The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-15


ne nothing.
You got him cheap, said m.
wise
Yes said Nick. ] got hin
heap
What kind Of horse is hce
asked my wife.
why he's blac;s horse. quit,
.hunky. about IL or Is years old ),
shoe on left from; foot and there's
i sore on his left hind foot where
IN iron was tied to it,.
Why. that's our horse, said my
vie.
1T amt neither said Nick.
BILL GETS HORSE BACK
when / came home my wife told
ne what Nick had said and l wen
over TO his house. He wasn't HON
50 | talked to Mrs Mess. DESERT
ga our horse to her and she said tn,
one Nick had found was like that
ard that | could 80 cut to tho bart
and see 1t.
Il says. No, ! have no right &c
inter the barn without Mr. Moss
permission. So she went out to
the barn with me AMI ! pointed out
all the marks on the horse that
rad told her about, and she agree.
that it was my horse. She said
seen you driving him one day. Yoi
! was stuck She SAID | could TAX,
tho horse. but | said didn't car,
10 take him until I knew what tn.
damages would be fsr Nick feeding
him.
Now, I'm ahead or my story. The
. horse was the same as Moss had
/ described aim except that there
wasn't any marks on the left hind
DOT made ~ an ir3n like he told
| ny wife. Ny horse didn't have any
marks or his left hini foot either,
ALRERTs RoPED M
so / took the horse home v It'll
| ne with Nick's wife consent and
| loss tried different ways OF getting
possession Of it b. roping in George
Nlbcrts. his rcighbor. who was sup
! ,osed to have lost horse ard said
| this was the horse he lost. Finally
| hey consulted lawyer who had
Judge Friedrich issue a writ of re-
olevin on the twenty-second day OF
March The writ was served by
Constable julius Taussig.
THE writ said that George Al
berts was the owner OF the horse.
but he never come to my house to
claim possession OF it except one
day he stopped in front Of the house
and went out and said to him. Do
you own that horse
lie said. Yes.
y said. George Alberts. YOU lIe.'
II consulted Attorneys Tinkham
and Tinkham, and they took my
case.
Now the trial starts After tell
ing their side Of the story. Moss
and Aiberts were cross-examined by
Attorney Ti1kham, and neither one
could tell where. when or from
whom they bought the horse. and
they we're simply lett sitting there
with their mouths wide open like
fly traps by the questions my law
yer asked them had witnesses
there who seen the horse before re
left my place last winter and seen
him when ne returned and proved
that he was the horse I lost.
vIND-BRok AND LAME
"a six-year- old boy could have
rendered decision in ten minutes
as everything Went IN my favor. As
1t was the Judge withheld decision
for two weeks which looks suspic-
ious to me. This being tho case il
gave Moss two weeks to work the
horse almost to death so that no.
body could recognize him and the
horse had to be brought into court
on a truck. not able to walk on ac-
count OF being wind broken from
hard pulling.
''ITe was in such poor shape that
even my own witnesses couldn't
identify him and for this reason was
turned over to Moss. but to be
truthful I really feel sorry for Mr.
AIberts as he was only used IS a
tool by Moss and his confederates
In order to make 1t appear that Al
berts owns the horse. Moss turns
around and claims it for charges
for feeding the horse and Moss has
tho horse in his possession and Y
wouldnt give 81 for the horse be-
cause it amt worth nothing