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arrester Koljanen, while the latter
was supposed to be in Jail
koljanen was put on the stand and
testified he was given a f1ve-day leave
from Jail to attend to some con
;ractingwork and that he had finally
served his entire sentence Of thirty
days.
1T looks as though I still am, king
of city court, Blaz Lucas boosted the
morning after the last Gary city cleo
ton. according to testimony given by
Mrs. BESSIE Ross, city clerk Of Gary,
Lucas, former law partner Of William
| Nj. Dun, judge OF city court is a
defendant.
At the opening of court Judge
| Ferdinand A. Geiger warned the jury
to pay no attention to newspaper
stories of a threatening letter received
/ by Homer Elliott. United States dis
trict attorney, Friday.
No special precautions to provide
/ for his own safety will be taken by
/ Elliott he said today. following re
ceipt of a letter Friday threatening
him with death unless he dropped
prosecution Of the case.
The letter. postmarked Chicago
read:
Unless you stop you had better
take out life insurance for your fam
ily You Will get the same thing
Monte got"
Gaspere Monte of Gary. who was
to have been an important Govern
ment witness. was murdered al Gary
Monday.
The man who writes a letter Of
that kind never carries out his
threats, Elliott said. He treated the
matter lightly.
Didn't Lucas laugh when ne made
the statement about being king Of
city court?" Mrs Ross was asked by
attorneys for Lucas.
He always laughs when a, brags
about things. " she answered.
Wasn't he lust Dragging when he
said that she was asked.
He always does" she replied in
stantly
Mrs. Ross also testified that until
last week no appointments of acting
judges in city court We're filed with
her
Lucas, she testified. appeared as
attorney in more liquor cases than
any other attorney. Bryan Narcovitch,
also defendant appeared in many
liquor cases she sid
The name Of Gaspere Monte, Of
Gary. important Government witness
who was murdered at Gary Monday.
was brought into the case by Homer
Elliott. United States district at
torney.
She testified that the name Of Monte
did not appea.. as contributor to the
campaign fund in the report fled by
John Bennett. a defendant. treasurer
OF the Republican city committee. The
Government contended that Monte do
mated $500. bar that his name was not
published. as Is required by law.
Says She Gave Dunn $50
Mrs. Anne Gallager of Gary seid
that when arrested for operating a
still she was fi1sd $50 by Judge Dunn.
but got no f51 sentence. Following
this she said she gave Dunn $50 he
cause he had treated her so we'll"
He told her not 10 say anything
about it. she said
once when she was arrested Mrs.
Gallager said she save Lucas $3.50.
He told me to come to court in a
few days. I Went and he told me to
so home, everything is all right, she
testified.
There was no trial or proceedings
OF any kind she said.
She also testified that frequently
police officers and plain clothes men
drank whisky and beer at her house
Sheriff Odds offered to release her
husband and son from Jail, where
they had been sentenced to sixty and
thirty-day sentences for liquor law
violations, II she would give him 1910,
Veronica Kaczmartcyk testified.
''I didn't have any money because
[ paid their fines Of 5000 and 800"
she said we lived on a farm six
miles from Gary and I walked those
six miles to see Odds. I told him I
didn't have the money and that
needed a man on the farm. He asked
me II I couldn't borrow It from
friends. I could not So prayed him
to Holy God to let one of the men
come home but he wouldn't. because
he said I didn't do what he said and
they would have to serve all their