Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-16
Jimmie" FORD
/ IS ARRESTED ON
BOOZE CHARGE
Bootlegging Expedition Ends
in Federal Action for Con-
spiraCy Against SaIvito
Also.

Jimmie Ford, brother OF the FORM
er manager of the notorious Lake
side road house. and partner Of Tom
Dennison and Johnnie" Lynch in
the venture, was arrested Tuesday
on an indictment returned by the
federal grand jury at Lincoln, on
a warrant charging him with con-
siracy to violate the Reed amend
ment.
Martin ]. Salvito, an alleged part
ner in the conspiracy, was arrested
on the same charge late Monday
afternoon.
II is alleged the indictment was
the result of revelations made by
Sam Finsod, an automobile me-
chanic, in the employ Of the men and
who gave all the details because he
felt he had been double-crossed in
his end of the deal.
Starts on First Trip.
According to his story Finsod and
Ford met at the home Of Salvito,
1910 Cass street. one Sunday last
June and there made arrangements
for the transportation OF contra
band liquor into the state.
1t is. alleged they employed Fin
sod, Who was to receive $lOO for
each trip, to drive powerful Cadil-
lac roadster, owned by Lynch, to
st. Joseph, Mo-. and there load it
10 with whisky and bring the
cargo back to Omaha
Salvito and Ford, it is said, gave
Finsod $3.50 with which to buy the
liquor and he left for his destina-
ton next day, with Salvito pas
senger in the car. They arrived at
the Missouri town at 9 o'clock in
the morning and Salvito, bidding
Finsod goodbye, went on to Kan
sas City.
Whisky Hidden in Cellar.
Fihsod loaded the car with 375
quarts OF whisky and all went we'll
on the return trip until he came to
.Plattsmouth. 1t was raining at the
time and the roads were slippery.
On the outskirts of the city the car
slipped and skidded. going off the
road. In trying to get the machine
back on the highway the gasoline
tank was punctured and the driver
arranged with Ed Mason, owner OF
a garage at Plattsmouth. and Q.
Newton, the latter's employe, to
keep him for day or two while
the car was being repaired.
When the accident occurred some
of the bottles of liquor were broken
and there was strong ordor eman-
ating from the machine which at
tracted the attention of Sheriff
Ouinton, who had heard of the ac-
cident and had come to investigate.
Before the arrival of the officer,
however, Finsod had arranged with
the garage men to hide the whisky
contained in the unbroken bottles
in a cellar. They were later taken
from there and concealed in a hay
stack.
Car is Confscated
Sheriff Quinton, with pieces of the
broken glass and the strong odor OF
whisky as evidence, conhscated the
car and procured the arrest of Fin
sod, Mason and O. Newton, the
employe.
Finsod was tried for illegal pos
session, and Mason and Newton for
the aiding and abetting of the crime,
and all three were found guilty and
were fined $500 and costs apiece.
The car was confscated, but be-
fore it could be sold, the Jones'
Hampton Cadillac company of
Omaha, put in a claim for the car
claiming it held a mortgage OF
$500 on the machine. The court
held the mortgage was not lien as
the car was subject to the state pro-
hibitory law, and an appeal was
taken to Nebraska supreme court,
where the case is still pending.
Finsod Made Goat
In the meantime Finsod felt |
aggrieved because he alleged Ford |
and Salvito had failed to come to
his relief and pay the fine and |
costs incurred by his arrest and trial,
and had also failed to compensate
him for the trip.
Finsod also has been named in
the same indictment.
William Tighe, a we'll known
character Of Omaha, also is named |
in the indictment as co-conspira-
tor in the case, and a warrant also |
was issued for his arrest.
Tighe got wind of the matter AMI,
when the officers went to arrest |
him, they could not find him in his |
usual haunts.