The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-20
HOTTEST
CONTEST
on RECORD
East Chicago and Indiana
Harbor Primaries Source
Of Excitement Heretofore
Unsurpassed Within the
Region.
Special to THE TINES. J

East Chicago, Ind. Sept. 20 The
East Chicago and Indiana Harbor pri-
maries Saturday furnished excitement
enough for a month of Sundays. The
day was marked by many incidents,
which gave color TO the proceedings,
prominent citizens who have never
been known to allow their angry pas
sions to rise to the point of physical
violence. smashing each other in the
countenances and otherwise giving
vent TO their feelings in manners that
were suggestive of the old days in
Deadwood, S. D., and Dodge City. Kas.
Never in the history of this hotbed
of politics. never, indeed, in the his
tory of the entire region has there been
anything like the heat in the campaign
as was present in the one just closed.
The division of the party into seven
factions until few days before the
primaries. when the withdrawal Of Al
bert Lewis reduced the number TO
six, was responsible to a large extent
for this The politicians all realized
that there We're in reality only two i'm
portant factions after the withdrawal
of Lewis.
Where Patterson and Seuer came in
was to split the vote in Indiana Har-
Dor against Hembron. But each Of
the candidates had following of vary
ing numbers. which took their candi-
dacy in good faith and thus the fac
tional feeling grew and throve apace,
| giving rise to any number of exhibit
/ tions of personal violence.
During a curbstone talk by Pat
| terson in which he called all employees
| of the Inland mill cattle and used 9TH
er abusive terms. DR.. Robert Ansley
| came along. He started to converse
with Joe Perry, and Patterson persist
| ed in cutting in. DR.. Ansley, already
| heated by what he had heard Patter-
son, resented the Interruptions and
slapped Patterson full in the mouth.
/ Bystanders interfered, and the fight
went no further.
East Chicago had two streets fights
between citizens of more or less promi
/ hence, and there were any number of
small ARRAYS in the foreign districts.
Joyce and Ike Specter Mix 1t.
East Chicago's most disastrous scuf-
file took place early in the evening. 1t
involced Ike Specter, Jack Joyce and
ris brother and another man whose
name could not be learned. Joyce, who
was running Tor alderman IN the nrSl
ward, met Specter in Chicago avenue
in front Of Nose Silvermans saloon
He accused Specter of working fol
HUT Olds, his successful rival for the
nomination. and an argument ensued
during which, according to some YER
sions of the affair, Specter called joyce
liar. Joyce resented this by landing
a blow on Specter's Jaw. Specter came
back. whereupon John McGaff is al
legged to have taken a hand. also strik-
ing Specter. the blowing being returned
in kind. McGaf denies that he hi
Specter The trouble then subsi6tt
for the time being, but not long after
wards Joyce. who by this time hat
been Joined by his brother and the un
named man. discovered Specter on In
named man, discovered Specter on al
Indiana Harbor street car.
Kicked In Eye.
Just what occurred within the cal
was not seen, but in a moment th'
quartet emerged. in a general mixup
Of +l,a 1az-Ca trio fS afIpUpd 4