Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-14

He shows that, according to the order
book, Pop Leppert was able to satisfy
two judgments for 81 Oo0 each by the
payment of $3.50 on each Judgment, and
he discloses this remarkable entry as
now standing on the books:
'June 10, 1920. for value received. this
judgment is hereby fully paid and salts
fed. ClaFis Adams, prosecuting attorney
per R. L. Bokenburr, deputy prosecutor,
attest Richard V. Sipe. clerk"
Tracing the affair from its origin to
the pleasant finish" which the prosecu-
tor made Of it, Mr. Davis discloses a di-
rect connection between the offices of the
prosecutor of Marion County and the
bootlegger whereby the state of Indiana
is the loser of $500 and the bootlegger,
who owned property which could have
been seized to satisfy this judgment, is
$1,000 to the good.
CALLS ON ADAMS
FOR MONEY
In conclusion, Mr.. Davis calls on the
Republican prosecutor to expurgate the
attempted release TO the bootIegger Of
the $500 and to proceed in his official
capacity to collect the $500 as the law
says he should
The instances cited by Mr.. Davis are
typical of the administration of the
prosecutors office by Mr. Adams.
They disclose that this bootlegger. with
a Police Court record, was accepted as
a bondsman for two others accused of
bootlegging
It is shown that the two others failed
TO appear when their trials were set and
the bonds were forfeited
However, as in many similar cases, the
prosecutor there ceased to be interested
In the affairs and no attempts were made
to collect the forfeitures
After the last primary. in which Len
pert and his bootlegging associates were
strong" for the nomination of William
P. Evans. deputy of CIaris Adams, steps
we're taken to relieve Leppert of his liza
bility TO the State Of Indiana.
For value received" Mr. Adams.
through his negroN deputy, attempts to
reduce the judgment Of the Circuit Court
in these forfeited bond cases. thereby
saving for this bootlegger 81 500. which
had been forfeited to the state.
VALUE RECEIVED
YOUR OWN DEFINITION.
Whether the value received" to which
reference is made in the attempted re-
lease to Leppert was Leppert's services
In behalf of Evans In his race for the
Republican nomination for prosecuting
attorneys is left to conjecture.
This is about the oQly kind of service
that bootlegger of Leppert's type could
render the prosecuting attorneys office
without other violations Of the law.
Mr.. Davis states the facts as disclosed
BY the records in this affair as follows !:
ION Jaiuary of 1920, two suits were
commenced in the Marion Circuit Court
against Lorenz Leffert by the State Of
Indiana ex rel Claris Adams. prosecut-
ing attorney, one being cause No. 32lI4
and the other being No. 321Is.
Each suit sought to recover for the
state Of Indiana one thousand dollars for
the forfeiture Of bond given by the
defendant Leffert in two blind tiger cases.
in one OF which Garet Osborne was the
defendant for whom the bond was given
and in the other Dave Crenshaw was
the defendant for whom the bond was
given.
ION March 81, 1920. judgments were
taken against the defendant Leffert in
each one Of these cases for $1,000 and
beth Of these judgments appear in order
book 219, page 70.
IN each case the attorney appearing
for the plaintiff was Robert Lee Broken
burr, a colored deputy of the Republican
prosecutor.
"on June 10, 1920, the defendant LEFT
$3.50 in each case.
"0n the same day these judgments for
$4,000 were satisfied by this colored dep
uty prosecutor and the Judgment docket
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