Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-02-02
SECURES INJUNCTION TO
TIE UP PROPERTY
FOR YEAR
ACTS AS C|T|ZE EN-
GOES INTO CIRCUIT COURT TO
ABATE NUISANCE As GEORGE
V, g. WEEKS AND NOT rs THE
MAYOR OF CiTY-USES KATE
ADAMS LAW TO DEFEAT TIE
OWNER

A legal bomb was dropped with
wholly unlocked Tor suddcnuess at
noon today when Mayor George Y.
Il. Weeks appeared III the Circuit
Com, and secured me first injunction
ever issued out Ct a luyal tribunal
under the Kate Adams abatemon,
act. The famed Old point at io&% I.ni-
ton stree, long since held to nave
been out of commission, VA the iar
get for the mayor AZ aCk, indicating
lhat perhaps tne place WAS Nol "a
quiet as all outward appearance may
have seemed since the bis hUllaOaloo
when solemn VOWS were given by the
police that there would be every yigi-
lance ktbt over the house 10 prey ant
any breaking out" with its old red
light lusters,
The injunction was tackled by the
mayor as an individual, and nos ia
his official capacity as the city "
chief executive, and carries ont his
prediction promises that 1888
would be put out OF business if he
was elected to he post of mayor The
alias Gertrude Sack, alias GeItie Sack.
owner OF the premises ana alit god
proprictor OF the house of ill-reputc.
Coming as it did upon the heels Ct
numerous and apparently sincere de
malls from inc police ana the nous"
was not again running for purposes Or
prostitution. and affirmation that il
had been closed since the dramatic
scene in the council last July, when
Mayor Weeks rel simauded Comm f.
sioner Dana Palmer for not closing
the place. il created much excite
nent in collrt circles. The euit Cuu'G
not be started through the city, $50 tA"
mayor himself took he action aHd
iled his personal bond. II is crtmt
nal suit OF the people OF the stat"
against tho alleged pro, .fietGr and
was taken as a result OF the inability
Of the ci,y'S chief executive TO gel the
cooperation Of the police in his fight
against vice.
Judge Eldredge, after listening to
the petition, granted the injunction.
The bin asked that Mrs Sack be sam.
moned into court on the first day Of
the March term for final hearing
OF the case; tina. the premises be
never used again for house of pros
iitution. 1t further asked that the
movable contents OF the place be sold
by the sheriff and the money used to
pay the costs of the case
Mayor Weeks vas interviewed Ivy q
reporter for the Free Trader-Journa!
this afternoon and asked about the
house. He stated that he understood
il had been open for two weeks the
last time, and that last night and Sat
urday night here were five inmates
besides Mrs Sack in the house. This
information. he declared, came to him
direct
The defendant was served with Z
summons early this afternoon by
Sheriff Ayers In case she refuses 10
obey the injunction prohibiting the
house from being used for immoral
purposes for one year she will be
cited for contempt Of court.
The petition as presented by Mayor
Weeks to Judge Eldredge states tha.
he is unable to get the local police to
see that the place is closed and kept
closed, and follows in part below:
Your orator further represents
nnlO your npnOf llldl me htl tltlddn' ,
Kate Sack. alias Gertrude Sack, alias
Gertie Sack. in now and has been for
several years past the cWner Of the
following described premises tde-
scription CT property Eoii0ws) and Is
otherwise known as lh@3 Fulton
street
Your orator furthermore repre-.
SCENTS unto your honor that the said
Kate Sack, atlas Gertie Sack, is nov
and has been for one year or more
last past the keeper of a house o.
prostitution in the City of Ottawa
which said house of prostitution /.
now located in said lot .hrec C3) IN
block SO. States addition 10 the Citj
of Ottawa, and is otherwise known
as 1893 Fulton street. Ottawa. ILL.,
Your orator would farther SHOW
unto your honor that the said relator
the said George V. B. Weeks, has en-
deavored in his official capacity Il,
mayor of the City of Ottawa to SIP
press said house OF prostitution ant
has urged the police department t
issue warrants for the arrest Of tax
Continued on pase 5, col. A.