The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22
BOUND OVER
FOR MURDER
Continued from Page IL

thing about an attorney taking UP a
case for hire when the prosecuting at
torney did not think 1t necessary to
take the matter before the grand jury.
Conroy Ready to Fight.
Conroy came back with tart an
swer. and Knots called him a very
uncomplimentary name. While T. E.
Knots weighs over 200 pounds and
Conroy does not weigh more than 1870,
the Hammond attorney dropped an arm
full of law books on the floor and sailed
| into the Gary man. There probably
would have been some ruffed feathers
| had It not been that a Hammond po
! liceman, who heard the loud talking,
rushed between the two men and sep
arated them.
The effect Of the decision viii be that
officer Marquardt will have to remain
under the stigma of charge of muir
der for several weeks until the grand
| jur ytakes up the evidence was intro
duced in court yesterday and the day
before, and decides what it Will do
regarding an indictment.
The prisoner was Immediately fur
nished bail by T. E. Knots and was
released.
Witnesses Are Arrested.
One of the developments of the day
was the fact that Chief of Police Mar
tin yesterday arrested Andy Komectz,
Twenty second avenue and Jefferson
street. Mike Butilla, Nineteenth and
Broadway. and John Horcoby, three al
legged participants In the fight in which
officer Marquardt was knocked un-
conscious. and will hold them on a
charge of manslaughter.
All three of these men appeared be-
fore, Judge Huber and were bound
over. John Horcoby was the only one
released on ball. The others will be
vigorously prosecuted on the charge OF
manslaughter and there will be hun
dreds of dollars spent to secure con-
viction.
While there was general denuncia-
J tion of Judge Henderson's decision IN
this case, the fact is generally conceded
J that the Hammond man was conscien-
tious in the matter. While they be-
Iieve he decided the case to the best OF
his ability under the law and evidence
they think that he failed to take into
account the fact that an officer of The
? law always has the mob against him
and when he charges mob single
\ handed the preponderance of testimony
s Under the Stigma.
officer Marquardt bore up bravel!
under the severe arraignment of the at
torneys for the prosecution. and tn
fact that he is backed in his action b.
the best and most influential business
c men in Gary is some consolation.
However, the stigma of the murde
; charge win hang over him the rest 0
| p
may have been in the matter, or wha
Z vindication he may receive at the hand
. Of the grand jury, say his Gary sympa
thfzers. the stain will never quite b
y wiped out.
! AS nearly as can be gathered froI
the evidence, the story of the killing
as follows: On the night of Feb. II c
this year officer Marquardt met
; crowd OF rowdy foreigners. They Ia
= Just come out of a saloon where the
had been drinking heavily.
The officer asked them to make les
a noise He went up to arrest Andre7
a. Ribar, one of the noisest and mos
H. abusive of the crowd, when the youn
q fellow pulled the officers black JAG
out Of his pocket and hit him over tn
head with it,
Officer Defends Self.
The officer was stunned under re
/ peated assaults, but managed to pu
his revolver and fire two shots in til
.e air, as call for assistance, and the
r three shots into the body of his assai
ant.
n The officer was found unconsciou
= beside the body of the man he shot an
they were both taken to the hospita
where Andrew Ribar died and the O.
u hcer recovered.
The matter was dropped until SteN
a Ribar, a brother of the man who We
killed, came to Gary from Homestea
"a Pa, and hired Attorney Conroy
Hammond to prosecute the officer.
n