The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-29
TWO INDICTED
IN MINNEAPOLIS
JAMES MERRlck, FORMER Po-
LICE SERGEANT, AND MARIE
OLIVER DRAW BILLS.
RESULT OF vICE-GRAFT CRUSADE
Woman Has Been Resort Keeper
0rafters Have Been Shielded in
investigation, Says the Grand
Jury's Report.

inveeIiSdIiOn Gays the Grano
Jury's Report.
Minneapolis, Dec. 24.-Two indict-
ments were returned by the grand
Jury charging perjury of witnesses
who appeared before it. Joseph
schutta, deputy sheriff, visited the
house of James Merrick, and of Marie
Oliver, with bench warrants.
$250,o00 Fire in New Orleans.
New Orleans, Dec. 24.-In a fire in
Baronne street three large business
houses we're destroyed with losses
estimated at $250,000. The Shubert
theater was slightly damaged.
James Merrick, former sergeant Of
police, vas dismissed from the force
Thursday by Chief Corriston with no
explanation given further than that it
was for "the good of the SERVICE"
Merrick is said by his family to have
gone to Chicago.
Marie Oliver was keeper of a resort
at 316 Hennepin avenue. She was one
Of the women who was called to the
office Of Chief Corriston after the pub.
LEGATION of the letter from the Mime.
apolis Ministerial alliance charging the
city administration with lax admins
tration of the laws, and declared there
was no graft in the city so far as she
knew. Merrick and the Oliver woman
are said to have made contradictory
statements.
A third development was the an
nouncement Of Chief Corriston of the
suspension Of Edwin Bevans, patrol
sergeant. The chief would not explain
but said Bevans had been asked for
some explanations"
The grand jury, which had investi-
gated the alleged protection Of vice in
Minneapolis, reported to Judge Holt
that the reason it had been unable to
find sufficient evidence to warrant re-
turning more indictments was that
many of the persons subpoenaed had
left the city suddenly, and because
there was concerted perjury on the
part of many who testified.
1t was expressly stated in the report,
AoW0tSA, IAoI CAO 5AoAu JUL UOAACtSO
protection had been accorded dives
for a consideration, but it did not
make any detailed charges Of price
or methods.
The grand jury declared vice and
lawlessness fourished in Minneapolis
until it vas exposed by Minneapolis
newspapers, about a month ago.
Blame Put "Higher Up"
The blame for this was laid covertly
at the doors Of Mayor Haynes and
Chief of Police Corriston, the report
stating the police force was sufficient
to maintain order whenever the mem
bers of the police became convinced
that the administration demanded the
enforcement of the laws.
The report said both the mayor and
the police chief had been told repeat
eddy that vice conditions existed, but
had refused to act without specific
complaints.
The breweries were censured for the
influence they exerted over the entire
city administration. Through mort
cages and ownership or real estate
and bar fixtures they maintained an
influence over the city administration
which went much further than the
dictation OF the granting and transfer
of seldom licenses, it vas said.
The grand jury recommended that
Thomas Garvin, former chief of the
so-called Purity Squad" and Charles
Hamilton, negro Deceive, be dis
missed from the force. Garvin was
deposed from the craftsmanship Of the
Purity Squad" nearly two months
ago.
Hamilton recently was promoted
from plain clothes detective to ser
geant of police by Mayor Haynes, who
wrote a personal letter congratulating
the negro for his work.
Chief Corriston refused to say
whether he would dismiss the two po-
lice officers or to discuss at all the
grand jury report.
The grand jury recommended that
chase Of real estate by every depart
ment of the city administration as far
back as possible. It commended the
present condition of the county Jail
and city Jail and everything connected
with the ~workhouse, except the pur-
chasing Of supplies. 1t said the pur-
chase Of supplies in the workhouse
should be s~ystematized.
" Train Robbed; $500 Taken.
Lima, Dec. ga group Of insur-
gents attacked a train near San Mateo
and robbed it of $1,000, The cabinet
crisis continues.
Old Case to be Settled.
La Crosse, Dec. 24.-By the submits