The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-08-31
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RECEIVES UNUSUAL SENTENCE.

After sentencing an eighteen-year-
old boy to term in the county Jail for
vagrancy. Police Court Judge G. A.
F'arabaugh of South Bend. ordered the
youth to write to his mother. in Phila-
delphia, and tell her of his plight. The
boy, who has been arrested twice with
in a week, confessed that he had run
away from home. The court lectured
the boy until he burst into tears. He
said:
Think how proud your mother would
be IL she could look into this court to-
day. There you sit. her beloved son. in
the center of row of .drunkards and
degenerates OF all kinds TIL tell you
what you can do; you can write to her
and tell her all about 1t. Then watch
her reply. She will probably be proud
that her son is in a Jail a vagrant
and criminal"
| Judge Farabaugh says he will see
that the letter is written.
TAKEN FOR CHICKEN THIEF.
| Mistaken for a chicken thief, patrol
man Chris Lintenich was shot at the
home of Benjamin Tilcamp at Evans
willie and several shot from the charge
entered his face. The patrolman had
gone to the Tilcamp home looking for
a burglar. The Tilcamps had prepared
themselves to kill chicken thieves. and
mistaking the patrolman for chicken
THIEF he was shot. His injuries are not
regarded as serious.
HOLDS MILLER TO GRAND JURY.
| Coroner Alfred or Danvilie. Ind, has
returned a verdict in the case of the
killing of w. A. McCaslin by Charles A.
Miller, at Brownsburg, in which he finds
THAT McCaslin came to his death from
| a gunshot wound. fired from revolver
held in the hands of Miller. He recon
mends that Miller be held for grand
Jury investigation. Miller has retained
lcounsei to defend him, and McCaslin' $
friends have assured Prosecutor Sears
THAT they will furnish all the legal as
lsistants he desires. thus assuring a Bit
ter tight.
SURVIVES 1900 VOLTS.
| Frederick Overpeck, a rineman fol
the t H., I. & E. Traction Company. a.
Terre Haute. hung TO rten minutes
from a pole with o,20o volts of cleo
ltrieity going through his body and liv-
ed. Overpeck was repairing high-ten-
sion wires when he came in contact
with a live wire. He fell. but his safety
belt suspended him in the air with this
| wire IOHCnlnS MIN. re Sfaspeu lfit
wire. was unable to let go and one
finger was burned off before the power
was shut off and he was let down.
MORE vANDALs INFEsT HOME.
Officials of Marion National Military
Home are worked up over the discovery
of several thefts that have been com
mitted at the institution during the
last few days. Members in several O
the barracks have reported thefts O
their individual property. including
| keepsakes which they priced dearly
5 The veterans were given their pensioni
n last Saturday and since then the THE
has been very busy, in some instances
getting away with considerable money
1T was only a few months ago that al
defensive investigation of stealing wa
made at the home. which resulted II
tarrests.
FALL. REVEALS WEDDING.
What was thought to be fatal injur,
to Oscar L. Coffey. graduate of Hos
Polytechnic of Terre Haute last June
! and who was employed by construc
!, ltion company at Laporte, when he fel