Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-07
BOOTLEGGERS
PROTECTED AT
VARYING COST
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of my lease. I knew it was time to quit
them"
The witness also testified that Pogue,
Black and Knuckles maintained an Of
fee directly across the street from the
courthouse for the transaction of their
business.
"Oh see, a sort of clearing house."
Judge Anderson said.
Arthur LOga, negro, testified that be-
tween April and July he paid Mabrey
$40 week for protection with the excep-
ton of two weeks, when there was dis
agreement among the collectors as to
how the money should be split. In July
they tried to raise his assessment to $50
a week and when he refused to pay he
was raided, arrested and sentenced by
Judge McClelland to serve thirty days on
the Indiana State Farm. During athe
eight days between his trial and the day
he left for the penal farm he said the
police laid on" him continually and that
one night Captain George Fox of the
police department came out to his place
and told four customers to get out. Moth
| ing OF this kind occurred, the witness
stated, while he paying protection money
regularly.
| ONLY ONE NAMED NOT
| UNDER INDICTMENT.
Judge McCIelland is the only one men:
toned in connection with the charges Of
being in on the conspiracy who is not
under Indictment in the present case.
| 1t cost the Club Cigar Store $3.50 a
week to do business, according to Walter
Barlow Of Auburn, formerly manager of
the establishment. This place, according
| to Barlow, was a "cigar store, gambling
| Joint and blind tiger" owned by Emery
johnson and Berne Walburn. He said
every Monday he turned over $3.50 to
! Johnson and $50 to Walburn and the
money was divided as follows $50 for
police protection, $25 TO Horace G. Muir
ply, then prosecutor; s. to the constables
and $3.50 to Justice Owens Horace G.
| Murphy was convicted and sentenced to
term at the Federal prison at Atlanta
in connection with the Muncie fake prize
! fight and swindle cases last year.
For twenty months as long as we
were paying protection money we was
not bothered" Barlow said, "but later
when I opened a gambling place and
| did not pay protection l was arrested
| twice in nine days. Then I went out Of
/ business"
If they had enforced the law at Nun
Gle 1t would have stopped all this?"
/ Judge Anderson asked.
/ Yes" the witness answered.
He then told Of an instance when Cap
/ tain Fox met him in the Delaware Hotel
and told him his place was to be raided
and he had better get his liquor out
BEAT RAIDERS BY
HALF AN HOUR.
IT put it in my automobile and drove
/ over on the other side OF the square"
/ Barlow said. an less than thirty min
u,es the club was raidsd, but they didr' I
( find anything A little later drove back
/ and everything was all right again"
The following ten defendants are on
/ trial on pleas Of not guilty: George
/ Fox. night captain Of police; Maggie Lo-
gan. Thomas V. Miller, attorney; Loss
Howell L. Pete) Scott, policeman
/ Timothy 5. Owens, justice of the peace
( Maggie Lampkins, Carrie Brown. Ora V.
/ Pugue and John Sullivan.
Among those who entered pleas OF
/ guilty when the case was called were
Kenneth Sturgeon, wealthy manufacturer
/ and prominent young social leader OF
| Nuncie.
Or. Smith, who is not on trial as ne
is serving prison sentence for man