The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-22
Public and Members in Charge
Of the Affair Did Not CO.
operate Properly to Secure
Results.
MANY CULPRITS WERE
TRIED BY THE QUEEN
SaturnaIia Police Hunted for
Mayoralty Candidates But
Only Found Ed Harre apd
J. B. Gordon. ~

Failure on the part of the public to
properly cooperate with the members
of the Young Mems Business club, who
promoted the Saturnalia. held last
evening at the Coliseum. did not make
the affair the bowling success it was
expected to be. True. there was a
large crowd in attendance and the fl
nancial returns were satisfactory. but
from a social standpoint it was shy
few chips.
Promoters of the Saturnalia COM
planned that the public did not enter
into the spirit of the affair and appear
masked and costumed. as had been re-
quested. On the other hand the pub
lie complained that the promoters did
Il did not know what kind Of an affair
it was going to be-" was remark that
could be heard everywhere.
Notwithstanding the unsatisfactory
outcome of the Saturnalia. both public
and promoters will let bygones be by
cones. The public remembers the
many successful undertakings of the
7. NJ. B. c.. and has a warm spet In its
heart for the organisation. On the
other hand the Y. M. b. C. distinctly
remembers the warm support the pub
lie has always accorded its enterprises.
A-ss 1sase.e esilst oeeoratsd.
Never has the coliseum been more
Handsomely decorated than It was last
evening. The big hail was riot Of
colors and the throne for Her Majesty,
the Queen Of the Carnival. Mrs. Helen
johnson Bailey. and her devoted court.
was an imposing looking structure.
1t was located at the west end Of the
floor, under the band stand.
Promptly at o o'clock the court made
It's appearance, parading majestically
across the floor. The police force.
under the command of Handsome Ed
McNally, led the way. The guardians
of the law were followed in order by
the court jester. Charles Taggart: the
clerk of the court, w. r. Poundstone;
the prosecutor. Wilfred Jessup. Then
came King Karnival, W.. C. Converse,
and his royal consort, the queen.
Many Arrests Made.
One Of the first victims hauled before
the Queen was Frank Braffett. He
was charged with the heinous offense
OF giving up good job in a bank to
go into the insurance business. He
plead guilty and paid a fine. The
next victim was Edward H. Harris.
He was first thrown into one of the
four cells to the north Of the throne.
then arraigned before Her Majesty.
He plead guilty to being . candidate
for mayor amid much laughter. J. b.
Gordon was then dragged forth from 3
cell and similar charge placed
against him. Guilty he said. THE
law provides a fine of $2.'' spoke the
clerk. I'm broke confessed Cor
don.'' WHY sternly demanded the
prosecutor. Because I'm a candi-
date answered Gordon. p. J. Free
man paid the fine and the candidate
was released.
Hunt for Candidates.
vigilant search was made for Hen
ry W. Deuker. w. w. zimmerman and
s. K. Morgan. but they could not be
found
After the arraignment OF Gordon
there was an endless chain Of offend
ers hauled before the court. including
Dr.. Colburn and Charles Blair The
former plead guilty to lodging matri-
mony and promised to reform. Blair
admitted that he had been guilty OF
the hftieth o1ense Of kidnapping mar
riageable young women and had allow
ed each and everyone Of them to es-
cape. He drew q stiff fine.
Many Of the crooks" were captured
by the patrol wagon squad quite .
number OF them being sised at the
Westcott hotel. Proprietor George
Gay admitted he had been guilty Of
petting . blind tiger.
Between sessions Of the court there
were dances. The light fantastic was
tripped until q late hour. Receipts
last evening totaled &223 but there arc
still about 100 tickets which have
not been settled for.