South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-07
CamOufIaging the Real Issue
With YeIIS of perjury" and
Liars" and BY Making Faces

DO the investiga tors OF this po-
lice affair mean 10 say they doubt
the stories o. Tuesday lIsht-be-
iicve them To be Hes.-and that
Full they discharged a patrolmar
on evidence that they diln't be-
Heve2
Furthermore. speaking OF liars.
# one may judge Dy tho contra
dictory stories told the differ ent
newspapers yesterday. with refer
cnCc 10 the disposition 10 con
tinue the in, estigations. and 60
into the cases Of Earnhart. Kucz-
or1wski ana LOvgren. there seems
some liars about the city hall.
higher up tran the police.
"
Z NE mess Were running
Il this polio, department" says
tire mayor sure. he ought 10 be
proud Of IT, They re" doing such
an elegant job. Get this, which
they" want 10 stand forth as A
probable lie. yet upon which
they" discharge an officer for an
Onense that could hsve been COM
mittcd, even under their" shift
ing Of questions. only If it were
true.
Last April 2Sth, Patrolman Low
gren grew suspicious because OF
an order from Asst. Chief Cassidy
that the lights be turned cut IN the
rear rooms at the police station.
They were
Before the lights were turned
out Lovgren saw three suit cases
OF liquor in the bull-pen. Later he
found them in the room where
the automobiles are stored, and
decided 10 watch. Still later n
saw Tony barrett enter and get
two of the silt cases AMI hastily
drive away. he didn't follow be-
cause he supposed II was UNDER
slOOu.
That is the way he told it the
first time before City Atty. Slick,
by his demeanOr. and mode OF
Cross-exaninatiOn, Impressed him
with the idea that such was not
the story wanted. Then he just
saw Tony peep into TIE auto
storage room. and III stily get
away, down tho alley, and he only
guessed at that.
Meanwhile, while Miller and
KoczorowSki waited in an auto
mobile oft on the street. Barn
hart carried off one IF the three
suit cases-Getting away without
Loygrcn seeing him.
Barnhart and Koczorowski di-
vided the liquor taken 10y Barn
hart. Miller was TO nave some of
Il later; didn't Walt 10 take il
shen because after taking these of
fcers home. he had to take the
assistant chief home. lie never
did get it--as admitted by all
three.
That is the liquor that Mile
knows about being taken from the
bull-pen, and all he knows about
II being taken from the bull-per
is what LOvgren told.
Cassidy SAYS Tie lights were or
dered turned of by order OF the
board OF safety. 1t is a reputed
=
dianapolis II the time appearing
before he federal grand jury.
Clerk Josephson's record shows
that the order was ISSUED by the
hoard.
Why was it issued? Why, OF
course. to save electric light bills;
YOU looney. don't You suppose?
Soitfnlvt SoitinIVt
VI
THE idea OF officer LovgrCn be-
L ing suspicious Of TIE lights
being turned out in the vicinity
of the bull-pen aud the automo-
bile storage rcom-whcn we have
a CITY ADMINISTRATION so econom
zeal with light and SO lavish with
darkness.
PTeposterous. too that Tony
Barrett should come over there
and get two sditc.,ses of liquor
What would Barrett Wart of liq-
ucr2 Hadn't il been discover ed
within a month that liquor taken
from Barrett in two raids vas only
sweetcned water. or mad turned
10 water, or something?
Barrett could have no use for
two suit cases of liquor Sweet
Cned water is the only beverage
he has any use for.
No wonder CITY Atty. Slick was
So anxious Tuesday night to get
Lovsreu 20 disbelieve iIls eyes with
reference 10 Barrett coming and
getting tbe two suit cases left be
hind by Earnhart, koCzorOWskI
and Miller!
IL might lead someone TO Won
der II the lights were not also or
dsred turned out back about the
10th or 18th Ct March.
safe place for storage OF liquor
as evidence, oh YES, There has
never been any disappearance Of
liquor az the city hall; more has
ever changed TO water.
chief Kline swcre 80. didn't he
Maybe the perjury" committed
rs PatrolmaE Miller was not the
alleged perjury charged. but his
oath thar tends TO make Chef
Kline out something Of pre-
Naricator" himself
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