The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-05-04
MCLEAN COUNTY
HAS A CLEANUP
J.. : OF BOOTLEGCERS
officials Cooperate to Enforce Pro-
hibition


The following from tho Blooming
ton Paragraph tells OF recent work
by the officials in M.Lean county:
With tho adjournment OF the Nc
Lean county grand jury. i, is now
possible to recapitulate. the work OF
States Attorney Lester H. Martin ana
his assistants, together with that oil
Sheriff Jacob Morrison and his
deputies. Paul Gicrman, chief of police
and abe members of the police depart
ments and the agents OF the prohibit
ton enforcement department of the
government in the recent roundup oil
ilici; liquor sellers and manufactu1-
crs.
More than $4,000 in fines will ac-
crue, one druggist paying $500 and
five others $1,000 each. One hotel
proprietor was fined $500 and from
the raids at two other hotels, the ar
rest OF one physician and various
other arrests, there will be enough ad-
dtional fines to bring the total we'll
above the ten thousand mark.
The raid OF. the present month was
even more successful than that con
Quoted "a year ago last December
when the disorderly houses OF the city
were rounded up and large amour.
OF liquor conhscated and the pro-
prietors fined heavily. The latter raid
broke up the practice in that field and,
it is believed, that the raid this month
will have salutary effect in other
directions.
$4,000 In Fines
In the two years of States Attorney
Martins administration, $4,000 in
fines has been collected from viola
tons OF The prohibition law and APP
prox.mately twenty persons sent to
Jail. The record Of Mclean county
has been such that it is now second
in the state outside OF Cook, in
respect TO activity against booze
makers, booze sellers and those who
seek to violate the law in relation to
the sale OF the intoxcants. Lake
county alone has achieved a more
notable record in this direction and at
the presen, rate, Mclean may forge
ahead OF The northern Illinois county.
States Attorney Martin has reason
to be encouraged in his course by the
general Appreciation Of the public
and also the approval of the bills in
Cured b. the federal investigators,
amounting to $1,000, without hes
itancy, BY the board Of supervisors
Considering the great extent Of the
results accomplished. the cost of OBJ
tanning evidence was generally re-
rardcd as small a1M2tsH
All Forces co-operated
The. states attorney has also cause
for satisfaction by the hearty CO.
operation OF Sheriff Morrison and his
force of deputies and Chief Gierman
and his aides on tho city police de-
partmcu.. Both have been loyal and
faithful and much OF the credit for
the success OF the raids and the gen
era enforcement OF the law, should
go to these departments.
In the custody OF Sheriff Morrison
is the collection of stills and illicit
liquor, showing the various types OF
containers, bottles, etc, utilized, aud
the array is motley ono, The ac
oompsnying photograph will give the
public an excellent idea of the net
results of the recent raid and the OK.
tent Of the operations npped as the
result of the activities OF the public
prosecutor.
1t is widely conceded that the
breaking down of the prohibition law
has a tendency to break down all
other laws The enforcement of the
prohibition law, has AN equal tend
ency. to secure the respect for all
other laws A striking example OF
this fact is noted in the case OF a
neighboring county where latitude i'll
the enforcement OF the prohibition
law has had a sad effect upon all
other forms OF law breaking so that it
10 becoming difficult to convict even
an automobile thief
In too many counties OF Illinois the
county and city officers have been de-
pending alone upon the federal Of
fcers to locate violations OF the law,
and this has led to latitude and glar-
ing violations. 1t has been proven
other counties OF the state have the