South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-07
TRADE OF TRUAX
AGAINST CHIEF IS
ABRUPTLY HALTED
Nominee for Assessor Felled
After Insults - Saloon
Scene of Hubbub.

The thirteenth bar 20 60 the
axe route since the first - the yea~
was smashed last night when Chief
of Police Laurence Lane and his
"har-wreck crew. composed %
Sergt. Delnski and Detectives Ki~h
and Winthers. descended upon The
'soft drink" par,or ar s04 s Chaplin
St said 20 be operated by Nike and
Joe ABBY. about g o'clock
After the bar-smashing and tes
Abby brothers both ~ whom are
old offenders. had been taken 20
the police station by the officers.
Roscoe Truax. democratic nominee
for county assessor. appeared an the
station 20 furnish bonds FOR their
release TruaV, who is said % have
been IN an intoxicated condition. a.
oEce began 20 berate the chief IN
language Of the most vile kind. con-
tinuing his offensive TRADE until
Lane abruptly halted him with a
well-placed "haymaker" Truax
was then temporarily locked up on
a charge OF drunkenness. while the
two Alloys were allowed their free
dom on boHds. Truax was released
shortly after. following an apology
20 Lane
The Abby bar, which is 80 feet
long. Is the largest and costliest
thus far demolished by the police
since the practice was started IN
January. The bar was lined almost
four deep when the officers quietly
entered the rear door. Men then
rushed in all directions. upsettins
chairs and tables. in an attempt 70
escape No attempt was made 20
stop the fleeing men, as the four
officers had rushed 20 the bar In the
search Of liquor
Grapples With Officer
Joe Abby. said 20 be the bartender
for the place, is said 20 have been
in the act Of pouring out glass Of
liquor when Serst Delinski rushed
behind the bar A hand-to-hand
battle resulted between the two.
ABBY lost q portion Of his shirt while
attempting 10 spill the liquor Al
by finally succeeded in overturn.ns
the glass. saturaung a towel nearby
A small quantity Of the liquor was
recovered. together with a portion
squeezed from the saturated towel
Several cases Of Cincinnati Cream
beer. imported from Canada. and
marked nine percent alcohol was
also found IN the place
The other customers who failed
10 make an escape. were ordered
out and the work Of w-rscking the
bar was started The detail OF Of
fcers consumed more than an hour
IN demoEshIng the ba- and front
fixtures. A partition which hid the
view OF the bar from The street was
also ordered torn out & pile %
debris. which az times hudereG the
work OF the bar-Hreckers. was
strewn knee deep about the place
and the noise caused by the rashlng
Of the wood, soon caused q crowd.
estimated ar more than 500 people.
20 gather. Although numerous slurs
were made by the crowd. with Chief
Lane the object OF the 6runt Of the
caustic remarks. no attempt was
made 20 modest the police in their
work
The b0o.ng and jeer.ng continues
until the police Cadillac dtsannaare,
from sight Almost an hour later
Roscoe Truax az present empI0vaf
in the county assessors Office and
democratic nominee for the Office
Of county assessor appeared az the
station 10 furnish bonds for the Abby
brothers. who were charged with
unlawful possession cr liquor FOR
sale. Truax ar once started 20 u0-
braid the chief and stated he would
like 20 see him 20 Tell the chief just