The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-16
MILLER IS
NOT TO Be
CAJO[EO
Gary Miller Park Confer
ence Comes to no Definite
End; Old Political Enemies
Meet and Warm Session Is
Promised For Short Time.

Those in attendance at the Gary
Miller park conference held in the
Miller town hall last night following
the regular session of the town trus
tees feared that a sensational quarrel
which arose between William c.
Crolius on one hand and Mayor Knots
Battleaxe Castleman and City Attor
ney Curtis on the other hand, would
end up in a near riot. The meeting
started out with Knots and Crolius
shaking hands and ie ended up in
row with the Miller viglantes keeping
a most watchful guard throughout the
proceedings.
Crolius Bests Knots Men
Crolius came down to present the
plans of an amusement park syndicate
which he represents = while Knots
Battleaxe ct al, were on hand to JUST
fy the big proposed lake front grab
and its auxiliary concessions"
When the smoke of battle blew
away Crolius was In the lead and the
Gary lake front grabbers retired from
Miller voicing their indignation at the
town board and the people. So. for
the time being there will be no lake
front public park at Miller and work
Will begin within short time on the
Berry Amusement park.
Alderman Battleaxe Castleman
president of the Gary park board, who
sometime ago declared that IL Gary
gets the park on the lake front CON
cessions' will be let Ito the faithfully
to maintain It opened up the debate
by saying that the park board wanted
101 acres on the lake front He asked
Millers permission to come in and
condemn the property
Crolius then took the floor and out
lined the project of the Berry Steam
ship company which will run excur
sion boats down from Chicago to MIL
Ter beach. He stated that 30 conces :
sions had already been let and that a
steamer loaded with piling for the
new wharf would be set out from an
upper lake port in a few days. He
further stated that the interests he
represented had under lease / "a
miles of lake front age and that 1
mile was owned outright. On part of
this tract, which is owned by the sand
companies. a 40-acre Chautauqua park
would be laid out. He rounded or
his speech by saying that Gary could
not condemn the land and that IL II
did attempt anything a big legal ba.
tie would follow.
Posats BsttIexe's Reputation
City Attorney Curtis of Gary then
stepped forward and read some law
that the park site could be condemn
ed Crolius told him TO read other
section and at this juncture Castle.
man interrupted.
Then things began to warm and
Crolius started to give word paint
ing of Battleaxe's reputation citing
his record for veracity as it was
known in Gary and Miller
Calls Crolius schemer.
Taking a big quid of tobacco Bat
tleaxe fired volleys of the weed juice
at the nearest spitton and in a loud
and screaming voice denounced
Crolius as a schemer and the agent
for real estate men. Mayor Knots
punctuated the proceedings with :
few words which do not look good in
print. They referred to his old tim,
opponent. Crolius.
Miller Cop Is watchfui.
Finally Crolius wound the scrap u,
by saying that he did not come I,
Miller to scrap. For awhile 1t locke,
as il either Knots and Crolius O.
Castleman and Crolius would come I,
blows and Olaf Riser. the town mar
shall at Miller. was prepared to restor
order and one caution burgher move,
nearer to protect the town safe.
With the near riot quelled Presiden
Battieaxe of the Gary park boar,
then demanded that the town boar,
pass resolutions denying Gary tn
right to condemn the park Croliu
quickly cautioned the board to remain