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The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
Deductions ofHarvey Hunt
By Philip Francis NowTan.

certain Disadvantages in their eter-
nal battle against the criminal, and
the biggest of their handicaps is
their inability to do much until the
criminal actually. has committed a
crime. Then they must waste
their time reconstructing the crime
and taking up the trail from clues
which, though they absolutely must
exist, are often remarkably well
hidden. In the meantime the GRIM
inal. whose plans have been work
ed out in advance, is speeding on
his way toward safety.
But, Bob, you're overlooking the
one great handicap which the GRIM
inal labors under. That's the fact
that he cannot foresee what obsta-
cles may arise suddenly in his path.
Often he passes these obstacles
without a chance to see them and
they remain in his trail, without
his knowledge, to point the path to
his pursusrs. He never knows
when he has reached real safety.
There was, for instance, the IA
nous Guldensuppe case of many
years ago. Do you remember it?"
NO" said DeKyne.
WELL" said the criminologist,
without going unnecessarily into
the details of the case, many OF
which we're revolving, a bathhouse
attendant in New York was mur-
dered by a jealous and brutal wom-
an and the man who had fed her
jealousy. Part of the body was
found floating in the river, horribly
mutilated, but the head was miss
ing, and for a long time it couldn't
be identified. Finally il was, but
even then-you know how IL Is in
a place like New York-the police
couldn't find anybody with a mo-
tive for numbering him. No one
knew anything about his private
affairs. and, Of course, the murder
ers didn't tell.
'Tt seems that the man and the
woman had rented a cheap little
house in one of the newly devel-
oped suburbs and lived there as
husband and wife. 1t was to that
place that they enticed their vic
tim. They cut up the body, in the
bathtub, and to make assurance
doubly sure that no trace of blood
should be left in the tub they
turned the water on and let II run
for several hours They tidied the
place UP carefully and went en-
about their business as though
nothing had happened. The house
was well apart from those of the
neighbors, and nobody had seen the
victim enter or his body carted
away-the head to be buried, and
the body 10 be dumped in the river.
"Yet itYwas their very precaution
In hushtnk out the bathtub SO well
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
AEooD FIIvvER
IsSWORTH A~

AS""OhTH S-2o.
yHdging from what Tim Sullivan
Is ,sppposed to have done. we may
expect some smart alec confidence
man. to sell the White House or
the"' Lincoln Memorial to some
trusting stranger.
Tim was alleged to have so!d An
inxisible Ford. He attached himself
to.sA,country boy from way down in
Vrginia. For the munificent sum
ofvtt.25. Tim declared. he would sell
a handsome fiivver to the boy, and
deityer it shortly afterward.
The boy paid over the money and
patiently waited for the machine.
He had to come to town to see his
unoie.
When he arrived at the Union Sta
ti9n he inquired OF Tim-the first
pefspn he met, the whereabouts OF
thAauncle.
After dragging the boy all around
the Zoo. Tim then spilled the yarn
about the s4.75 automobile and got
thAs,money.
The confidence man disappeared.
The boy did not see any more Of
him until he was brought into court.
ne court sentenced him to ninety
days. He win earn the s4-25 at the
rafe OF nearly 5 cents a dy. He
ccuid make better money washing
dishes-but what else can YOU ex-
pect.to happen to a man who piays
such txicksf
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
MONDAY, APRIL II. 1871.

MONDAY, APBIL II. 1tlL .
This should be an unusually fors
tunate day, according to astrologys
Mercury, Jupiter. Uranus and the
Sun are all in benefic aspect.
IL Is a time most propitious foF
signing leases or enterinto into neW
contracts. There is a lucky sign fot
initiative Of all sorts
Messages OF import from foreigr
nations will be received while thit
aspect prevails, the seers foretelS
There will be much interest In EurUe
pean affairs this month and next.
Uranus is so smiling toward the
Earth that IL is held TO be moss
favorable. An acess OF wisdorr
seems to be promised to those who
deal in large AFFAIRS.
Persons who hold exalted post
tions OF trust or responsibility
should benefit from this sway. which
makes for administrative ability. .
Aviation continues subject 10
rule that promises. much practical
use within the year. o
Again. interest in psychic phes
nomena will revive. and IL Is proph.
esied that scientific Investigations
will lead TO amazing discoveries
within the year.
Since the war Il has been fres
quently prophesIed that new leadert
While the Moon OF this month fs
and now the seers repeat the pref
diction that there will be sudden
fame for many whose names are now
unknown.
A woman Is to achieve q place
not hitherto occupied by one Of het
sex.
The seers declare that there 10
the best possible augury for womeH
In public afsirs. but they viii gals
through slow and deliberate so-
vancement.
Persons whose birthdste it q
should be careful in their associss
tions with persons Of opposite seq
In business they will have sucS
cessful year.
Children born on this day will b.
clever and accomplished, and should
easily win success in whatever they
attempt.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11

