South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-27
And OrbiSOn Deputies To M0Je Zinrn1er-D anbacher
Liquor May Also TH70art Execution of Collision

xuTHETHER or not there Is collision between
M abe Carson administration and Prohibition
w Commissioner Orblsons deputies engineer
Cd rerhaps By State Asst. Atty. Gen. Gemmill-
ostensibly hero 10 assist Uncle sam IN the recent
federal raids on fic!t Iauor resorts-by which tho
Carson police TO pretend to surrender that 1os
cases OF zimrner- Dambacher liquor TO Orbison
agents. and take receipt though It were the
real thing well. the exchange has least temper
nriy. and very proI ery been nipped in the bud by
the order issued out OF the superior court
That Hquor IS still wanted as evidence IN the Zim-
rner-Danbacher cases pending before that tribunal,
and 20 be evidence be liquor. least proof
that Il was liquor: not mere receipt from fed
eraI officer someone else. saying It is liquor The
Judge OF the superior happens TO be the Judge
OF the sdmissibility evidence be introduced
before him. and Jury sitting in the is Judge
Of the weight and value o, the evidence, once ad-
rnitted. The word OF Orbison agent on receipt
Is conclusion OF fact not a statement OF
one Of an evidentlal character. his word being
better in law than that OF anyone So far tho
court proceeding Is concerned II IS matter
OF the preservation OF evidence but the public is
concerned IN another sense-highly respectful OF
federal authority, when properly executed. but
against 10 when Improperly used protectorate
over legal and moral derelcts. rather than in the
public service
South E,nd wants 10 know whether that 1o3 cases
OF thinner nbochcr liquor Is still In the posses
sion OF the police and only 1O3 filled with
bottles but that the bottles contain American Pride
whisky and not coIorcd water. Whisky has turned
:nto water at the city hall before. Some s5 OF
that liquor disappeared on the way from the zim-
1ner-Daubacher warehouses to the city hall. when
the police made that raid year ago. and the fight
made by city administration TO prevent surrender
Of the remaining 1O3 when ordered turned
over to county sheriff is recalled by the recent
decision Of the state appellate court sustaining the
order
II would be splendid way Of saving the Carson
administrations face. and protecting IT from fur
Their public obloauy if instead OF having to
render the real thing TO the custody Of the super
.or court the police could turn over anything that
they have-possibly concocted as a substitute-to
these federal officials and get the court to take
receipt for whatever is the receipt reading 1O3
cases OF American Pride whisky. whether it be
whisky. colored water. what South Bend. In
general IS OF the opinion that the most Ubiquitous
band Of bootleggers In the city is located in tho
basement city halI-bootIegging the liquor
taken in these various raids by the police.
People who really believe in law enforcement
and want the city cleaned up. will not be content
prohibition commissioners outside raids
al tho downtown resorts escaping. especially II
those raids be employed camounags
behind which to release possession OF liquor. or
substitutes for liquor in the possession II the police
that they need not surrender such as the Zn-
Dambachcr supply. which mayhap. they haven't
go save IN false pretense.
An. but saws the Orb.-on deruty I'VE want to re-
Aove this bone of contention between the city and
county officials" yes. of course but It will not
remove il II done after a TO save the
face Of the CITY officials Everybody supposed when
tfhose raids ho@an Thursday that the purpose was
to s.. Eoeth Bend real house cleaning. and there
were esly rumors OF evidence obtained with refer
encc to tribute paid etc. but IT notice
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