South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-17
Rev. StaniSIauS Gruza Placed in
Possession of st. CaSimir'S
Parish House on tuesday
Morning.
WOMEN GATHER ABOUT
CHURCH AS HE ARRIVES
No Further Violence is Expect
ed, However, in View of
the Decision at a Recent
Meeting.

While attorneys were summing up
the evidence in the cases of 1G men,
bers of St Casimier's parish on trial
for rioting before Special Judge Al
bert Slick in the city court Tuesday
morning, Rev. Stanislaus GruZaz. the
priest whose attempt To enter the
church precipitated the trouble, was
installed in occupation of the parish
house.
Accompanied by Deputy Sheriff
Orlay Gamble, who was armed with
the order of the circuit court which
authorizing him to place Father
Gruza in possession of the church
property which the Pensioners had
defed, the priest entered the parish
house about $3.50 o'clock Tuesday
morning, just as the city court ses-
sion was cOnvening.
Father GruZa had not entered the
church this afternoon but it was ex-
pected that he would do so before
evening. The news of his presence
in the church property spread rapidly
through the parish and knots of eX-
cited Pensioners, mostly women,
gathered in the vicinity of the church.
Their excited tones at first caused
apprehension lest the rioting be re-
sumed but later their presence was
thought 10 be the result of only of
curiosity.
Expect No More Rioting.
The decision of the Pensioners at
a meeting recently not to oppose the
installation of Gruza in the church
but to remain away from the services
instead. it is believed. will be adhered
TO at least TO the extent that there
will be no more violence.
Few of those who are charged with
being leaders in the riot on Feeb. 10
knew of the priests entry into the
parish house as they were in court at
the time of his arrival.
Deputy Prosecutor Daniel Nye be-
gan the states argument after both
sides had rested their examination of
witnesses. The trial is the longest
ever held IN police court, 20 witnesses
| including the 10 defendants having
! been examined.
Saws Plot Was Formed.
Nye pointed out that it was not a
matter of the strife between the priest
and the people that the court was TO
settle, but whether the rioters had Of
/
| Feb. 15 He declared that everyone
| knew that there would be trouble
when the attempt was made To install
the priest and said that there had been
plans made to prevent the installation.
In a brief manner he traced the tes-
| timony of each defendant and at II
o'clock surrendered the floor TO Alex
| w. Grzesk of counsel for defendants,
who talked for half hour.
Attacks Police.
Grzesk attacked the police depart
ment. accusing them of being the real
disturbers at the church. He declared
the police struck several people and
| intended to beat the crowd into sub
mission. He said that officers had
perjured themselves.
THE police broke down Gods
temple with bricks and stones. They
destroyed in a single hour the struc-
ture which the people have been years
in erecting" he declared.
George Sands followed. He said
| that the prosecution had not shown
any plot. conspiracy or the like where
three witnesses or more planned on
causing anv disturbance which he held
was necessary 10 convict on the
charges.