Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-28

following Tuesday was election day. After
the polls had closed on election day there
were orders for the militia to report here,
and they did report here, and the strike
was soon put down."
CONDUCTS
VICE CRUSADE.
Speaking of the vice crusades of the
Shank administration Mr.. HylanG said:
Shortly after Mr. Shank was elected
mayor, he came TO my office and asked
me if the sporting houses were selling
beer, wine and liquors, and If so, for
how long. l informed him that they
were and had been for twenty five years
to my personal knowledge He then
asked If they paid a license for this
privilege, to which l answered, they pay
a Government but no city license. He
said it did not seem fair they should
sell without a license when other men
laid license for such privileges, and
ordered me to see that there was no more
liquor sold in these houses and that
order was carried out by me. 1 haG
sergeants go through and search their
premises and bottles marked near beer
were brought to the City Chemist for
analysis and when his analysis showed
it was real beer, they were arrested and
their houses closed.
Later on, in the Shank administra-
ton, the Indianapolis Church Federation
district The mayor asked me what
thought Of closing these houses. 1 told
him it would be an easy matter to close
their places, but l doubted the wisdom of
doing so, as there was no Law to make
them leave the city, and the result would
be that they would be scattered all over
the city and It might be worse than leav-
ing them as they were. Some time later
the mayor again came to me and said
the church federation insisted on closing
up the rednght district, and as it is a
violation of the law, You close them up,
which 1 did. These houses were closed
at IL that night, midnight. To my sur
prise, a day or so later, I took up a pa
per and read an article In which {. s.
Denny, head of the Church Federation,
was quoted as saying he had reason to
believe the police department had been
receiving graft, and that was the rea-
son they did not want to close the red
light district.
II called up Mr. Denny and asked him
If he had any information to give me
about graft in the police department
from the houses Of prostitution. He said
1t was the general impression that the
department had been receiving graft, and
not being willing to stand under that
cloud 1 then went over to the Criminal
Court and called upon Judge Joseph 7.
Marley, and requested him to call the
grand jury that day before any Of The
keepers or inmates had an opportunity
to leave the city, and the grand jury
WAS called that day by Judge Marley and
I appeared before the grand jury, gave
them a printed list of the names ard ad
dresses OF every keeper and inmate
known to the police department Of this
city, and requested them to call Mr..
Denny of the Church Federation and
make him give the information that he
refused to give me, If he had any such
information.
"I also requested the grand jury to
bring before them the keepers and in
mates and make them tell il they had
been paying graft to any member Of
the indianapolis police force. The grand
jury was in session for nearly a week
making this investigation, but found no
evidence Of graft in the police depart
ment from this source. The Church Fed
GRAFTON sent me lists at different times
of places to be investigated, and an in
vestigation was made IN each and every
case and report sent to the federation
of what had been done On many Of this
cases We did not have enough evidence
to make arrests"
Mr.. Hyland said he had known Mr.
Shank for twenty years and never had
known him to be guilty Of a dishonest
act.