South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-11

| TWO squads of detectives and pa
! trolmen under the leadership of Capt.
! Schock OF the police department and
Sergt. William Barnhart OF the de-
| tective department, secured the city
| between l O'Clock Monday morning
and O'Clock. AT the end of their ef-
! forts seven places spotted" 10y the
! especially hired detective and his as
| SlStants-three new patrOlmen who
were appointed by the board of pub
! lie safety some four weeks agO-Were
/ ralded and their occupants taken TO
! the police station.
System" was the word used by one
I Of the victims in describing the series
of raids The new patrolmen were al
! lowed To work in the cases according
/ to PreS't Augustine because the pos
sibility of their being detected as
members of the police force was re-
! duced to a minimum Men older in
the service, police officials thought,
would have been recognized 10y the
! keepers of the places.
The Raidcd Places.
/ Here are the places raided Monday
morning: The Palace hotel 409 s..
! Michigan St; the old Reed hotel. 329
IS. Michigan st; Frank Ayers lunch
room, 20S Vistula av.; the residence OF
Mabel West. 126 Nistula av.: Jose
4
St up stairs; Clarence Elliotts saloon,
! lis Polk St; III W. Jefferson blvd,
! kept by a woman by the name Of Con-
rad; and Barney Rabinovich, ABS :.
! Michigan st.
| In all the same conditions were
found, and according to members Of
{ the Taiding forces. enough evidence
was gathered in the raids alone to
convict the victims of them.
Sixteen of the Al arrested were ar
raigned in city court Monday morning.
! The remainder were allowed their
freedom on bonds and several were
cited TO appear in city court Tuesday
morning. All cases were set for Jan.
! 13. Bonds in the cases of frequent
/ ers were placed 10 S25 while alleged
resort keepers were compelled 10 put
up bonds Of $50 each.
! Use TaXis TO Carry Victims
! The raids were conducted quietly
and quickly. The aid OF several taXis
was required IN removing victims Of
each house from the place Of the ar
rest to the police station.
Those being held as keepers Of
| houses Of i'll fame are:
Maude Maston, 400 :. Michigan ST.;
Frank Ager, POS Nistula aV.. Mabel
West, 126 Nistula av.: Josephine
1 Miller, III 5. Michigan St; Clarence
/ Elliott, lis Polk ST.. Mrs. Conrad, III
| IsidOra RabinvOich ABS :. Michigan
st. Charges against them viii be filed
| by the raiding officers and 10y the
mysterious detective who is said 10 be
| responsible for the entire series Of
arrests.
Arraigned i'm Court
The following persons were ar
raigned in city court Monday morn
/ ing charged with frequenting houses
/ of III fame:
/ Myrtle Shive and Ethel Wagner, POS
Vistula av.; Anna DeNoe. Clara Perk-
! ins, 409 5. Michigan ST. the Palace no.
I tel: Hazel Main. Lillian DeNeVe. Pearl
Hall. Cleone Stumpf all Of III ".
/ Jefferson blvd: Edna Wells, Ota Dice
1923 Nistula av.; Rex DeNOe, Louis
LOpetaS, r ]. Wells. John Grlr1le,
/ Earl A. Dickover and oliver Ager.
All pleaded not guilty 20 the charges
and all cases were set for wednesday
morning. Jan. 13. The cases viii not
/ be disposed Of at that time. how
ever. since an all day session of court
| would not suffice 20 clear the docket
| Of all charges.
Persons arrested and freed upon
bonds were as follows:
Josephine Miller, keeper. Delberu
! Green. Jaw McFern. Caroline White,
i117 :. Michigan ST.; Maude Maston,
I Ethel Hunnell, 409 :. Michigan ST..
/ for blind tigers. Frank Ager. Z0S Wis
] tula av., and Barney and lsadora Rab-
/ inovich. ass :. Michigan ST.: Fred
Darrell 231 s. Michigan St
Twelve negroes and negresses We're
I arrested over the saloon OF Clarence
/ Elliott. lis Polk ST. They were as
| follows.
| LeVelle ROLAND. Vancouver, b. G.;
/ James Gibson. Louisville KY. Clar-
! ence Elicit. keeper; Lillian Jenninss.
Niles. Mich; Alfred Chard 31e ".
Limerick ST.; Clarence Roberts. 734 IN