The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-14

However, am not writing a bio
graphy OF Charles Grenwald and Ralph |
Ross, but will tell what has happened |
up here. And in another dispatch !
shall relate In a simple, artless way.
as Attorney General Honan would say |
how it was that the franchise referen-
DUN was defeated in the late legis-
lature.
Charges in the Indictments.
The grand jury, few weeks ago.
returned indictments against Mayor
Schlieker. Chief OF Police Lewis. julius
Friedman. liquor dealer; Warren
Sheetz. gambler and Hyman Hyams,
also a gambler, charging them with
conspiracy. to defraud the city. The
The mayor is charged in another in
dietment with signing fraudulent pap
ers, Friedman is also indicted as one
of the owners of a gambling game.
These five are charged in one con-
| spiracy indictment with collecting
graft money from gamblers and others
Walter Spencer. the city clerk, is
under Indictment charged with issuing
fraudulent papers. He is accused of
accepting padded pay rolls 1t is un-
derstood that former street commits
sioner William Harding is indicted
a charge of defrauding the city by
padded pay rolls, but he is out of the
state and has not yet been arrested
Cnse of Mayor SchIieker.
There has been a great deal said
about Mayor Schlieker N connection
with the shake-down of the gamblers.
and I believe that a great deal of it
| is unjust No witness before the grand
jury as am told here. and one
with whom / talked. has been able to
NJ no &C. IN
Mayor Schlieker and about the only
thing in that line are circumstances
that 1 believe the mayor will be able
to explain away.
1t should be understood that for
years the atmosphere of East Chicago
has been heavy with rumors of graft.
There are about two hundred saloons
here. and as place where gambling
was carried on openly the city has a
record of quarter of a century. 1t
was only recently that these rumors
became acute. and there were open
charges about town that some of the
members of the city administration
were getting a rakeoff. 1t got SO that
when anything came up the common
street report was see julius"
Julius Friedman, understand. is
Mayor Schliekers nearest and dearest
friend, and has more influence with
the city administration than any fifty
men in East Chicago. As one of the
witnesses testified under oath. Julius
Friedman is the mayor. chief of police
and the whole works" Mr.. Friedma .
in the goodness of his heart, presented
the mayor and other city officers with
sealskin caps. and some Of the kick
ers." as they are styled here. tried &c
Inns 10 of h n ont nj
goodness of the heart of julius.
Have you got fur caps" would be
the salutation of one man with wink
mo, / haven't seen julius the other
would renIy with another wink.
Little things like this kept growing
/ until complaint was made to the coun-
ty authorities that there was wide oper
gambling in East Chicago, and that J,
was there with the permission of The
t mayor and his administrative officers
Prosecutor Greenwald wrote letter t.
Chief of Police Lewis telling him tha'
gambling must cease in East Chica go
SUNRISE for the Gamblers.
When the gamblers heard about thu
: letter they thought Grenwaid was pull
3 ing off something new in the comedy
line and paid attention And ther
! came the grand jury to ascertain who
: lit was that was prying the money
> loose from the gamblers for protection
: The story, outlined under oath
was that whenever a chap with sport
5 ing blood in his veins wished to opef
: up a game. or to violate the liquo
laws. they were told to see Julius Fried
man. And Julius. the story Wen
$ under oath, would tell them to see
Warren Sheetz LYMAN Hyams. TIVE
men who kept the Metropole salool
in Indiana Harbor. attached to which
was the most ella borately equippe,
I gambling house in Indiana.
The story told that the sched
n ule rates were $50 a month for operat