The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-09

charging Albert Brooks with being the
murder of Mrs. Mary Connors, who was
shot and killed under mysterious cir
cumstances at her home in this city
last Thursday morning.
The verdict of Acting Coroner Stem
per is based upon the sworn statement
of seven-year-old William Brooks, a
nephew of Albert Brooks. and a grand
son of Mrs. Connors, who said Brooks
fired the shot that killed Mrs. Connors
after they had quarreled over a board
bill owed Mrs. Connors by Brooks The
boy said he saw Brooks load the pistol
the night before the killing the grand
jury is now investigating.
FOREST CONSERVATION.
Charles Warren Fairbanks delivered
an address last night at the Centenary
Methodist Episcopal church at Lebanon
on Forest Conservation" He was the
guest at dinner OF Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
NJ. Ralston. of Lebanon, and fifteen
citizens were entertained in his honor
Samuel NJ. Ralston introduced Mr.
Fairbanks to an enthusiastic audience.
Mr. Fairbanks advocated municipal
forests, and made it his central theme
of the evening. Places the size of
Lebanon, he said. should establish
municipal forests. whether by bequest
0. by drawing on the treasury of the
municipality for the money
HELD WITHOUT BOND.
| William Wilson. detective on the
Evansville force, who shot and killed
William Walters. and perhaps fatally
wounded Robert Finley last Sunday,
has been sent to the county Jail with
orr bond
| Al. affidavit charging detective VIII
sol, with first degree murder, was
sworn out by detective Jaes Trautwein
and Wilson was to have been arranged
before Police Judge Philip C. Gould
Monday afternoon. at 4 o'clock, but his
attorney, Charles Wittenbraker, ap-
peared when his name was called and
asked that the case go over until Fri
day morning, and the request was
granted.
| The grand jury will finish Its investi-
cation of the murder of Walters some
time this week, as all other business
has lecn postponed 10 make way fol-
it. 1t is expected the grand jury will
make a report of its action some tins
before the date fixed for the prelim-
mary hearing.
PRISON PAPER IMPROVING.
The Reflector, published and printed
in the Indiana reformatory, which ha.
long restricted its columns to genera
news, except for 2 religious depart
mont. has introduced q column or 10
cal Happenings-News Picked u
From Various Sources Within tn
Walls" One announcement is that tn,
Reflector has secured the services of
cartoonist. but perhaps the most inter
esting is the following:
The new nighties were issued Wed
Inesday night and indications are tina
Mr.. Morgan took but one set of meas
urements. with our genial state agen
as model. At any rate. they are al
roomy enough, being generously con
structed in length and neck" Stat
agent Campbell weighs more than tw
hundred pounds.
BOY MAKES RECORD.
The Contemporaries son of Braz
merchant was arrested yesterda
morning on the charge of stealing tw
horses and buggies and number Q
articles, including two guns. from hi
fathers store about week ago. TIL
boy, is company with a man, suppose
to be a junk collector, is said to hav
stolen a horse belonging to Earl Harg
or, Sunday evening a week ago. Will
the latter was at church.
The horse was driven to Clinton an
later driven to Terre Haute, and whe
the man and the boy saw the officer
; approaching they ran At Terre Haul
they pawned the guns and oyercoat
The boy lost his companion at Terr
z Haute and stole his way to Greencastl,
. Here he stole a horse and buggy be
longing TO colored man, it is charged
] and again drove to Clinton, where h
sold the horse to a farmer.