South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-26
MOVE LIQUOR
In RAID CASES
ON TRIAL EVE?
County Jail StOrerOOm Empty,
But Sheriff Says Contents
Are in Basement.

Twelve Of the % men still held as
a result OF the federal raids in
South Bend are scheduled TO come
up for trial in city court this morn
irg, but the evidence has been sent
10 Hammond, Ind, or. at least as
far a. can be learned, the supply
Of liquor held in the county Jail
Is now nearly q hundred miles from
where the trials are to take place.
The whisky is not in the room
In the county Jail where 1t was TAX
en- after the raids. and where IL was
kept during Thursday night and
Friday morning. Sheriff Duck says
IL was moved 10 the basement of
the Jail, although the cases were
less than 16 hours away. The turn
hey doesn't know. l.. J. Brennan,
ono OF the officials leading the raid
ers, IS no longer registered at JET
ferson hotel, where he stayed up 10
yesterday. 1t is stated on reliable
authority that at O'Clock Friday
afternoon men were busy at the Jail
packing the bottles and jugs for
transportation.
Liquor Is Gone.
Eighteen pints of the evidence dis
appeared Thursday, il was admitted
by officials In charge of the raid,
Friday morning. No one seems to
know where they went and. so far
as is known, no investigation is be-
ing made.
Arthur Taelman, 1924 w. Divi-
sion St. lost S460 and a gold watch
because hfs presence was required at
complaint he is said to have made
Friday. After his arrest by the fed
eral officers. his place of business
was left alone, he says, and the Of
fcers left the door open. BY the
time he had secured his bond and
was able TO return, the valIables
were gone.
That men engaged in the raiding
are conducting kangaroo courts,
in which men are fined following
trials by the operatives, was also
the subject OF complaints made Fri
day night. According to the stories
OF some OF the selfstyled victims"
failure TO pay whatever sums were
asked resulted in severe beatings.
No. Guards.
No one is guarding the rs barrels
of what the federal agents claim
to be raisin brandy, which were
found at the place of r. Shellen-
back. S45 Lincoln way z. These
constitute BY far the largest item
OF the evidence reported taken in
Thursdays raids. According to an
employe of the place, the barrels
contain grape juice, unfermented.
but one OF the OperatiN es, who has
been in South Bend for more than
hve weeks engaged in gathering evil
dence. says that the barrels contain
brandy-and high test brandy at
that.
The Shcllenbeck establishment
was engaged, Thursday afternoon ia
passing out samples OF the con-
tents of two OF the barrels, that il
might be established that the bar
rcls in question contain a comDara-
lively harmless LIQUID. AS far AS
is known, no effort has been made
to stop this distribution Of the "evi-
dence" to corps of volunteer "of-
dcial testers
Report Whisky Sales.
Whisky could still tie purchased IL
South Bend, Friday night. accord
ing to reports circulating in the
busin ess section. Two men We're ar
rested, late Thursday night, the day
of the raid, and these were fined
S25 and costs each on charges OF
when they faced Judge
Gnmer in city court. Friday morn
ing.
First Case Saturday.
Joseph Wartha. former L. s. dep
uty marshal and owner of a "soft
drink" place at pa r. Lasalle av.,
will he the first case 10 be tried Sat
urday. Wartha was the first de-
fCndant arraigned Friday morning
TIE case of Andrew Eokop, S25 :.
Chaplin st. was set for July g.
Rokop Is 10 appear before Judge A.
3. Anderson in the federal court at
indianapolis I'm the meantime on an
other liquor case previously brought
against him.
The city court room Friday boast
ed the largest crowd of spectators
IL has had for many months. The
crowd filled the space outside the
rail separating the inner bar and
overflowed out into the corridor
Every seat within the inner space
was occupied by defendants. govern
ment men and ordinary spectators
Il have expected this for some
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