Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-09-13
SCRUB-BRUSH
IS APPLIED
Prosecuting Attorney o. L.
Smith is Making Good Head
way in Cleaning Millerville.
JUSTICE COURT GRAND JURY
Alleged Conditions are Being Shown
Up Under the Glare of the Spot
light

Last Saturday. just before noon
on complaint of Marcus Pollasky, d
warrant was sworn out for Mrs. Inez
II. Johnston, on charge of running
house of i'll repute here, and short
ly after Mr.. Polasky asked Prosecut-
| ing Attorney Ora l.. Smith for an in
vestigation into the conditions that
We're reported to be prevalent in
"Millerville." to which the prosecutor
al once assented The investigation
is under way and bids fair to bring
a number of people into a net before
it is over.
Mrs. Johnston, who was arrested
Saturday, was promptly lodged in the
county Jail. but later was able to furn-
ish bail and is now enjoying liberty
pending her hearing before Justice
ID. l.. Johnson today.
The investigation was promptly in
stituted by Prosecuting Attorney Ora
l.. Smith, .who intends to carry the
thing through to finish, and the
probabilities are that his office will
have out a number of warrants and
that a number of arrests will be made
before the investigation is over
1t had progressed far enough Mon
day night, so that two women and a
sixteen year old girl were taken to the
county Jail, the young girl having con-
fessed to delinquency, one of the wo-
men for having broken her parole,
and the third as witness, against
whom charges may be made later.
The young girl, Miss Treva San
derson. taken into Justice Johnson's
office, where the investigation is be-
ing held. was given thorough grill
ING by the prosecutor and his assist
ant in the investigation, Marcus Pol
lasky- She broke, down. and con-
fessed to her own delinquency, and is
said to have implicated couple of
others for whom warrants have been
or will be issued, according to reliable
information.
Mrs. Clinton Jones. also called be-
fore the Investigators, was found to
have broken her parole, given early
IN the year when she is said to have
forged a check for $4,000.
1t is alleged that the woman recent
ly forged checks, three in number and
each for the sum of five dollars. One
OF these was passed on the J. +. Con-
verse iewelry store, one on the Econ
omy shoe store, and it is reported
that the third was passed at the Falor
store. The name of Mrs Ben
Schnapp is said TO have been the one
which the Jones woman used in forg-
ing these checks.
Mrs. Samuel Berry. the wife of the
man now held in the county iail on
suspicion of knowing something about
the murder Of Beatrice Epler, on the |
night Of Tuesday, September 4th. was
brought into the investigation. and |
FOLLOWING her evidence under oath be- |
fore the justice court grand jury she !
was ordered detained by Prosecuting |
Attorney Ora l.. Smith, as highly I
important witness.
Wednesday Iva Sife was picked up
)y the officers in st. Johns and was
held for the local officers who went
70 that My for her today. She
s charged with contributing to the
delinquency of her sister. Treva San
ierson, the sixteen year old girl.
clicked up by the dragnet Monday.
Iva Miller is being held at Belding
or local officers also. according TO
he best obtainable information. She
Will face pandering charge it is said.
The trial of Inez Johnston, which
vas to have been held today, will not
'e held, the charge against her hav-
ng been dropped and the woman ar
ested on new charge, which is a
more severe one. She is now charged
With running house Of prostitution.
The investigation is proceeding rap
dly and is said to have been product
We of some very good results, and
'hen entirely threshed out it is ex-
ected that Alma will be the cleanest
title city'in the state Of Michigan. lt