The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-03
Chicagoan Attacked by Inmates of
Auto and Robbed on Lonely
Sand Stretch.
VICTIMS CLOTHES FOUND HACKED TO PIECES
Stripped to Underwear; and Locked in Empty House
From Which He Escapes by Jumping From
Window-Begs Clothes.

One of the most daring cases OF kid
mapping and robbery ever reported In
this section came to light this morn
ing, when Henry NJ. Bay of 5519 Mon
roe avenue, Chicago, was forced at the
point Of a gun TO get into an auto
mobile and was brought to the untn-
habited locality on the sand dunes near
the Standard Steel Car works, and rob
bed of $3.50 and his clothes. He was
then imprisoned in a vacant cottage
nearby and told that If he left the place
lie would be shot Clad only in his un-
derclothes he escaped by jumping from
a window, and begging enough clothes
to cover him, from nearby boarding
house, he made his way to the HAM
mond police station at 1915 this morn
ing where he told his strange story to
Captain Bundle
At an early hour this morning the
local police went out to investigate
his story and found the mans clothes,
torn and soiled in a vacant held, and
also found the vacant cottage as de-
scribed by the man. There was no
trace of the money.
The story told by Bay reads almost
like a romance and would have been
given little credit by the authorities
but for the finding of the clothes and
the other clews which corresponded
with his story.
| Bay states that he was walking
along Fifty sixth street near the Illi-
nois Central railroad tracks when an
automobile containing four men. drew
up to the sidewalk just behind him
One of the men alighted and running
up to him, put a revolver to his head
to-
machine. Fearful for his life he did
as he was bid and a bag was at once
thrown over his head, preventing any
outcry The machine was then started
up and Bay says that he seemed to be
riding for several hours. The next
thing that he remembers was when the
bag was lifted and the gun again
placed to his head, in a dark place
where the light from the auto lamps
and a dim glare from a distant street
light showed that he was on a sand
dune with only a low cottage nearby.
He was commanded to disrobe which
he did with the gun at his head. After
he had taken off the clothes, he was
taken to the cottage where the four
men entered with him, and without
saying hardly a word except to give
him instructions, they went through his
pockets and robbed him of the $3.50
which he carried in an inside pocket.
After doing this the man with the gun
told him that If he tried to escape from
the cottage he would be shot by guards
who were stationed around the house.
Waiting until he thought the men had
departed from the scene he jumped
from a window which he forced open
and shivering with the cold and wet
with the rain he prowled around until
he saw a light in a house.
The place was the boarding house of
w. r. Flemming on Columbia avenue
and there he told his story and asked
for a suit of clothes. One Of the men
gave him a pair of overhauls and jump
er and an old pair of shoes and thus
garbed he was directed to a car. The
conductor brought the man to the local
police station where he was given
money to pay his fare to Chicago.
The police started an investigation
this morning and found the main part
of the mans story to be correct. The
clothes were found in vacant lot and
were covered partially with sand The
shoes and stockings together with the
hat were missing. The coat and pants
were torn and looked as though they
/, had been ripped with a knife They
were wet and soiled from The exposure
TO the storm and the pockets were
turned inside out. The cottage also
showed that it had been entered The
clothes were Of good texture and con
, sisted of a black English walking coa1
and pair of stripped trousers. There
were also tracks of several men neal
the scene although the police could fnC
no trace of the auto tracks.
Bay departed for his home in Chicago
at an early hour after telling his story
and asked the police to keep the affail
quiet The mans father lives at 640i
Wentworth avenue and he was notified
by the Englewood police through tn
Hammond officers. The local polic'
, will have Mr.. Bay return to Hammon'
tc identify the clothes and the cottage
Bay is a Chicago business man and /
is said that this is the second attemp
made to kidnap him. The other attemp
did not succeed
$ Bay was in a bad condition after hi
thrilling escapade and was very thank
full 10 have escaped with his life.
I He stated that there were four mel
in the automobile. which was a BIZ
touring car a dark red color. as nea
, as he could judge. He stated that thre
+ OF the men were arrayed IN automobfl
suits and wore leather caps. The othe
man. was the one who used the gu