South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-15
TWELVE CAUGHT
IN MORE RAIDS;
FOUR ADMIT GUILT
Victims of Continued Anti-ViCe
Crusade Arraigned in City
Court Monday-Eight Will
Be Tried This Week.

Twelve persons were arraigned in
city court Monday morning as the re-
suit of raids upon blind tigers and
houses of i'll fame on Saturday and
Sunday. -Four were given fines and
Jail sentences upon pleas of
guilty and the remainder will be tried
within the week.
Glenn Strickler and Clifford Roxs-
man. two young men caught when the
place at 119 w. Sample st. was raided
Saturday night, entered pleas of guilty
and received fines of $50 and costs.
Jail sentences of 10 days each were
suspended at the motion of the prose-
cutting attorney. Della Mikels and
Mary Carlson, % and - years old,
respectively, arrested at the same
time, eacn pleaded guilty and were
fined $40 and costs, which was sus-
peded by Judge Warner upon their
pledges TO remain away from such re-
sorts.
The raids of the past few days have
been planned and executed by the po-I
lice department exclusively, according
to officials. Absolute denial of the ru-
more that two Chicago operatives
were acting in the city after the
methods of j. II. QuilhOt, the original
investigator, was given out at police
headquarters Monday morning.
JOSephson il Sleuth.
Among those arraigned was Joseph
Kocsis, S12 w. Division ST., who was
arrested Monday morning upon evi-
dence obtained Friday by Harry +.
JosephsOn. clerk Of the board of safety
and secretary of the police depart
ment in company with Constable Fitz-
kamnitz. The saloonkeeper was al
legged TO have allowed the two men to
enter the place from the rear and to
raj n T1fi los of
beer in violation of the legal holiday
law.
John Williams and Eileen Watson.
arrested Saturday night in a resort
said to have been conducted by Mrs
Guy Clarke, 619 S. Michigan St,
pleaded not guilty and their cases
were continued until Feb. is. In the
meantime they Will be released upon
appearance bonds of $50 each. Mrs
Clarke was also arraigned Monday
morning upon charges of conducting
a house of i'll fame. She pleaded not
guilty and her case will be tried Thurs
day She was released upon her own
Iecognizance
Wladislau Rivers. 1912 w. Division
st, was charged with selling liquor on
Sunday. lie pleaded not guilty and
his case Will come up Tuesday morn
ing. Teofil TOTinski was named as the
James Weaver, keeper Of restau-
rant on +. Washington av., was ar
upon charges of conducting n
blind tiger. His place was said to
have been made the rendezvous Of a
score or more of negroes At the time
of the raid il was said that white men
mingled with the many negroes who
were alleged TO have been drinking in
the place. Weaver pleaded not guilty
and his case was set for Feb. Il. Ap-
pearance bonds were fixed at $500.
EmplOye Also Caught
Warren PondeXter, an emplOye of
James Weaver, who also arraigned
upon blind tiger charges. Like his
employer he pleaded not guilty and his
case was set for the same day Bond
in his case was also $500.
Edward Hlbbiske, AS 5. Michigan
st, was arraigned upon charges OF
selling liquor illegally. He pleaded not
guilty and his case was set for Feb.
II. Bond was fixed at 5000
Among the police officers who took
part in the raids were Sergts. Barnhart
and LaskOWsH. Detectives Lane. Diver,
Shirk, Delinski and Wolters and Pa
trOlmen Wilson, Abby, Archibald and
Essex
1t was said in police headquarters
Monday morning that raiding would
continue as long as such methods were
necessary to drive out the vice districts
OF the city. Houses of i'll fame. saloon
law violators and similar offenders will
suffer the consequences of every state
and municipal law violation. according
TO Chief OF Detectives kuespert.