The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-05
BURNHAM OFFICIALS
WILL GET EVEN
Messrs. Patton and Tulin Buy In.
diana Harbor Broncho and Come
to Grief in Getting It Through
Hammond and Across the State
Line.

Johnny Patton, the recently elected
mayor of Burnham, was paid the COM
pliment of being "pinchedo by the HAM
mond metropolitan police last evening
at about eleven O'Clock. 1t is true that
IL was all a mistake but nevertheless
IL Chief Rimbach or any other of his
doughty officers ventures across the line
into the municipality of Burnham you
can bet your bottom dollar that the
marshall Will pick them up and take
them to the town jail for a friendly lit
tie conference of the same nature as
Patton had last night.
And the worst thing about it all is
the fact that Patton was arrested for
horse stealing, supposed to be the
meanest of all thefts. 1t made no diff
ference because he happened to be the
k''Boy Mayor" of our neighboring city.
The cop on the corner was instructed
to pick up two men leading a pony
with white face and Johnny Patton
and Johnny Tulin of Burnham answer
/ ed the description and were taken to
the station.
Today Johnny Patton has been tell
/ ing his friends in Burnham where his
/ liberty is not menaced by any fly cops
on the corner, all about that little ad-
venture in Hammond last night and
| invariably at the conclusion of the
story Johnny was called upon to buy
and. being a good fellow, he "set 'em
lup."
Patton is well acquainted with G. L.
Anderson of Indiana Harbor, who was
formerly in the saloon business there,
and yesterday Anderson came to Burn
ham with a "cayouse" hitched to a rig
and offered to sell it to Patton or his
friend. John Tulin, Burnham saloon
keeper.
Patton did not want the animal but
Tuiln thought it was pretty cheap at
$40. and so he bought it and gave An
derson his note for the amount. The
three then drove to Hammond, where
the horse was to be put in the livery
stable, for the want of a better place,
and the wagon and harness were to be
stored away by Anderson.
Patton and Tulin do not know yet
how it happened but as they were
walking past the corner of Holman
and State streets an officer stepped up
tc them and asked where they got the
horse.
They replied that they had purchased
lit, or words to that effect, and the off,
Ger requested the two men to accom-
pany him to the police station. Pat
ton looked at Tulin and Tulin looked
at Patton. Punched" they both said
in unionism and then it dawned on the
Boy Mayor of Burnham" that he was
in the tolls.
He did not reveal his identity. That
was not his idea of a melodrama. He
walked to the police station without
word and kicked Tulin in the leg to
cork up a protest that he was about
to make.
Chief of Police Rimbach and Captain
Bunde were called to the station to
cross examine the prisoners Chief
Rimbach assumed his most serious
manner Captain Bunde sat by with
the cares of his office making crows
feet on his face.
What is your name?" said the chief
addressing Tulin.
John Tulin," gravely replied the
Burnham saloon keeper.
"And yours" said the chief as he
turned to the other prisoner.
"I am John Patton the president of
the town board of Burnham,' said Mr..
Patton.
Chief Rimbach looked puzzled for a
minute and then bystander who knew
lQenIlHeQ MIN dS the HSdu u
the neighboring village. Chief Rim
bach made profuse apologies and both
Tulin and Patton took the matter as a
} joke.
They explained how the horse had
been sold to them by Anderson and
: then it became apparent that Ander-
son had played joke on them by call
) ing up the Hammond police and notify
: bad
stolen.
Some day" said Johnny Patton, as
: he left the police station, Hammond
! will be minus chief Of police for ii
t he ever comes into my town I will
/ have him pinched as sure as you are
alive and after I get him were I want
him 1 will treat him with the same
consideration that he treated me wnen
. his men put one over" in Hammond
flor the chief is all right.