The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-07
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MUST FIX DEATH CROSSING.

CROSSING.
Dead mans crossing" at the inter |
section of the NobIesville-I ndianapolis
pike and the Lake Erie Western
railroad, will be a thing Of the mast
within six months if an order of the
Railroad Commission of Indiana is en-
forced a hearing on the petition of
200 residents of Noblesville was held
In the commissions offices yesterday
and because the railroad company as
serted that its double-track plans for
that portion of its mileage were near
completion the commission extended
the time limit for the separation of
the grades at the crossing. The No
sville-Indianapolis promoters who
nave declared In favor OF a Noblesvilie-
indianapolis boulevard plan won the
first step for their proposed extension
project by the commissions order
eliminating the dangerous crossing.
LEAVES LARGE ESTATE.
Austin McCalIister. OF Anderson. who
was buried yesterday, leaves one of
the largest estates ever left in that
county. He owned a number of good
farms, well as much money invested
In mortgages and bonds His Will,
which has not been probated, has been
read by his relatives. His brother,
Bert McCalhsteF. will receive forty
acres of land, and nephew and niece
will share equally the remainder OF
the property. Mr.. McCaliister never
married. He served for one term as
county assessor.
DAUGHTERS EFFORTS WIN.
Tohamas Barnes of Hartford city.
twice convicted of felony, and once
sentenced to life imprisonment for the
murder of his brother-in-law, Hiram
LeffingweH, whom he slew with
stone, has been paroled from the Michi-
gan City prison, after serving five
years Of an indeterminate sentence for
murderous assault Barnes, who was
cook on pipeline gang, seriously
slashed one of the men with butcher
knife. For several years a daughter
has been active in trying TO get her
father free Barnes will return to
Montpelier
MUST USE TARGET RIFLES
Following several instances where
people narrowly escaped being hit by
DETECTED bullets fired by policemen at
unmuzzled dogs, the police department
at Logansport yesterday purchased a
small supply of target rifles to be US
ed by the police in killing dogs. The
service revolvers carriers by the police
shoot clean through the dogs and in
several instances have glanced and en-
dangered pedestrians. Ten unmuzzled
dogs were killed in the streets yester-
day, making a total of twenty two
dogs killed by the police since the
quarantine has been placed on dog
by the Health Board.
MARINES DESPITE WOUND.
| While handling a rusty revolver yes
terday Afternoon in an attempt to ex-
tract the bullets the weapon was dis
lcharged, one bullet blowing its way
into the right leg of Fred Bueltzings-
loewen. real estate dealer of Laporte
lniHicting a serious wound. the gravest
danger lying in the fear of blood
Iposoning. Last evening, despite his
painful wound. Mr.. BueltzingIowe Ell
was married to Mrs. Lillian Jaeger OF
nurse.
JURY GIVES $4,000 DAMAGES.
After being out twelve hours the
jury last night in the case of Mary A
Klinker, Administrative of Edward s
Klinker estate of Lafayette against the
Lafayette Telephone Company and the
Indiana Lighting Company, awarded
damages in the sum of $4,000. The
case was holly fought in the superior
Court, and was the first case brought
in this county under the new liability
lact. Edward Klinker was a telephone
llineman and was electrocuted a veal
ago while working on pole near the
Soldiers Home.