The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-12

Get the bootleggersl 1t can b,
done. 1t IS being done. The work j.
being accomplished by Judge Partlow
States Attorney Lcwman. Police
Magistrate Judy, Sheriff Timm and a
conscientious panel or jurors. Tho
laws arc sufficient. All they need i.
to be enforced. All OF the agencie:
mentioned are doing their duty. The
Federal court promises TO follow tho
good work at its March term of tn,
grand jury.
So fragrant have been the violation.
of the liquor laws in the city and
vicinity that the violators had acquired
contempt for the law. They seemed
to believe that they had immunity
But day of reckoning is here.
The success of law enforcement de-
ponds upon the severity of the punish.
ment, Liquor violators do not feel, a
fine as any sting OF punishment what
ever. To them it is joke. They. re.
gard it in the light of paying a
license.
But jail sentence is different. Then
the guilty really begin TO squirm, and
particularly so when they are informed
by Judge Partlow that on a second
conviction he will be compelled to
send them TO the penitentiary. Judge
Partlow, in sentencing some bootleg.
gers to jail Wednesday, served notice
ON them that the court had no option
in the matter; that the law did moi
read penalty of fine cor" peniten.
tiary. He notified them that the law
read land" penitentiary, and that il
would be his duty by law to sentence
them to the penitentiary upon second
offense. That is the kind of stuff that
will break up the bootlegging bust
ness. Nothing else will do it. Seven
teen of the guilty are already in jail
doing terms of from sixty days to six
months.
In recent raid by Sheriff Timm
William Heating was arrested. Viii
liam Heating has been IN court before
A few years ago, when Lyons was
being cleaned up, Heating stood be.
fore Judge Brewer, who imposed upon
him a fine. When Heating realized
the extent of his penalty, he turned
his head SO Judge Brewer could not
sec him and winked at some OF the
bench-warmers of his kind. That was
fair sample of the contempt violators
OF liquor laws have for a mere fine
1t takes term behind the bars to
have any effect.
The seventeen men now in the coun-
ty Jail arc doing their terms on what
counts as a first offcnsc under the
new state Prohibition law. Each one
of them, it he returns to his law
breaking, is confronted with the peni-
Tertiary as a necessary penalty for -he
second ofcnse. as the court will have
no option in the matter This will
doubtless break some Of them of their
evil tendencies Others are so we'll
known in the liquor traffic that they
may gamble their liberty against the
pententiary, by trifing with Prohibi-
ton laws. Following is list of the
penalties inflicted on the guilty upon
conviction or pleas of guilty at the
present term OF court; Lew Blanken-
burg, 90 days in Jail and $1,000 fine
William Hill, 90 days, $500; Lem Nor
ris, 100 days, $500; II. II. Jones, {
months and $1,000; William Scnger
90 days and $500; Grover Hines, 90
days and $500; Tony Chakotis, l20
days and $500; Richard Taylor, 90
days and 500; Jacob Willis, 90 days;
Andy Buffo, 90 days and $500; John
! II. Woods, 90 days; John Possolt, 90
days and $500; Edward Bracken, 90
days and $780, Clark Stump. 90 days
and 500; Peter Cenerti 90 days and
500; S. |. Warren, 90 days; Peter
Urbitis. 90 days and 500; Tony
Stonis. 90 days.
Such is the good work SO far ac-
complished at this term of court.
States Attorney Lcwman is to be
commended for his activity in sccur-
ing the evidence to submit to the
grand jury which returned the indict-
ments and for his prosecution of the
guilty Judge Partlow is standing up
nobly to his duty in imposing the
penalties The jurors are doing their
duty 1t will be remembered that
when we had saloons, the saloon had
enough influence in the county board
to enable them to select jurors that
would seldom convict. 1t will be re-
membered that the county board woke