Hide Article Text (OCR)
PLEAD GLIILTYLarge Number of Cases Referred to Federal Authorities By ProsecutorDavisson Admit Bringing in Liquor;Judge Anderson Holds Federal Law in Matter Is Plain and StrictThe long series of arrests made by the authorities in Vermillion countyand referred 'to the federal author!-♦ties, according to instructions, bore#fruit In the federal court at Indianapolis yesterday.It was arraignment day before Judge A. Bl Anderson. The menT *charged with yrious offenses against the federal statutes had* to plead either guilty or not guilty.Thirty-three ; in the Clinton-Terre Haute delegation, all charged with illegally bringing liquor into the state, pleaded guilty.Of these, all but twelve either live in Clinton or vicinity, or they were caught by the sheriff of this county, by the Dana horse thief detective association or by the Clinton police.All had been arraigned by Prosecutor Everett Davisson. He had been advised to refer all cases up to federal authority, where there was evidence of liquor being brought across the state line.The following defendants living in Terre Haute and Clinton pleaded guilty to charges of transporting liquor: Hengy. Talbert, Thomas Reil-ley, Albert Griffin, Edward Lively,Jack Hampton, Wm. Cypher, JohnFabiney, Walter Rapage, John Rodgers, Frank Jackson, John Fenoglio, Stanley Piskoiz, Santa Forte, Thomas Lewis, Abe Barnes, Neal Roper, Samuel Murray, Joseph Vallosio, Antonio Ceverio, John Downey, Charles Korsak, Pit Contri, Felix Scullion, Michael Fitzpatrick, Charles' Selzer, Lawrence Vale, Leo Negerbon, Chas. Phillips, John Smith, Jim Kubalik, Frank Lepri, Frank Huff and FredSavorer.The Terre Haute and Clinton men pleading not guilty to liquor transportation charges were: Wady Po-chensky, John Lapsanzsky, Sam Gumrich, John Mehrkemper, Robert Farthing and Gusti Kacir.The federal court does not get busy till around noon. It usually occurs that men pleading guilty one day are sentenced the next. When this is written, it is the belief that action will not be taken in time today to learn what the sentences are for the afternoon papers.So far as known, Mark W. Lydaywas the only Clinton lawyer who went to Indianapolis, to consult with some of the defendants.It is the understanding of Prosecutor Davisson that Judge Anderson holds the federal law prohibits a man from taking liquor into a dry state in any quantity whatsoever and forbids it being taken in for any purpose.The main fight put up by the defendants was on two cases used as tests, in which a demurrer was sought on the ground that official notice never had been published by the national government as to what states were dry. Judge Anderson overruled the demurrer, holding that this notice referred only to newspapers and magazines of national circulation, which are forbidden to carry ads into states forbidding such by state dry laws.If the sentences tend to discourage taking chances, it is likely there will not be so much traffic between West-ville and this, vicinity.
Newspaper Details
Clinton Daily Clintonian
Clinton, Indiana, US
Tue, Nov 26, 1918
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Dave R.
IN, USA 30 Jan 2020
Other Publications Near Clinton, Indiana
Clinton Saturday Argus
Clinton Clintonian
Clinton Daily Clintonian
Clinton Weekly Clintonian
Clinton Plaindealer
