The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18

the children Their other three chill
dren were sent to school
Pete Mar1ulean, ia S. West St.;
Mike George, $50 W. Washington
St, and Mrs. Susan Dan. 35 8. West
ST., were placed under arrest. Mrs.
Dan said she came to the United
States from Hungary FIVE years ago.
At GIT E. Wabash ST., the offi-
GERS arrested William n4obster) Col
lier, 35, Negro, and Mary Russell,
80, Negro, who said her stage name
was Mary Powell She also is
said to have used the name, Mary
Brown. Collier said the Russell
woman had been staying with him
while he was sick.
my wife left me and just
started running around" he ex-
planned to the officers.
Gun Found
The. Russell woman. DOMINIC her
fur coat, admitted that her husb nd
was serving life term in the Ohio
State Penitentiary. A loaded gun
Rufus Hicks, 637 Bright ST.. his
wife, Ada Hicks, and Charles Jock
Ingram, 2O4 N. East St., were ar
rested.
Following instructions in the pro
hibition offices, the raiders were
divided into five squad manning five
automobiles. Each car carried a
deputy sheriff, policeman and Fed
eral agent in addition to a driver
and newspaper man.
Downtown District
Most OF the places were near the
downtown district.
Arrests were made on Federal war
rants and persons arrested were
bound over to the Federal grand
jury under high bond
Harris indicated some Of the cases
may be taaken to Criminal Court if
the defendants can be brought to
trial there before they could in Fed
eral Court
i. 1t was also indicated by Harris
that steps would be taken to deny
citizenship papers to those aliens
arrested and found guilty. This
might lead, eventually. to deporta-
ton, 1t was pointed out.
Two Purchases Made
In order to be certain Of viola
lions, Harris ordered that two pur-
chases he made at each Of the
places suspected.
Two bottles Of liquor, purchased
from each of the persons for whom
there was q warrant, are held at
the prohibition office. These bottles
are labelled with the rame Of the
seller. place and date of sale.
Agents participating in the raid
were Roy X. Hollopter, Harvey
Rhed, D. w. Meeker, Doris Stur-
geon and Ferris Jay.
City and county officers assisting
were: Police Sergeants Cox and
O'Connor, Patrolmen Landers and
Toleman, and Deputy Sheriffs
Brown, Reagen, Anderson, Bell and
Reams, under Sheriff Omer Hawkins.
The last raid in Indianapolis was
staged Dec. 20, seventy-seven per-
sons being arrested OF this number
sixty-three were convicted in Marion
Criminal Court, four were dismissed
and judgment was withheld in six
cases. Four others were dismissed
after preliminary questioning by
Federal agents.
About $12. 900 in fines was collected
after this raid. Harris estimated.
Sentences totalled more than $500
days in Jail.
After Last Drop"
We're going to hit EN- TIL they
quit" Harris said las long as there
is drop of liquor in Indianapolis
We're going to keep right after them.
mo matter what anybody thinks
or how anybody feels, this depart
ment is going to call the bluff on the
liquor traffic here.
I'VE have met with wonderful sue
cess and cooperation in recent raids,
not only in Indianapolis, but also in
New Albany, Evansville. Terre Haute
and other cities in Indiana.
Between Feb. 8 and IA, twenty
alleged liquor law violators were
arrested in New Albany. Two men
working in Evansville confiscated
six automobiles and three stills"
Twenty-three persons were arrested
hVy rn1ioa fn lfounr raids VVadnac-