Indiana daily times., 1921-01-01
POLICE RAIDS
FEATURE NEW
YEARS ENTRY
One Shooting Match in Street
Adds Variety to Night
of Revelry.
DRY BEER JOINT IN NET

New Years eve celebrations were brok-
en- up in two notorious places by the
police last night and today and a number
Of individual blind tiger operators came
to grief as they were plying their trade
among the thirsty. A shooting match IL
which no one was hit also occupied the
attention Of the police, who spent an ex-
ceptionally busy night.
Jacob Neubaur's dry beer saloon at 81
wyoming street was one of the we'll
known places raided and a quantity OF
whisky was found.
It was in this place that former Pa
trolman George Winkler told Captain
Of Police Thomas that he had started
the party which led to a shooting afray
on Schurman avenue with two women
about two weeks ago The women. Marie
Jenkins and Iris Ellis, who figured with
Winkler in the episode that lost him
his star, were also arrested this morn
ug in a residence at u North Garfield
avenue.
| \ man giving his name as Homer A.
/ Stevens. 35, school teacher from Frank
lin, Ind, was taken with the pair.
/ THREE TAKEN
IN RAID.
/ The Ellis woman. under the name Of
Hamilton rented the residence on Gar
field avenue a few days ago, 1t is said.
Nelghbors like those living near Merid-
ian and Thirtieth streets, where the
Ellis woman was said to have lived in a
fiat. demanded that the police get busy
Raids in Thirtieth street, however, were
always tipped off
The jenkins woman, who has hus-
band and a O-year-old daughter living
on Ohio street, is charged with keeping
a resort. The Ellis woman is charged
with a statutory offense and stevens is
charged with associating.
Indignant neighbors complained to the
police OF what has been going on at II
North Garfield avenue and Lieutenant
Cox visited the place yesterday, but OBJ
tained no evidence.
/ Henry Ropkey. 1889 Prospect street
was arrested last night on the cbarga
ut operating n blind tiger. The police
alleCe they found one pint Of whisky
and a bottle Of w&ne in his automobil1
and the automobile was held for tl,
Federal authorities.
RAID MADE ON
DRY BEER PLACE.
Following a plea made to the Daily
J Times by a mother who has five chill
dren" the police finally raided Neubsur'
dry beer place. Three aud a halt gallons
OF whisky and an equal amount Of wine
was found. The whisky was in the liv-
Ing apartment over the saloon and the
wine IN the kitchen.
Twelve men we're iu the place having
/ a New Years eve celebration when
/ Lieutenant Woollen and his squad made
/ their unexpected raid.
! NeubauoF.s plses--is the one here Pa
/ trolman Georg, Wiukler told Captain OF
/ Police Thomas that he had attended O
/ party" which ended when there was @
shooting affair in a residence on Schur
mann avenue that resulted In the arrest
! OF two women we'll known 70 the police
and the suspension of Winkier.
No search OF Neubauer's place was
made on the morning following the
Winkler affair.
/ Fred KirtIey. negro, ia Douglas street
who was convicted Of operating a blind
/ tiger about "A week ago. was arrested Oi
/ 81 similar charge last night. Lieutenant
Woollen obtained eight pints of bonded
whisky as evidence.
Lieutenant Jones and his squad ar
rested Frank Valderauer, 1901 North Del
aware street, on the charge of operating
blind tiger. Three quarts of whisky
constitute the evidence.
/ A free -for-all fight in which sevcra
shots were fired, resulted in the arrest
OF two men, both OF whom tell very
different story Of the affair. One OF
the men, Lewis Laitner, 224 Eden Place
known as "Wingey" Laitner, Republican
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