The Lake County times., 1920-08-19

hoff Gary ccnstHbIes described IN theee
columns last week, arc given by W
VI BlodEett. the indianapolis wflter
in the following dispatch from cary
10 his newspaper.
GARY. IND. Aug. 19-Arrest by
fedral agents of Dan Maloy and her
nar Nvho1. constables Of this city, Is
the start toward crushing q conspiracy
20 violate the national prohloll'Vn
amendment. which has its ramlhcaelons
IN almost every part OF the couhtIS
Enforcement work in Indiana Is uhoe!
the direction Of Charles J. oroison' %
Indianapolis.
When the government au'hoi i''SS
began drawing in the net IheS
have caught public officials OF 1aiy'
south Bend. Michigan City, Linton
Brazil Muncie and other places
,iudtna members Of the Chicago pollce
force and some druggists and so-caA4-
ed wholesale dealers in liquors
MANEUvER OF GOVERNMENT
1ts11ov and Nyhon are not even on
.rs.l,inr terms with the master
s1irtts in the great conspiracy -
violate the liquor laws. Al 'he -.
+bAv were arrested it was thoUS a.
.ha+ others Of more importance "o14N
IL taken. The fact that more
ens were not arrested wheh AAA.4S
80 1-vbon we're arrested tells noth-
irg Arresting few anu els,
-, ~ tell on" the others is SIMPLY
a,a,ver of government policy
= nolicv that was followed at ENahS
--t,5a -rerrs Haute and Munole- II
~arorted here that Malloy ana
>-..toes have "sauealed" and have n
,.olved a number Of others
~ +ba+ subject the government Az
..9rt-tss are silent. admitting now
- that they have so much eNi
49, AGAINST the whiskey ring ina
1.rsaariCk Van Nuys. Of Indianapolis
7-ritAd States district attorney
- - nromise immunity to a
Lar of erudtte individuals. VINO
a,.@adJ have been to see him Win
-so,,es+ that they be permitted 70
tallz themselves out OF jail
-, If gathering the evidence has
hen so well done that MT an ~
5Ces not believe he needs any
ooDfasstons 10 bring about conNiC
tions.
The legal export OF Kentucky
rbiskev 10 Canada IS still large. This
whiskey is smuggled back into the
r-ni+ed states through Detroit Buf-
@a1o Toledo and Cleveland. A large
nart of it goes to Chicago. and IN
that. city IS subring Of men VINO
have unlimited financial backing
SINE Of the whiskey brought to chi
caro is shipped to Pittsburgh ana
from Pittsburgh large quantities 90
t3 Indianapolis. according to the in
formation in possession Of the gov
e,nnent. The Indianapolis shipment,
the government is informed, is pro-
+.cted from the time IL leaves Pitts
hursh until 1t gets to the Hoosier
ranital BY politicians whose names
are said 70 be in the records kept b5
Mr. Van Nuys-
Acting as holdup men under the
rover Of their office as constables,
Malloy and Nyhon began to nave
bulylpE bank rolls. This fact at
tracted the attention of the govern
rnent detectives and they were shad-
owed. They did not know that every
trip they made out Of Gary was re-
uorted. and that a government agent
stuck to them closer than brother
on each and every trip 10 Chicago.
Consequently the govcrnemnt knows
whore the rum runners got their
sonnlies. with whom they did busi-
ness. the location Of the plants, etc.
DIVIDED THE sPOILs
The Gary constables are not rum
runners in the general meaning Of
the term They were simply accom-
pltces. When q load of liquor left
certain quarters in Chicago. that faet
was tipped UP 70 Malloy and Nyhoff,
ana they overlook the shipment IN
~
times the automobile in which it was
transported. sold the stuff to boot
leggers" or to merchants" and di-
vided the spoils with persons in Chi
cugo and certain persons in Lake
county Sometimes they generously
divided the liquor with their official
friends Once they put lot Of it in
q garage. but when they went after It
was gone. Two prominent Gary
men had keys TO that garage, but no
charge has been made against them
because the governments informant
does not know whether the two key
holders took the stuff or not.
This system was worked inces-
sanity and systematically and it was
poor day when Malloy did not pick
up rum runner or two. Il has
further been reported to the govern
ment that certain justices Of the
peace were in on it-that the rum
runners We're taken before justices
and the conhscation carried out in
pretended legal form. On this point
the government also Is silent. ad-
rnitting. however. that justices Of i. the
peace sometimes do odd things. Since
the federal law slowed down the Gary
C nsta5Ies' the traffic in which they
were SC industrious. has reached tina,
zero point. but the uneas.ness in this
mart Of Indiana Is intense.
WORRIED UNDER COVER OF LAW
MalIoy and Nyhoff. being only little
fellows in the game. had nothing to
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