The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-12
ARMED GUARD
PAGES LIZZIE
ST. ALL NIGHT
Sheriffs Win Race With
Moving Van; Tenant and
Lanlard in a Grapple.

w hat With sherlns. an srmod sonty.
a furniture van tenants and The lan,#
lord-each PLAYING VISITING game
end now snd then angr> words and
legal maneuvete. Elizabeth street In
Hammond 5 eNe- 4ziHe residential south
side had rather exciting n isht oc e..
Irving CoNles. r4estdent 20 he
swenstron1 Manufacturing GO, tho sem
ami divides the lead of tho htt}e So
Getty plaN with Peter n. Blek. real
estate man ami the landlord
10 got the hang 90 the story ID m4st
5Sgin at the oesinnine Nearly two
Years ago she swanztroc Manufactur-
ing Go. located IA West Hammond in
the manufacture OF pneumatic water
supply systems and Cowles lhe presi-
dent brought his family to Hammond
a short While after. To bs exact, six
Teen months aso the Cowles moved i'm
10 a seven room upper apartment in
the building al p Elizabeth stree4
owned 0y NJ. BLcls The owner and
his family occ1py the lower fla
PACK Ut AND CALL VAN.
Tie rent was $50 per month WITH
hest furnished. Last month BiciS sued
Cowles for two months rent and Sc
=
OF Justice Z. Z Ames. which inclUd-
sd the rent. attorneys fees and costs.
w. J Wh.nery represents Bick in his
court business and Cowles' lawyer Is
Fred Barnett Attorney Barnett op-
pealed the case 20 the superior court
Aling an appeal bond. and II is now
psndins.
Cowles deelarea B.c5 had failed t.
heat the fat.
This week the Coules packed their
household goods end prepared to move
Charging that they We're planning 10
leave the state the landlord called up
on the sheriff TO prevent their movlne.
pending the decision % the court in
the appeal
SHEHIFF'S DASH TO SCENE.
The big moving an that was 90 cart
away the household effects % the fam
iiy backed up TO the curo I'm front os
"a Elizabeth street Yesterday afternoon
and the show began.
Down the street TO tine scene dashed
three deputy sherins. ON guard ia the
Cowles apartment they placed an arm
ed custodian namely Pie. Jos. Reilly.
late Of the United states army. In the
army Joe had learned the methods Of
& discipline. He had been told By the
sherins not 20 permit anything 20 be
taken in or out q the building and he
interpreted the order strictly to the
letter and the landlord and his family
on the first floor found themselves un-
der the same restrictions as the fam
lily upstairs
AN ALL NIGHT GUARD.
with an automatic army revolver
ready for use Pie. Reilly paced up and
down and around the building. Cowles
hurried 10 the courthouse ard entered
into an angry debate with the Chic -
deputy sheriff He declared that the
sheriff had no right 60 give the guard
access 20 the apartment that his wife
end little daughter Florence. were Nh
and 10 was an outrage. Meantime
Bicx's attorney ordered Reilly TO con-
fine his attentions TO the business in
hand and not include the whole place
in his sentry duty but the ex-soldier
said orders is orders" and kept on
This morning the moving van had
gone bat sleepy sentry was still on
the Job The Cowles had unpacked
bed clothing and slept on che foor ana
breaNfested with friends n tie Weigh
53rhood.
Al nine o'clocl> ne Superior court
opened. At SOS Attorney Fred Bar
net. aled an acton asking a v,rft ~ re-
pleviu against ths sheriff Cor TIE
household goods o. tao Cowles held -
custody r.. the armea eaara.
SAID Mr.. C0WIES.
I'm going 20 test out th.s land I'd
tenant proposition in Indiana II l IA g
.-t.. S.4~tse--7, court In