The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-16
WOMAN SALOONKEEPER
FLEESFROM CREDITORS
Mrs. Helen Knight Takes
French Leave in Gary and
Fact is Mourned.
CARAVAN PURSUES IN Vain
Mrs. knight Gets Across the State
Line. Before Lawyer Can
Get to Her.

And still another Carlyle has gone
wrong. This time it is a woman known
In the south end as Mrs. Helen Knight
but who called by the lawyers who are
seeking her and who were duped, as
Mrs. Fly By Knight for the former lady
saloonkeeper has in the terms of her
former patrons "skidood." Mrs Knight
place of business was located on Broad
way, between Tenth and Eleventh ave-
nues, and as she was about to reach
condition commonly known as, finan-
cial embarrassment decided to take
leave Of absence at o'clock yesterday
morning.
Caravan Goes West.
Reports conflict as to the exact num-
Der of wagons, buggies or drays that
composed the caravan which shortly be-
fore surise wended it's way westward
towards greater fields of activity in the
Illinois metropolis. AS to its contents
however, it has been definitely ascer-
tained that nothing inthe wet goods
line, clear havanas or hard cold cash
was left behind. The feminine dispenser
OF fire water made a clever getaway,
and after tumultious clinking of bot
ties as the merry party jolted down
Eleventh avenue, the smoke of the steel
city soon faded away in the distance.
A few hours later several of the Gary
attorneys pulled themselves together
and armed with multitude of the nee
essary papers descended upon the
stronghold with blood in their eyes. to
force Mrs. Knight to pay up, or in other
words TO- put up or shut up
The Bird Had Flown.
But 10. The bird had flown. Where
only the night before there had been
a multitude of merry-makers and the
sound of tingling glasses, there only
remained few lonesome looking
chairs, hugging couple of week kneed
tables, interspersed with an occasional
beer bottle an abundant supply of stop
pers, and a miscellaneous supply of ar
tieles of still less consequence. The
place looked as barren as the Sahara
desert.
OF course, the bar and certain other
fixtures in the building were not in
cluded in the spoils but these are the
exclusive property of the breweries, as
far as can be learned at the present
writing After taking in and digestine
the situation, the attorneys heretofore
mentioned turned about face. and after
a hurried consultation decided upon a
plan of action Their only salvation
rested in beating the sleet- footed Mrs.
Knight to the tape; i. e., the state line,
To this task was consigned Attorney J.
Glenn Harris who was known to have
the requisite ability, having achieved
this envfable reputation when he was
one of the big factors in the great wild
man hunt, that first made Gary famous.
Harris Loses by Nose.
After race replete with spectacular
features from beginning to end Harris
lost out by nose at the finish AS the
Gary attorney pulled up at the interec-
ton of the Indiana road and the state
line, it soon became known to him that
Mrs. Knight had gone across instead
of having come across" in accordance
with the program prepared by the legal
lights for the ensuing day
Beside the creditors. which Mrs
Knight was compelled to abandon in
her hurried exit from the city. must he
included the odor of an otherwise bad
reputation. On several occasions sbo
has been forced from pressure brought
to bear by Chief Joseph Martin to All
house, for which purpose it was evident
stain from conducting disorderlv
house, for which purpose it was evident
that she had located in the steel. civ
The city authorities could not see IL
that way, however, and watched her
closely, so closely in fact. hat her pres
ence here became obnoxious to all par
ties concerned, and ultimately resulted
In her sudden departure