Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1919-07-19
SklDDING
Local Reform Administration Slip
ping Badly and Federation
Men Silent.
.
City Hospital, Jail and Reign of
Crime Subject For
Many,
General Council Takes a Shot at
Col. Petty's Keystone
Police.
PULL CHEs sEARCY's AUTO.

4 Well, the local reform" admins
tration is slzidding badly again and
/ an S. o. s. call has been sent for
the Mems Federation leaders to
bring their anti-vice chains around;
gambling, bootlegging, negro hold
ups and one or two negro shootings,
the usual murder in the number, be-
ing on the programme this past
week. In the negro murder case
the reform" administration fol-
lowed its usual procedure. No re-
port was made by the Coroner, no
report was made by the Chief of
fPolice, and the same old alibi was
thrown out by the keystone police
that they believed the negro was
killed by unknown soldiers from
Camp Taylor. Whenever our wear
ers of the rusty uniforms don't ar
rest or are afraid to arrest negro
gamblers or murderers the crime is
charged to unknown soldiers at
Camp Taylor Our Shelbyville Chief
staged another of his famous shake
ups this week in the police depart
ment, but in line with past perform
ances there was no change that
would give us some real police in
stead of a bunch of "yap" motor
men and conductors. Secretary
Jimmy" Cunningham was made
Captain in the Sixth district, prob
ably because he already had
Captains uniform, and judging from
appearances uniforms are scarcer
than men. Speaking of Shelbyville,
that thriving little burg is well re-
presented in the Chiefs office, the
Chief and Acting Night Chief Bell
both hailing from there, voting
there in 1917, and it is rumored
that Col. Petty canvassed his town
| for secretary but was unable to
get one jusE at this time
To get back to our good brothers
In the Mems Federation, who used
to crate from the housetops about
crime and vice under Democratic
reign, and committee would be
hanging around the Mayors door
every morning to register a protest
about this or that what they charged
to mis-goveI Imagine If you
can these things happening under
any other administration but Ere
| form" one. Negro dives and gambl-
ing houses wide open within a few
squares of the City Hall. prisoners
bound for Frankfort start riot in
| the Jail, and the Jailer asks the
Warden at the Frankfort Penitent-
larry to please punish them and put
them to bed for misbehaving i'm the
louisville Jail; the poor and un-
fortunate are charged fee of $1.83
per day to enter the City Hospital,
although the citizens of Louisville
pay taxes for the upIzeep of this mill
lion dollar institutions; the city
charter is violated week in and week
out by the appointment of police and
! firemen who are not residents and
Ineligible in other ways; and last
but not least, juggling of rules and
ordinances TO benefit the machine
bosses. As for instance. the arrest
and backdown in the Searcy auto
case.
Early Monday morning the Key
stone police seized a big auto outside
OF the Inter-Southern building, and
In accordance with the usual custom.
| hauled it 10 Central Police Station,
where a fee OF SO is extracted from
the owner before the machine is
released. But horror of horrors!
the poor old Keystoners VINO
| brought the auto were called all the
boneheads ia the category when it
the property of His Most Royal
fEghness Chesley Searcy, Chief
Gazaboo and Trusted Keeper of the
Wampum in the Republican party.
For punishment the poor Keystoners
| - 81 1cf he,
up the gas tank and bring the car
back to its proper place. Then for
further punishment they were forced
to go up the Inter-Southern steps
on their hands and knees, and on
entering the presence of His Royal
Highness with many a salaam and
kowtow offer abject apologies for
the mistake. 1t is further rumored
THAT instead Of securing the custom
airy SO for the auto seizure the auto
pirates had to cough up SO for the
reform fund.
But here is the point we want to
make. What does the Mems FEEDER
alton think Of this case. which is
but a duplicate of the result when
the cars of Lewis Johnson, of the
Board OF Safety, and Judge Bing-
| udIn were PiChCu up III afiOAhtAChs u
Il the auto ordinance laws? And out
side of our non-working Mems Fed
GRAFTON what holler should come
erom the auto owners who are
forced to come down to Central
Station and cough up SO for their
cars, the SO evidently being punish
ment because the owner Is not a
prominent or influential Republican.
Speaking OF the auto ordinances, the
actions OF the near detective who
spots cars in the central part of the
city is sure amusing. This bird
prowls from curb to curb with a
big piece of chalk in his hand. and
after saying "ene-mene. miney-mo,'
a few times marks a car with the
hoo-doo sign, which means the own
err is to be nicked for So. Now and
then he gathers big audience
ahouf him delivers n little lecture