The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-04-19

Federal Court Begins and
Adjourns Before Two
O'Clock and Judge Ander-
son Refuses Blind Pig
Operators Second Papers.

The fact that a man has been blind
pig proprietor disqualifies him for citi-
zenship in the United States. That is
the ruling that Judge A. B. Anderson
made this Afternoon in the federal court
at Hammond.
Charles Dellachiesa and John-Bakov-
ic of Gary were refused their second
papers and as a result were denied the
rights OF a full hedged citizen for the
reason that they We're proven not to
be men OF good aFncral essaxaeAers they
have been keepers of blind pigs.
In the case of Frank Kazic, he was
granted his second papers before the
fact of his having been a blind pig
keeper became known or he too would
have been refused his second papers.
Technicalities Waved.
Charles Dellachiesa was not present
in the court room, and his papers
would have been forfeited for the lack
| of prosecution in addition to the rea-
| sons above mentioned. but John Bilkov-
ic was present and the charge was
| brought against him that he had been
indicted for Illicit sale of liquor He
claimed that he had sold only tenn
| perance beer" but the judge did not
| triffe with technicalities. His order was
| that citizenship be denied. He was in
formed that he had not behaved as
man of good moral character and the
order on the court records were that
| his petition had been denied for these
/ reasons.
1T is understood that government
agents have been investigating the rec
ords of all of the applicants for sec
ond pa pers and in each case where ap-
plications were denied there were a
! large number of reasons given for
denying them.
Many Were Dismissed.
In all twenty applications were dis
missed. The reasons given We're one
or all of the following:
l. The APPLICANT was not a man of
good moral character.
.. The declaration was defective.
8. Failure to show continuous resi-
dence for five years.
4. Failure to appear and prosecute
the case.
In addition there were thirty appli-
cations for second papers granted. Two
were continued.
Lawyers step High.
There was great excitement in the
federal building today as a result OF
the presence of Judge A. B. Anderson
Judge Anderson has a way of going
, through thework of the Hammnod of
flee with lightning like speed that
keeps the attorneys and the court t.
taches stepping some" and today he
got through with his work just in time
l to hurry to Chicago on the 2:05 Michi
gan Central train The Judge refuse:
i to eat in Hammond
Cases Dismissed.
There a number of cases OF
J. the docket of the federal court. Mos
4 of them were continued, but a few
4 were dismissed. The case of John A
: Moules VS.. the Indiana Harbor Bel
railrosd in which John Gavit appeared
q for the plaintiff and John B. Peterson
$ for the defendant Judgment was rem
: dered for the plaintiff as the Judge init
: mated during the last session of cour
here.
The case of John H Mitchell VS.. ]. A
Jontz, in which Crumpacker & Crum
= packer represented the plaintiff an
L. L. Bomberger the defendant, wa
g dismissed.
r. The case of John Kozazik VS.. the In
e land Steel company was also dismiss
2 ed In this case Crumpacker & Crum
h packer represented the plaintiff and "
j. McAleer represented the defendant.