The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-06
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From the Diary of Sd. Lence

When er Teller hez he'd frum eighteen
to twenty perfectly nice. choice spring
pullets innocently coaxed frum his hen
coop inter tn hands o one O. them
chicken thieves, he amt s. mp on tn
quality O. mercy an suspended SEN
fences ez he might be. HEX Spence seq
suspended sentence on third time
offense is simply I give tn poor Teller
a chanst-t do it agin, an tibet tn best
jedge he knows Nv fer pullet purloin-
ers is err well loaded shotgun.
Orrin McColly and Ephriam Slade
We're both given their freedom at the
hands of Judge McMahan in the circuit
court yesterday. with a suspended SEN
tence hanging over their heads The
TWO men recently pleaded guilty to
stealing three hens, coops and setting
eggs. oats and corn from Adam Rolling,
a farmer living near St. John. the story
of the theft and detection of the crimi-
nails being given in these columns a
few DAYS ago The action of Judge
McMahan in letting the men go free.
after their past record, is being ques-
toned by many Crown Point citizens.
and il will mot be at all surprising if
more drastic measures are taken next
time the fellows are suspected of be-
ing guilty of like offense. Both
mems records are bad. this being Nc
Coiiy's third offense. he having served
time in the penitentiary and county
Jail for theft. his last offense, short of
a year ago, being for chicken stealing
SHADES record is not enviable, he hav-
ing a court record besides being sus-
pected of many shady transactions in
the past. We believe in certain
quality of mercy being shown to young
Offenders in all cases where it is their
first breach of the law, but in this case
the mercy seems TO have been strained
to the point where II will become
necessary for citizens to take the law
into their own hands to obtain. reprisal
and protection of their property from
the hands of old offenders like McColly
and Slade. Crown Point people and
farmers living in the vicinity have been
the repeated victims of chicken steal
ing in the past and from the sentiment
expressed a the latest development in
the situation 1t will not be a all sur
prising il the next offenders are ever
given a chance of obtaining judicial
clemency. Vigilance committees have
been known to take the law into their
own hands in cases like the above. and
mete out a punishment that stands out
as a warning for others with chicken
stealing proclivities- The moral differ
pnce between stealing a chicken and a
horse is not a far cry. 1t behooves
Slade and McColly TO follow the paths
OF rectitude to the letter in the future
or else meet with their just desers
The fire department was called out
Yesterday to the home of the Wendell
family on Jackson street TO extinguish
a blaze started from a defective Chin
ney- The fire was gotten under con-
troll however. before the departments
services were needed. No damage was
done to the house or contents.
Mrs. Annie Summers while attending
the roller skating party given by the
school pupils at Central Music hall or
Thursday evening, accidentally fell AND
sustained a broken wrist and is now
under the doctors care with the In
jured member. This makes the SECOND
accident to result from roller skating
in Crown Point this year. each case re
sulting in broken bones
The last meeting of the Presbyterian
Brotherhood for this season was hell
at the church parlors last evening am
was attended by a large crowd of mem