The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-27
GRAND JURY
MAKES 159
PENDANTS
Several From Lake County
Not including Gary Are
In dicted
INTERNATIONAL NEWS srRyIcEl

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. o7.-one
hundred and fifty-nine persons are
made defendants in eighty-one in
dictmenrs returned by federal
grand jury and submitted to Judge
Albert B. Anderson here Friday. The
report of tho grand jury was par
tial report and did not contain the
indictments OF persons said to be
connected with the Gary, Ind. liquor
cases. the divided report being made
because OF the great length OF time
consumed in that particular inYesti-
cation
The members of the grand jury
we're permitted to go to their homes
Jan. 8, when additional evidence in
the Gary and other cases, VIII be
laid befofe them. United States Dis
trict Attorney Homer Elliott an
nounced. in presenting the report.
Contained IN the report are six in
dictments for conspiracy against
flfty-flve persons. divided as follows:
One for counterfeiting, naming two
persons; three persons for violations
Of the national bankruptcy act; thir-
ty persons for violation Of the ma
tional motor vehicle act. and twenty
persons for violation OF the national
prohibition laws.
other indictments were: Twenty
two postal cases against twenty-five
ersons; eighteen prohibition cases
against twenty-six persons; five i'm
personating government officer cases
against Ave persons; four national
motor vehicle cases against six per-
sons; six counterfeiting cases against
nine persons; five forgery of govern
ment property cases against three
persons; one theft from Interstate
shipment case against three persons;
one false claim case against one per-
son; one national bank case against
one person; one white slave act
against one corporation, and one for
violation Of the revenue act against
one person.
Those who have been arrested for
postal law violations include David
F. Doll, Columbus; Frank II Pavey.
address unknown; c. D. Vaughn, of
Mooresville; Harold A DeCosta, of
South Bend Raymond Browning. OF
Newcastle; Robert c. Mclrose, Wa
bash: Henry Willet, Louisville, Ky
Robert NJ Lambert. Louisville, Ky;
Sam E Pearnlan. Leavenworth pri-
son; John L Cline; Lcavenworth
prison: Willis P. Search. Indianapo-
lis; Ashley Dobson. indianapolis
Clarence A Bennett. Indiana stata
refor7natory; Julius Jones. Indian
apols; Owen Lee. Indianapolis; Rob
ert Arch. Evansville
Those indicted FOR violation OF the
national prohibition laws, include
Don1irick Roggeri. Dante Bizzy,
Louis Picco. Frank Marcerini. John
Perry, Anton Gossach. Hartley
Large. Rudolph Broto. Nellie Hart.
Felix rorasso. Robert Fleming. John
Pesavanto, Tom AriInett and George
Turner. all OF Clinton; Norm Bend
er. John Stroud. Thomas Reed. Mar
shall Laub, Ralph Case, Edward KEEL
II, Herman Hencher, Lawrence
Guant, all OF Elwood Jesse NJ Gun
ningharl, Ellsworth NJ Cunn!ngta
william Turga. Theodore Bremen,
Ivory Phillips, Thomas A. Owens and
Jesse Williams. all OF Tell City.
The indictments under the Har-
r!son narcotic act include FIVE ply
sicians whose names arc withheld
until they have been arrested. Those
now under these indictments are:
Emma whitney. Flossse Dunn. Mar
win Fisher. Wilma Goodson, Fred
Goodson. william r Lawler. Otto
Leroy Meadows. Erwin Sham1ey. and
Laura Hall. all OF indianapolis; Ches-
ter Simpson, Nagersville; William
Miller. Fred Miles, Bessie Miller,
Frances Fay Burke. all of Evans
vile; John Jones, who gives his ad
dress as "world-at-large", Harry
Dean and John W yandiver, Of In
dianapolis.
There were four indictments for
Violation OF the national motor We
bioie tAe1t act naming Charles w
,CsaoT1rson. Columbia city; Frank
City. and now al the Indiana reform
Firth and Lee Woods. OF Columbia
asery; James G. Elwood Harry
Crawford. Gary.
Those charged with coanterfcitinE
iaei2de Oliver Beauoa2.ap and F'rsd
J. johnson. both coiorcs arrested a.
Hammond. whom attempting to raise
notes; Oliver ". Coleman, Mitchell;