The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22
SHOCKING
AND BRUTAL
NURDERERS
Gary Men Find MangIed Re-
mains In Street While
En- Route Home.

Gary police were unable TO trace the
identity Of the man killed By an auto
in Hammond last night. at 1915 a. m
ths hammond police rang Gary station,
told OF the accident, ana asked that a
watch he kept for an auto that might
have its wtnshteld broken.
Capt. vodtcka was told that the dead
man was so yeors old, carpenter for
the Gary Land company-but all Gary
Land Co. carpenters reported for work
today. A board receipt for S14 signed
by MIS-. L. 4. Massey, living near the
z. II. G. a., was N the clothes. Mrs.
Massey was located and she told the
police that she never kept boarders.
One of the most dastardly deeds
o. manslaughter that ever took
place in the Calumet region hap
pened in Summer street, Ham
mond, last night shortly after nine
o'clock.
A man believed to be Bruce
Chase was knocked down and run
over by small touring car coming
from the direction of Gary. After
mortally injuring him the autoists
put on full speed and hurried away.
GARY MEN FIND BODY.
About $50 last night George Holtz-
man and Andrew Miller. both OF Gary.
whlle In Summer street on their way
nome passed a big car westbound. 60
in var For
two blocks farther after passing this
car they found man lying in the road
still alive but he soon died before anv
thing could be done to save him.
The broken body Of the victim, or
manslaughter. If there ever was one
lay crumpled up in the road The skull
was fractured and bleeding and the left
leg was broken. The two Gary men
were Mortified at the shocking sight
POLICE ARE CALLED.
While they were about to notify the
authorities after taking the body to the
sidewalk, two other Gary men. 9. II.
Pagel and Joseph Long. reached the
! spot and assisted in caring for the BODY.
Messrs- Pagel and Long called UP the
Hammond police who went at once ~
Summer street. The man was dead when
they got there and the police sent the
remains TO Emmerling's norgue bv the
order of Deputy Coroner Green. to await
Identification.
! \ board receipt for s14 dated April
2lst signed by Mrs. l. A Massey made
! out to Bruce Chase also a c. NJ. & s p
Ry identification card No. 403 made out
to Bruce Chase and registration card
from United Chemical and Organic Pro
ducts Co made out to Bruce Chase. car
penter helper, signed by department
foreman L. Harwood, May 21. :.
/ WAS vERY TALL.
! The description of the victim is as
follows: 4S to so years old. feet
inches tall, weight IT'S lbs. brown hair
grey eyes and wore brown suit light
green hat and q pair of tan shoes.
When Mr.. Harwood was called about
the man this morning by Coroner Green.
+ he said that man calling himself
4 Bruce Chase came to him about 3:30
/ yesterday afternoon and asked for work
saying that he had Just come to town.
He did not say where from and told Mr..
/ Harwood that he wanted work as a car
penter. Harwood hired him as car
penters helper and told him to report
for work this morning
SEEN AT HESSvILLE.
1t was said by other witnesses that
. the auto victim had been seen around
i Hessville some time ago and that he
may have been on his way back there
when he was killed
Miss Kuhlman of Hammond says that
she with a party of friends were taking
! a ride on Summer street last night when
i they stopped to fix something on the
car They saw an automobile coming
west and while it was about a block
away they heard a noise which they
took to be a tool box falling off
I CAR GOING FAST.
/ This machine passed them going about
40 miles an hour. The horn was sound
ed stridently to clear the way The
machine was a Ford with two men in
/ the front seat and three women in the
rear seat. Miss Kuhlman's party then
saw another machine stop where they
/ had heard the noise so they drove up
and found the man thought to be Bruce
1 Chase. dead. It develops that the victim
may have come from Little Rock. Ark.
| as the hat he wore was bought there.
/ An envelope addressed to Fred Wright,
/ 90S Pike Blvd. Little Rock. Arkansas.
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