The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-02-27
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INDIANAPOLIS, IND,
Feb. 27.-Following instruc-
ton of Judge Anderson in
the Federal court today dis
missing the jury and direct
ing a verdict of not guilty.
the seven city and county
officials of Gary, Ind, de-
PENDANTS in the election
fraud trial, were released.
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL
INDIANAPOLIS. IND. Feb. 27.--He
isn't right and he viii stay closed until
he gets right" declared Roswell q.
johnson. mayor of Gary. Ind. during the
1916 political campaign. in referring to
a Serbian whose saloon-cabaret had been
closed by the police. said Judge Charles
T. Greenwald Of the Lake superior court.
testlfylng as witness at the Lake
county poll fraud conspiracy trial OF
johnson and six other Republicans.
Judge Greenwald's testimony closed
the first day of the trial. which was
marked by rapid progress. jury being
obtained. opening statements of both
prosecution and defense being made to
the jury, and "a score Of witnesses being
examined
MANY CAPITAL MEN ON JURY.
The jurors Will remain together dur
ing the trial. being quarterered at the
Federal building. attended by court
bailiffs. The presence OF so many IN
dianapolis men on the jury is accounted
for by the fact that the special venire
vas exhausted and deputy marshaIs had
70 call a number of talesmen, all OF
them residents of the city
The men on trial beside johnson are
William a. Forbis chief OF police under
the Johnson administration; Clarence NJ
Renolett. former city sealer and secre-
tary of the Gary Republican city COM
mittee in 1917; Howard II. Hay. chair
man OF the Gary Republican city COM
mittee in 1917; Matthew J. Brown.
Crown Point. former Lake county treas
urer; George o. Schaaf. living near
Whiting, and James Black, living near
Lowell. Lake county commissioners.
MISKEN ASKED GREzNwALD WHY.
Johnsons remark as testified to by
Judge Greenwald was made in a Gary
street in reply TO the judges inquiry
why Mike Misken's cabaret had been
closed Misken having asked Greenwald.
q few minutes before. to learn from
johnson the cause of the closing.
The government contends that the
cabarets OF Serbian leaders were closed
because they did not support the Re
pubIcans. These leaders were intimidat-
ed and the threats and actions Of the
defendants ty harrassirig the Serbian
leaders in turn affected the whole Serb
ian vote in Gary, according TO the SOW
ernment.
How the saloon and saloon leaders
figured in politics was indicated by the
governments evidence, several of the
liquor men appearing as witnesses be-
fore the jury. The attempted lineup of
these saloon men. which the government
charges to the men on trial. caused the
poll fraud Indictment against them.
oRLICH FIRST WITNESS FOR US.
Steve OrIich. a naturalized Serbian,
who was q Gary saloon keeper IN 1918,
was the first government witness. He
is a leader in the Serbian colony at
Gary y short time before the 1915
election. Clarence Renolett. city sealer
in the johnson administration, who is a
defendant, visited Orlichs saloon. ac-
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fendant who was at the time chairman
of the Gary Republican committee. and
Glen Harris, a Gary lawyer.
"Renolett called me aside and asked
nc in the same funny way, Why in the
h don't you set out and do some
thing. testified Orlich. adding that he
protested he was doing all he could po-
litfcalIy. which Renolett denied with the
assertion. II was testified. we're going
10 close you up; you know who am and
what I can do
Orlich explained that he ran a cabaret
in the bsckroom OF his saloon where
men and women were entertained by
music while they drank.
SAYS CABARET WAS CLOSED.
MY place was closed right after
that" testified OrIch. referring to the
closing Of the cabaret after Renoletts
visit.
The cabaret was closed several days
until after the election, it was testified.
and meanwhile Orlich was subpoenaed
as a witness before the federal grand
jury into the Gary political situation.
What happened when you were sub
poenaed?" asked Mr.. Slack.
MY cabaret was closed again" an
swered Orlich-t
who closed you up"
Two officers.
In the cross-eAsmination, the defense
brought out from Orich that he said to
Renolett. don't YOU know I'm Repub-
lican and want to do what's right?'
The defense also brought out that Or
Itch borrowed money from a brewery to
go in the saloon business.
That's one reason the state is in IA
,-or Of rrobibition " remarked Judge An
derson.
Orlich said he is not in the saloon
business because Il was chased out by
politics..
OrIch testified on redirect oxamina-
ton that Roswell .. Johnson. then
mayor of Gary, visited his saloon dur
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