The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-12

MANY BRAWLs OCCUR.
The whole city seemed to be in
state of disturbance and and unrest |
Countless numbers of fights, saloon |
brawls and other incidents of chaotic |
condition prevailed in the city from
early in the evening until late at night. |
The first incident of the evening oc-
Cured at o'clock. The police were
notified that two men had been shot
at the foot of Virginia street and that !
they were in serious condition. They
hurried TO the scene of the conflict in
an attempt to head OF the guilty party.
They were unable to find him at that
time, but the perpetrator Of the shoot
ing was found and arrested at o'clock
this morning by Sergeant Catey.
MONEY ROOT OF EVIL.
The cause of the trouble, as near as
could be CLEANED from the excited jab
bering of the Hungarians, was the col
lection of a small amount of money
Mikael represented to the people in a
shack near that of his own, in which
he was the boarding boss, that he was
attempting to raise a certain amount OF
money with which to pay the fine of
a countryman who had been arrested,
in either Chicago or New York
Trouble arose over the amount of
money that each one ought to pay. and
in an instant ATikael found himself in
conflict with the occupants of the
whole shack. After each had cursed
the other for short time, one of the
members suddenly grabbed a chair and
brought 1t down on MikeaTs head with
crushing force. The blow cut a deep
cash in the mans head and he was wild
with anger.
DRAWS HIS REVOLVER.
Stepping back towards the door he
drew his heavy .4S-revolver and fired
at his assailants promisciously. There
were only two shots fred but both took
effect. One struck Joseph Cigaritz in
the abdomen and the other took effect
in the back of Michael voconavich.
Mikeal then rushed out of the shack
and escaped.
Both men were propped up on a bed
and the ambulance and the police were
called at once. The two victims were
taken to the hospital. The police soon
| hit on the scent of the near-murderer
and traced him to the house of friend.
This building was then surrounded and
a search was made from garnet to cell
| lar. In one of the rooms the revolver
which was used and a large repeating
|
been dropped. A careful inves tigation
also showed blood stains about the
house, bloody sink and towel where
| he had attempted to wash the blood
stains from his face where he had been
gashed by the chair. The men, the
| tenants of that building said, had been
chased out of the house by the board
ing boss ten minutes before the police
| arrived.
| PICKED UP ON BROADWAY.
Later Mikeal was picked up on South
Broadway by Sergeant Charles Catey
The man seemed to make no effort tc
get out of the city and willingly sub
mitted to arrest
At midnight another fracas, serious
as the first, occurred and resulted IL
the death of one of the miscreants ant
injury to officer William Marquardt
This happened about midnight as the
officer was hunting through the soutl
end of the city for the man who haC
done the shooting in the Virginia
street shacks.
Marquardt approached eight men whD
had just stepped from a saloon ant
demanded them to halt until he coul,
see who they were and what they wer
doing. Al lof the men were evidentl,
intoxicated and began Immediately t.
: abuse the officer He saw at once tn
5 impending trouble, and as one of tn
men advanced toward him he drew hi
revolver and stepped back.
MARQUARDT ASSAULTED.
without warning however, he wa
: struck over the head with an instru
ment-he does not know what it was
but thinks that 1t must have been
blackjack, and knocked to the groun
like a block of wood. The gang the
turned to run as they hurled a fe'
parting curses at the stricken office
| Marquardt, in dazed condition an
. scarcely able to move, raised himse
on his elbow and fired four shots point
blank at the fleeing men. Two of thei
missed and two of them took effect i
one man. He fell to the ground, fatal
| injured.
q SHOTS ATTRACT POLICE.
: The shots attracted other police
the vicinity and they hurried to tt
assistance of their comrade Ma
quardt was taken to the police static
/ where his wound was dressed, viii
Iabar was hustled to the Mercy no
pital. Later Marquardt as also take
to the hospital, where he was deliriol
during the nlSHl. upon l
physicians in attendance it was four
that there was also three ribs broke
e, so that 1t is probable that the ms
to kicked him after he was knocked
or the ground.
The police then instituted a scar
4 throughout the city for the remand
l. of the gang, but no trace of the
l. could be found. The man who w
lie killed is not believed to be the man WI
n hit the officer the blow on the he
at as there was no instrument of al
a character found on his person VIII
D. searched. The police continued t
yh search for the parties throughout t
ne night and all day today.
n The colored woman who was cut
the face and shoulder. was not sc
IN iously injured, and the police were n
lie able to give this matter the attenti
h, that it ordinarily would deserve
until this morning there had not be
lie a careful investigation made but t
ar. matter will be taken up later. T
if fight started in a saloon at Fifteen
xUasbfpDton and ended