The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-06-14
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LIQUOR RETURNED TO ELKS.
After a preliminary trial. a large
quantity of liquor seized by the police
of Madison in a raid on the Elks home
was returned to the owners. The evil
dence showed that the liquor was own
ed by individual members of the lodge
and that the liquor laws were not be-
ing violated.
HOLM ROBBER IN LAFAYETTE.
Lafayette police are amazed at the
daring act of burglar. who early this
morning entered the home of Robert E
Davis and took a shirt in which there
was a diamond stud valued at $500. He
also took Mr.. Daviss watch and an
Elk charm valued at 5000.
FALLS FROM HIGH BRIDGE.
Edward Weaver OF Logansport. 10
years old, while walking the girders of
the Vandalia Railroad bridge over the
wabash River, toppled and fell. He
plunged thirty feet to one of the stone
abutments and from there twenty feet
into the river. He suffered a fracture
of the skull, and no hope is entertain
ed for his recovery.
VENTURE INTO NEW LIMITS.
Cautiously feeling their way, making
moves of only few hundred feet at
one time. the operators in the Oak
land City oil field are gradually spread
ing out from the accepted limits of
the producing area and are hunting
for the lead that must exist from the
producing pool into other territory
hitherto undrilled.
MAD DOG ABROAD.
Five persons were bitten in Goshen
when mad bulldog ran through the
business section. attacking every per-
son in its path. An officer fred three
shots at the dog but failed to kill 1T.
FALLS INTO NINE.
Nathaniel Melton, so years old, a
blacksmith at No. IL mine, near Rose
dale. fell $50 feet to the bottom of
the main shaft at o'clock yesterday
morning and was dead when picked
up. He leaves a widow and seven chill
dren Melton was repairing the shaft
cage from a scaffold underneath, when
the support gave way.
PooLRooM CASE ENDS.
| The poolroom cases which attracted
| so much attention in southern Indiana.
due to the efforts of the Governor. who
worked in conjunction with the Jeffer-
! sonvflle authorities, have finally come
to end. Edward Alvey of Louisville
and William f. Cisco of this city enter
ed pleas of guilty in the Circuit Court
TO the charge of operating a poolroom
and were fined 500 each.
OLD MAN Is KILLED.
| An unidentified man was struck by a
Lake Erie & Western passenger train
at the Second street crossing in La
fayette late last night and instantly
killed. His body was badly mangled.
rTrt.
He was six feet in height. had a long
gray beard and was dressed a la
borer. He walked with cane.
JAY BIRDS KILL CHICKS.
| The farmers of near Franklin com
munity are guarding their poultry with
shotguns as jay birds are killing
chickens by picking their heads open.
The farmers say the crows are more
numerous than usual
LUMBERMEN MEET.
| The annual meeting OF the lumber
men of Indiana will be held at Lake
waswasee, near Syracuse. Ind. tomor-
row A number are already at the
/ lake. The meeting will be devoted to
study OF market conditions
OH HOW RURAL,
! A large Plymouth Rock hen elm bed
the marble steps OF the handsome Mon
roe County Court House at Blooming
] ton a few days ago and laid an egg on
the third floor at the entrance to the
dome. The hen had escaped from a
nearby grocery coop. AS Custodian
Cardwell was sweeping the courtroom
he heard the cackle and discovered the
hen and her newly laid egg.
DRINKS FATAL POTION.
| Emery Ours. % years old, until re-
Gently an Evansville fireman, commit
ted suicide by drinking carbolic acid at
midnight Saturday just after having
kissed his bride of five weeks good by
| before his departure for East Liver
pool. O.. where he expected to find en-
ployment as potter.