Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-11
CHARITY FUNDS
TAKEN BY SUIT
Gambling Money Returned
Through RepIevin Action.

Charity funds In Indianap polls are short
today just sixty nine silver dollars and
seventy cents in silver" as the money
is described in a replevin suit filed in
the court of Justice Of the Peace T.
Ernest Maholm. The money was taken
by the police in a raid on q poker game.
The suit was filed by a man who, when
arrested on the night of May "a, gave
his name as Harry Jon s. 233 North State
avenue. At that time he was charged
with visiting a gambling house and gam
ing Nine men were caught in a raid
on a shed at Twenty Eighth street and
the Monon tracks, which place was fitted
out with tables specially built for poker
games, rugs, electric fans and chairs.
A number of coats were captured by the
police on that occasion as well as the
nine men.
Mack Farrell was charged with keep
ing the gambling house and gaming but
the records OF the city clerks office show
that he was discharged on both charges.
The other men pleaded guilty TO gaming
and were fined So and costs and paid 1t,
but the visiting a gambling house charge
was dismissed in each case. Fred Bont-
field appeared in city court as attorney
for the men on that occasion. However,
Bonifield is said not to be the lawyer
representing them in getting back the
money grabbed by Lieut. william Cox
who led the raid on the poker game.
The repleyin suit was hled by Harry
Jones. June l, which is FIVE days after
be pleaded guilty to gaming 1t is filed
against Walter Pritchard, Judge of the
city court. and s. T. Gaddis. police ser
geant, who is in charge Of the police
pension fund II evidently was feared
by the gamblers that the money had
been turned over to the pension fund
by Judge Pritchard.
It Is customary for the Judge Of the
city court to turn over some OF the
money captured In raids on gambling
games TO the police pension fund but
most Of the money obtained I'm this way
is put into a charity fund. This charity
fund is used to defray expenses OF poor
and helpless persons who are brought in
to the city court by the police and who
are sent TO their homes in other cities.
Some of II is used to send runaway girls
and boys back to their homes IN other
cities when their parents are so poor that
they can not pay the railroad fare Many
girl owes her new start on the right
road to this charity fund.
However. the fund is S6970 short now,
as the money captured IN tue Tdll was
turned over to the officer OF Justice Of
the Peace Maholms court, and by order
OF that court was given to Harry Jones,
the man who had pleaded guilty to gam
ing.
On Jones bond appears the name Of
George With as bondsman in the re-
plevin suit in the Justice Of the peace
court. Squire Maholm today admitted he
did not know where Jones lived. and that
the court has no record Of his address,
and he admitted that the same was true
in regard to George With, the bonds
man. The records of the county as
SCISSORS office fail 70 show where any
man by the name of George Wirthp pays
taxes on real estate or personal prop
erty. The name George Wirth" does not
appear in the city directory, but the
man was accepted as a bondsman In
Squire Maholm's court.
Judge Prtchard said he had refused TO
surrender the money until the action
was brought against him in Maholm' s
court.