The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-27


Indiana
WILL SUE THE RAILROAD.
Immediately after the acquittal yes
terday of Frank Elkins. the Washing
ton strike breaker who was shot sew
eral days ago in fight with Fred
Heger, a railroad shop guard. who
died of his wounds, Arnold ]. Padgett,
attorney for Elkins, announced that
he would file a suit asking $4,000
damages from the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern Railroad Company. The
case VIII be given a hearing at the
September term of court.
CHANGES HIS OBITUARY.
The obituary Of Jasper Mann, we'll
known citizen of Plymouth. was pub
lished in the local papers last week.
II was said he had died at the National
Hospital Washington The death
notice was column in length (To-
day Mann FASTENED to correct that part
of his obituary that said he was dead.
He declares he is yet terra hrma,
with what he considers strong hold
on life.
METR 0POLITAN BOARD QUITS.
| Bloomington's new Board of Met
rapolitan Police Commissioners, APP
pointed less than a week ago by Mayor
|
evening by a decision of Judge James
E. Wilson in the Circuit Court. The
Judge ruled that the census taken by
Mayor Harris was illegal on the
ground that it had never been filed,
and was therefore not a public docu-
ment.
MAY HAVE BEEN SUICIDE.
Louis Alexander. 81 years old, OF
II Of ad
States army recruiting station in Vim
cennes died yesterday afternoon in
terrible agony. having swallowed cor
! rosive sublimate and wood alcohol
either accidently or with suicidal in
tent His plight was discovered al
noon at his room in a hotel by base
ball player.
FIRED AT AUTOMOBILE
George Hoell. a Posey County farm
err. was held in $500 bond to the Sep
TENDER grand jury by City Judge Lorcf
of Evansville yesterday for having fir
ed three shots at Leo Reitz's automo'
bile late Sunday. One of the bullets
grazed Reitz's head. Hoen denies hav
ing fired on the Reitz car.
CoLoRED MAN MURDERER
George NJ. Limits. former superintend
ent of police of Terre Haute. who wa
fatally shot early yesterday morning
while serving as special Waterman a
the Elks Clubhouse today identified w
H MCGOWAN, colored, as his assailant
MCGOWAN is a former porter at the
club and was arrested on information
given by the wounded officer.
ARSON CHARGE MADE.
Fire at the home of Mrs. Morton a
Viewpoint, nine miles east of Greens
burg. at 2 o'clock yesterday morning
destroyed the cottage and contents a
a loss of $1,000. There is no insurance
This afternoon a charge of arson wa
filed in local justice of the peac
court against Robert Morton of In
dianapolis a son of the widow, who,
is said, is suspected of causing tn
fire.
FINING CLAUSE ACCEPTED.
That the fining clause of the contrac
between the mine workers of Distric
No. IL and the Indiana Bituminou
! Coal Operators Association. recon
mended at the last joint conference
has been accepted is the formal an
nouncement of w. D. Van Horn, o
Terre Haute. president of the distric
organization of mine workers.
/ BRASS WORKS SOLD.
, | The Richmond chandelier and ar
brass works was sold to Richard Sed 8
wick by the receiver yesterday 70
100000 The purchaser declined t
! state what it is his intention to d
with the property. The chandelie
t works was opened in 1902 and sus
t pended operations last April.
OUT OF TOWN POSTMASTER.
l. c. Johnson, former cashier of til
I First National Bank of Montpelie
took charge of the Hartford City post
a office Sunday morning. This is tn
!. first time in the history of this cit
that a postmaster has come from ar
other city Johnson was elected aud
I tor from Montpelier. and at the expirs
e ton OF his term returned there an
g entered the bank, where he has bee
employed the last four years