The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-23
.LURED BY LETTERS
FROM Bob COSTELLO
Disguised, So They Were, to Find
After Theif Arrest That Indiana
City Harbored Only Civilized Peo-
pie, Says New York Paper In De-
scribing Affair.

Masters Padula and MANAGE are baeHs
In New York after their bear hunt in
Hammond. The youngsters, whose run
away was the sensation of the hour
last week, gave the biase and efFetc
easterners something TO read about. In
telling their story the New York Tele-
gram says,
Not single redskin hit the dust
not a bear rolled over with a groan-
There was not even a chance to draw
a trusty weapon and rush bravely to
the rescue. Despite this lack of op-
portunity to become Indian hunters or
faunal naturalists, there is plenty of
excitement in store for Joseph Padula
and Daniel Manaco when they reach
their homes in Brooklyn today. At
least, their fathers hint at such hap
pening.
Joseph lives, or did live, with his
prosaic parents at No. 76 East Fifth
street, while Daniel camped with un-
romantic relatives at No. 142 on the
same trail. The boys We're in the habit
of calling their houses tepees. but
after this they will be less emotional
and the letters from their friend, Bob
Costello, will net be awaited with the
same avidity as heretofore.
Lured by Hammond Lad.
Bob Costello also lived in the bor-
ough of Brooklyn at one time, but he
moved with his parents to Hammond.
Ind Prior to his leaving Bob aad
conducted numerous Indian hunts in
Prospect Park, and he hailed the move
to the west with joy
Soon after he arrived in Hammond
Bob began writing to Dand' and Joe
and telling them of the real joys of
life in the uncivilized districts.
Indians? Well, rather. There were
so many real, untamed savages about
the place. he wrote, that extra barbed
wire had to be put up around the house
| to keep them from trampling the flower
beds. and bears and buffaloes We're
so common that cartridges were not
wasted on them any more, the most
common method of Staying them being
with club, stones or even kitchen uten-
sils thrown out of the back parlor win
| dow.
These letters were more than human
nature could stand, so joe and Dam.
decided that Brooklyn was too tame.
Indiana and its Indians became their
dream both day and night.
Where Did They Get Money!
How they saved up enough money
to go west, neither of the boys parents
can say, but they did it, besides laying
| in an dfan-buffalo- bear outfit that
would do credit to a South American
regiment. They set out last Monday,
and when they did not come home
Tuesday the parents began to get wor-
ried and started an investigation. Then
| Bob Bostello's letters were heard of
| and the police were notified to send
out a general alarm. Captain Kelly
of the ParkviIe police station decided
that the boys must have headed for
indianapolis, or some other place with
/ Indian in it, and sent word to that
effect to policemen out west. When
the boys got off the train at Hammond
they were taken into custody and police
of this city were notified.
But that was not the worst of it, for
there in Hammond they saw police,
and churches, and all the other things
that they had tried to get away from.
The widest thing at large there was a
chipmunk which was not half as large
as the gray squirrels in Prospect Park.
AS for Indians. well. the police there
had never seen any. but they had heard
that you could see them aplenty when
Buffalo Bits show came to New York
1T was too much
As was said before, there is to be
a lot of excitement for the boys when
they arrive at their Brooklyn homes