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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11
PARADE
BIG DRAWING CARD
Presbyterian Church is Ben
Gifted by Musical
Performance.
BUSINESS MEN TAKE ROLES
Postmaster W. H. Gostlin and A.
M. Turner Help to Make the
operetta Great Success.
BUSINESS MEN take ROLES

A most enjoyable entertainment was
given last Saturday evening at the
Towle opera house, under the auspices
of the Ladies Aid OF the First Presby-
tcrian church.
The affair was entitled the Pedler's
Parade and it was in once scene show
ing a group of street characters, all of
whom gave specialties that pleased
large audience and called forth hearty
encores. There were 3S members on
the program and there was plenty of
variety in them, some of the leading
specialties were given by Hammond
people of much prominence in local
life and the entertainment from begin
ming to end was one of much enjoy
ment w. H. Gostlin. ST., as the German
sausage vender, made his debut as an
actor and ELECTED much favorable COM
ment; A. NJ. Turner, president of the
First National bank, as a veteran of
the Civil war, surprised even his ad-
mirers with the display of rhetorical
ability.
Mrs. Louise Werner, whose recitation
was one of the hits of the evening,
charmed the audience with the number
she gave, and little Miss Eltessa EN-
merling did wonderfully well for her
tender years. Raymond Zoll did a fine
character bit, and Mrs. f. I. Ellick
Irish Apple Woman" was loudly ap-
p1auded. All the chorus numbers came
In for their share of appreciation, the
High School Sextette by Misses Bauer,
Thum, Meikle, Collins, Shea, Dickover,
and Messrs. Bridge. Elliott, Meyn, Ken
nedy, Minard and Edwards getting five
five eneores. The Newsboys' Chorus
and the Tamborine girls did stunts that
won loud acclaim. Mrs. Peter Crum-
packer made a big hit as a pie vender.
Mrs NJ f. Bridge sang the Geisha girl
song in her inimitable way and DR.. T..
w. Oberlin's Characterization as a
corn doctor was very well done Mrs.
Frank Hammond in pretty costume
recited The Gypsy Fotune Teller, part
splendidly. Much credit is due Mr.. and
Mrs. S. P. Wiley, who put on the
Parade" and the church will be
greatly benefited financially by the
performance which was full of local
hits and allusions. There were nearly
hundred in the cast of characters,
after the performance a number of
things were sold on the stage for the
benefit of the church. The Ladies Aid
society wishes to thank all the per-
formers for their help in making the
novel event such success.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11
WORKING WITH SPIRIT.
Committee Appointed by
Business Mems Club
Getting Busy.

Judging from the letters that have
been received by e. F. Johnston sec
retary of the Hammond Business Mems
club, those who have been appointed
by the president of the club at the last
directors meeting will enter into their
work with a spirit.
No one of the men appointed on the
various committees has refused to work
and with such. spirit the directors
feel confident that something can be
accomplished.
A letter has been received by the
secretary asking him to notify the
transportation committee to attend the
Illinois Manufacturers convention which
will be held in Chicago this week, on
Wednesday. The transportation COM
mittee is composed of John E. Fitz-
gerald, Hugh Meikle and w. B. Conkey.
Otto Knoerzer, one of the directors, is
in Michigan City today, where he is in
conference with several business men
who are looking about for factory
site. Mr.. Knoerzer is in Michigan City
as representative of the club.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11
EVANGELIST BEGINS I
FIGHT AGAINST HATS
One Lady Unable to Take
Off Her. Hat Leaves
The Church.

