South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-07

ler's head. Mayor Carson City
Atty Slick. and the board Of pub
Tic safety. appear 90 think that per-
haps they have enough asainst
him 90 close his mouth enough 20
make Do safe 20 discharge him
without having otherwise 20 make
u an object 20 him 20 maintain
discreet silence.
And possibly they have. along
with other things. but hardly. one
might anticipate. in this alone.
that Is. IL Miller really considers
himself wronsed as he preteuds
10 does
No question but that Miller
should be discharged from the po-
lice force for his part in the ap-
preparation OF hquC< from the city
hall according 20 the evidence
Tuesday night, aiong with Serzt.
Barnhart and Detective KoCzor-
oV1Iki. but he should be dis
charged for that, and not on a
trumped up charge of perjury
NOt only Miller should have
been discharged. but Barnhart and
ISoczoroSski as well. partners in
the ohense. and. In fact. the main
participators in IL and sole bened-
Charles. according TO their own ad-
missions.
Why Miller and not Barnhart
and KOczorOwskie Why Miller
for perjury or alleged per
5ury." instead Of for his part in
The Barnhart- Koczorcwski-Al Miller
episode
There is a 'woodchuck IN the
woodpile" somewhere,
IL
MILLER is not guilty 81 per-
IFl jury. That was trumped
mp charge The mayor. the city
attorney and the board OF safety
have apparently grown wary Of
having il appear OF record that
patrolman had been discharged as
one of "A trio who had taken liq-
nor from. the city hall. an incident
OF which city hall officials have
known for months.
See how they worked it,
At the Miller trial last Friday
night. Pres't Louis j. Smith. Of the
board of safety. wrote out the
question and mad il asked Of Mil
Ter by City Atty. slick:
Have YOU taken any liquor
from the bull-pen at any time2"
Miller ansN cred. No"
He was on trial for extracting
liquor from the bull-pen by
means of a pump. which he de
MED, and the question was a nat
ural and an appropriate one. as
Stunning that the Investigation was
being made in good faith
But that isn't the question
which Tuesday night Miller was
accused of answering in tne mega
tive. Adopts at jugglery. Us
the investigators have been in
dealing with the liquor question
throughout they framed and
charged a question that would
make a negative answer perjury,
If The apparent evidence at hand
were true, and, being the judges
OF their own case. they merely
Iailroaded IL over.
The question put Tuesday night
was.
no Va, t,Doy, anv+bing about
any. 1iouor beirr tal[e, IRON, the
buu-peu q" Not. as before. have
80, 80, 49,. ti.,,,r.,. 80 30,
Ouite d,Gererce Rert Miller
.,.-,s - bs,.. l.,,,,,,, ~ 1ioro,
ZINC talsen from, the b,,lI-lar
b,t 81 far a. the ANSWERS sill,
s,s,d he md NOT ,sller - b,r,
seIr and he has never been CON
,.otsd -, tba+ charge
.periurylr Pinlef ms c.,n,o,f-
fl.go
Ill
tfrI.r kline seems ~ have
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- an.
an '''9
sInsr;ar circui+ and ,nrar1ate
.ourts in which he denied under
o,tb The charges made no pros
.Scbw,rtz tb4t tba civ. han in inc
..,st.-dv M the criaf is o., ,,,s,fo
place for liouor heId AS ..videncs
10 no stored
r,vilentl, II il am unsafe nI,cs
that is. If We may Judge nv the
testimony NOT only M Miller b,,t
90 Sar-r pa,,,bs,t Do.e.-i,.,