that led to their undoing."
don't see how" objected De-
kyne. Il can't imagine"
No, of course you can't" laugh
ed Hunt, because you lack exactly
the knowledge that the murderer RS
lacked, something that did not oc-
cur to them and would not have
occurred to anybody going out
there from the city and renting
that house. Can't you guess?"
Can you Euesss Or do you know
because You remember the case
The answer will appear tomorrow
Copyright, 1871, By Public Ledger Co..
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
Today's Great Person.
April 11-Your Birthdayf

Edward Everett, American
statesman and orator. Born
Friday, April IL, 17s4, and
died Sunday, January 3, 1865.
Before he was II years old
he was ordained n minister.
He made his last speech six
days before his death. II was
his oration before Lafayette
Mt Cambridge, In 1924, that
did most to win him fame n
an orator.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11

The house detective. thought
the fact that the bad check
writer had used the name Of
the AmmerhilI National Bank
Of Randallville meant nothing
more than II in fits place lad
been written the National City
Bank of New York. There was
such n bank, the hotel was in
formed.
when Hunt was asked to
give his view on the value of
the only clue left behind. he
said IL was a live one. why
did he think that iHyestigation
at RandallviIle wodl provide
information Of the cheek pass
err. Read Hunts explanation
herewith,
In the case of "A Bad Check"
the thing that struck Harvey Hunt
was that the name of the bank on
which it was drawn was an un-
usual one, the Ammerhill National
Bank, and that there really was
such a bank in the distant little
town of Randallville.
As he explained to DeKyne aft
erward: "He couldn't have invent
ed the name and been lucky enough
to make a true guess. II he had
been taking a bank, the safest
thing for him to do would have
been to write First National or
Second National Do you get the
point? 1t showed me clearly that,
whoever he was, he must have been
pretty familiar with the town of
both because he knew
the unusual name of that bank and
because 1t came naturally into his
mind to use 1t.
Now, IL he knew the town SO
well 1t was a pretty safe bet that
the town knew him pretty well,
too. As a matter of fact, it did.
The Fellow was really the son of
one OF the prominent citizens in
Handallville, who had been rushing
around the country for some time
showing signs of an unbalanced
mentality. He's in an asylum now.
on' yes, 1t wasn't much of a trick
TO catch him. once they knew whom
TO look for. He was one of those
weak creatures who take the east
est way out of present difficulties
and never bother with conse-
luences that are more than a week
DR. SO on.
Can you solve this problem
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
SHORT STORIES OF :
FAMOUS PEOPLE
Giuseppe Garibaldi.


The old fishing boat rocked In
the high waves; water splashed
over the sides, but the three
boys on the boat were not afraid.
Giuseppe, the captain" was
especially hilarious, for at last
he had attained his youthful am
sbition of being a sea captain. An
old fishing vessel, rugged up with
a sail, was too great a tempta-
tion for Giuseppe, so he and his
two companions had watched
their chance. stolen the boat and
sailed with ii out into the Medi-
terranean.
But their pleasure wasI short
lived, for Giuseppe's father
learned of the secret voyage,
took a faster boat and soon
caught up with the runaway
three.
Giuseppe Garibaldi has been
called the father of Italian lib
erty, for he was the leader of
the Italian revolution.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
Split-Second
Comments
On theNews
By ROBERT CULLEN

Egg Oh the NJst now is slovenli-
ness, not ostentation.
The tips are smaller when the
patrons are not tipplers.
He done may be Chicagoese,
but He duns" is at present univer-
sal. .
They speak OF temporary" tariff
revision. Well, that's normalcy.
The man who onoe Dragged about
how much he could do now brags
about how many.
The best tobacco is cured for sew
eral years, but that Used for cigar
cites is, taken just as 1t comes from
the sawmill.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11

The casualty list would indicate
that the Russian for galloping, con-
sumption is Trotsky.
1t will be hard H. force of habit
persuades Mr.. Harding to use blue
pencil instead of a veto.
We don't know much about this
Plumb plan, but IL it's anything like
the one the plumbers use. we're agin
1t.
A mouth that Is open most Of the
time indicates adenoids or an exag-
gerated respect for ones own opin.
ions. -.iss .. s.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
He Admits II.