When attendants at the First Baptist
church revival got in their pews last
night thew were confronted by a sign
which bore the legend. Leave your
Hats at Home"
Among the church ssoers was Mrs. J.
w. Smith, who last week had the mis-
fortune to fall and break her float
ing rib. She was not entirely re-
covered and could not raise her arm
She was ushered to a front seat where
she could read the sign but was un-
able to comply with the request.
When Evangelist Kirkland got up
TO address the congregation he said
I'll take as my text. Remove your
hats or go home -. Unable to do the
one, Mrs. Smith decided to do the other
and left the church. and the evangelist
to his victory.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11
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The hand of death is raised over
Lake county. Murders, suicide and dis
appearances have occurred with such
alarming frequency and are clouded in
so much mystery, that a review OF
them is enough to strike terror into
the hearts of the bravest and lead the
thinking man to wonder if there is not
some murderous band at work whose
fiendish crimes will not rival those of
Mrs. Guinness and the other arch MUIR
derers of history.
The latest and most peculiar of the
mysteries involving the life and death
of human being is that of the find
ing of the body of young girl in the
cemetery lot of Phillip Schneider at
Lake Station
Some time ago the body of Joseph
Schneider, one of the well known resi-
rents Of the little village, was found
headless on knoll a mile or so away
from town.
Schneider had threatened to commit
suicide and so the friends and family
of the deceased We're not surprised al
though they were Mortified when Phil
lips body was found.
young man by the name of SAM
uel Akers who was employed to dig
the grave, and started to excavate over
the spot where the body of Schneider's
father had been buried. but which had
been vacated when the body was dis
inferred and moved to a place at the
head of the family monument
Akers had not removed much of the
dirt when his shovel struck some
boards at a depth of four feet he dis
covered the skeleton OF a young wom-
an The decomposition of the flesh
had been complete and there was moth
ing but the bones and a small part Of
the dress.
On the dress were some pearl but
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11
FIVE STRANGE CASES
TO BE UARAvELED
The Disappearance of One Man,
Deaths of Three Other Men and
One Woman, Makes an Unparallel-
ed List of Crime and Mystery To
Be Solved By County Authorities.
FIVE MYSTERIES
sTARTLE COUNTY.

1.-The disentegrated body OF a
young girl was found last week
i'm Lake Station, a pearl buttoned
rosary lying across the chest and
the skull gr1nnfng in a mass of
auburn hair.
2-Robert Boyle, an engineer,
disappeared from home on 81.
Patrick's day. He was IS years
old and a man of good habits.
He resided with his family at 25
West State street and since HIS
disappearance his wife has been
left ON her own resources. Boyle
was a Mason and Odd Fellow
strenuous efforts OF the members
of these orders to locate him
have been unavaiIinR.
) 3--@Fhe besEy OF an unfdent3z
fed nan was found In n sand
5 pit two and half miles from
Gary, May 8, by Fred yhftrnore
and John Simons. Beside him
was a blood stained cudgeI with
which 1t is supposed he was
kiIsed. All efforts of the Gary
police to locate the murders
proved unavafling and the case
will undoubtedly remain one of
Lake county's unsoIved murder
mysteries.
4-The body OF an unidentified
man WAS recovered from the
Calumet river by Marshal Ed
ward KiOpf of Miller, May s,
after his clothes had been
found on the banks of the
stream. The mans death Is sup
posed to have been the result
of murder conspiracy. The
body was nude and the many
footprints on the banks Of the
rfv1r indicate that the man may
have been fOrcibly drowned.
5-About two weeks ago the
headless and badly decomposed
body of Joseph Schneider, a pio-
neer settler OF Lake Station,
was found In a patch of scrub
oak on a hillside half a mile east
of the village. He had repeat
edly threatened to commit sui
eide and that was ascribed az
the cause of his death. There
Is, however, some question aa
to whether the case was suicide
or murder.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11
HANDSOME JOB WORK
FROM TIMES PRINTERY.
Woman's Club Program Elicits Much
Favorable Comment Today.

Among the many big jobs which
job department during the past few
days is the yearbook of the Hammond
Woman's club. The little volume which
was put in circulation today has
aroused much favorable comment
among club women ard others. The
program for the Pedlers Parade, the
Lake superior court docket and the
Chicago Telephone company's directory
are the evidences just out that the
job department of THE TIMES is husr-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11
IMPOSSIBLE TO
DIG AMONG RUINS
New and Startling Developments
Arouse Authorities to Pitch Of
Action and Lamphere's Connection
With the Crimes May Soon Be
Firmly Established.
NEW SENSATION
IN GUINNESS HORROR.
sneciaI to The Times.l

