The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-09-12
YOUNG THIEF IS
(LEVERLY AABBEO
Wife of Deputy Sheriff
Horst Aids in Capture
of Young Crook.
IS SENTENCED IN A HURRY
Free Man at 10 A. NJ, at 4 A. NJ.
He Is On His Way to the
Penitentiary.

Crown Point, Ind, Sept. 12.-Justice,
and the mighty arm of the law, de-
cended swiftly and with terrible forcce
upon one George Squires yesterday, and
from being free man at IL o'clock In
the morning, sentenced from two to
fourteen years Mt the state refOrmatOry
mt JeffersonyilIe at 1880 o'clock In the
afternoon, on his way to serve HIS SEN
tence by nightfaIl, such the
kaIiedescopcic program of the days
events In the life of this young man.
Fate used a brave woman, and a
faithful dog as her allies yesterday in
determining the future OF young
Squires life, and amid the conflicts of
the reformatory at Jacksonville, he
will have ample time to mediate and
at least. after years of lawlessness,
he was in the end apprehended in the
act for which he was sentenced, by one
lone woman and devoted dog.
Noted Suspicious Character.
Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock
as Mrs. George Horst, wife of Deputy
Sheriff Horst of this place, was coming
up town from her home on West Joliet
street, about half mile from the court
house, she noticed a suspicious looking
character going down the street toward
her home.
In company with Mrs. BoseI at the
time, she remarked that she was afraid
the man was bent on some crime and
she left her woman companion and
fastened back to her home.
There she found her surmises had
been correct. for the man had entered
the house from an unlocked rear door
and was ransacking the place in search
of valuabIes Mrs. Horst is a crack
shot, having made from time to time
remarkably good scores and rifle and
pigeon shooting, and the first thing she
thought of was her revolver on the
second floor of the house. Unable at
the time to procure the weapon. she
next thought of big hound that the
family kept chained near the barn.
Tangled in Chain.
Mrs. Horst entered the rear door
with him, and the vicious dog made a
lunge at the man, who, seeing the
danger, rushed by Mrs. Horst who had
become entangled in the chain. Getting
quite a start before the woman and
dog could right themselves, Squires
ran for a corn field near a neighbor-
ing HILL with Mrs. Horst and the dos
at his heels, but he was so fleet Of
foot that the chase had to be abandoned
and Mrs Horst came post haste tt
town and informed her husband of the
attempted robbery. He, with a deputy
started in pursuit of the man and af-
ter long chase of five miles, going II
a direction toward Cedar Lake, sue
ceeded in capturing him and brough
him back to town.
Squires was arraigned before Judg,
McMahan of the circuit court, where h,
plead guilty to the charge against hin
and the court sentenced him allow
reported. 1t is said Squres has previ
Gus Jail record and although only 1
years of age, has the appearance of
hard life.
Lady is Congratulated.
Mrs. Horst is being congratulated OF
all sides for her brave attempts t
capture the crook, and it is certain tina
had she been able to procure her pc
rifle, she would have brought SPUR
to town alone and unaioed.
Mrs. Horst is we'll known Throughout
Lake county, being before her marriag
the daughter of Erbert Bixennan, at on
time superintendent of the county poo
farm. She is also an honorary mem
Der of the Crown Point Gun Club an
has at times made some remarkabl
good scoring at the clay bird shoots