Indiana daily times., 1921-10-06
RESTRAIN COPS
FROM STOPPING
CASINO DANCES
Circuit Court Ends Police
Interference by Issuing
an Injunction.
FAvORITIsM IS SHOWN?

Chief OF Police Jerry Kinney, other
officials and members of the police de-
partment today were under a restraining
order issued by Judge Harry Chamberlin
of the Circuit Court, prohibiting the po-
lice from interfering with dancing at
the Casino Gardens, formerly the In
dianapolis Canoe Club.
Court action was taken late yesterday
in the Circuit Court by the Casino Gar
den Company following alleged police in
reference last Saturday night when Gar
nett Davis, 1914 North Illinois street,
manager of the gardens, was arrested
after small quantity of whisky was
found there. Mr.. Davis was found not
guilty in the city court Monday, when
the evidence introduced showed that he
nor the management was responsible for
the liquor.
AGREE TO PAY
POLICE OFFICER.
IN the petition for a restraining or
der, it is claimed Chief of Police Kinney
has refused to issue a police permit "
II is claimed ly counsel for the plaintiff
company that this practice is uncon-
stituutional and discriminatory.
Prior to resorting TO court action, the
garden management agreed to pay the
salary of a member OF the police depart
ment TO supervise dancing. but refused
to submit to the order OF requiring a
police permit
City authorities refused to vaeate the
police permit order and the Casino man
agement resorted to the courts TO test the
question.
In issuing the restraining order and
setting the date for hearing on Oct -,
when an application for a permanent in
junction viii be heard. Judge Chamber
lin recognized the statement Of the gar
den management that more than 100000
has been invested and held that dancing
was not unlawful in an orderly institu-
tion.
Under the restraining order granted by
Judge Chamberlin. dancing will be re-
sumed at the Casino Gardens.
CHARGE WOMAN
PLAYS FAVORITES.
1t has been charged by proprietors of
the dance halls that Captain Clara Burn
side of the women's police department
was ~''playing favorites" and permitting
some dance halls to run while others were
not given permits to obtain a license
Captain Burnside yesterday admitted that
permits had been refused the Casino
Gardens, the dance hall at Thirtieth and
Illinois street anu one at Eleventh and
College.
When asked if the charges made by
the manager of the College avenue dance
hall that the Illinois street dance hall
was being permitted to run by using the
club plan" and that any person with
the price could gain admission. Captain
Burnside declared that the only dances
given in that hall since the police order
were those given by lodges and organized
clubs and that they were not open to any
person with the price.
The refusing of the permit to the Thir-
tieth street dance hall followed the IA
nous joy ride that started from that
place few weeks ago when three men,
one still a fugitiev from Justice. and
three young women, two of whom are
married, had an sll-night ride in a sto-
len automobile. The ride ended when
Mrs, Roes Goetz was carried into the
home of Mrs. Marion Pollard, 1852 Cornell
avenue, so intoxicated that physicians
feared for a time she would die from
alcoholic poison.
Efforts to learn the reason for the re-
fusing of the permit to the management
OF the dance hall at College avenue and
Eleventh street failed although it is
known that two high police officials made
? special trip to that hall some nights
ago "on the report of trouble" What
kind of trouble if any these two police
officers found was not stated in their
written reports to Chief of Police Jerry
Kinney.