South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-19
MARCH 10. 1910.


Resort to the injunction method of eliminating
blind tigers and enforcing prohibition law.
dertaken by Pros schwartz may prove success or
dependent somewhat upon attitude OF the
courts and the respect that the resort operators may
have orders The idea is to get rid of
oootegging and TO get rid of "biindtgering." Ar
rests and convictions the city court and even the
higher courts. have had saluary effect Trials
IN injunction eases had without juries sometimes
dincult to md which Will upon evidence
regardless Of ther personal prejudices
Doubtful if Special Judge vitus sitting in
Barrett which turned into a hasco last week
by the testimony switched" evidence-fraud intro
duced if all in the interests of the accused-would
have taken the position that ne did had he been sitting
ia an injunction where ne judge Of the facts
well the law. To convict before a jury
fine him. and send him Jail is one thing and to find
him guilty his premises guilty violating the law
incurrng order desist. may quite another
thing. and So party restrained
wishes to defy the court incur enmity he may
then settle with the
We believe the system is worth trying out The in
functions if granted, will hold year by
that prohibition will have lifted the bars
every state in the Union The cessation inter
state business viii make it difficult replensh
supplies. The purpose prohibition to get rid of
the traffic in liquor a political standpoint ex
cusvely. from "A economic standpoint
the political aspects that assumes seemingly being
quite favorable retention elimination.
To get rid the traffic will tend to purify politics
quite beyond question. purity of politics. i'm
purity will aid their party seems the thing
that whole lot OF politicians
Pros Schwartz proceeding with a display of
sedge-hammers and crow-bars abate the
lie not employing pyrotechnics shot off by the
police Eddy Coney Elliott steve 10th
Billy Myers cases-for show. lie place his
evidence before the and let them decide in "A
perfectly orderly It may not win much
porary applause but it is hoped BE
more effective. The njunctions close the buildings
where liquor is sold unless the
bond respect the law, and violation of the bonded
covenants is direct contempt of the
As to the resloval OF the Barrett the owl
saloon. the gentiIty with which done raid
ing the other places. permitting Barrett his own
removing administrations Official plumber sever
ing the connections is common knowledge very
evidently 'bootlegging" did instant
for Barretts Man Friday" Barkeep' Caney,stay-
ed right there carrying the bar his hip. Very APP
the here the
lice left or with their sweetheart first.
he OF whole process Of
enforcement of prohibition law. from the start, that
the apparent purpose has to get rid the
traffic. bat camouhage the public while rewarding
friends furnishing enemies. Had the been
to get rid Of the stun much would have been
accomplished The police need take little credit
TO themselves for what has happened at Indianapolis
federal grand jury. the federal court
Those cases the bringing of liquor
the the police that directed tho
inspectors They cooperated aft
or they wires had been cut. but
against any OF their friends.
What needed. and all that is needed. is honeS
effort TO suppress the traffic. regardless of is
that is INDUCING in it-with malice toward none We
shall hope the injunction process succeed IL
not succeed less very we'll than the other processes
that have been utilized