The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-14
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last August, on ulictbtbiiS VI tllt
late James Shepherd, then dep
uty attorney general. suggested
that two unsolved crimes OF
murder in Macomb county are
connected with gambling and
vice which may be brought 20
light by an intensive invcstiga-
ton
The interest Of the church
group i'm the candidacy Of two
men seeking election 10 the 81.
Clair Shores village commission
was revealed today as was the
fact that the Mems Club has
been working in close coopera-
ton with Mandcrano, the man
who filed the original nyeSti-
gatory report.
Church group leaders OK
pressed amazement when in
formed that Toledo gamblers
were reported TO have been in
stigaterS Of unrest IN Macomb
county designed 20 close gam
bling resorts so that Detroit pa
irons would be forced 10 drive
70 the Ohio city to play the
wheels
In Mount Clemens Police
Chief Arthur I RosSo flatly de-
MED the statements concerning
vice and gambling In his city
Il certainly know Of no such
operations" he said today and
you may be sure that we shall
close any places upon which we
might receive proper complaints.
We have never failed to do so in
the past" he said
REPEAT CHARGES
The renewed interest OF state
officials in supposed fragrant
law violations i'm MaComb county
/ followed a meeting OF the State
Administrative board In Lansing
on Tuesday at which a commit
tee headed by the Rev. Don A
Morris. pastor Of the First
Methodist Church Of St Clair
Shores, charged that his Men
club had been unable TO obtain
/ the cooperation Of local officials.
In passing a motion offered
by Lieut.. Gov. Eugene A. Keyes
the board instructed RuShton 10
proceed with an intensive in
quiry into Macomb county gam
bling, vice and Acknowledgement
conditions.
Queried today concerning
conditions throughout the coun-
ty at large, Sheriff Jacob F
Theut said.
THE only gambling com
plant this office has received in
recent months concerns the sale
Of mutuel tickets in the War
rem township war plant zone. On
/ Oct 7 my officers arrested a
Detroit man who had 100 such
tickets and a quantity (of cur
rency in his pockets. We
charged him with possession of
gambling equipment and he was
at once arraigned in justice
court where he pleaded guilty
and was bound over to circuit
court for trial We viii proceed
just as rapidly against any other
gambling law violatorS who are
brought 10 our attention. There
neither is now, nor has there
been for many months, any gam
bling or vice in this county. We
Will keep them closed -
Prosecutor Wilbur F. Held
was just as fortnight in declar-
ing that we Will investigate and
prosecute complaints from any
responsible person. We have had
no gambling complaints
Concerning a ST. Clair Shores
man, said by Mems Club mem
bers to have lost $3.50 in a st
Clair Shores gaming resort 10
days ago, Held declared. THAT
man came 10 my office and
talked 10 one Of my assistants
concerning a fight i'm which he
had been involved. AT no time
did he say or indicate that he
had lost money at gambling or
otherwise.
Police Chief Harold Lanstra
confirmed the nature Of the
mans report when he said that
the man had appealed TO him for
action against a ST. Clair Shores
tavern operator who, he de-
clared. had subjected him TO
beating on Oct. 3. He said the
man had been removed from a
bar early on Sunday morning
(Oct - and taken TO Saratoga
hospital. Detroit, for treatment
Of minor injuries. The man did
not complain that he had lost
any money" LanStra said He
added, however, II heard
rumor that he had lost 5000"