The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-08
G|RLSACCUSE
10 MEN IN
THEIR STORY
Indiana Harbor Wine Rooms
Exposed by TestimOnyin
Juvenile Court
ESPECIAL TO THE TInEsI


CROWN POINT. Ind, April 8. =
While their mothers wept silently
and the accused young men shifte1 ]
nervousiy in their chairs. five Indi-
ana Harbor girls in the Juvenile
court yesterday afternoon told a
sordid story.
As each in trun faced Judge Miles
E. Norton, giving corroborative tes-
timony. the net drew tighter around
the hfteen defendants. incluoing
proprietors OF three "moonshine"
taverns and the boys and men
charged with contributing to the
delinquency of the girls.
TELL OF ROADHOUSEs
The way stations of the moor
shine TRAIL starting at Saturday
night dance hall in the "Harbor
and including the roadhouses known
as "Rosie's Place ''Mickey's Place :
and the Speedway Inn." were de-
scrIbed by the girls who range In
ages from i5 to 8 years.
Ii was daybreak. Sunday morning.
three weeks ago, wh@n they reached
John Millers resort at Liverpool.
Ind. east Of Gary. where, their
minds befuddled by the vile liquor
and ether" beer secured at the In
diana Harbor .taverns." they Wee
outraged and the disgraceful party
in which ten men and the five girls
participated for forty-eight hours
In the sequestered place was the
most shocking evidence that has
been given In a Lake county court.
All spectators were excluded from
the court and Judge Norton in
structed reporters that the names OF
the girls should not be divulged- The
names of the men who have not been
apprehended are also TO be sup
pressed for the time being
The case was continued at 6
O'Clock last evening until April 1e
to permit juvenile officers to make
additional arrests.
The three men arraigned yester-
day were George Thomas. Negro
proprietor of "Mickey's Place" on
Pennsylvania ave, Indiana Harbor;
Tony Sonoc, proprietor of The
Speedw Inn" Indiana Harbor. and
John Miller. owner of the Miller re-
sort at Liverpool Each was charged
with selling liquor to minor girls,
which under the law is contributing
TO delinquency,
other defendants. nearly all young
men, were present and their names
will be given as the cases against
them are tried.
FAMILIES WELL KNOWN
The girls are from respectable
families and are all living at home.
Another girl, who said she did not
go to the Miller resort at Liverpool.
but admitted having visited Mick
ey's Place n compauy with young
man she met az the dance. told the
court she was married and that her
husband. VINO was out OF town on
business. did not know she was i'm
plicated in the affair.
The girls we're dressed in the pre-
vailing mode. gay piummage. low
cut dresses. silk stockings rolled be-
low the knees. and patent leather
slippers One wore a very attrac-
tive fur coat.
They remained dry-eyed through
out the ordeal in court. The rouge
and powder became streaked on
their cheeks ty perspiration.
POLICE TO ACT
The closing OF ''Mickey's Place
"Rosie's Place" and Millers resort
by the police and sheriff's office may
result from the expose in the juv
emile court. One of the girls testi-
fed that while she was drinking
in Mickcys Place" a
detective was there.
The investigation which resulted
in the case coming to the attention
of the juvenile court was made Sy
Juvenile officer Lewis of East Chi
cago.