The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-14
DePauw university. She died at the
Methodist hospital after an operation
AN INFANT HEAVY WEIGHT.

AN INFANT HEAVY WEIGHT.
Mr.. and Mrs. ode Stroup, of Need
ham believe they have the champion
infantfle heavyweight in their baby.
Gladys Marie Stroup. The baby was
seven months old on Jan. "a and weighs
forty five pounds The parents say
the young giantess will eat anything
a grown person will eat and that she
is as lively as an infant half her
weight
LAWYERS TURN TABLES
George Batron. of vincennes, n1em-
Der Of the Eureka Social and Literary
club, at Bicknell. this county, was ar
rested on grand jury indictment and
charged with gambling. His father, a.
L. Barton. another member of the club,
paid fine last week The authorities
bellows the club was a gambling room
and undertook to prosecute members.
yincennes attorneys were employed
and an acqufttal resulted. The de-
PENDANTS refused to pay the attorney
fees and the attorneys are said then
to have given the grand jury evidence
which has already caused three ar
rests to be made.
BURGLAR ESCAPES POSSE.
burglar who was discovered in the
home of Ernest steele. of Marion, last
Saturday night. walked from the place
In the presence of a posse which sur
rounded the house When command
ed to halt he ran, and was fired upon
| by the police. but there was no indl-
| cation the man was struck. Two dia-
mond rings and Ave other finger rings.
all valued at $3.50 and the property OF
Joseph Mallaney. roomer. were
stolen Mr.. and Mrs steele return
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covered the man in the house and no.
titled the police.
Mrs. William E. Morgan, the wife OF
civil war veteran. was robbed of $4i
| Saturday night while on her way to
| a store to buy groceries. The man
threw the woman to the pavement and
| ran away with her purse. Mrs. Morgan
| believes her assailant was a negro.
The money stolen was pension money
which her husband had just received.
FOUND FREEZING ON TRAIN.
| Earl Tucker. sixteen years old, Ill
wilmot street, Indianapolis. narrowly
| escaped freezing to death while en-
| deavoring to steal a ride on a Pennsyl-
vania fast express Tucker recently
enlisted in the regular army at the In
dianapolis recruiting station. and was
| sent to Columbus, O., where he was re-
jected. As the government makes no
provision for paying transportation of
| rejected applicants, Tucker was fore
| ed to beat his way hoineward.
| He slipped between two mail cars OF
| a Pennsylvania train that was west
| bound and the mercury stood at zero
! The flyer made only one stop between
| Columbus and Richmond, and when it
| reached Richmond Tucker was found
| unconscious on the platform. Both
| ears, both hands and one foot were
badly frozen. Transportation to Indi-
annapolis was given the man after he
| received medical attention.
SERIES OF RAIL ACCIDENTS.
A passenger train on the wabash
was derailed at Thurman. there were
two small wrecks In the Pennsylvania
yoards here. a freight train was deraii-
| ed at Columbia CITY, "a fire broke out in
the Pennsylvania shops and Joe Stock
man, of Bourbon. fell under a train
| and lost both legs yesterday. Stock
man was the only person injured in
the series of accidents. but the loss to
the railroads was large. The entire
Wabash train left the rails, but owing
TO the level and frozen ground none
| of the coaches were turned over
!