The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-01-04

suspenders over a cross bar as a means
of hanging himself The man was ar
rested at noon yesterday for drunken
ness. and it is supposed that he was de-
spondent because of his arrest. A
widow and eight children survive.
FIRE FIGHTER WILL RETIRE.
After thirty-three years continuous
service fighting fires in South Bend.
Capt. Oscar Stallard has announced his
intention of retiring next June. Capt
Stallard was a member of the volunteer
department which fought fires in South
Bend when the city was but two-thirds
it's present age. During his service he
has seen the city grow from town
which called three story buildings sky
scrapers' to one which now finds its fire
fighting apparatus antedated because of
the rapidly growing sky line" of sew
en- and eight story blocks. dinner
was recently given by the department
in his honor.
WILL CASE TO BE APPEALED.
Laporte Circuit Court has furnished
in the Hammond Toyne will contest one
of the most intricate legal tangies un-
earthed for years. The question was
yesterday decided adversely for the
plaintiff and Will be taken to the APP
a man who is the son of the wife of the
testator, who left no direct heirs. no
descendants or children. but did leave
| a wife. who died few days after his
DEATH has the right to contest the will.
| To further enmesh affairs the plaintiff S
real name is Harry S. Edwards and he
was taken by Thomas Toyne to rear.
but never legally adopted. He was TO
change his name to Thomas Toyne Jr.,
which he did. However. the will of
Toyne Sr. gave the entire estate valued
| at $4,000 to II. Hammond Toyne Jr.
who brought legal action to break the
will, but lost the case YESTERDAY
Lawyers say the case has no parallel in
Indiana.
ATTACKED nv BUFFALO.
| Jesse Smith of Anderson is believed to
| have been injured internally in fierce
struggle yesterday with three buffalos
which he has been wintering in an
Anderson livery barn. He had entered
1.-THE stall occupied by the animals, and
was reaching beneath a manger for a
pan when one of the animals gored him
before he could release himself from
/ the cluthes of the infuriated animal
/ another started at him and pinned his
lbody against the wall of the ssall-
DEATH FOLLOWS CAROUsAL.
After a nights carousal on a house
boat in company with several men ana
women, Edward Miller. merchant OF
Maunie ILL.,. crazed with morphine and
| whiskey, fred several shots at his com
/ panions, jumped ashore from the boa'
at Mt. Vernon and was found face dow
lin the mud late last evening, dead bJ
two farmers. 1t is supposed that he fel
sleep and froze to death.
/ SPRINKLEs POISON FOR STOCK
| Yesterday morning, when Alvin Clore
i who lives near Bargersvilie, went t.
his barnyard to look after his stock h
found two packages of paris green OF
top of a watering tank Further in
vestigation showed small heaps of thu
lpoison mixed with salt and put arount
the barn lot in places convenient TO
the stock Suspecting that his son
|IGuy might also be treated in like man
ner, Mr.. Clore went to his sons hom
and discovered paris green and sal
lspread around in piles. but as the stool
had not started out no damage had bee
ldone Mr. Clore says he knows of oni
, lone person who might be called a
) 1enemy. Sheriff vandiver had blood