The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-22
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TOOK 30 DRINKS DAILY.

That a man who had subsisted 70,
six weeks on whisky alone. as was
shown in the testimony, could not be
held responsible for wrongdoing, was
the argument for the defense of
Charles of Logansport. accused of
forgery. in his hearing before Judge
Lacey Saturday.
Testimony was introduced in the
case to show that the defendant had
consumed an average of thirty glasses
of whisky daily for six weeks. and
that he sometimes went as long as
three days without eating
DOG SAVES BOY FROM COW.
When an enraged COW attacked the
fourteen-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
John McKibben, living south of Rush
vile. shepherd dog, a pet of the
boy. diverted its attention until the
boy was rescued. The dog caught the
COW by the nostrils and held its at
tention until the boys parents arriv-
ed and carried him to the house 1t
is thought that he will recover from
injuries inflicted by the cows hoofs.
LEAVE PORCH, is INJURED.
William r. Green Sr.. 100 years old.
father of Frank and John Green of In
dianapolis. had a narrow escape from
dCdth s,hlaLddy WH6H py Il
street car Both his legs were severe
ly bruised. Green. who is closely
watched by relatives. had promised to
remain seated on his porch while
relative went on an errand. When in
formed that he might have been killed
he said; "Oh. guess not. 1t couldn't
have done more than break both legs"
URGES BOUNTY ON CATS.
I4t,va hog =,
unpopular with elderly maidens in
Connersville by proposing that
bounty of cents be placed on cat
scalps. He says cats are regular walk
ing culture beds for the germs of half
a dozen dangerous diseases, and that
they spread multitude of other
diseases less deadly. He says they are
useless creatures and ought to be ex-
terminated.
His declarations have aroused deep
interest. A crowd of small boys ap-
peared in the office of County Clerk
William E Sparks today to know if
they really could make cents on
every cat scalp they brought in. Mean
time the telephone in the same Office
rang more than once. and feminine
voices asked anxiously If their cats
would be killed
AUTO ACCIDENT sP0ILs NAP.
While driving his machine near Ok
ford, o., Saturday. Joe Clark. of Rush
willie. met a horse and buggy and in the
buggy was a woman fast asleep. AS
he tried to pass the horse reared in
front of the machine and was knocked
down. When tht auto was stopped the
front part had passed over the horse
and the back wheels were resting on
its neck. The other occupant of the
machine held the animal down while
the machine removed.
Then the woman driver awakened.
She had slept peacefully through all OF
the hubbub and was excited only after
she found what had happened during
| the nap.
| FELL 800 FEET INTO MINE.
| Falling over three hundred feet
down the air shaft at the Sunnyside
coal mine at Evansville, Saturday
morning. Henry Slough, age twenty
three, a carpenter employed by a rail-
road. was instantly killed and his body
crushed almost beyond recognition
| Slough was working near the mine
when a fire broke out in the fanhouse
and he went to the assistance of the
men who were lighting the flames. He
! was single and lived at Kratzville.
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