Especial to The Tfmes.)
LaP0rte, Ind, May II, 3 p. m.
/. Ono OF the biggest sensations
yet developed I'm the story OF
y GUINNESS, the oGTess came to
A1ight this afternoon.
George Anderson, TarkiO, mo-,
escaped death at the Guinness
2 farm because he had NO money.
Once when a resident OF Mon
tlofh, Mich, he answered an ad-
verf1sement and came to La
: Porte to marry Mrs. Guinness.
She asked him to sell his farm
and bring the money. BE re-
turned to MOntteth and back
to LaPorfe ON the following
sxezk He didn't advise her he
was cokn1ng and found man
with MRS. Guinness, who he be-
neves was Ray Lamphere. He
avv0Hxe i'm the middle OF the
night and found the woman
standing over him with a knife.
She ran out of the room. He left
immediately. Anderson will ar
rive tonight and attempt to
identify Lamphere as the man
he saw at Mrs. Guinness home.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11
SAD ENDING TO
HAMMOND VISIT.

Mrs. John Freezer of Lawton, Ind,
who came to Hammond to visit with
relatives on Indiana avenue. died yes
terday morning at the hospital, her
death being due to pneumonia.
The deceased is % years old and
leaves a husband.
Mrs. Freezer, having formerly lived
in Crown Point, the remains will be
sent there tomorrow morning for in
terment
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11
WILL BE BURIED TOMORROW.

The funeral of Fred Kuhlman who
died last Saturday at his home in Ken
wood avenue will take place tomor-
row afternoon. Services will take
place tomorrow at o'clock at the
house, after which the remains will be
taken to Oak Hill cemetery for inter
ment
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11

The morbid curiosity of $4,000 peo
pie led them to make the trip all the
way from Chicago, Hammond, Whiting,
East Chicago, Crown Point, Gary, Go
shen, Valparaiso, Michigan City, and a
dozen other smaller cities to the Gun
ness farm at Laporte, where they filled
their eyes," as one Hoosier woman ex-
pressed it, with the horrible sights
which met their gaze"
They came into Laporte on excursion
trains, in carriages, by interurbans and
on foot, and at the port of missing
men," as the Guinness farm has come
to be known, they picnicked for the
day and apparently enjoyed themselves
immensely.
Digging for more bodies was out of
the question, for if the men had been
put to work it would have been i'm
possible for the sheriff to keep back
the surging thousands and keep them
from tumbling into the excavation.
In fact, it was all the sheriff could
do to keep the people from carrying
away everything on the farm in their
effort to take souvenirs away with
them.
Wanted to Carry OF Souvenirs.
Sheriff Shutter and Deputies Marr
and Ansliss stood guard all day to
prevent the debris in the cellar of the
house from being carried off by the
bagfuI.
Digging for more bodies was out of
the question. The sightseers would
have swamped all attempts to conduct
excavations. As 1t was, women. clawed
at the little red carriage house which
has become the repository of the dis
membered bodies.
They stuck their fingers in the cracks
and wrenched in an attempt to pry
them apart far enough to see inside
and feed their curiosity
Men boosted each other to the win
dow in the end of the structure and
gazed at the bodies until others be-
hind pushed them from their places
to make room for other gazers.
Several times during the day the
. doors were opened and the spectators
filed in line" past the door, through
which could be seen the bodies and
from which exuded terrible stencil.
Horrible MOrbidness Displayed.
Members of churches mingled with
the demimonde in struggling for views
of the pits from which the bodies were
taken last week, and babes Of a few
months sat neglected in their little
carriages while fathers and mothers
+, bought postcards bearing pictures AZ
which Dore might have stood aghast.
Postals of Helgelein's body all
gone" announced a vender Sold 'em
all, but 1 got some good ones left of
the other bodies"
This is just the way this body laid"
announced another man with a bundle
of horrible pictures. You see the head
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11

