The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-20
Two CITIES
SEE RAIDS
WHOLESALE
Chicago Detectives and East
Chicago Police in Indiana
/ HarbOr SIeuthlng.

Acting upon information furnished by
James W. Banks. the negro .Vho was
last Thursday shot while attempting a
'io4dup of the Pennsylvania Hotel in
I.d.ana Harbor che East Chicago police
naGer Inc leadership Of Chief Ed Q Don
Dr. ll conducted cleanup campaign on
Saturday night which netted eighty
,ight arrests and filled both the East
tChieago and Indiana Harbor jails 20
overdowiug. As result Of the raids
the only theft reported during the week
end was of five tires from a machine
Nhich had been left stalled on Public
Road.
Following the arrest Of Pani>s in Chi
caao ana his return TO East Chicago the
man was closely questioned by Bertillon
tCapJqin Hughes and Chief O.Donneu in
the belief that he knew considerable
about The parties who have for the
gast three or four weeks been terror
sizing Indiana Harbor citizens. Banks
Gisclaimed all knowledge Of any organ
4zoI gang which was working IN Indiana
Earb3r. bur inadvertahly let slip some
pointers which led the police 10 the gath
etlas places = the bad ac-7rs in the
Ilaroor
Scarcity Of police officers in isast Chi
tra-, interfered with the possibility of
ANY great saoccss in a system of gen
era, raids AMI Chief O'Donneu called
upon tho & hicago detective agency for
help i'm his cleanup. Chief Mooney res
D. uded i'm Eelson and in tho hope Of
getting s, rae bad men who are want
led in Chie4go brought with HIM half
a dozen oI MS best detectives 10 help
IT. the Inc ena Harbor raids.
The raids started early Saturday night
Nljh every available police officer from
both East Cn'cego and Indiana Harbor
on the job. Before midnight The Ind
11ana Eiarbor police station had been
1lled ana :. was found necessary to
trausper part Of the prisoners 10 the
East Chicago station. BY The time the
raids ended both stations were filed
end il was found necessary TO make
use Of the women's cells.
s. All those arrested were closely ques-
toned as fast as possible and many of
them were released with a warning TO
get out Of town and stay out \ few
were able 10 give bond and were re-
leased as soon as they had furnished the
necessary collateral When the anal
sitting had been completed there were
still twenty-five in the iails TO appear
before Judge Cohen this afternoon in
fhe city court. Some are charged with
larceny. a number with vagrancy few
+ with suspicion Of larceny. a couple with
being pickpockets. couple Of DRINKS.
"a couple with selling intoxicating liquor
and one with interfering with an Off
GER
The fact that not a robbery with the
exception of the theft of tires from tho
stalled machine was reported during the
weekend is conclusive evidence. the po-
dice believe. that the right gang was
bounded up and the prosecution viii ask
the judge to impose the heaviest fine
possible for each offense in order that
tae city may be rtdded of all the riff
tr70 Not only do the police propose to
get rid of those who were arrested this
Weekend but the work Will be continued
and the city win be kept clean. The
chief proposes 10 make it 50 hot for
criminals that they will have no oppor-
tunity to get settled in the Harbor