The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29
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CITY PLACES
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(BY TIMES STAFF NAM
MICHIGAN CITY. Ia1 July "a
YOU can't bpy a drink 81 liquor il
Michigan City today. one reason ;
1 that the city's visible supply Of hootch
is piled on the floors Of the police
station and the second reason IS hat
those who still have liquor wou-di't
let i BE known for love nor mon y.
This burg learned yesterday tAat
Earl Rowley. Laporte countys prose
cuting attorney, means business
Rowley has demonstrated that he is a
tvo-hsted prosecutor. Saloon
men have openly dehed the law and
laughed derisively when Rowley and
4 his deputy, Bob Moore. talked ~
! clamping the lid tight.
ARE HEA WY FINED.
Some sixteen OF them VIII think
I better Of state and federal law en-
forcement when they come back TO
Michigan city for every mothers son
of them has a thirty-hve day penal
tarns sentence To work out in addition
to paying the terrific hnes which
We're slapped to them yesterday BY
Judge Sherwood IN the city court.
Michigan City was the setting OF
one of the prettiest raids ever pulled
ia the state Of Indiana yesterday 1t
worked Ike It had ali been rehearsed.
4 There was not bungIc.
RAIDERS FROM LAPoRTE.
While the affair was conducted mn
4 der federal auspices il was really La
porte which furnished the bulk Of the
raiders Laporte is clean and it with
\ the rest IF the county outside IF
+ Michigan City has felt the stigma
brought on by the wet spot on the
lake shore Rowley found plenty Of
willing hands when he arranged his
little party.
Prominent in the ranks Of the raid
ers were three ministers, Rev. A. l.
Stamper Of the Christian church. Rev.
y T Parker Of the Baptist church
and Rev. S. A. Stewart of the First
Presbyterian church. There were an
even dozen OF the citizens Of Laporte
Chief Gus Simons OF the Northern
Indiana federal enforcement district
and Chief r H. Abel OF the Southern
indiana group We're on hand.
HELP FROM HAMMOND.
oimons brought Ed Berwanger, his
sht hand man at Hammond. and
Harry Mathers who has charge Of tie
work at South Bend Abel brought
~ F Bundy, the best agsnt from
the southern field. Slmons also h4d
three volunteers from Hammond
bringing the total 70 eight Then
there were Two investigators fton the
af1tce OF Attorney General L. S. Lesh
who had been IL Michi gan City for
ten days securing evidence Of sales
and helping Rowley pick out the
worst places.
chsef simons took charge ana
osp4tlzed the whole crowd which had
sathered at Aowleys on!ce at la
porte In seven machines the raiders
headed for Michigan City Zero hour
mad been set a. 215 o'clock Eleven
places We're scheduled for the fnft!ai
cleaning Chief Gleason and a plain
clothes man Of the Michigan City po-
liee force were picked up when the
cavalcade arrived here.
NO HITCH THERE.
Precisely on The dot the different
groups OF raiders dashed into The
places to which they had been assign
ed. 1t worked without a hitch. There
was no chance for tip-on.
Rowley and simons who were TAX
ing the lead, bumped off Two places IN
the center OF town and then hurried
to the police station 10 form the re-
ception committee FOR the rush which
followed S.mons made the biggest
haul Of the day in point Of quality.
He came in trjumphantly from Charley
Woodbridge's saloon with about 15u
quarts of bonded whiskey. He search
cd high and low and nearly missed
the stuff. CHANGING to scrape the
sand foor OF the cellar with his shoe
he kicked up a piece OF buriap bag
In few minutes he had dragged
forth thirteen bags each containlne
about dozen bottles Of LIQUOR.
ALL KINDS OF LIQUOR.
From 80 o'clock until late in the
evening the machines continued to
drag IN the prisoners and mater.aI
seized. Eddie Berwanger came in
with forty bottles of good LIQUOR.
Wh!skey was found at the maotrttv Of
places and home brew was found in
abundance. The floors Of the police
station presented a strange appear
ance as the material properly labeled
was dumped in separate piles. There
was eIder-berry wine. grape wine. gin.
kimmel. beer, cordial, colored alcohol,
white mule and stomach bitters In
half & dozen varieties. Two stills
were found.
The men brought to the station
were Arthur Behrens. Edward Mad
ginski. Nick Sheets. George Arndt.
Charles Woodbridge. Pete ofchart-
chak, Pete Freyer. Billy West, Bob
Demorest, Frank Baker and Morris
smulevitz. Al Lindgern's place was
raided but Al was out OF town. There
was plenty Of evidence though. Other
places were visited until the total of
warrants served reached sixteen.
Three mer Will Be picked UP as soon
as they return 70 the city.
JUDGE STARTS WORK.
Judge Sherwood was called and the
work Of trying the cases began. 1t
was arranged that ali who did not
plead guilty IN his copr5 we're to be
taken 70 Hammond and arrale lensd he