The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-06-10
L |L|NDENH0TEL
OWNERS ARE
| TO ACT SOON
Some of Those Who Own
Property Used for Law
breaking Purposes.

First intimation that the cam
strongly entrenched vics is bringing
results, came this morning when the
considered the biggest gambling
place in the city. announced that
unless the authorities took steps to
close it up he would get busy him
SELF.
tax records of the city as belonging
to Attorney G. S. Widholm. who
lives at IT'S Tyley ST. and has Of
fees at IL East Fifth ave, The
hotel is located at Seventh avenue
and Washington street.
FIRST KNOWLEDGE THROUGH
Attorney wtdhoim was called on
the telephone by a Times reporter
and asked If he owned the property.
Mr.. Widholm replied that II now be-
longed to his mother. He had for
nerly owned an interest in 1t. he
said, but this was disposed OF re-
Gently to the mother.
Does your mother know that the
Linden is being used as a gambling
house?" the reporter asked
The attorney replied that he did
not think she knew it..
do you know it?" was the next
question.
Attorney widholm replied that
his FIRST knowledge of the gambling
operations came through the stories
appearing IN The Times. He said
he had written the proprietor of the
place asking If The Times statements
were true.
The reply to this inquiry. accord
ing to Attorney Widholm was an
admission by the proprietor that
gambling was going on, but that he
did not consider the place any worse
than the Harrison Club and many
other places he could name.
What are you going to do about
IL Mr.. widholm? Close it up?" was
the next question
An emphatic affirmative was the
answer. Mr.. widholm promised that
If Gary authorities did not get busy
and put the lid on the Linden. he
himself wohld take the necessary
steps to close up the place.
So much for the Lipden-
EEzE'S YxRs7 LIST
Now comes the list or places us
ed as ambling houses. houses of Ill
| fame together with the names of
their owners as tromised in Tho
Times yesterday These places have
| been listed by Times reporters. The
properties were first looked up in
the records of City Engineers office
of Gary. From the descriptions there
| obtained. the reporters checked over
| the records of the Allman-Gary IT,
| tie Co, and found the names Of the
owners as shown on the tax dupli-
Gates.
| Here they are:
Jefferson Hotel. s51. jefferson St.
house of III fame. Owned by John
Joseph Farrell and Helen n. Farrell.
| his wife.
NJ. Miller. so1 Jefferson St. house
of Ill fame Owned by Jennie Miller.
Broadway Inn. o3s Broadway. blind
pig. and disorderly house Owned
by Mark Harris and Mollie Harris.
his wife.
Metropolitan. 1850 Jefferson St.
house of i'll fame. operated by Paul
fen Shultz. Owned by Joseph Ger
| csak.
Edelweiss, 1888 Washington St
House of i'll fame. operated by Jake
SaultE. Owned by Peter and Nick
| Bakogianis.
Budapest. 1892 Broadway, gamb-
ling house. Owned by Fernando W.
| Daegling.
Panama. 1901 Washington st.
house OF i'll fame. Owned by Phile-
nus williams.
HOW ABOUT 1T. sHERIFFs
Now here is place which might
| interest Sheriff Hut Olds of Crown
Point. It is the West Gary Cafe.
located at Clark road and Ninth
ave. This place is running wide
open. Prostitutes hover around the
bar where hard drinks are dealt out
| without any apparent fear of rns
law.
And there's still more to tell
More information covering new
angles has hcen CLEANED in the last
few days. The Times is no longer
alone in the fight. Decent citizens
are coming forward with fresh in
formation and offers OF assistance.
Lake county has been stirred. There
Is much nervousness in Gary and IL
is extending to other parts of the