The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-15

morning, Calvin Richardson. son OIL
George Richardson, near Charlestown,
age eleven, was instantly killed by
lightning that ran down the side OF n
barn in which he was standing. His
clothes were ignited. The barn caugh.
IRE and a COW was killed. The father
and an employee. William Nolan. were
shocked. Heavy rain during the night
has caused food conditions in many
places In city and county
KILLS IN FIT OF JEALOUSY.
Jealous of favors shown his wife. it
Is alleged. by Marion Jones. of Indi
annapolis. colored, 1918 East Sixteenth
street. Ernest Moore. colored. 21s5
Martindale avenue. yesterday shot and
killed Jones, according 20 the police.
The shooting occurrsd at 1115 Kiser
street at the home OF sister-in-xaw of
Moore Mrs. Moore has been rooming
with her sister since her separation
from her husband several months ago
Three shots were fired by Moore, ac-
cording to witnesse. The injured man
had two bullet holes IN the left arm
and one in the left side below the heart.
After the shooting Moore left the scne
and has not been arrested. Jones died
at the hospital, where he had Ducli
taken.
AUTO DASHEs DOWN EMBANKMENT.
While John Kaiser and wife of Wa
bash were trying out new automobile
preparatory to driving to Atlantic City.
where Mr.. Kaiser will attend the Elks'
convention as a delegate, he drove into
the old wabash and Erie canal at
Lagro. In backing out of the Wabash
bridge to avoid a passing a frightened
the driver lost consrol of the machine
and 1t went over an embankment into
the mud of the old canal. twenty feet
, below. near the place Sam Bechtol was
killed recently in a similar accident
Neither Mr.. Kaiser nor his wife was
4 injured.
FALLS DEAD ON SIDEWALK.
: Hurrying down the walk TO greet hel
grandfather. the 2-year-old daughte,
of Mr. and Mrs Herbert Conner of Wa
] bash dropped dead yesterday. A few
minutes before the child had swallowe
six strychnine pills. believing them t,
be bits OF candy.
BOYS ERECT WIRELESS STATION
Two schoolboys. Jack DadswelI, ag
: fifteen. and William Vending, ag
eighteen, have given Lafayette its mrs
wirless telegraph station. From thei
tower on the roof of weddings HON
they have caught messages from YES
sells on Lake Michigan, as well as fror
wireless stations at Chicago, Milwaukee
and other cities.
Young Dadswen saved his money an
: went to Valparaiso. Ind, where h
took a short course in wireless tele
lgraphy. He returned and he an
Vending continued experiments The
- saved more money and with $40 bougt
a crude outfit.
81 A few days ago, Vending caught
wireless message in the air and Dads
we'll ascertained that 1t was a messae
from a boat on Lake Michigan. Sinc
then the boys have caught stray mes
ages from different points in a rang
- of five hundred miles.
WOMAN AT ~ MAKES DRESSES.
Mrs. Louisa NJ Bush, widow of Cal
"a tain John w. Bush. celebrated h.
ninety-seventh birthday at Rising su
!, with q family reunion. Five genera
tions of the family were present. Mr.
Bush reads and sews without glasse
and recently cut out and made DIRE!
for her birthday celebration
te FINDS PETRIFIED SNAKE.
n. William G. Cubberly, of Connersvill
l. found two sections Of what appears
f. be a petrined snake in a gravel bank q
III his farm. The specimens taken I,
Id gether are nearly two feet long ar
r about three inches thick at the large
a tpart. The lines of the rfos are visibl
a. and the lower side Is fattened. lii
e. the belly of snake. The head ar
Of tail are missing.
n THROWS CATS ON BONFIRE.
Mt Three crates of cats prepared n
&c summary cremation on a bonfire, wei
te rescued from Ell Thomas. cat exec,
or TONER, at South Bend, last night. tt
st lpolice stopped Thomas's fire festival
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