The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
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IS SOUNDED IN
LAKE CO. QUIZ
Government viii Brook No
State Interference in
Crime Inquiry.
CONVICT TELLS STORY
LeavenWorth Prisoner Is
| Taken to South Bend to
Face Jury.
Bu Times Specinl


SOUTH BEND, Ind, Sept. H.
Entering upon the second day of its
investigation of charges that law
breakers and politicians of Lake
county are allied in wholesale
violation of Federal statutes, prin-
cipally those relating to liquor and
drugs, the United States govern
ment serves notice that it will brook
/ no interference by other officials.
This notice was in the form of an
announcement by District Attorney
Oliver M. LOOMS, directing the fed
eral grand jury here in the probe.
Other developments as the in
vestigation progressed included
arrest at East Chicago of Nick
Suodvich, alleged lieutenant of AL
Capone, Chicago gang leader,
charged with conspiracy to murder
in connection with the death of
Urosh Marovich in East Chicago in
February.
Brother to Bare Plot
1t has been charged that Marc
vich paid with his life for being too
ambitious in his plans for expand
ing his liquor dealing. His brother,
Nick Marovich, serving a dry law
term in the federal prison at Lea
Venworth, Kan, is a witness before
the grand jury.
His story is believed to be a reve-
lation of the operations of liquor
vendors in the Calumet district and
probably charges of negligence on
the part of Lake county officials in
prosecuting slayers of his brother.
Arrest of Sudovich followed an in
vestigation by the Lake county
grand jury at Crown Point, directed
by Prosecuting Attorney Oliver M.
Starr. The jurors heard Al ARM
strong, life term convict in the In
diana state prison at Michigan City,
found guilty of the Marovich muir
| der.
A few weeks ago LOOMS and Floyd
Draper, a deputy of Starr, talked
with Armstrong at the prison and
he is believed to have given them
information against Sudovich. The
prisoner is said to be near death
from tuberculosis.
Jury Session Halted
The county grand jury session was
abruptly ended by Starr after a
visit to LOOMS here Wednesday,.
After previous conference with
Starr and Ralph Snyder, chairman
of the board of safety at Gary,
LOOMS issued his hands of" state
ment, which follows:
ut is the desire of this office to
extend to state authorities all the
cooperation possible in the prosecu-
ton of law violators of Lake county
in the state courts, but in the last
four months, during which the Fed
eral agents have been at work in
Lake county without the co-cpera-
ton of state authorities, they have
amaSsed a great deal of evidence of
state law violations which is of ex-
IRENE Importance to the government
in its prosecution of contemplated
conspiracy cases.
Keeps Evidence Secret
"The government can not afford
at this time to make this evidence
available for the use Of the state.
To do SO at this time would be to
disclose to possible federal defen-
dants the evidence that we intend to
use against them.
I'm due course of time all this
evidence will become available for
the use of state officials. However,
until it can be disclosed to them
without in any way weakening the
governments case, it will be guard
ed with all the resources Of this
Office"