A teacher was giving a lesson
on the rhinoceros and found his
class was not giving him the at
tention it should.
Now, my young people," said
he, ''if you want to realize the
true hideous nature of the ami
NAL you must keep your eyes
fixed on me-"
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
Daily HardknOt,

We don't want to remind you
too much of school. but today
we have a puzzle that involves
three of the things you are study
ing or have studied. Arrange each
group of letters and see what the
subjects are,
1-Citmrhaiet
2-Mgarmra
3-Gnilpels
(Answer to last one: (D. come,
home, hone, gone; (2). work,
pork, perk. peak, peas.)
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
Nuts to Crack.

What is the difference between
an honest and a dishonest wash
erwoman?
(Answer to last one: IF
postmaster should go to a circus
and the bear should eat him,
what time would it be e?"-s D. mi
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
Employees to Dance.

The Mutual Relief Association of
L L4nsburgh and Brothers employees
VIII give an Informal dance in the
Araade ballroom on THURSDAY eve
nins, April 81. There will be MANY
interesting features, including re-
frssAnenN
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
Poor Willie.

Willie doing his homework)
What is the distance to the
nearest star, Auntie?"
I'm sure I don't know. Willie"
We'll, 1 hope, then, you'll feel
sorry tomorrow when I'm getting
punished for your ignorance"
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
Gay Songsters.
(By Virginia T.. Gay, L. years
old, Central High School.)

4 fash of red. a flash of bIrc;
4 fash of ycllo7r, | sd0V too;
The trcttiest eoIorS haze seen
Agdinst the stately forest green.
Three little birds. PH tell yoK IrIo,
The cardinal, and the blac-bird
blSe;
The ycilo1V is the orioIc,
SINGING 1rTth all his heart and soul.
Each auiH be bHsy building is nest,
lind trying to look its Ssry best
For mating time IS near ,
Then nests of babies dear,
Happy father and proud mother,
Chipping little sister and BROTHER:
TIL the time comes to soy good
bye"
Then to the ,rorm South they uiH
fy.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
Read This One.

Francis Hook. of Wallach
School, wants to know why the
women Of Australia do not wash
their floors. It's because they
have scrub trees" he answers.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
Can you solve this problem
WASHED EVIDENCE?

you're right" said Harvey Hunt
W reply TO the remark of his friend
oeAyne' the police do work under
The Washington herald., 1921-04-11
A Familiar Quotation.
(Who wrote it?)

(Who wrote it?)
Necessity is the mother of
inverfion.
Last one:
But woe awaits country
when
She sees tears of bearded men.
walter Scott, "Marmion.7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-01
MRS. REIFENSTE|N, AGED
81, GAINS rs POUNDS
Declares She Would Like to
Put a Bottle of Tanlac IN
the Hands of Every Sick
Man, Woman and Child in
This Country-Never Saw
Its Equal.

Il am sixtyseven years of age. but
in all my experience have never
known a medicine like Tanlac. Think
Of it! At my age to gain t enty-five
pounds in weight. but that is just what
] have done,' said Mrs. Emma Ref
'senstein. of No. sS7 Webster avenue.
Syracuse. n. Y.
IF had it in my power" she con-
tinued, IT would put a bottle of Tan
lac in the home of every sick man.
woman and child in this country for
L know what this wonderful medicine
would do for them. For almost two
years I was almost nervous wreck
1 did not dare TO leave the house or
even go up town unless my husband
went with me. I was afraid to even
cross the street and had a feeling of
dread all of the time.
"My stomach was weak and easily
upset. For days at a time 1 would go
without solid food. 1 could not rest
at night to do any good and felt tired
and worn out all of the time. Some
days could hardly drag myself across
the room and was so weak and mis-
cradle I was ready to give up.
MY health is fine now and 1 eat
anything 1 want and never have a
touch of indigestion. I have never
slept better than 1 do now. My re-
covery is the talk of our neighborhood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-01
DON'T GET THEIR SHARE
High Cost of Building Is Checked Up
to Contractors.