Councilman John G. Becker of Ham
mond last Saturday received the nomi-
nation in the democratic primaries for
trustee of North township, while Fred
Krost of Hammond, the only candi-
date for assessor, received that nomi-
nation.
The total official vote will be count
ed this evening in the democratic club
rooms in Hammond at o'clock.
According to telephone returns last
Saturday the total vote cast for John
Becker was 67s, giving him a majority
of "a over his nearest rival, John c.
Proh1.
The finish fight lay between Becker
and Prohl and there was nobody last
Saturday before the polls opened that
would predict victory for either one
of the two.
Some Disappointment expressed.
A larger vote was expected for frost,
Ebert and Reilley, they having entered
the race with much fuss and feathers
Reilley was the first to announce his
candidacy and looked like a winner in
the beginning, but toward the end he
admitted that he was not working very
hard.
When Becker and Prohl announced
themselves all indications pointed to a
three cornered fight among the coun-
cilmen, the ex-councilman and the
deputy sheriff, James frost.
Prohl carried Whiting by a large ma
jority over his competitors and this
part of the township was practically
conceded to him three weeks before
the primaries.
There is Joy in the Hammond demo-
cratic camp over the defeat of Patrick
Reilley. Reilley did not have the sup
port of the machine because he was
known to be openly against Mayor
Becker in the last campaign. Mayor
Becker disclaims any part in the fight,
saying that he was compelled to keep
out of it because his cousin was in
the race.
Only Hammond Man In Race.
East Chicago and Indiana Harbor
having had two candidates who with
drew and they cared, very little which
way the nomination would fall, being
confident that any of the five eandi-
dates. who were all Hammond men,
could fill the office well If they were
elected.
The democratic clubrooms in Ham
mond were packed to oyerfiowing last
Saturday night by visitors who had
come to hear the returns.
The total vote cast last Saturday
compared with that of the republican
primaries. falls short 1,401 votes. The
republican total was 3,2SS.
Becker. aside from Prohl is counted
on as the man who can put up the best
fight against Sam Abalman, the repub-
lican nominee. and the race between the
two candidates promises to be a warm
one to the finish.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11
WET WEATHER
AGAIN BRINGS BLUES.

Hammond was after a most beautiful
Sunday, again visited by black and low
ering clouds today. These let forth
several good-sized rain storms and ac-
centuated the storm that has fallen on
the farmers on account of the bad
~eather of the last few days.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11
I TOWNS WIPED OUT
ESPECIAL TO TIMEs.)

MEMPHIS, TENN, MAY IL, P. VI.
A MESSAGE CAME TO THIS CITY
THIS AFTERNOON TO THE EFFECT
THAT A TORNADO HAD SWEPT
OVER OKLAHOMA THIS NOON AND
THAT SEVEN TOWNS HAD BEEN
PRACTICALLY WIPED OUT, CAUSING
IMMENSE Loss OF LIFE AND UN-
TOLD DAMAGE.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11
BURIED AT OAK HILL CEMETERY

The remains of Ernest Schutt of 24S
Oakley avenue were laid to rest yester-
day afternoon at Oak Hill cemetery.
Services We're held at the house and
at the German Lutheran church by
Rev. Theodore Claus, pastor of the
church.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11
NOTICE TO ALL MASQNS

There will be an important Masonic
meeting at the Masonic Temple to-
night to which all Masons who are
active are invited to be present.
Especially are all knights TempIars
urged to be present as the meeting is
one that concerns them deeply.
Come out every man.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11
Alderman John G. Becker is
Nominated For Trustee of
North Township at Excit-
ing Primaries Saturday
BY a Small Margin.
JOHN /. PROHL
RUNS GREAT RACE

1887 Votes Are Cast at Democratic
Primaries and Democrats Are
Highly Pleased at the Township
Ticket They Have Put Up for
the Voters.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-11

Showers and thunder
storms tonight and pos
sIhIy Tuesday; mild tenn
perature.
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THE VOTE.
TABLE OFF rABULArED VOTE.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20
Thar I Set. Hopin' Lobsters
Was Biggern Oysters.

