Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1919-10-11

the Board of Works, and Helm
Bruce, the Home Phone attorney, is
a close adviser of the present ad-
ministration. These last named
gentlemen might be excused on the
plea of embarrassing the admins
tration, but it Is the duty of the
other gentlemen to take action. II
they were sincere and true to the
peoples interests i'm 1917 they must
be sincere now. Gentlemen, the
public awaits your call.
Registration was marked by. ac-
tive interference of the Keystone
police and it was no uncommon
sight to see negro repeaters and ma
chine politicians using the police
department machines to go from
polls to polls. The arrest of the
Democratic captains in the Ninth
and Tenth wards on the technical
charge of disorderly conduct was an
outrage and it is hoped that the
suit against the former motorman
and his squad is pushed to the bit
ter end. The Louisville Herald
stated that the Democratic captains
we're interfering with the registra-
ton, but mind you the Keystoners
filed no charge like that, these sim
pie tools being instructed better by
the men higher up. The Herald
takes occasion to slur at Frank Nc
Grath, Mike Brennan, Mike Hogan
and Tom Osborne, of the Demo-
cratic organization, but the majority
of Louisville's citizens will stake the
reputation !. of these. Democratic
leaders againstithat OF Howdy Ed
Morrow or the ex-Prison Warden, or
even against the tribe from Chicago
who conduct the Herald by instruc-
lions from the stock-yards city.
The influx of the negro crooks
and repeaters is having its effect.
Holdups. burglaries and assaults are
a common occurrence, and a trip
through our colored sections in the
daytime will find hundreds and hun
dreds of idle negroes loafing around
dives and gambling joints. Murders
and shootings are frequent. but
Pettyis Keystoners have not made
an arrest or conviction i'm any of
these cases. Negro killed in gam
bling game at Twelfth and Broad
way, no arrest. Capt. Younger's
brother killed by holdup man, no
arrest. Negro gambler and alleged
pickpocket killed recently at Hur-
ley Pope's negro saloon, no arrest.
Recent arrests of the alleged ST PEI
car dynamiters were advertiser
widely, only to prove a fizzle, while
a trial in the Criminal Court re-
Gently is a sample of their detec-
tive and police ability. The parson
cop and two Others were on the
stand testifying against a negro for
shooting a policeman. The evidence
brought out showed the Keystoners
had cornered the negro, but he got
away from all three and afterwards
they arrested another man. "but
couldn't exactly swar' that il was
the right man." The jury acquitted
the prisoner in three minutes.
Again the press censor is at work
No newspaper in Louisville an
nounced that during the raid on the
label road house back of Cherokee
Park a city policeman was found
amid the Teveling crowd. Nor was
his name made public. However, it
is known to every newspaper man
in Louisville now. The names of
those taken in custody at the place
were kept out of the morning news
papers "by the censor" until time
could be taken to revise the list
The records of those presented in
police court does not contain the
name of the policeman present, nor
has anything been made public re-
garding charges which necessarily
should have. followed.
Despite tho censorship, some of
the stories of the assaults on wo-
men leak out. Robberies become
known when the victim is done to
death. Certain newspapers come to
the rescue of the negro criminals
and Chief Petty's Keystoners by al
most laying the blame on the wo-
men victims. The case at Four
teenth and Oak streets was sup
pressed from the morning newspa-
pers, according to reporters.
T Early Sunday morning there was
q hold-up on Fifth street, police
lieutent was seen shooting at ne
gro right in front of Jail. The
negro sought refuge in the Jail. He
was taken to the City Hospital. and
later turned loose. The entire affair
was kept quiet, although many
persons heard the shooting. Others
saw ii, while hotel guests in a near
by hostelry were awakened from
their slumbers. Two men had been
help up in the neighborhood, hut
the sequel: If the negro was guilty.
why was he turned loose? If
neither, why did the censor get
busy? If it didn't happen, why did
so many people see it? Among the
witnesses was a jail guard, who
drew a revolver and claimed credit
for placing the negro under arrest.
His impression until the censor got
busy was that the negro was shot
In the leg.