to Contractors.
The high cost of BUILDINGS checked
directly to the contractors, in an
article which will appear in the Kan
sas Trades Unionist in this weeks
issue.
The laboring men themselves are
not getting the exorbitant rates
which the public has to pay for build
ing work, the writer of the article
contends. He asserts that the con-
tractors tack on profit of from SO
per cent to nearly 100 per cent on the
labor which the laboring man sells
them and which they in turn sell to
the public.
In Topeka the scale of wages for
carpenters is 81 u cents per hour; for
stone masons. 81 per hour; for brick
layers, $1.125 per hour; for
plumbers, $ Il per hour; for electricians,
81 per hour" says the article
These are the wages paid them by,
the contractors. but the contractors
for carpenters, s1.35 per hour; for
stone masons, $1.75 per hour; for
bricklayers, 81 per hour; for plumbers.
$3.50 per hour; for electricians, $1.75
per hour
Thus the people pay the contrac-
tors from nearly SO per cent to nearly
loo per cent more than these crafts
men receive, for which in reality the
contractor makes no return, but takes
this as his rake off for being middle
man between the craftsmen and the
people; and the people, imagining the
high rates paid by them to the con-
tractor are the wages of the crafts
men, curse organized labor, curse I'M
organized labor, curse the laborer in
general, curse everybody but the con-
tractor, the real malefactor in the
20 CO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-01

as il was generally believed I could
not last but a few weeks longer. This
grand medicine has brought me health
and happiness and I just can't say
enough in its praise
Mr.. J. Reifenstein. in commenting
on his wife's statement said: Yes,
her recovery has been happy surprise
to us all. A few weeks ago I had no
idea she would be able to pull thru.
but now she is in better health than
have ever seen her and the credit is
due to Tanlac. We have been married
fifty-two years today and I don't be-
lieve have ever seen her looking any
better. "-Adyertisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-01
FOR RELIEF OF IRISH
Campaign Will Be Started Here to-
Raise Fund of $4,000.

A drive to raise $1,000 for the re-
lief of the aged, sick, and the women
and children of Ireland, will be started
in Shawnee county April 4. More than
100 workers who will take part in the
drive will hold their final organiza-
ton meeting at the knights of Colum-
bus hall in the Aetna building tonight.
DR.. Thomas O'Connor is chairman
of the executive committee for Shaw
nee county, and Earl Akers is treas
urer of the county fund.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-03-17

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
OFFICE OF BOARD or PUBLIC
WORKS. EAST CHICAGO. IND.
MARCH u. 1921
Sealed proposals will be received bv
the Board OF Public Works OF the City
Of East Chicago. Indiana at the office
Of the Board Of said city Until 1880
o'clock P. NJ. on the 18th day of April
1921. at which time and place said bids
will be publicly opened and duly con-
sldere6 for the construction Of the fol
lowing described Improvement
For the construction Of local sewer
IN Forsythe avenue from a point zoe
feet of the south right OF way line Of
the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad
TO and emptying into the sewer in 15lst
street, as authorized by the Improve
ment Resolution No. A-202 passed and
adopted by the said Board Of Public
Works on the 21st day of February.
1921.
The estimated cost Of the proposed
Improvement IS s5.662.50.
Said Improvement shall be construct
ed and made in accordance Win said
resolution. and the maps, piats, plans.
profIes and specifications for the same
on file in the office Of the Board % said
city.
Proposals must be made on blanks
furnished by the said Board and IN
compliance with the instructions here
10 attached which blanks can be had
on application to the City clerk, and
must be accompanied by the usual
statutory affidavit OF non-oollusion and
by certified check to he drawn o" some
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-03-17
LOST AND FOUND

LlOST-One suit case color tan: on the
Lincoln III ghway or some where around
Hammond. Liberal reward, Contents.
overcoat. suit dark clothes with sol
+ ers wounded button on left panel Of
eaet. I pair brown lace shoes; return to
Ii mes office. Hammond 5-16
I.oST-A pair Of nose glasses in black
Shopping bag on State street. between
a1aywood and Holman street, phone
SOS Hammond 3-lf-l
I.0ST-White Poodle Dog answers to
rame Of Buster eel Truman avenue
or cali Hammond 1865. Reward SIP
LOST-White Female Poodle Dog
named Fiji Reward 1912 Grape
vine street. Indiana Harbor 3-lI-l
T0J-Np-White Poodle in East chi
rago Owner pay for al and keep
1850 Wegg avenue. East Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-03-17
WANTED-NfALE HELP