We'll, what do you want, anyway? he jerks out
Want to see MIR. Palmer. Got some particular
business with him says |:
Sorry, sir Says he; Mr.. Palmer amt around this
time of day. Is your business with him private!
reckon she are private, says l. Want to
see him an find out eff l kin git to stay all night
in this yere hotel of hisn.'
An l reckon about that time that thar smart
aleck must thought of somethin' power ul funny
thatd happened lately for right thar he broke Ike
laughed till he like to died. When fin lily he comes
to, he up an says: =,
why sometimes attend to business like that
your name down there An he whirls round in
front of me big book that 'peared to have lot of
other fellers names in. She shore looked spiclous
Now here, Mr. Man! My name don't draw
no big lot of money; but she shorely don't get
fastened to any dokyments don't sabe.'
Then that dod-burned idiot thought O some
thin else dod-blamed funny he lights in laughin'
agn till he nigh bursts. When he gifts out o his
system all the laugh she CANT hold easy he tells
me the big book is jist nothin but tally they use
to count you in when you comes to stay to the
hotel an to count you out when you goes That
didn't look unreasonable to me, l says:
Son, she goes.
An when he hands me writin' tool not noticin'
she want pencil l sticks her in my mouth to git
her ready to write good, an gifts my dod-burned
mouth full of ink reckon faint all out yet; an
while | was writin in the book Stonewall Jackson
Kip, Deadman Ranch Nebraska, Mr.. Man he slips
off behind big safe and empties out few more
laughs he couldn't git to hold longer. An does
you know, OF man. this mornin' l been gittin'
sort of 'spicion that Palmer pker was laughin
at inkin my mouth, maybe. Blamed lucky
didn't see it them I'd shore loaded him few!
WALL, when Mr.. Man had got done examnin
" my turkey tracks in the book. he gifts key, an
comes back. hits bell, an hoers. 'FRONT.' Then
one O. them little solder-button fellers comes runnn
an the piker passes him the key an sings OUT
49, Gentleman to I4o2!
The kid, he makes dive for my sack But
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20

mos everybody has unusual lot of laugh in EN-
back thar
Wall, bein' dod-burned hungry. an alowin' I'd
have bang-up feed. an rernemberin' you Yankees
talkin' on the roundup bout what slick eatin:
Holsters makes, tells the coon to bring me dozen
Holsters an cup of coffee.
CIV what's dat YOU say, boss? How many
Holsters does you WANT says the coon.
a plumb dozen, you black hash-snger! says
l, an hump yourself P,onfo; tor my tapeworm's
hoerin' for fodder!
OF slides Mr. Coon, lookin at me sort O scared
like outen the O. his off eye, to the far end
Wall, thar l set for about twenty minutes,
hopin Holsters was bigger'n oysters, an wondern.
eff I'd ordered enough to fill up me an the worm.
when ookin up, there come up the room percesslon
of twelve niggers each niger carryin plate about
half the size of a saddle blanket an each plate
a big red critter, most all la1gs an claws, that
looked like overgrowed ella monster with war
paint on.
An when the lead stops in front of me an
says Here's your dozen Holsters, sir jest nachay
nigh fell dead right thar, KNOWN Stonewall was
up ag in it hardern ever before in his life say
l never wanted cayuse bad in my life! If I'd
had one I'd shore have skipped forked him. an
split the scenery open gittin' away from them war
painted anmiles but thar L was atoot! so
punches up my nerve an says
Say, coon, l done expected bunch of the
boys to feed with me-: but they ha1n't showed up
Me an the worm will tackle pair of them red
jaspers an you feers put the other ten where they
CANT git away till the boys comes.
Then not lettin onto the city chaps settin an.
GRIMM all round that wa n raised IN the same
lot with obsters takes my knife an fork an lights
in to go eatn when I'll just be eternally damned
if l didn't nigh go crazy to find them critters was
jest nachally all hoofs an horns. nary place on
'em from end to end airy humans Jaws could ever
git to feed on.
An l was about to jerk my gun an shoot one
apart find out what his insides was like, when
Teller settin' next showed how to knock the
horns off an git at the meat proper. l hen me an
the worm got busy good and plenty; for the meat
sweeter an tenderer even than possum. Be-