South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-17
Detective Returns to City After
Short AbSenCe-ReV. c. A.
Decker Comes to Defense of
Vice SIeuth.
DAMAGE SUIT MAY
BE FILED BY WOMAN
Several Men Caught in Net Are
Arranged and Cases Set
AffidavitS Against Druggists
Changed.

J. r. Quilhot, special vice investi-
gator, has returned 10 South Bend TO
face the charges placed against him in
the court Of Justice Of Peace J. Elmer
Peak and in all probability the sleuth
Will be confronted with heavy dam
age suit In the county court early this
week.
Attorneys for Mrs. Emma Foster.
709 Nistula av., whom Quilhot is al
legged TO have insulted are said 10 ba
preparing TO file suit asking for sew
eral thousand dollars from the de-
tective" Ii is understood that Mrs
Marion Miller, 703 Nistula av.. report
ed 10 be Quilhots fiancee, viii also
be defendant in the action.
After having been gone since Friday,
morning, shortly after his release from
the county Jail, Quilhot returned 10
the Miller flats late yesterday after
noon. Immediately after his arrival
he dismissed, with Mrs Miller's sane
tion, her maid who has been caring for
the invalid woman. Several of the
families who have maintained light
housekeeping apartments IN the Miller
building moved out yesterday and IL is
understood that others are also pre-
pairing TO leave.
Comes TO His Defense.
In defense of Quilhot's character.
Rev c. A. Decker of the First Bap-
tist church. who has been active in the
anu-vice crusade, yesterday presented
a telegram 10 the News-Times for pub
lication. The telegram was sent 20
Rev. Mr.. Decker after inquiries were
made about Quilhot from DR. ]. ".
Hoyt. one OF the ministers active in
the crusade in which the detective
participated at Jackson. Mich.
We found him fair. square. honest
and a gentleman IN our dealings. 4
know nothing against him
This is the report given the South
Bend minister by the Jackson man
who served as chairman or the COM
mittee in charge Of the work there.
Persons in touch with Mrs. Miller
continue TO state that an agreement
has been drawn up between the wo-
man and ouilhot providing that at the
death of either, his or her property
should fall TO the survivor Several
attorneys denied that they had drawn
up these papers although il was
learned that Mrs. Miller had during
the past week mortgaged certain OF
her property for 81, 800.
This charge Of public indecency
which has been placed against Mr..
! QuilhOt by the Burnside woman is all
! bOsh and a frame up by certain peo-
/ pie in the neighbOrhOOd,' asserted
Orie Parker, attorney for the "detec-
/ tive" in discussing the case last night.
( He said that QuilhOt would be in court
( 10 defend himself when the case goes
/ 10 trial next Friday.
Nothing further has been learned
| Of the transfer of two pieces OF prop
erty by Mrs. Miller 10 Quilhot except
what the records at the court house
show. Friends and relatives have been
I unceasing in their efforts 10 persuade
Mrs. Miller 10 give up the man. Ona
of the relatives coming from Chicago
1 last week for that DuTnOge.
Acted A Solicitor.
Frank LaPOint, 324 y. NOtre Dame
/ ST.. manufacturer Of the 'HOWdy
Pap" cigar for whom Quilhot solicit
ed orders as one means OF furthering
/ his investigations In south Bend, as
serts that Quilhot has done him Sc
riOus damage. Orders for more than
: 900 cigars were taken by Qullhof,
/ who gave his name 10 Lap Oint as Gil
. lette." he told the cigar maker that
! he had been sent 90 him by keller
which LaPoint presumes meant thu
mayor OF South Bend
LaPOint stated yesterday that al
most half OF the orders taken by Quill
hot are not good as the merchants re-
fuse to take the cigars or pay for
them Many of the orders were said
; 20 have been secured from persons
I who were afterward placed under ar
+ rest at the instigatiOn OF QuilhOt
When Mayor Keller was asked re-
: garding Quiihot's leaving the city yes
/ terday he declared the man 10 be act
/ ing i'm no unusual manner.
why shouldn't be leave p" said
! Mayor Keller. "He has nothing that
we do not already know. His evil
/ dence il not needed ia the cases AZ
! hand since we have the three new
patrolmen. This idea that the ad-
ministration has had 'one put over on
IT. is all bosh
/ "QuilhOt was accused of discrimi-
s nation" said Mayor Keller. 'An the
manner I'm which certain alleged vio-
Iators OF the law were allowed TO 90
! without arrest He is said go have
permitted certain resorts TO exist with
/ ont reporting them 20 the persons Hy
whom ne was employed. Those per
( sons who are responsible for those
stories would better forget that lhey
ever made such statements
! Kucspcrt keeps Quiet
However opinions differ al the City
hall Chief of Detectives John kues-
pert refuses 90 discuss the matter
/ from any angle.
The less said about it the better"
he said
/ When attorneys for Barney and lsa
dora BabinoNich. accused ~ conduct
ing "a blind tiger declared that they
\ would not allow the case 20 go tOl
trial without jury In city court sat
urdy morning, DEPUTY Pros Daniel
/ Nye immediately notified the sheriH
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