The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-23
BURNHAM HAS
A WILD NIGHT
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be going through town and the trus-
tees informed him that they had some
warrants they wanted him to serve.
swears In SIX Deputies.
They went before Judge E. K. Hunter
and had twenty-five warrants sworn
out. Armed with these James Finner-
an went through the streets of Burn
ham and swore n six deputies.
The seven men then planned an as
sault on the stronghold of the enemy.
Some one in front of the hall saw the
town marshal and his deputies coming
down the street and tipped it off to the
crowd in the hall.
IN an instant there was a scramble to
get out of the place. Some of the spec
tators jumped out the windows and
others lodged down the stirways.
One Dog Cheyved Up
| The dogs We're spirited away and the
only evidence there is that a dog fight
was held is the testimony of several
witnesses that one dog was chewed up
| so badly when the fight was stopped
that it was dying.
James Finneran was accompanied to
the hail by some of the town trustees
land the town clerk. The trustees who
are said to have been the prime NOV
ers in the raid are Julius Smith and
| William Neal Town Clerk Tony
CuIlan was also very much interested in
Having the fight suppressed and he was
| ably assisted by Trustee Amel Jabos-
rizki
/ The other trustees who were more
or less interested were, Chester E. Ed
rid and W. G. Whitney. Harvey Pat
ton is a brother of Mayor Pattens and
naturally was not interested in the
raid.
Did AmeI Have His Gun:
When Trustee Amel Jabosrizki en-
TERED the hall in company with Town
I Marshal James Finneran and his SIX
Ireputies, he is alleged to have had a
revolver in his hand.
/ He was at once confronted by Bat
ling Nelson who told him to put the
gun away. Trustee Jabosrizki did not
Icomply with the Batlers command and
the gun was forthwith taken away
from him.
In the melee which followed Trustee
lJabosrizki was the recipient of a black
eye and had his hands slashed with g
knife.
Those of the crowd who had not es-
capped through the second story win
dows or who had not eluded the towr
marshal and his deputies were arrested
and were taken in a buss to West Ham.
mond where they were Jailed.
In all. nine arrests were made. Those
arrested were: John Doyle, w. B. Nc
Cormick. John Mahoney. a deputy in
|
William and Fred Haberzetle. Edward
Murphy. Mike O'Meara and Charlie.
; Clayton. These men were all jailed ii
: West Hammond and after Justice e. K
Hunter had been induced to get out o
bed at 2 o'clock in the morning AM
the men were all released on 800 bal
: each, which was furnished by Joe Hab
erztele, the father of the two of tn
boys.
William Kew and C. Stoetzle were ar
rested by mistake. but were able t
prove that they had been working a
the chemical works in East Chicago a.
, day and that they We're not implicate
in the affair.
The warrant has not been served o
Battling Nelson as yet, and he will prob
, ably be arrested today. The whole al
fair is said to be the result of the de
|. termination of certain members of til
l board of trustees to get even with May
or Johnny Patton for the stand he too
0 in the franchise matter.
The episde has set the entire popula
: ton of Hegewisch and Durham t
5 talking and the sports in these place
say that it will be impossible for thel
: to do anything until the trouble bewee
! the mayor and the trustees is patche
, Inn