Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-30

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tor Span brought the statement that
these visiting charges had been dismissed
! by motion OF the State, as the police had
failed to charge any person with Keep
/ ing gambling house.
THREE ADDITIONAL
AFFIDAVITs FOUND
After some investigation the nineteen
affidaEits, charging visiting gambling
house, were found in the city CLERK
office. and also three other similar az
fdavits and three affidayits charging
gambling against three men, giving their
names as Andy Wallace, Roy Thompson
and John Gill, the three defendants who
were not In court.
Although the three were not In court
"some one pleaded guilty for them,
Prosecutor Spaan declared, and when he
was asked who the attorney was who
pleaded guilty for the three missing de-
PENDANTS he said, Damned If | know"
When the attention of Judge Pritch-
ard was called to the fact that the three
men had been slipped through his court
without appearing, he seemed surprised
and said some one pleaded guilty for
them on gaming charge, and that he
fined them SIS and costs, but did not
know that they had also been charged
with visiting a gambling house.
The court admitted that only one such
affidavit had been placed in front of
him, and that was the one against Martin
Dugau, 32S North BLACKBOARD street, the
one man who pleaded not guilty TO gam
ing and visiting.
Span explained the affidavits charg-
ing visiting a gambling house had been
dismissed on motion of the State in all
cases except that of Dugan.
BULL MOOSE" WALKER
SIGNS TWO BONDS.
Investigation showed that the bonds
Of two of the men who were not in
court. Wallace and Thompson, were
signed by John "BulI Moose" Walker,
who is a prominent Republican and
professional bondsman granted special
privileges by the good government Re-
publican political ring.
The other bond, for John GIL. could
not be found, but the court bailif ex-
hibited a bond for Samuel Gill. signed
by Ed Lewis, better known as "Chrip'
Lewis, negro proprietor of fthe notorious
Red Onion roadhouse, southeast o.
the city and a Republican politician and
professional bondsman, which the bailin
declared was the bond for the missing
gambler.
1t was evident that Deputy Prosecutor
Span had taken good care that these
bonds should not be forfeited, and the
Republican special privilege bondsmen
caused any inconvenience.
DUGAN'S DEFENSE
FEATURE OF TRIAL.
Dugan's defense was one OF the real
features of the trial.
He told the court that he had been in
the building only about five minutes, and
had gone there to try to find Fred
Pickles" ORoark, who, he declared,
owed him $50. which he claimed to have
given ORoark to purchase whisky.
He admitted that O'Roark was not pres
ent.
O'Roark is a policeman who is await
ing a hearing before the board OF pub
lie safety, which win hear charges against
him next Tuesday.
O'Roark was suspended from the police
force a few days ago, when a police
court attorney complained that he had
lost $615 while drinking, and that he
had given O'Roark $50 with which to
purchase whisky.
POLICE WATCH
BUILDING IS MINUTES.
The police today testified that they
had watched the building at New York
and Agnes street for forty-fve minutes
before making the raid, and that Dugan
or no other man had entered the build
ing during that time.
Judge Pritchard continued indefinitely
the charges against Dugan OF visiting
a gambling house. and fined him IS and
costs on the charge of gaming.
Seventeen fines were paid, but Bull
Moose Walker signed a stay for the
fines of Andy Wallace and Raymond
Thompson, and Harry Winkler signed
a stay for the fines of John Gill. Martin
Dugan, Frank Higgins and Joe Ford.
Wlnkler is a relative of Fred Heller,
recently convicted in Criminal Court on
the charge of operating a. blind tiger,
and Winkler has been doing profess
sional bondsman business at police head
quarters recently.