The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-11
Couk notified the night commanding
officer, Capf. Ne~tOrovitch.
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officer, Capt NeStOToyitch.
DETAILS or RAID.
In company with Detectives EI~ner,
Bnci<Iin and Linn the captain proceed
ed to the reform newspapers Office.
They quietly went to the doors. Thee
were aIE locked. Then they stood on
tfptoe aRd looked through hiGh
window and saw the gamc Ia progress.
tho five players. the cards and the
pot. The problem was to make tho
'.piHch- and get the players rcd-han.I-
ed. Detective Eispcr managed 10 Rud
and unlocked window off tho rornpoS-
ing room. He raised il. Taking OIL
his shoes he crasvled through. Then
the captain had the building surround
ed EIsner unlocked the back door.
Quietly proceeding tiptoc 10 tIis.
sanetum EIsncr burst into the room
and before the startled play ers-Sho
thought all exits locked could act--thc
IonE-armed detective seized the cards
and tho money. announcing that the
'.hoUse l. pinched.t The next minute
Captain NestoroNitch and his men
stepped into the editorial %oom.
The captain expressed his regrets
hut said the mayor had ordered i
clean up and the first place to hs.
..regencrated'' was The POST. ring
came and tho fVe iuekIess players
were taken TO the station.
They were each booked on charge
o fEambIinG- Then they were permit
ted to call up Business Manager Ralph
snyder. 1T is said Mr.. snyder went M
i'm the air, blaming the players for
getting "the paper into IA pickle" He
refused TO have anything to do with il.
POST PRAISED BY MINISTER'S.
Mayor johnson WAS highly pleased
about tho acIeanup". So was CHIEF OF
Police william ForbiS.
I'm Saturday evenings issue The
Post stated. Pastors of Gary have
now become aroused over the mnti-vIce
campaign and what they think Of The
Posts efforts and the situation In gem
craI Is plainly shown"
Rev. VI. II. Wilson. Rev. III. y. Otto
son. REV. c. l.. PSatt and Rev. W. 6.
seaman gave interviews in "The Posts
big drive on vice"
CIVIC COMMISSION" MAN IN
AFFAIR.
Last week the president pr Gary
Commercial Club named "a committee
OF business men and steel officials
known MS the "civic service commits
sion 20 aid In the cleanup. YeSter-
amused themselves by calling up one
of the sscfvic commissioners" and ask
ing him what he meant by being agent
for n building in which gambling
game was raided.
JohnsOn's coup d'etnt the talk
Of the town sunday and those who re-
called that The Post had called the
mayor n boob gave him credit for
waiting until sunday morning before
pulling of the poker game raid in the
sanetum where the feverish anti-xice
articles were written.
JOY AT CITY HALL.
Members of JohRsOn's cabinet and
OF the police force were not slow in
connecting up biG business with the
.srefornl. work. They also pointed out
that from 1909 to 1913 when The Post
had the city printing of Gary and evil
conditions existed it never uttered "A
word of protest. They also connected
nm the resignation of w. r.. Hodges as
city attorney ten days ago and the
sudden starting OF the vice war and
the announcement of Hodges boom
for the republican maY0raIty nomina-
ton tas "a candidate against Johnson9
as well as Hodges resolution in the
Gary Commercial Club providing for
the ssciyfc service commission
CONDITIONS UNCHANGED.
johnson j. said 10 be getting advice