The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-23

His demands came as fed
eral probers were reported
still active in the city, and
county grand jurors prepared
to investigate the situation.
Sheehan on Aug. 80 witnessed a
sale of liquor in a speakeasy OF
which Chris and Pete Schischcoff
and Chris Vilaschcoff, both under
federal indictment on liquor charges,
we're proprietors. 1t was in this
place, at 843 East Washington
street, that much of the federal in
vestigation was carried on.
Morris Defends Department
sheehan arrested the trio on
blind tiger charges, but the case
against Schischcoff was dismissed
by Municipal Judge Clifton R. Cam
eron. who ruled Sheehan had no
right to make the arrest without a
search warrant. Vilaschcoff today
was given a continuance until
Sept. 30
While many deplored the sit
uation today as extremely black,
Donald S. Morris, safety board
member, pointed out that the smear
was not large when the size of the
police department was considered.
Four agencies, the prosecutor,
Attorney General James M. Ogden,
the federal agents, and the Indiana
Anti-Saloon League, have in
vestigated conditions here several
months, and succeeded in indlctlng
only eighteen of the 545 members
of the force, he said.
That's a better record than most
organizations, private or municipal
can show" Morris challenged.
Scanning of charges Of alleged graft
and a wide open" city, has been
ordered. as federal authorities are
preparing to try eighteen city
policemen arrested Saturday for
alleged conspiracy to violate the ma
tional prohibition law.
Arrest of several persons not con-
nected with the police force, but
said to have been implicated in the
alleged conspiracy, is expected mo-
mentarily at the federal building.
BOotIeggers Take Recess
Meanwhile, bootlegging activities
today were said to be almost at a
standstill after patrolmen Monday
afternoon are alleged to have
passed the word down the line to
lay low for a while"
Major Herbert Fletcher, whose
post in the police department IS
equivalent to assistant chief OF po-
lice. returned to headquarters this
morning, having cut short his va
cation. which began last Saturday
It started on a fishing trip,
Fletcher said, but when learned
of the indictments, 1 returned at
once to be Of whatever assistance
1 can to Chief Kinney.
Secret probe had been under way
bv Prosecutor Judson L. Stark and
his deputies before the federal grand
Jury reported, and sufficient evil
dence already has been gathered to
obtain indictments, it was said.
Stark criticised reports that the
secret finding will blow the lid OF
of the protection graft as "eX-
aggerated."
@There are a lot Of shady facts
we can't uncover now" Stark said,
adding that federal governments
probe had scared them to death.
Stark Blames Lack of Funds
No witnesses have been summoned
before the grand jury, according to
Stark.
1T will be impossible to justify
the expectations of the public under
these circumstances" the prosecu-
tor declared. but this Office will at
tempt to get at the root of every evil
in police circles"
Stark's brother, Noel Stark, pa
trolman on the police force, was
among officers named in federal in
dictments.
Stark blamed lack OF fumes and
investigators for being unable to