The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-24
MORE GAMBLING
PROOF WANTED
Grand Jury Recommends
Further Investigation
in Matter.
VOTE MANY TRUE BILLS
Appointment of County Police to
Help Assistant States At
torney Proposed.

The July Cook county grand jury
adjourned late yesterday without TAX
ing any action on the gambling ques-
tons
After inquiring into published re
ports of gambling. we beg leave TO say
that We have been unable, with the
means at our command. TO discover
anything sufficiently definite to war
rant action by this body, and we feel
the subject is of sufficient Importance
TO warrant our referring the matter to
the next grand jury"
Requests for County Police.
The grand jury further recommend
ed:
We are strongly Of the opinion that
there should be in the states attor-
ney's office and under his control
police or detective department to be
used IN connection with criminal prose-
cutions and in the suppression of
criminal conditions which prevail in
the city and county, and in that respect
we urge the board of county commits
sioners to make provision for the en-
ployment Of not less than thirty county
detectives or deputy sheriffs to be ap-
pointed by the states attorney and TO
be paid for out Of the revenues of the
county.
we inspected the county jail and
recommend that the walls Of the court
yard be given a thorough coat of white
wash"
Many True Bills Found.
The total number of cases heard was
18S True bills to the number of 164
were found. There were sixteen mo
bills and only eight cases We're passed
to the next grand jury. Henry w. Nc
Farland, foreman of the grand jury.
made the return before Judge Chy-
traus.
Before the jury adjourned Chief Of
Police Shippy, Inspectors Arson Back
us, John Revere and John Wheeler, and
Captain John McWeeney gave testi-
mony respecting the gambling situa-
ton. Chief Shippy said the gambling
situation is of the mushroom" variety
and is suppressed by the police as fast
as found.
Five Women Arrested in Raid.
| Detectives from Chief shippy's office
made good the words of their chief be-
fore the grand jury adjourned by ar
| resting FIVE women in a handbook raid
In the rear Of the saloon of Caesar Del
Pine, 207 West Madison street. Albert
ISchlosser, S5 years old. was arrested on
the charge of being the keeper.
The women, who all claimed to be
married and residents of the south side,
gave fictitious names. After they had
been hauled in a patrol wagon to the
police station one of them tainted in
front of the sergeant's desk She re-
covered quickly, and with her friends
was transferred to the Harrison street
annex.
Ruse Practiced by Detectives.
The attention Of Detectives sloir,
tPeters and Randall was drawn to the
place by the number OF women leav-
ing and entering. Detective Sloir saw
Nav Clark sitting at a table on which
was a telephone.
can I use your telephone?" asked
Sloir.
Before the woman had time to an
swer Sloir said:
We'll how are the ponies running to-
day, anyway"
20. all right, guess" the woman
replied, according to the detectives
There's only one thing wrong will
me. I wanted to place a bet in the
second at Fort Erie, but I was too late
I know that pony will get the money
Then the hurry" wagon came.
Complains of Policy Games.
Shelby NJ. Singleton, secretary of th'
Citizens association. called on Chic
Shippy in the afternoon to inquire wha
progress had been made in stamping
out policy gambling. Mr.. Singleton
r said the Indiana and Wisconsin com
! bination and the Interstate and Spring
2 field concerns are operating nearly IS
: games in the city. The Springfield
game is owned by Tom King, who wa
fined $1,000 a few months ago.
The chief was not in his office, blu
when told of the call he said Mr.. Sing
leton's information was exaggerated
He added that his detectives had locke
up all the places named by Singleto,
and had been unable to find any policy
!, He showed a record, however, @
= twenty or more policy gamblers fine
: by the municipal court judges durin