The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-24
AT THE HAMMOND
POLICE STATION

mond over Saturday night and sun
day and as a result three were ar
rested on 3 charge of begging and
drunkenness. They were William Nc
Laughln. St. Paul, Mimi; Harry john
son, Washington. d. c., and John Ri
ley, Pittsburg. Pa. Mclaughlin and
Johnson were found guilty before
Judge Barnett in the city court this
morning and received a fine of So and
| costs, amounting to SIS. Unable to
| pay, they will be taken TO Crown
| Point in default of payment Riley.
who is cripple. was discharged by
| the court and ordered out of town.
Mclaughlin and johnson were ar
rested at Sibley and Oakley by Off
| GERS Bundle and Einsele, who found
| the two men intoxicated and asking
| everybody they passed for money
Johnson was carrying loaded gun in
| his pocket and was fined on a charge
of carrying concealed weapons. Both
asked the court to show them lenien
| cy promising that they would get out
of town IL they were released.
Herman Gayby was arrested by Of
/ fcer Strong at PIummer avenue and
| State Line early this morning on a
charge of drunkenness. On account
| of his Intoxicated condition his trial
was postponed IN Judge Barnett's
| court untfl tomorrow morning at 0
/ O'Clock.
Another bicycle theft was reported
to the police this morning by Wayne
Bond, 457 State street, who stated that
his wheel had been stolen from the
residence some time last night. De-
scription: Columbia make, black
| frame, steel rims. G. & J. tires, ad-
Unstable handle bars, one leather grip,
one wrapped with tape, coaster brake
one new spoke in each wheel, tires
| almost new, speedometer.
Thieves got away with a horse be-
longing to Sam Levin. 145 state street.
and a top buggy owned by the Miller
Brewing company some time last
might and up to this hour no trace of
the outfit has been found Levin's
horse was hitched to the brewing
icompany's buggy, and the last seen of
the rig was north of the river on Hob
man street Description: Black horse
with stripe in face. weight about 900
pounds; black top buggy.
| During the past two weeks the po-
lice have been given great deal of
L
snond leaving brick, sand piles and
other dangerous obstacles in the mid
Idle of the streets without placing red
lights on them at night as a warning
Every day there has been two or three
i reports come in to this same effect,
and IL this practice cannot be stopped
by any other means the police VIII
cause a number of arrests Although
there has not been any serious acct
dents there has been a number of a
minor nature. and before any fatal
accidents occur is the time to prevent
pedestrians and other traffic from be-
ing injured
| The police and the firemen will have
Just one more week OF practice before
that big ball game comes OF at the
III. A. A park next Sunday afternoon.
At present both sides are confident OF
| carrying home the bacon and from the
number that will be present there will
be a large attendance.
II Chief Austgen had a piece OF what
| might be called tough luck one day
Hast week. when a large tomcat killed
twelve of his fine springers. He did
mot know what had killed them until
| a few days later he saw Tom crawling
lover the chicken fence to make an
other hall. The chief hurried in to get
; his gun but when he came back Tom
| II had disappeared. For four days Chief
Austzen laid in walt for Mr.. Cat and
!, finally one morning he sent Tom to
ldreamiand with load of No. SIS.
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