South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-08

~ gren. - Driver Arthur Low
Eren who IS 20 get the
skids that Is. Lovgren most
certainly. am Sergt Barnhars and
Detective KScsorowski possibly.
Whether Lovgren il to get the
can" for perjury" or for telling
too much about Tony" Barrett
and his quest OF liquor the night
n the Rarnhart- KoczOrowsxi-
Miller AFFAIR. or for not having
reported what ne saw: or for hav-
Ing been soldier IN the army.
and coming home and getting
onto the force. introducing into IL
all the cussedness with which II
IA pessessed.-it might be unsafe
70 presume, but II appears that all
these things might figure In the
last analysis
Lovsren has been suspended"
pending an investigatiOn-not at
the end OF q rope. as yet. but
suspended He isn't on duty any
more. Men who see prominent
citizens come 10 the city hall.
edge into the motor room. and get
away without leaving two suit
eases OF booze behind. are too
wide awake. H. seems. 10 be kept
on the police force: likewise men
who get suspicious and watch,
when an order comes down 20
turn oct the lights in the vicinity
Of where booze is stored. or is
likely 20 be hidden.
However. say the men higher
Up IL amt so: it's lie" where
fore. one might anticipate that
there Is TO be another conviction
for perjury"
I OvGREN says ne didn't chase
l. Barrett. because he thought
& was understood That is
enough again 10 convict him Of
something or other No differ
tnce how commonplace a thing
happens about the boOze-pen. il
seems. an officer should report il;
that ~. IL the chief. or assistant
chief has an understanding
they want 20 make sure that il
doesn't go wrong: that it was car
ried out by the right fellow,
Why didn't ne report IL 10 the
chief or his assistant? Well his
answer is that he didn't want 10
stir things up"
Maybe for the moment he didn't
want the chief or assistant chief
10 know that he knew it-assum-
ing that they didn't want him 10
know IT,
However. according 10 his story.
ne did tell Sergt. Barnhart,-th
chief being out OF town and his
assistant was watching a prize
fight. here raises a question
Of veracity as between LOvgren
and Barnhart. Barnhart saws il
wasn't reported 10 him by Low
gren-
A NALYZE IL, In the stories
Of Barnhart. Koczorowski
and Miller, with reference to their
episode. a CLEAN OF light Is thrown
upon the probability OF Low
grens and OF Barnharts truth
falness
Miller says Barnhart is the one
who spoke OF knowing about the
location OF three suitcases OF Iiq-
uor-one OF which they took.
Barnhart going and getting II.
Barnhart says Miller brought
the subject up. though admitting
- q y
IL
Koczorowski couldn't remember
which one introduced the sub
jet. but agreed with Barnhart
and Miller that the former went
after II; that ne and Barnhart had
been out on some raids, and were
tired, and that was the reason
Miller was taking them home.
Very Well Don't YOU suppose
that z Miller had been the one 10
assert his knowledge Of the Ioca-
ton q those suitcases. he would
have been the one 10 go and get
the one they wanted. knowing as
he would have. just where 10 put
his hand on it,
4NHA ASAl IL l0EAfdi AHdl II Is
because 1t was Barnhart who
knew OF the liquor. where II was
located. and that ne brought the
matter up, that ne was the one
who went after II
Furthermore. isn't it likely that
n IL was Miller who first mentioned
IL. md Barnhart was innocent UP
20 that moment. there would have
been enough conversation be-
tween them incident TO Miller
telling Barnhart where 20 find il
that KoczOrowski would have
caught onto who was father or
the thought 90
And II Barnhart did know of
the location OF that Iiquor-and
MHcr's word is as good as his.
aside from the safety boards
camoufage conviction OF him for
perjury" with the logic OF the
occasion 20 offset that.-where
did ne find Il out If not from Low
Eren9
y Loygren didn't vouchsafe TO
him that information. did Barn
hart have something 10 do with
the removal OF those three suit
cases from the buIl-pen and
placing them under the engineers
car in the barn.
There seems a bit OF logic. even