The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-31
Governor Marshall Likes Way
Lake County Officers Told
Him That They Would En-
force the Laws.
DENIAL BY SHERIFF
OF PRIZE FIGHTING
Informs the Governor That
Since He Has Been in Office
There Has Never Been a
Mill Pulled Off.

A1uAondPOiAS, 1uu, july 01.-JU0&e
Mcmahon, Prosecutor Greenwald and
Sheriff Grant of Lake county, have
made a hit with Governor Marshall by
the manner in which they have re-
sponded to his demand that the laws
be enforced in Lake county. All three
Of these officers have given a prompt
response to his orders along this line,
and this has pleased the governor.
AS a result he does not intend to take
any hand in anything that may happen
in Lake county unless the officers eth
er can not or will not enforce the law
and prosecute the violatOrA
The governor was especially pleased
over the manly answer which Sheriff
Grant made to his telegram a few days
ago instructing that officer to stop q
prize fight that was reported to be
ON the program at Hammond. The
governor was told In q communica-
tion from a man at Hammond that q
fight was scheduled to take place at
that city and the governor Immediate
ly wired the sheriff to prevent it.
Sheriff Grant wired back that there
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ty since he went into oflce, and that
there will be none If he can prevent it.
This is the kind Of man the govern
or likes, and he does not hesitate to
say SO.
Not at Hammond.
It turned out that the prize fight
was not scheduled for Hammond. Ind.
but for West Hammond, which is just
across the line In Illinois. The gov
ernor had been misinformed. But he
has learned that Sheriff Grant sent
his deputies to the state line and saw
to it that no fighting was done on In
diana soil.
Information has also been sent to
the Governor that there is gambling
and other law violations in Gary, and
he is relying on Judge Mcmahon,
Prosecutor Greenwald and Sheriff
Grant to put q stop to it. He will not
take any steps of his own in the mat
ter unless he finds that the local Of
fcers do not handle it. II they do not
according to his announced policy he
will do something OF his own. But he
confidence that they will handle the
situation, il the laws are being vio-
lated.
At Cedar Lake.
The same is true of the reported vio-
| lations at Cedar Lake, where 1t is said
| that Chicago gamblers have been run
ming things wide open with no limit
to anything. Cedar Lake is also in
Lake county. When the governor
was notified that these things were go
ing on there he sent word to the Lake
county ofhcials to put a stop to It He
told Judge Mcmahon that II he could
not get the right kind Of action out
of his local officers the governor would
send him detachment OF the national
guard to act as deputy sheriffs He
has also sent the same kind OF word to
several other circuit judges in the state
| in counties where law violations have
been reported. The governor goes on
the theory that the judge Of the cir
cult court Is the oficer whom he will
look to enforce the law In his county
He says the sheriff is the oncer Of the
court and that the judge can legally
command him to go out and bring IN
any and all law violatore.