The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-05
SENSATION
IS TRIPLE
SHOOTING
IN COURT.
Victims Of Whiting Man Win Re-
cover, Judge GTeenWald Ad-
jOurns Court, Ink To be
Tried For Sanity.

"ACtAOA uAhc &ulh1 OI muH&,
is an anarchist or a lunatic, the
question today after his wholesale
shooting in the superior court
house yesterday is; who sold four
brand new thirty-eight caliber re-
volvers to the man who to all ap-
pearances is of unsound mind?
Ink today is in the county jail
at Crown Point held on a charge of
attempted murder. More than like
ly the man who is forty-nine years
of age will first be tried for his
sanity, and if found insane, the
charges against him will, of course,
not be pressed.
Victims Will Recover.
His gun victims of yesterday were
able to be up today or at least out of
danger. Bailif Lew De Bow who sus-
tanned three flesh wounds from as
many bullets was expected to be able
TO leave the hospital tomorrow. Judge
I ~&ASC-8 GAG W44OcC I1CGpA muscle IN the
right arm was cut. wore his arm in a
sling. He was on the bench for an
hour this morning. but announced that
could would be adjourned until next
Monday morning when cases remain
/ ing on this weeks calendar win be
taken up Cases set for next week
will be called the following week.
Robbins Scared For Life.
/
Hardy's court who was the third to be
shot was up and around in his Manila
street home today. The bullet missed
his eye by hair breadth, entered his
nose on the right side under the bridge
and came out on the left side at the
tip of the nose. The permanent scars
| that he viii carry will always bear
! evidence of his bravery and fearless-
ness in throwing himself on a shooting
maniac to save the life of others No
/ less brave was the conduct Of BafHr
| Lou De Bow, a former police sergeant
who hearing the first two shots while
on lower floor in the court house in
I conversation with court reporter John
] Sturgeon. hurried upstairs into the
main corridor and approached Inil,
with the command: Drop that gum
Strong For Preparedness.
Mike Ink yesterday was armed Tor
offensive and defensive warfare. He
thought hP was prepared to stand
siege If brought to bay. He was
strong on the preparedness stuff. This
is shown in some Of the details he
worked out. Thus he had club wrap-
/ ped in black cloth. 1t was studded
with pin points and woe to the man
that would try TO wrest that away
from him.
! Around his right wrist he wore
belt made out of the cloth top Of 4
ladys button shce. This gave his wrist
a size which the ordinary mans hand
could not grasp and hold. as George
Robbins learned when ne tackled the
man.
Carried 20 Pounds of Junk.
1t is estimated that link carried
fully seventy pounds of junk on his
person. Mainly there was the crudel
fashioned suit of armor OF mediaevE
design. 1t was made of sheet iron afld
covered with newspapers that were
pasted over it. The shirt reached from
the neck to the hip front and back
plats being hinged with string. Thigh.
/ leg and foot shields made out of sheet
iron or stove pipes and covered with
cloth that was pasted on made up the
/ balance of the armor. A sheet Iron
head mask on which he evidently spent
much time was wrapped in a news
paper. Nobody ever saw him wear it.
1t was thatched with mattress hair for
a scalp covering and a beard is made
of the same material. On the fore
head of this visor were the foIowins
words crudely printed in red ink:
People don't bedouche. Tb
United State and / was cavalry
| soldier. / want true for every
| body crosse DEATH
I The whole inscription is about a : IN
teIigent as was his average converse
ton.
The remainder Of inks fighting
paraphernalia included four new an
unused thirty-eight caliber revolvers
1s5 bullets. an cid cavalry sword moro
than a yard long rafting in q scab-
bard a dagger like butcher knife,
small hatchet. tack hammer. a, f1ve
pound chain and long heavy belt In
addition to all this he carried the mask
wrapped separately. a big bundle 81
/ documents of his own making, in
Guiding newspapers clippings. some as
/ them from THE TIMES. referring to his
famous check and his trip to the white
House when he went to see President
4 Taft. but was stopped short by house
detectives
All OF his psraphernalia is at the po-
lice station. One revolver shows Eve
empty cartridges. one had two empty
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