The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-21
Pettis Dry Goods CO
He is AT IL AGAIN
State GeOlOgist GOrby Upon An
other Disgraceful Spree.
Talk Among State Officers of Having
Him RemOved-Can Be Done by
the Circuit Court.

State Geologist Gorby, not satisfied with
his late experience in drunken role. is
again on one OF his periodical sprees. and
as a consequence the Statehouse occupants
are I'm a state of excitement. bordering
terror. They fear that he will, as is his
wont at these periods, playfully remove the
furniture from his office by dropping it
from the third floor of the building to the
corridors below. To guard against repe
tition of the disgraceful orgies usually In
dulged in by GOrby when in his normal
col Edition, which OF late has been of a maud
lin character. brought on by an admixture
OF morphine and bad whisky, ne has been
securely locked in one of the rooms and a
guard placed over him Tuesday evening
he was brought in off the street by Ser
genat LaPorte and conducted TO this room.
The officer notified his assistants that if he
was found on the street again under the
Influence of liquor he would again be ar
rested and taken before Judge Stubs. The
Judge discharged Gorby few weeks ago
after assessing nominal fine, but he viii
not probably get of so easily the next time
This mans conduct has been a public scan
DIAL OF long standing and no sympathy is
expressed for him by the other officials
about the building. Several of the State
sent TO the wcrkhouse to sober up the next
time he makes a public exhibition of him
self on the streets. The matter has become
serioue one with his Democratic con-
freres. and steps looking to his removal
from the Office he dtSgraces may be taken
at any time. Speaking on the subject one
OF them said yesterday: '',Ine Democratic
party has a heavy enough burden To carry
through the next campaign without Shout
dering the responsibility for the acts of n
man whom the party has hOnOred time and
Il ono fax - Ox-alft q
action is taken looking to GOrby'S removal,
Will De an easy matter 10 prove his
unttneSs. as the court records of this city
and Franklin Ind, both show that he was
fined on pleas of guilty TO drunkenness
There is law which covers this case ex,
reads:
Removal for intOXication-Any person
holding any Office under the Constitution or
laws OF the State, who shall voluntarily be-
come intoxicated within business hours of
his office. or shall be in The habit of be-
coming intoxicated by the use OF intOxicat-
ing liquors, shall forfeit his office and be
removed therefrom. upon complaint filed
IN tne circuit Court of the county i'm which
ne resides, by any citizen of the State
alleging that he is a citizen of the State
ana giving the name of the party com
pianed OF, designating the Office which he
holds, and that such officer has vollIntar ~
become intoxicated within the business
hours or his office. The clerk of said court
shau docket said cause for trial and
issue summons for the defendant "a in
9ther causes. Ia, upon the trial of said
complaint, either by the court or a Jury n
nstII DC found that the facts stated in the
adJudged 10 have forfeited his Office and
1ne Office be adiudged vacant ''iN