The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-25

days ceremony. Mayor Knots who 10
an old friend of Judge Bryan was in
vited to perform the ceremony and the
Gary executive after tying the nuptial
knot kissed the bride. Following the
ceremony the husband presented his
bride with diamonds valued at thous-
ands of dollars and purse containing
several bills of the thousand dollar de-
nomination.
Immediately after the ceremony the
newly married couple left for Chicago
and after a trip in the east they will
start on an extensive tour in the south
west. They will go by rail to Los
Angeles accompanied by the judges
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Sultzbaugh of Gary.
Here they will travel for the next six
months in the judges new touring car,
The Humming Bird
The itinerary includes a tour of
California, old Mexico and the entire
island of Cuba. They expect to return
in May. The "Humming Bird" cost
$1,000 and is very unique car it being
the only machine made that was ever
equipped with Westinghouse air
brakes.
The Judges Career In Gary.
Judge Bryan came to Gary in the
early nineties following the collapse
of the stockyards boom About that
time it was the intention to remove the
Chicago stockyards to the desolate spot
which is now Gary. The announcement
led to the city being plated out and
fortunes were made and lost in specu
lation but never a building was erected
for the boom collapsed when the yards
came not.
1t was about this time that Judge
Bryan appeared the scene and
! bought up hundreds of acres of swamp
and sand dune land which apparently
had no value save a speculative one. 1t
could not be devoted to farming and it
is said that the Judge eked out very
precarious existence by shipping sand.
This small industry gave employment
and subsistence to few families who
resided in the hamlet called East Toll
eston which is in the vicinity of the
vicinity of the present Pennsylvania
depot at Twenty first and Broadway.
Gary Makes Him Rich.
Although he was tempted to sell out
his holdings on several occasions the
Judge held on to his property and when
in 1906 Gary came into being by reason
/ of the steel corporations coming he
found that he was the possessor OF
some 1000 Gary lots which made him a
rich man. The bulk of these he has
sold but he still retains 1000 of them.
!, Judge Bryan was formerly peace
justice and postmaster at East Tolles
ton and later was elected town treasur-
er of Gary serving until the incorpora
ton of the city last year After Gary
was founded Judge Bryan, spent Is
, months in California with his invalid
wife who passed away more than a
( year ago.
: island Park" where the judges
2 home is located is a one story home
4 situated in the center of the grounds
5 which take up four city blocks To the
south the home overlooks the Littl,
Calumet valley and from it a view fol
many miles can be obtained. The place
is probably the most attractive resi-
dence in this part of the state and il
will be this place that the bride vii
preside over in the spring.
The bride is twenty-seven years o.
age while the bridegroom is fifty-three
Albert NJ Thayer, the father OF Mrs
Bryan, is an automobile dealer in Chi
! cago.