The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-25

and, without warning drew revolver
and fired. A shot took effect in Mrs.
smiths temple, but her companion ran
and has not been found by the police.
The Smiths have not been living to-
gether for about two weeks. I'M
mediately after the shooting Smith
went to his house. where he was ar
rested by Bicyclemen Irien and
Fletcher.
FATALLY BURNED WITH GASOLINE.
Thinking the fire in stove was out
Mrs. Rosie Cullom of Muncie, 40 years
old. widow threw cup of kerosene
upon live Goals last night and in the
explosion which followed was fatally
injured. Her clothing caught fire and
the can OF coal oil exploded. covering
her and making her veritable human
torch.
PLANT WRECKING RECALLED.
The arrest of John ]. Mcnamara re
calls the blowing up of the Pan-Ameri-
can bridge works of Newcaytel. April ).
one year ago. The company was con-
structing a building for company at
Peoria. ILL.,. at the time and worked an
open shop policy. The south half of
the plant was blown up and many valu-
able machines We're wrecked. entailing
a heavy loss. A bomb was exploded in
the building and although a Waterman
was on duty no clews were obtained.
PREPARES TO BUILD AIRsHIr.
Theodore link, German. who came
to Huntington a few months ago and
obtained employment in the Erie shops
as mechanic, has created quite a little
comment in the city by his preparations
n ht,fld a. pirShin 10 tir
chased quantity of machinery and had
| a power current installed in his home.
He talks almost no English and mingles
with his neighbors only on rare inter-
| walls On one occasion. however. he
showed some scars on his body which
| he said were the result of a fall from
an aeroplane in Germany.
FoRMER DEFECTIVE SHOOTS SELF.
| Arthur Adams. OF indianapolis. form
erly member of the Adams Union De-
teetive agency. shot and killed himself
Instantly, shertly before . o'clock yes
terday in a room on the third floor
of the Stuhbins hotel. at Georgia ami
Illinois streets. Adams was found by a
colored maid, who was startled by the
shot. The door was broken open. The
police and physicians were called, but
Adams was past medical aid Adams
| is a brother of the late Ferd L Adams,
head of the detective agency. who kill
ed himself in q similar way early in
February, in a room at the Denison
Ihotel. The police. who entered Adams $
room yesterday, found conditions that
recalled the former tragedy in re-
markable way.
MEETS DEATH ON PANHANDLE.
Lewis Hartman. formerly a hardware
!, merchant of Star City. was struck and
instantly killed there by Panhandle
passenger train The automobile he
was driving was demolished. While
waiting for train to pass. he was I'M
Iaware OF the fact that another train
WAS approaching from an opposite di-
rection, and drove his car on to the
track directly in front of it,
/ DISAPPOINTED SEEKS DEATH.
i Despondent over alleged disappoint-
ment in love AFFAIR. Mrs Clara Utz. of
indianapolis. 26 years old 9e9 Bates
street attempted suicide by using car
/ bolic acid at 11:35 O'Clock yesterday
i morning The woman was removed TO
the City Hospital in the City Dispen-
sary ambulance. where II is said she
/ will recover. 1t is believed that the
woman failed to swallow any of the
lacid Her hands and face were severely
burned.
i FIRE THREATENS NOTRE DAME.
/ St Mary's College and Academy wan
Threatened by fire yesterday afternoon
when a large storehouse situated near
the college building caught fire, scat
tering burning embers over the campus
Several small blazes soon started, en-
ldangering the adjoining structures. The
hofr To nc
Presbytery. The storehouse was de-
stroyed but bucket briades of Notre
Dame students checked further ad
lvances of the flames One squad OF
lstudents took a line of hose from the
South Bend fire department, which ha.
responded to the alarm. carrying it IN