The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
DRY YEAR-END
PROMISED BY
Chief WORLEY
Police Head Declares He'll
Do Everything in Power
to QueII Joy.
225 MEN ON DUTY
CopperS to Watch Clubs
and Hotels Carefully
on Holiday Eve.

Take it from Police Chief Claude
M. Worley-and he means it, every
word of it-this New Years eve is
going to be the driest indianapolis
ever experienced.
There will be more policemen
downtown and around places OF
celebration than Indianapolis ever
saw before, says the chief. And
that's not all
"Those folks who think my state
ments are just the usual bunk are
going to get the shock of their
lives"
Although Worley admits that each
Of his police on mop-up duty among
the celebrators will have about sew
enty thirsty souls to watch. he's con-
fident that's enough to at least stem
the New Year booze tide, if not
stop it.
225 Men on Duty
WorleyS order putting police, on
twelve-hour shifts Saturday will give
him about eighty men on duty Sat-
urday night, with nothing to do but
squash moist New Years JOY.
He announced today that all traf-
f1c police will be on duty that night
and that some of the regular beats
will be neglected to give him total
of about 200 police with nothing to
do but Snoop for the unlawful part
of the wine, woman and song COM
bination.
George L. Winkler, deputy Federal
prohibition director, will be on hand
with part of his force, the rest of
which will be in Chicago trying to
dry alp that Lake Michigan liquor
oasis. He and Worley are working |
together on plans for Indianapolis
About ten deputy sheriffS assigned |
by Sheriff Omer Hawkins are ex-
pected to bring the total dry force
to 225.
Many Will Take Drinks
About 10000 persons, it is esti
mated, will celebrate the years birth
publicly, in clubs, hotels, cafes, dance
halls, theaters and just on downtown
streets.
OF that number, those who should
know, estimate that about $4,000
will take at least one drink during
the evenings celebration.
1t is this $4,000 that the Worley-
Winklyer prohibition forces will be
pitted against. J.
But is Worley discouraged? He
doesn't even believe that the height
of the ridiculous is a police chief
announcing that the dry laws will
be enforced to the letter on New
Years eve.
Let him tell it himself:
mo, that isn't ridiculous. 1t isn't
even piteous
Indianapolis will see more police
that night than it ever saw before
I'm going through with this and
we'll curb this liquor business as
much as possible.
I'm going to give EN- everything
I've got.
Help is Expected
"Those $4,000 wet celebrators will
be congregated together and the 225
man dry army will give pretty good
account of themselves. Then it's up
to the club and hotel and cafe man
ayers, too.
"One thing I know is that the
sources Of supply will be shut. Well !
watch every known bootlegger so
closely that they'll be scared to
move.
I'm aiming for a safe and sane
celebration. Why, there's no telling
what would break loose if things !
were let run wild. With all this ,
Of poison booze any sort ]
OF crime-murder, wholesale robbery ,
and footing might hap ;
pen unless things are shut up. j
Paints Dark Picture
Then think of the hospital-loads
of blind and maybe dead we'd have
on our hands.
I'm absolutely in earnest about
this thing. I'm going to give EN- !
everything. This isn't one of those
things that some police or dry Off
GER says every year.
I've heard those cleanup orders
myself, and taken them with a grain
OF salt. But mean business. There
are a lot of people going to get
fooled, even though we don't stop ali
or even most of the drinking
EDGE SUPPORTS HOOVER