The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-10-18

CROWN POINT, Ind. Ocf. Is
The trial of Pauline schultz OF e7ar,.
ngurante in the war on vice In IaFse
county, began this morning. Attor-
ney Conroy challenged August John
son. Juror because he had served
on jury within a year and John
son had to step down. Gary,s under
world is well represented at the
trial. Pauline Schultz was effective
Iy dressed in the role of the mn,
working giz and was s.rlnped thsa
time of both paint and diamonds.
Jake saultz, the immune pro
prietor Of the "Edelweiss" saloon
and disorderly house at 1893 wash
ngton St, Gary, was hned 500 ana
sentenced to six months On the
penal farm by a jury ia the criminal
court at Crown Point yesterday.
The jury deliberated only fifteen
minutes after hearing the evidence
of TINES reporters and masterful
argument BY Deputy Prosecutor
w Q. Thomas.
saultz. indicted By special
grand jury last summer on charges
Of operating disodrerly house.
violating the state liquor law and
keeping amtng device. was
brought to trial on the first count
yesterday morning, represented by
Attorney Joseph Conroy
With six months jan sentence
ahead, he now faces trial on the
other charges IN the criminal CONT
and awaits action OF the federal
grand jury he is under bond a.
$4,000 to the criminal court and
$4,000 to the federal court.
REPORTERS TESTIFY
Three TINES reporters, JoLn
Mooney. Junius Milikan and II
Cross, testified against saultz ys
terday as to what they saw in hls
place the night Of June 8. VIII
they went there on an assign1la b
BY their paper 70 expose vice tlat
was being protected by city and
county officers OF the law.
Following the Introduction Of evi.
dence by the reporters. who ,eere
the only witnesses for the state.
Attorney Conrov. defending Saul;z
\
that the TINES expose was PROMPTED
BY unrighteous motives.
"Supposlng there IS organized
vice IN Gary" he shouted. sun
posing the administration is in en-
it. Somebody is out! Somebody is
not getting theirs ard SO they get
a newspaper In city ten miles
away to besmirch the mayor and
the prosecutor One crook cannot
reform another crook Is there any
evidence that the organized Chris
tian people were up Ia arms about
this? Why should you. the jury. be
made the tool OF an unrlghteous
reformation
7 say that your Judgment IN this
case should be tempered with ex-
treme mercy as rebule to one
gang Of crooks trying to clean up
another gang"
Conroy's argument was but a re-
petition Of the alibi Of Mayor r. @.
Johnson. The jury apparently took
no stock n It.
sAULTz GOT THE LIMIT
saultz was given the maximum
penalty. the law providing that on
conviction Of having conducted a
house Of III fame the defendant shall
be fined not to exceed 500 ana SEN
fenced to jail not to exceed six
months.
saultz got the limit.
That was the answer OF twelve
representative citizens Of Lake
county to 1he rotten vice and gam
bling ring. the officials who have
protected them and the attorney
who defends them. it was q vic-
tory for the law-abidIng people
The jury that sentenced Jake
saultz. the dive-keeper, TO Jan glor-
flied Lake county.
Attorneys who were present at
the trial declared that Deputy Pros
secutor Thomas made as logical and
forcible an argument IS they bad
ever had tho pleasure Of hearing
There was nothing but praise far
Thomas around The court house
Crown Point. lie bad the Littie
Giant OF the Lake county Barr
beaten at avery turn of tao read
The money OF tho cary dlvc keop-
ers which can "buys officials and
iii = HIS ~ - A+--tt
not save Jake saultz from sall
Judge Martin T. smith in
Instructions to the 5urg ina5e rlaa
that they had a sre7t Bubiie
to perform In deciding risht-y h
fate Of saaltz-
saultz was an over-lord - ta
vice ring and The Cary uuG
His downfall brop III ceastetna
to his coafa.tee ates last mieh
day Pauline saultz. pronrletar
The trapolltan.T an a m
rloas dive went on tr4 n
court before Juag sa
E. Smith.
PAULINE on rBYAT
saultz has lost h throne nud
Pauline "osecn uf tha na
world. is an trial befa
that has shown iie be
decency a9nc aff ana
dive -lSeepers m h tr
derworld at last IS tott
Last june when Ts
its expose the r1a arA-
moonshine r.nc huav re ta
was bold s1d 6zaan ar
IN the newspapcr anfa nNv
without effect Prostitution ea
bling and liquor vtola tions confr