The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-17

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chief that he was wiling and glad 70
be punished. but even as yet he does
not realize the seriousness of his Of
Tense When he reached the spot how
ever where on that awful day he had
left the place guilty of the most cruel
murder in the annals of Lake county's
criminal history. he broke down and
sobbed, said he was sorry for what he
had done. and then related the details
Of the killing.
Il had finished up my chores on the
Lehman farm in the morning" he
said, and went to Gary where 1 pur-
chased q package of tobacco. Upon re-
turning I met the Schroeder girl go
ing in the opposite direction, carry
ing a dinner pail in her hand, bound
for the steam shovel where her father
had worked for years.
TELLS OF MEETING CHILD.
This is the place that I met her; I
can tell by that tree there (pointing
to q big oak TO his lef), and by that
little hill IN front of us AS soon as
we met I stopped and said hello, and
she said hello.
What did the girl weer?" asked
Chief Martin.
she had on a blue Bingham dress
and carried something in her right
hand. ne replied.
What did you do them" asked the
chief.
Il spoke to her and then I threw
her to the ground. She screamed so
loud that l became frightened and
grabbed her by the throat. The louder
she screamed the harder I squeezed
her until finally she made no noise at
all.
READ IN THE PAPERS.
After it was all over with I left.
do not know whether she was dead
or alive. think, however, that I
i heard her scream after l left. but did
not stop for a second. 1 hurried back
to the Lehman farm and finished up my
work for the day. and that evening
read the papers in which they said she
was dead. / said nothing to anyone.
That night I heard the little girl
scream in my sleep and I found it i'm
possible to get any rest. managed
to stay al the farm the rest of the
| summer. however. and no one sus-
pected me OF the crime.
After briefly describing various other
| crimes which he had committed he
| was brought back to Gary. He was
not even taken to the police station,
but was kept at the house OF Ser
| geant Catey under guard while ar
engagements were made for the trial
At ESQ everything was ready In the
office of Justice p. l. Fitzgerald and
he was brought TO the courtroom. The
! blinds were pulled down and an Officer
stationed outside the door so that nc
one could enter. Every precaution was
taken. in fact, to keep the knowledge
of his presence from the public
SIGNS WRITTEN PAPER.
A written confession was then pre-
pared and signed by eagle. There wa.
no testimony given outside OF the con
fession and he was bound over 70 th'
Lake superior court on a charge o
murder The witnesses at the tria
and confession were +. c. Simpson. DIR
". S. Faulds and ". A. Paine
After the hearing he was hurried
out the rear stairway of the Knots
building. hustled into a buggy an,
taken in the rig as far south as tn
river. lie was then placed IN an au
tomobile and hurried to the count,
. seat. A half hour later word was re
ceived from that city that he had ar
rived safely and was in jail.
Scarcely had eagle left town thai
the people OF the city knew that h
had been here and many rushed up I
the courtroom in an attempt to see tn
man. THE TIMES story of the comics
sion, widely circulated in Gary an
Tolleston, invoked the wrath of tn
populace against eagle and 1t is like
~ that he would not have reached tn
, county seat alive had they found him.