The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-09


noon. Their work leaves a much more
convenient arrangement for Captain
Norton and his work as well as that of
Cashier Lyman.
The town trustees are holding their
special meeting this afternoon, going
over the balance of the building ordi-
nance.
Constable Chambers and Deputy
Marshal Jenkins took the cavalcade of
five prisoners to Crown Point yester-
day morning.
Attorney Call prosecuted the case of
the man who did the shooting last
night near Jozef Galik's saloon. One
of the officers shot at a dog that was
running toward them not far from
the saloon and the man who was board
ing at Galik's, stuck a double barrelled
shotgun out Of the door and fired both
barrels. The officers brought in both
saan and gun and he pleaded guilty
yesterday morning to the charge.
Feuer Bros. of Cleveland, o., came on
this morning to meet with Referee in
Bankruptcy John o. Bowers of Ham
mond Attorney Frank n. Gavit of
Whiting and Mr. Costello of Chicago,
relative to the planning Of their build
ings on Broadway, between tho pro-
posed syndicate building and the ho-
tel building. They own together 200
feet on Broadway and expect to plan
a building of uniform design and con-
struction. This plan OF construction is
meeting with favor among a number
Of the purchasers along Broadway and
will go far toward making beautiful
buildings of the several business blocks
in the different parts of the city, some
thing that can but rarely be said of
business blocks in any other place.
The First National bank people have
already ordered their temporary fix
lures and expect to be ready to do bust
ness in a couple Of weeks now. They
will do a general banking business and
will prove material aid in relieving
conditions here on account of the lack
of a bank.
Albert Bormann Of Hobart, came over
this afternoon for a short visit. He
and his brother Otto. are pushing the
erection of their building at Tenth
avenue and Broadway They expect to
have disposition made at an early date
of the suit involving their property
the plaintiffs having come to the con-
clusion that they would gain more by
suing for damages rather than specific
performance. the ground on which the
first suit was brought.
different lines of work is much the
same as it has been for several days.
Work on the plant site continues I'M
hindered as we'll on a large part of the
work on the town site, the strikes af-
fecting but certain parts of the work
on the contracts on the town site. In
fact a large number of the people here
know nothing OF there being a strike
on at any part of the work. showing
how little 1t is really felt, save by
those directly involved.
Attorney Heart is just now patting
himself on the back so to speak. and
Incidentally two Italians who were
tried on charge OF being drunk have
been released, the verdict which the
jury brought in having been set aside.
Luke and Steve Kobloch were arrested
saturday evening anu put III JAIL Tie
charge being drunkenness. Charles
Flagg of Prosecutor Boone's office at
Hammond, came over yesterday morn
ing to assist Attorney Barden in the
handling of the cases. When the case
of the Kobloch brothers was called,
their attorney, Gus Heart asked for a
jury and agreed to the taking of six
men. Six men were brought in and
the trial proceeded. no defense being
made whatever. The jury were charged
by Judge Fitzgerald and within three
minutes brought in a verdict of guilty
assessing the fine at 81 and costs.
Then Attorney Heart took advantage Of
the part of the statute which denies a
man on trial on criminal charge the
right to waive the number of jurors
who shall sit on his case, it being
mandatory that twelve Jurors be called.
The prisoners were declared free after
Judge Fitzgerald set aside the verdict.
The attorneys in charge Of the prosecu-
ton are OF the firm belief that they
will never be caught mapping again.