Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-07
GIRL PROVIDES
PUZZLING CASE
, FOR ANDERSON
South Bend Miss AstOunds
With Story of BOOtlegging
Operations.
WILL REPORT DEC. IA

One Hungarian girl accomplished yes
terday what the finest and most ex-
pensive lawyers, the cleverest crooks, the
most hardened criminals have failed ut
terly to do in all the years that Judge
Albert B. Anderson has been on the Fed
eraI bench; that Is, to present q case to
him that seemed almost beyond his pow
ers OF solution.
This girl was Agnes SzabO, 10, Of South
Bend, whose liquor running and boot
Logging operations between Chicago, Gary
and South Bend in 1920 astounded court
and spectators when the story was told
during her trial last week. Yesterday,
together with twenty-one other defend
ants, including her father, mother and
brother, who had been found guilty by
q Jury or who had entered pleas OF
guilty to charges of engaging in con-
spiracy to violate the liquor laws. Agnes
was called before the court for sentence
SAYS PARENTS
NOT TO BLAME.
First Judge Anderson imposed a sen
tence Of six months in Jail on her, then
because of her insistence that her par
ents were to blame In no way for her
boOtlegslng activities and her statement
that she would have engaged in the bust
ness even though her mother had for
hidden her to do so, he announced that
believed he should increase the SEN
#tence to one year In the womans prison.
Finally, however, just before court ad-
tourned, and after long series Of ques-
tions were propounded to the girl, Judge
Anderson told her to go home for one
week and report TO his Office with District
day, Dec. Il
From first 20 last the girl stuck game
II to her story that no other member
OF her family had anything to do with
liquor law violations.
Agnes SzabO is an extraordinary Grim
inaL" Judge Anderson said. 'She com
mitted perjury like a house afre before
the grand jury and later admitted here
in the courtroom that the things were
true which she had denied before the
grand Jury. I do not believe that she
is the only one Of her family that is
guilty. If the police up there had done
their duty this thing would have been
stopped long ago"
your honor. if the evidence had been
brought out as clearly against others
rs it has against me, everybody in South
Bend would be guilty" Agnes told the
court
CUTS ESTIMATE
TO IS PER CENT.
well, I agree with you. to a great
extent" Judge Anderson said, but don't
you think you have the figures little
high?"
'eweu. say 70 per cent Of the people Of
South Bend" the girl said, and this fig
ure she stuck to firmly.
After imposing sentence, Judge Ander-
son permitted Elizabeth CsallO, Agnes
Szabo and Theresa SzabO, her mother 10
return TO South Bend. Both Mrs. Csall0
and Mrs. Szabo have young children to
care for and the court told them they
could 20 for the time being and instruct
he'd the prohibition enforcement agent In
that territory 70 watch the places care
fully for further law violations.
Edmund Burke sid that you cannot
fndict 4 nation Judge Anderson re-
marked. "but It now seems to have mar
rover application I am finding that It
IS possible to indlct q family, but mighty
hard to get all Of its members in jan"
EIsNER HELD on
PERJURY CHARGE
Alfred Eizner OF South Bend. who vas
sent to Jail yesterday morning by Judge
Anderson because he persisted In falling
to remember as to what he had testified
before the Federal grand Jury last Janu-
arv. was recalled to the stand in the after
noon. His memory had not improved
greatly during his few hours in jan and
Judge Anderson ordered him bound over
to the Federal grand jury to answer to
q charge OF perjury under bond OF Sl5OO
Later the bond was raised to $4,000 when
he failed 10 answer questions 10 the sat
isfactfon Of the court
Sentences OF one year and one day In
roe Federal Prison at Leavenworth. Kan,
were imposed on Herman NyhoR and
Daniel AIeIloy. formerly deputy con-
stables IN q justice Of the peace court az
cary. IN imposing sentence Judge An
derson said that while he realized these
men had been Of valuable assistance TO
tho Government in making these cases,
the fact they were officials sworn to en-
fo-ce and uphold the law and that they
had violated their trust, could not be
overlooked.
MANY SENTENCES
ARE IMPOSED.
Other sentences were imposed as fol-
lows: Agnes, Joe, Theresa and George
Szabo. Alex CsaIo, Elizabeth Csallo,
John Demus and Peter Manos, all Of
South Bend. six months; Peter Heron,
Chicago, six months; Julius Musick,
Weary, four months; Andrew Kekko,
Gary, three months; Stephen Crabb,
South Bend. four months; Joe Czigsny,
South Bend. three months; James Varga,
South Bend, three months; William
Jones, Indianapolis, three months; An
ton Kosiba, Gary, four months; Tony
Korsses, Gary, three months; Frank L.
Arndt, Michigan City. 500 and costs;
John II Kain. Chicago, Sica and costs :
Charles Marshall, Chicago, 500 and costs.
All sentences Of less than one year win
be served fl the Marion County jail