The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11

ed that he be paroied in custody of some
person designated by the court So at
the present time twenty-eight blind
tiger operators In Gary are practically
the wards of the chief of police At
| torneys Mathews and Bruce, of the
Anti Saloon league, demanded that
Knots issue a mittimus and send these
defendants to jail. Knots refused to
do so on the ground that he had au-
thority to suspend sentence; that his
jurisdiction in such cases Is concurrent
with that of circuit and superior courts
WHAT STATE EXPECTS TO SHOW.
Attorneys Bruce and Mathews ex-
pect to be able to show that not one of
these defendants was arrested on a
warrant, but they were notified either
by members Of the police force or the
friends of Mr.. Knots, or by telephone
to come to the city hall, and when they
got there they discovered that they
were expected to plead guilty to vio-
Iating the blind tiger law. and that the
Big Smoke on the Reservation Thorn
as e. Knots, / nhis capacity as city
as E. Knots, in his capacity as city
to Jail, as the laws says they must I'M
der such convictionS
Regardless of what Mayor Knots
did, the grand jury took up the no,
torious violations of the law in Gary.
The grand jury had a great deal Of
business on hand, and to aid Prosecutor
Charles e. Greenwald, Judge McMahan
made this order.
And 1t appearing to the court that
it is necessary that an assistant to
the prosecuting attorney be appointed
for the purpose of aiding in the work
of the grand jury, it is now by the
and he Is hereby appointed assistant
prosecuting attorney to assist the
prosecuting attorney In and for the
thirty judicial circuit Of Indiana
in the matters which may come before
said grand jury. and now comes Otto
J. Bruce in open court, and Is duly
sworn as such assistant prosecuting at
torney'
FORTY-FOUR INDICTMENTS.
The grand jury returned forty-four
indictments against the keepers of
blind tigers and open saloons in Gary,
and a large number of these were men
to whom Immunity baths had been
given them by Mayor Knots, acting as
city Judge. Sheriff Grant has arrested
the following: John Bennett, Mathew
Mcbride Martin Bennett, Otto Mat
thies, Louis Baxter. Philip Casner and
Helen Shaw, Steve Jursa, John Bilko-
vic, John Bonic, Nick Micholic, John
Presiac, Morris Goldman, August Am
hos, Joseph Galik, ]. w. Mckee, Peter
Pisarsci and Walter Fabianski Kol-
man Sikora j. Benjamin Klein, Max
Bernstein, Frank Zawadski, Frank Ca
rey, Jacob Smith and Benjamin Smith,
Anton Cremer, Paul vido. Jacob Labo-
vich, John Krewis, Charles Watson
(druggist), and Tom Margrames.
Among those indicted Is a man who oc-
cupied the basement of a building own
ed by Mayor Knots, in which he Is
said TO have 9conducted blind tiger,
run poker game and operated an OPT
UNI den.
TT is expected when these impeach-
, ment proceedings are tried some very
sensa tional testimony will be offered
showing the workings of the inner cir
number OF witnesses will be subpoe-
naed, and several prominent attorneys
, will take part.
Judge McMahan notified all of the
indicted saloon men of Gary to appear
in his court Friday morning and ar
range for trial. w. ]. McAleer of Ham
mond who represents most of the de-
PENDANTS has prepared aff1davits for a
change of venue from Judge McMahan
and some other judge will be appointed
to conduct the trials"
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