South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-08
DEFENDANTS
CONFESS TO
U. S. COUNTS
Muncie, Linton and Gary Also
Prominent in Prohibition
Violations.
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journey. Among others sentenced
were MALTA Hoolon, former post
master at Cleson, Pike county, two
years for embezzlement of postal
funds; James W. Payne, former
postmaster at Shelburn. two years
for ENFORCEMENT of postal funds;
Robert J. Nermande, South Bend,
one year and one day for stealing
letters containing money; and vii
bur Waters. Of Clinton and Terre
Haute. Is months for transporting
stolen automobile to Illinois.
C1aud Fields, Of Evansville. an IS
year-old youth, who returned a mail
pouch after stealing and opening
it, was sent home by Judge Ander-
son with the admonition TO behave
yourself" RE had been in Jail five
months. Lester Hurley, a 15-year-
old Evansville boy, admitted steal
ing money from letters while he
was a special delivery messenger.
He also had been in jail five
months.
AS long as you behave yourself
YOU will be free" said Judge An
| derson, continuing the case.
Paid Police. Said.
The biggest haul in the liquor
cases was in that involving more
than two score Muncie residents.
Those pleading guilty. however, as
serted violating the prohibition law
and the payment of graft to police
for protection. The guilty pleas in
this case were entered by James
! Black, now a resident of Anderson;
| Adkins Knuckles. James Mabrey,
/ Joe Humble, Arthur Logan, Eliza
Hughes, Ben Churcb1an, Archie
Campbell, Walter Barlow, Matthew
| Barry. Warner Wing, Letitia Petit.
Hugh Berry George Franklin.
Charles Ven Meter, Emery Johnson,
Homer Headley and John Butler.
Muncie citizens pleading not gull
! ~ were: Xene Smith. William
Robertson. George Fox. Maggie Lo-
gan, Gertie Wilson, Pearl Nichols,
Donnie Nichols. Walter F. Evans,
Thomas V Miller. Kenneth Spur
ceon, Gene Williams. Court Asher,
John Cox, Daisy Dean. Loss Howell,
EH Scott, Timothy S. owen, Hager-
man Munce. Lewis Pettiford, Mag
gle Lamp kins, Carrie Brown, Snow
den and Verne Walburn. Ora Pogue
and John Sullivan.
Only three guilty pleas were en-
| tered in the South Bend liquor cas-
es, these being by Charles Hovarth,
James Varga. and Harry burst.
John Demus failed to appear and
| his bond was forfeited Besides
Voode, the assessor, those pleading
not guilty were Theresa and George
Szabo, Alex and Elizabeth Csallo.
julius Musick, Andrew Kekko, Steve
/ Deak. John Maculaski, Peter Manos,
! Stephen GIappy) Crabb, Joe Gig
many, George Hosler. Lewis Powell,
Lewis Nemuth, and Isadore Strom-
er.
Many Deny Guilt
In the Linton hquor conspiracy.
| involving Police Officers Thomas
Shouse and John Bonnie. four pleas
/ of outlines were entered by Joseph
| Walton, John Fromme, Rail Gala
han, and Osa Woodward. Shouse
and Bonnie, along with Homer
/ Walton, and Kenneth Hudson plead
/ ed not guilty. None OF the fourteen
! LOgansport men, including City
Judge West. pleaded guilty. while
/ half Of those involved in the Gary
| case admitted the charge, with the
| others denying It.
Terre Haute persons were in
volved in individual liquor cases,
/ Thomas Dallas pleading guilty IS
/ also "Jitnev BIZ Wallace and Helen
1 Miller. The latter two pleaded not
/ guilty OF conspiracy TO violate pro-
! hibition laws. William Hughes.
/ Terre Haute. pleaded guilty Of vio-
/ lating the snti-narcotic act Thomas
/ Garner, William Moshett. and Ida
Arthur and Louis Zamberletti Of
/ Blanrord. Vermillion county. plead
I cd not guilty OF violating prohibi-
( ton laws and Leo Nolan, indicted
with them, pleaded guilty. Richard
/ HeacoN OF Clinton pleaded guilty in
| the case against him for violating
/ the dry" law. Paul Herman.
/ Terre Haute, now at the Great Lakes
naval training station. pleaded gull
\ IS 70 participating in the transpor-
I tatiOn Of q. stolen automobile from
\ Paris, H., TO Terre Haute.
Sentence Youth Today.
Charles Gallener, South Bend.
\ former special delivery messenger.
/ pleaded guilty 10 stealing 50 from
I letters. but sentence in his case was
/ deferred. Dan Idokovich, South
Bend. pleaded guilty 10 impersonat-
| ing a prohibition officer. and will
/ come before the court Tuesday for
sentence clyde T. Hartman. Mish-
awake, pleaded not guilty 20
charge Of manufacturing liquor
The Indictment Of Melnhart Con-
\ tent Of Kokomo. who pleaded not
guilty, centers about the orgy said
/ TO have been staged at the Kokorno
country club some time ago when
another person gave a banquet pre-
| ceding his wedding Edward Val
entine. arrested for stealing a mail
+ bag at kolIomo. pleaded not guilty.
Two Mouon men accused OF steal
I ing from freight shipments pleaded
not guilty. They were Clay Lutes
and Robert Fulmer. Charles p.
Allison OF Monon. facing a similar