire a servant girl Their suspi-
cious action in going separately to the
rear entrances Of different houses, and
doing lot Of beckoning to each other
and making signs. did not appeal ia
vorably TO one householder. After be-
ing shadowed for two hours IN earnest
endeavors 10 do something or some
body, the thieves were accosted and
told TO get out Of town
A policeman was a scarce article un-
til too late to be Of service
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-10
= . = = . . = . . . ~%%~~~A~S

Whlie the pure food inspector was in
town the other day and was roasting
the butcher. the baker ana tho candle
stick maker. three people were lying
deathly sick near Highlands as a re-
suit or ptomaine poisoning.
some time ago Mrs. John Typ .ho
iiVes on farm near Highlands. bought
some drief beef from the village gro
Ger. She took it home and II was serv-
ed that morning for breakfast.
little later in the day one or the
neighoors happened in the house and
round Mrs Typ lying on the floor
deathly sick and partly unconscious.
The neishbor was frightened and ran
through the house in an effort to find
the rest Of the family.
Finds Another Sick.
To her surprise she found one or the
boys who was also apparently in his
death agonies as result OF poisontne
The frightened woman then rushed to
the held 10 see II there was not some
one there who could go for helm ana
there she found a second son. who was
also stricken with the deadly poison
and was unconscious.
The woman than went TO the nearest
neighbor and there telephoned to Ham
mond where DR.. Kelly was sunmanea.
When the doctor reached the farm he
found the whole family in a critical
condition and Immediately gave them
the necessary antidotes
The two boys were induced to vomit
and they soon recovered. but it is said
that Mrs. Typ is still very low. Tho
doctor made an investigation and found
that the whole family had been made
III by ptomaine poisoning as a result
or eating putrid dried beef
As the meat had been purchased
from a Highland grocer. IL was easv
70 trace it and the rest of the nieha
was destroyed
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-10
MEASLES EPIDEMIC IN LANSING
-Four New Cases Reported Today in
the Illinois Village.

The epidemic OF measles throughout
Lansing is still on in full swing and
four new cases are reported today, the
latest victims being Louis HalStead.
aged nine, Arthur Vanderburg and
James Scott. a farmer. SIS years old.
who in his younger days escaped the
disease.
Lily. the seven-year-oId daughter of
AIR. and Mrs. Fred Schultz. is also
seriously III with the disease and her
parents are worried as 10 her recovery.
During the siege OF measles through
out Lansing and the surrounding ter
ritory Afr, and Mrs, Schultz have lost
TWO children within the last four
weeks ard now that the only child they
have left Is i'll. the mother is frantic.
fearing tha little girl will be taken
from them.