The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-07
POLICE ARE
OUTWITTED
City of Traverse Sports
Landed Safely in
Whiting.
SIX ARRESTS ARE MADE
Amusing Scenes as Sports Hike Along
the Shingle at Standard Oil
City Last Evening.

fuIly one hundred and seventy five
sports braved the wrath of Chief Ship
py and his gambling squad yesterday,
and although the latter tried every
means to land the bunch behind the
bars, they were outwitted by the man
ayers of the enterprise. Six men were
landed by the police, four having been
arrested as the Robert E. Burke pull
ed into the Ninety fourth street slip
at o'clock and the other two arrest
ed as they came into Illinois on a
train from Whiting, Ind.
The four men arrested on the first
return trip of the consort were not
aboard the City of Traverse at any
time and were passengers of the tug.
picked up at Indiana Harbor and
brought through to South Chicago.
The police took them into custody.
however. and they were brought to the
Harrison street station where Johnny
Burns, one of the members of the man
ayers association went their bonds and
they were bailed out Immediately.
Trip Was Test.
The sailing of the City of Traverse
yesterday was more OF a test case than
a regular trip of the boat. Early
in the day. acting under the advice of
the attorney for the coeterie in charge.
the City Of Traverse pulled out from
the Rock Island slip and anchored
about two miles outside of South Chi
cago In Indiana waters. The Robert z.
Burke collected the first load of pas
sengers, which included about fifteen
men in plain clothes from Chief Ship
py's office under Sergeant Phil Miller.
The men were known to the manage
ment of the craft and were allowed
the privileges accorded to the regular
customers. ON the first trip out the
Burke nearly collided with grain
steamer and came so close that the
men aboard feared that the trip would
end badly. The second trip brought
another bunch of sports and then the
game began. After the bunch got
aboard the Traverse there was little
betting as a result of the number of
policemen standing around though the
regulars were not scared and the re-
suits were posted as usual. About 4:30
Ben Hyman announced that the first
return trip on the Robert r. Burke
would be made, and the landing would
be made at the Rock Island slip. Hy
man went along with the boat and six
policemen crowded aboard with about
five of the sports.
Arrests Made at Landing.
When the Burke came up the Calu-
met river a large audience awaited the
landing Of the sports The six officers
spotted the passengers of the boat on
the inward trip, but failed to notice
that four men were already on the
boat as 1t pulled alongside of the City
cent manner prepared to land at the
slip. The captain of the Burke back
| ed his boat around into such a position
| that 1t did not touch the land, and the
four men who were going ashore had
to Jump off, and when they did so the
| officers aboard followed suit and witt
the SQUAD on shore Immediately placed
the men under arrest. The four mer
who were taken from the City of Ira
verse with Ben Hyman stayed aboard
the Burke and the trip back to the
| city of Traverse was started. A land
| ing was effected on the long pier run
ming near the mouth of the Calume
river and the four sports jumped
ashore and arrived safely in Soutl
Chicago, the police being busy on th'
slip.
When
Of Traverse, Bud White made little
speech to the men aboard. thanking
1 them for their gameness in coming K
the festivities in face Of the obstacles
thrown up by the police. and said tha
the next landing would be made in In
diana. He stated that every person ar
rested would be taken care of by tn
/ management and that the return tril
on the Burke and on the train woul'
be paid for by them also. He state'
that the police could not ride free
however. and that they would be al
lowed to stay on the City OF Trayers
and would be landed in South Chicago
Sergeant Miller. however, would hav
none of this and said that he woul
take his squad on the Burke and pa.
the fare of ten cents for each man. AT
ter an argument this was done and III
gang Of sports. reporters. mana ger
and policemen We're landed on pip
line outside Of Whiting where. in singl
file they tramped along the narrow wall
and hoofed ii along the railroad track
to the Whiting station OF the LAX
shore railroad.
Long Hike For Them
Some OF the gang feared that arrest
/ would be made If they took the traf
TO Chicago with the officers. and at 6 i
p m. they started a hike across tn
: country of Indiana. Several policeme
were sent in their wake and they 70
lowed them around. but up TO late la.
2 night none OF them had crossed IN,
E Illinois and the police returned. tire
: out. Many OF them lived in Harmon
$ Whiting. Indiana Harbor and 9th,