The Lake County times., 1908-06-13
WILD SCENES
AT The Mill
Shots Are Fired and Men
Jump From Second
Story Window to
Escape.

The Portable Athletic Club, the mi
gaSorx organization of fight fans came
to grief IN Burnham last night.
John Patton, the "Boy Mayor" of
Burnham, put the crfmp In the Por-
tables good and strong.
1t WIS the widest night for "thrilIs"
and excitement that the village of
Burnaam has lever experienced.
Fifty fans were "pinched' and spent
the night In the temporary Jail, which
vns nothing more thnn the big hall
nbOve the saloon of John ThuIin. Fifty
arrests were made aud they were
marked by sensational features, such
az the fear-stricken fight-Iovers Jump
Ing from the second story windows.
Joseph Matchex, the Mexican ex-cOn-
stable of Btarnhani, emptIed his re-
voIyer at the escaping men 10 capture
the fugtfiyea and in one case Matchez
shot the straw hat from one of the
neefnE fans. BedraggIed fans got into
svamps nHd sfQugsSs I'm their efKerts to
escaps and Some blew into Hammond
this morning looking for trains.
THE POLICE WE'RE ACTIVE.
Any time you think you can fool
NnC 6uElHSAlAf CtAAStIU0A4NS SO0 AA~-N
another think coming. The affair had
been widely hernIded but it was be-
lieved that it would be pulled on some
where In Lake county, Indiana.
Jen 0sConneII and Kid Taylor, two
Chicago lightweight puGs were booked
for a ten round preliminary to bat
tie royal among four negroes. None
OF the bouts were pulled off since the
arrests were so timed to catch all
the victims when they were I'm the
HAL.
OF the fifty who were arrested there
was a gOOdly representation of the
stockyards district, including Cal Har-
ris, manager of the club. Harris, like
the rest. was placed under arrest and
nfter being put under $500 bonds which
was requested from him, he Travelled to-
ward Chicago this morning to find re-
lief I'm the way of fine money for the
club members.
Don't Want to Stay In Jail.
None of the other club members
were able to secure bonds and conse-
QuentIy they spent the night sitting
in the windows or lying on the floor
and the canvass on the ring. few
of the more venturesome chaps jumped
from the second story windows and
made their escape in the dark. The
place this morning presented a YER
table hell-hole. Marshall Finneran
was one of the busiest men in town
to keep his squad of some twenty
deputies in line to maintain order
among the prisoners.
They were a good-natured set, but
drunk. and dressed up for fair. None
of them seemed to be worried for they
all banked on Cal Harris to bring the
fines from Chicago.
At 10 o'clock those who were sober
enough to see out of one eye. planned
to plead guilty to disorderly conduct
and get off with a light fine. Judge
Hunter. the redoutable Justice of the
peace of Burnham. was on deck to pass
out the fines, but Marshall Finneran,
who was finding trouble to guard all
his unruly prisoners in the temporary
jail, was for. marching them to West
Hammond.
Joe There With the Gun.
In the group of drinkers and those
that stood about in the saloon of Thu
lin, was Joe Matchez, the Mexican
He was conspicuous for his long, lanky
body and his swarthy skin. There
was a sinister look about his face as
he toyed with his beer glass, leaning
against the bar, leaving a big Colt
revolver protruding from his hip pock-
ct This very Joe Matchez an ex-con-
stable had helped In putting up the
ring which by the way is said to be
owned by Johnny Patton and his
brother Trustee Patton, but when the
word went around last night that
everybody in the place was under ar
rest and one fan more nervy than the
others. had the nerve to jump from the
second story window, ne gave chase
and fired his miniature cannon and
skied the strak hat from the sport
John Thulin. the proprietor of the
saloon, was up in the air and the
Boy Mayor was the master of the
situation.
Can't Figure Out the Dope.
The "spinorts" were sadly puzzled
Great Gosh" said one of them to a
husky gladiator from McCarthy's old
stockyard district, when did Gov