The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-17
Dry CHIEF
SPLITS WITH
PROSECUTOR
Transfer of Agents to Pitts
burgh Is Climax of
Break.

A serious break between the
Federal prohibition department,
headed by Bert G. Morgan, prohi-
bition director for Indiana, and
William P. Evans, prosecutor of
Marion county, developed today.
According to a report at the
Federal building, Louis Wien,
80 n. Capitol Ave. and John Mount
Of Connersville, Federal agents who
have been operating here out OF
Toledo for several months, have lined
UP with Evans and have ignored the
Federal officers.
Mount and Wien have been trans
ferred to Pittsburgh on orders from
Washington. This has brought forth
a protest to Senator Harry S. New
from Evans.
Wien and Mount, Evans said, were
engaged IN some important in
vestigations in cases pending in Fed
eral and State courts. and to remove
them to Pittsburgh would be a
grave mistake"
Says Wien Was Drunk
The break came to light when Isa-
dore koby, 427 W. Washington St,
was said to have made an affidavit
charging Wien sold his liquor.
According to Koby, he met Wien
and Mount in a downtown dairy
lunch about q. m. New Years morn
ing. Wien, he says, had been drink
ing and his shirt was torn.
Koby says he paid Wien 81 for a
pint Of whisky. After he had made
the affidavit and given it TO Federal
Officials, Koby says Evans sent for
him.
He told me il I did not come he
would send an officer for me- Koby
said today. When got there Wien.
Mount and Evans were in the room
Evans tried 20 get me to say I was
wrong in making the affidavit and
he called me a liar"
Evans Sees Frame-up
Evans declared, according to Koby.
that he wanted to get some city Of
fc.als who were giving liquor sellers
protection"
Evans said today he thought the
affair was a ''f-ame-up" to get" the
prohibition agents, but further than
Ihis he did not care TO discuss the
scandal.
I'VE are not going to leave town
until the Federal district attorney
and Bill Evans tells us they are
through with US and these cases in
the courts are cleared up" Wien
said.
''Its absolutely false that Mount and
] sold a drink. We were sitting in
ThompsOn's restaurant. on Washing
ton St, near Pennsylvania St. about
1:30 in the morning, and a bunch Of
young fellows was eating next to US.
They recognized US, but we didn't
know them. They said something
about knowing where they could get
five cases OF whisky to sell, and we
pricked up our ears"
Elliott Silent
I'VE told them we would take all
they had TO sell, but meant it in q
different way than they thought. We
got in their auto and Ivy Koby drove
US TO the corner of Vermont St. and
Indiana Ave. There he turned around
and said to us: Well, Mr. Wien,
where do you want to get out?' The
joke was on rs"
Describing the conference in the Of
flee Of Prosecutor Evans. Wien said:
Evans asked Koby to make an
affidavit cOrrObcrating the one ne said
he turned over to Federal Prohibition
agents. Koby said ne was through
making affidavits and refused to make
another"
Homer Elliott, United States dis
trict attorney, refused TO comment
ca the case. It is understood KOby's
a-hi5Avt has been turned over 70 him.
louis Wien was recommended to
the Anti-SalOOn League and hired as
2 member Of the special mobile force
OF Federal prohibition agents at the
instance OF Wayne B. Wheeler, ma
tionaI legal advisor for the National
Anti Saloon League" said z. S. Shu-
maker, head Of the Indiana Ant1-Sa-
loon League. Il have known him for
years. and he Is absolutely unap-
proachable."