South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-19
CITY COURT HAS
BUSY FORENOON
Record Making Number of
Offenders Arraigned Mon
day Morning.

Never in the history Of the city
court have there been so many cases
tried at one time. Arrests made
since Saturday night have filled the
Jail, and at o'clock Monday morn
ing the court room was crowded
with lawbreakers and witnesses. For
the most part the culprits were
charged with drunkenness. Two
assault and battery cases and one
default OF a taxi bill relieved the
monotony, however.
William Clark, charged with in
toxication and public indecency, was
given a fine of 50 and costs by City
Judge Feig.
Joseph Kempner, 71s W. Fourth
St, arrested Saturday night by
Officers Montine and Boron, near
the Orphans home, for driving an
automobile while intoxicated, was
fined $40 and costs and severely
lectured by the court. Kempner, in
company with three other young
men, also intoxicated, drove a Kan7m
and Schellinger truck into the rear
of a Maxwell. badly wrecking it. No
one was injured.
Leon Dedoper, Firmin Tollens and
Norvel Mcclure, his companions in
the fracas, pleaded guilty 10 the
charge against them of intoxication
and using profane language. They
were given a fine of 81 and costs.
which they paid. Eugene Pyke, also
with the offenders, pleaded not
guilty. His case was continued until
Saturday and he was released under
SIS bond.
oily Knudson, arrested Saturday
night near the scene of the automo-
bile mixup at the Orphans home,
waived arraignment and pleaded
not guilty TO a drunk charge. He
is said TO have driven his Studebakel
between two other cars driven by a
Mr.. Peterson and a Mr.. Miller, the
former of Elkhart, badly wrecking
both cars. His case was continued
until Saturday.
Harry Gusey. one of the city's old
offenders, arrested Saturday evening
after he had persisted in annoying
the operators at the telephone
company, was fined 500 and SEN
fenced TO 80 days at the penal farm
for intoxication. Busey has been
before the court many times on a
similar charge and each time has
been shown leniency because of his
youth and his repeated promises 10
reform. His sentence was suspend
ed on good behavior and he was
ordered by the court to turn over all
money TO his mother.
Mike Blasko and Frank Dubonics
arrested Saturday evening by Pa
trolman Richardson on charge
preferred against them by the Finch
livery of hiring a taxi and then re-
fuslng 10 pay for il. were given a
suspended fine of 81 and costs Oh
the condition that they pay their
taxi bill. The asserted that the
machine had been hired by another
man, who made use of il and then
deserted his companions, leaving
| them 10 settle.
Edgar Kertus, porter for tn,
kresge Co. in South Bend started
out Saturday night TO celebrate hi.
birthday anniversary which occur;
! today. lie drank several bottles o
\ beer and then hired an automobil,
TO bring him 10 Mishawaka, aftet
which he declares he remember
nothing. About 4:3O Sunday morn
J ing he attempted to stop severa
automOb iles between here and Soutl
Bend, and was finally brought bacl
to the city where he was place,
under arrest by officer Boron.
While Boron took the names an,
addresses of the occupants of tn
car. Kertus made a break for lib
erty. Seeing that Boron was Ger
tain TO overtake him, he dived ful
length upon the sidewalk in an ef
fort TO trip his pursuer but failed
He repeated the performance befor
the patrOlman succeeded in sub
dung him. He was fined 81 an,
costs by Judge Feig.