EETS--SeIling Forkola, house TO
house, make $50 TO s75 weekly; write
Bacorn Company. Elmira. \. Y. 3-i4-4
NVANTED-Man. experienced In hard
ware and paints; apply 10 Mr.. Green,
Lion store. Hammond 316-S
GOVERNMENT needs Railway Mail
Clerks. s13S 10 1892 per month. Write
Tor free specimen questions; Columbus
Institute. Columbus. Ohio. 3-fI-4
ttLERK WANTEp-At Gibson r. NJ. 6.
A.. phone in morning. 26S4 Hammond.
3-1--1
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-03-17
SITUATION WANTED

SITUATION WANTED stenogra-
pher with : years experience, address
Elk care Times. 3-16-e
WANTED POSTTTON-Doing general
houseworiS by a coiored girl. So Plum
iner avenue. Hammond Silica
POSITION WANTED-Practioa nurse
confin ernent cases preferred: call 143
" Williams street, Hsmond. 5-I7-2
WANTED@3 experienced saIesladies to
work extra: apply Consumers &. Co.
is F.. State street. Hammond. 3-17-l
WANTED work. Tl6 state Line
street, tst floor Hammond Sill
-Dfshwasher and experienced
waitress. Nee restaurant. Ham mond
3-1.-f
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-03-17

March, 1921. at the hour OF 1857 o'clock
P. NJ. receive sealed bids for the twent y
GOD ton platform scales.
Address sil bids TO the Clerk OF the
Board Of Public Works.
The Board reserves the right TO re
jsct any or all bids.
7. 7. RICHARDS.
$40 Clerk of the Board.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-03-17
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS

FOR SALE story frame building. 10
rooms. s rooms up and S rooms down;
list street. Whiting, Ind S-17-1
FOR SALE,-New room Bungalow is
modern IN every way; phone 1Ss6-W
or call 5I5 l50th street Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-03-17
WANTED TO RENT

WANTED TO RENT-space for electri-
cal service station IN established Bat
terry station or CARA ge; address BIS
Times. Hammond. 8-lb-2
WANTED TO RENT--A modern or
room house with OF without garage
by April LIST. Responsible party, write
B-121 Times. Hammond. 3-f9-3
WANTED 70 RENT or room house
children in family; ei6 Erie street.
Hamm ond. 5-li-2
WANTED TO RFNT-S or unfurnish-
ed rooms: call 11S4-M Ind. Harbor.
3-17-I
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-03-17

Of said Guthrie stree between Michigan
avenue and WaShin ton street.
Address all bids o the Clerk Of the
Board of Public Wo ks
The Board reserves the ight 20 re-
ject any or gil bids
r. Y. RI, lizards
s-ro-17 1erk Of the Board.
NOTICE TO NON-TESIDENT
STATE OF INDIANA, LAKE COUNTY,
N THE LAKE SUPERIOR COURT.
SITTING AT HAMMOND. INDIANA.
MARCH TERM. 1921 AMERICAN
TRUST & SAVINGS BANK A COR
PoRATTON VS. JACOB KUsMAUL
AND FRANCES KUSSMAUL. IT'S
WIFE. CAUSE NO. 202ss. ACTION
TO FoRECLOsE MORTGAGE on
REAL. ESTATE IN LAKE COUNTY.
INDIANA.
Now comes the plaintiff by George J.
Eder, Attorney and files its complain.
herein, together with an affidavit Of a
competent person. showing that the de-
PENDANT thereto, to-wit: Jacob Kuss-
maui. is not q resident Of the State Of
Indiana.
Said defendant IS therefore hereby
notified Of the tendency Of said action
and that the same Will stand for trial
81 the next term of said Court, and that
unless he appear and answer or demur
therein, at the calling Of said cause, on
the 18th day of May, A. D. 1921 the
same being the eth day OF the next term
Of said Court 10 be begun and held in
Room number In the Court House at
Hammond. in said County and State on
the End Monday Of May, A. D.. 1921.
said action will be heard and determined
in his absence.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. 7 hcreun-
to set my hand and affix the seal Of
said court at Hammond, Indiana this
18th day OF March A d, 1921
HERBERT L. WHEATON
Clerk Lake Superior Court.
By Cora D. Anderson deputy clerk.
S-1T-2A-31