The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-07-01
CLAMPS LID ON KANE
Kane County Cleaning Up; Lid
Clamped on Following the
Series of Raids

Following the defeat administered in
the April primary to States Attorney Alb
bott, who has constantly gone out of his
way to proclaim himself an enemy of the
Eighteenth Amendment, while retaining
the office of the publics prosecutor in one
of the most notoriously Wide-open coun-
ties in the state, Kane county is be-
stirring itself to obtain much needed re-
lief from the lawless element.
A recent issue of the Elgin DaiIu
Courier contains the following story of
countrywide activity against road-houses
and other resorts
RAIDS FOLLOW CONFERENCE
Kane countys lid on gambling. illicit
liquor traffic and vice came down with a
resounding thud last night on the heels Of
a recent closed-door conference between
high officials of the county at Geneva.
simultaneously, shortly after 10 o'clock
last evening deputy sheriffs swooped
down upon eight of the county's gayest
and most thriving night life centers,
seized evidence, arrested proprietors,
patrons and employees, and herded all to
Justice w. A. Keisers court in Geneva
where at midnight session fines ranging
from $40 to 500 and costs were assesses
and all defendants were peremptorily or
dered by the court to close up and get
out of business or suffer the further con-
sequences Of the law.
Orders for The sweeping cleanup raids
are understood to have been issued at
conference between Circuit Judge John
K. Newhall and Sheriff L. L. Urch, at
which also in attendance was Attorney
(rpOrOp n CoTha1,u Of ElOiy1 Ppp11h1ao n
nominee for states attorney of Kane
county. Particulars of the order, other
than that the lid was to be clamped and
clamped for good were not forthcoming.
Neither were any other features of the
conference made public.
Charged with disorderly conduct pro-
prietors of the eight roadhouses visited
were fined $100 and costs each, while in
each instance patrons and employees of
the establishments were called upon to
remit $40 fines and costs. All told about
sixteen patrons were fined the total fines
of the midnight court session aggregating
approximately $1,000. Following are the
places raided;
NEARBY PLACES VISITED
Manderain Inn, on the Fox River trail
one mile north of Elgin: raided by Chief
of Police Harry Crawford, of ST. Charles
and deputies; Archie BlakeSley, proprle-
tor, arrested and fined.
Maple Country club on Grant highway.
one mile west of Elgin: raided by Deputy
Sheriff Hale Treadwell and assistants;
Nick Raus, proprietor, arrested and fined.
Hillcrest Inn, on Grant highway ten
miles west of Elgin: raided by Deputy
Sheriff William Sutherland and assist
ants; William Keenitz, proprietor, ar
rested and fined
Highway Terrace, on Grant highway
near Udina: raided by Deputy Sheriff
Roy Smith and assistants: Charles
Range, proprietor, arrested and fined.
Burr Oaks, on Grant highway twelve
miles west of Elgin raided by Deputy
Sheriff Clarence Sayre and assistants;
Arthur Algreen, proprietor, arrested and
fined.
SOUTHERN RESORTS ALSO HIT
Coney Island Inn on Mitchell road
northwest of Aurora; raided by Deputy
Sheriff Oscar Johnson and assistants;
Sharkey Hill, proprietor, arrested and
fined.
The Lighthouse, on Mitchell road
northwest of Aurora; raided by Deputy