The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-09-20
ARREST
CREATES
SENSATION
Dry Officer in Jail al
Hammond Pending
Action by Morgan
(BULLETIy)

bogus federal affidavit I'm C:arx iasx
night. was still held MT the Gary no.
lice station at noon today, unable to
furnish bonds.
feeiing Is apparently SO stronx
against the attorney dry agent that
MS Few Gary friends have already
asserted him, upon hearing of the
latest episode .n his Gary career Inst
night. Two lawyers whom h. b,a
called to defend him in his predica-
ment, refused TO represent him th,.
morning, tt is said
Even federal agents who used hi.
oHice ana obtained supposedly vaIu-
able information from him had mot
appeared at the station to give bail
since 10 o'clock last night.
An alleged faulty cog in the fed
eral prohibition enforcement ma
chine brought the sensational Cary
cleanup campaign to an abrunt
halt and threw the dry forces into
CONFUSION early last night. when
Attorney Phillip Ukman, alias Tx
manovich. 752 Broadway, otherwise
known as the instigator of the fed
eral agents disclosures and known
as special operative for Bert Nor
gan's forces, was arrested after ac-
cepting 5000 in cash as a bride n
destroy an alleged warrant for the
arrest of Gary man for violating
the state liquor law
CREATES SENSATION
The arrest OF Ukman yesterday
evening followed on the heels of
the arrest of City Judge William
| Dunn and Attorney Blaz Lucas on
charges of conspiracy in connection
with the alleged booze scandals yes
| terday afternoon. Both furnished
$4,000 bond and were released. Uk-
man, 1t is charged. stated he would
| get the judges Job" some months
ago, following difficulties which he
experienced in the Gary city court.
The news OF the arrest of judge
| Dunn and Attorney Lucas, like that
OF Ukman in the evening. when he
was led shivering from his office
to the police station with 5000 in
orioe money tucked in his pockets.
spread like wild fire over the city
and set tongues wagging anew.
MORGAN GETS NEWS
| Bert Morgan, chief OF the state
prohibition forces in Indiana. Dep
uty George Winkler and two other
dry sleuths arrived at the Gary po-
lice station shortly before 10 o'clock
to arrange bond for Ukman, but be-
ing informed of what Ukman had
done and shat he was still being
held on an open charge. decided to
wait until this morning to take
some action for his release
The startling clew which led to
| Ukman' arrest came to the Gary
| police last Sunday. They learned
from Ralph S. Stegnaich. one OF the
proprietors OF the Central Hotel at
Tenth ave. and Washington ST.. that
Attorney Ukman and a government
officer known to him as George.
came to him with the proposition
| that they had a warrant for Dan
| Rapaich (partner OF Stegnaich's),
but that for $500 the warrant would
be destroyed and nothing more
would be heard OF the case.
| CALL NEWSPAPER MEN
| Following other information that
| Ukman had approached others on
the South Side. the police laid their
| plans to take him into custody.
Their first difficulty was expert
| enced in raising the money for the
| warrant and also just who would be
| taken into their confidence. as the
| police knew IT certain infornTa ton
leaked out. their plans would be
| ballSed.
| Two newspaper men were called
| ;~% Aair x4vifh
a former Gary newspaper man who
was able to speak Ukman's tongue.
the Serbian language. and two po-
| lice officers. Detective Sergeant
James Connolly and Patrol Sergeant
| James Mccartney.
| The scene for the bride was plan
ned for Monday. but the money.
which was not secured until yester-
| day morning. prolonged the plans
| At 10 o'clock. however. the news
| paper men and officers concerned
! were Informed that the money was
ready. Three hundred dollars of 1t
| in cash and q 500 dollar personal
| check was given by Stegnaich. The
numbers and denominations of the
| money were taken down by the re-
| porters shortly afterwards.
The first meeting was planned for
1880 o'clock in the morning. Tx
man was supposed to meet Steg-
match in room of the Central Hotel
10 receive the money and tear up
the alleged warrant Reporters and
| the police quietly waited in an ad-
| joining room.
sMELLED A MOUSE
| After a full half hour walt. Steg-
| match brought back the information
| that Morgan was in Ukman's office
and he would be detained until
1890. He smelled a mouse that he
might be tricked,' he told Stegnaich
| and told him to come TO his office
with the money.
The 1890 meeting also fell
| through. Ukman toll Stegnaich
| that he had the warrant the day
| before, but II had been taken back
| to Hammond. and he would get IL
when he went over to Hammond In
| the afternoon. He promised to be
| back at o'clock. but did not put
| in his appearance until o'clock.
when he accepted the money. Fed
| eral men staSed last night that they
had seen Ukman in Hammond about
| > o'clock.
As agreed, Stegnaich went to uk-
mans office. He was pacing the
floor like he did in the afternoon
and apparently excited. The police
| officers waited at a nearby store
while reporters were across the
street to await a signal from Steg-
match that he had given the money
rhev vyere then TO rush into the