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Official Paper, Village of Freeport
FREEPORT, N. Y^ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1920
VoL XXIII, No. 49
HIDDEN WIRE IN ROULEU WHEE FOUI WHEN OFHCIALS BURN IT
HEMPSTEAD HREMEN HOLDING FAIR FOR
WEST END BENEHT
Clever Workmanship That Gave Banker Control
Throughout Games in Gambling Houses
Raided by District Attorney Weeks
• Hempetead.—The fair and carnival of I the Hempetead Fire Department open¬ ed Tuesday nlsht with a large crowd I and every earmark of a most suoceea- I ful enterprise. While a d«lay In tlta j arrival of some of the decerationa pr»- . vented the complete flttinir up of tbe , village ball, wtiere tbe fair le being ' held, for the Aret nlgbt, tbey arrived In time for the second night's opening and j the place surely presented a liatulsome . appearance. |
I The fair was opened with a apeecb by j i Village I'realdemt John 8. Nicbols, Jr.,' who oomplUnented tlie  flre fighters on .
Mineola.—A   large   pilfe  of   gamWing   liouse   paraphemelia, ; their enterprise in endeavoring to nUsa
held for months as eviclenee'by District Attorney Charles R., tho money to buy apparatus for the de- Weeks, was consigned to the flames to be destroyed, on Monday, jt^^f^t*^the\mTn tlwtea.' * ' '^^t^y^":
OFFICUL COUNT SHOWSODDIUS OFVOUGMIND
Firtt Name on Ticket Sore te be Leader, Apparendy — Tbenee Down to Tailend of Ticket Tbere'* Steady Decrease of Vote»—Rendu of Official Can- yass Is Recmrded at Miaetda
COUNTY WINS COURT HGHTTO SAVE COST
OFUNNECESSARYENLARGENENTOFJm
in accordance with a court ordor issued by Supreme Court Jus¬ tice Townsend Scudder.
Booths at which various articles are dispoaed of are ranged about tha hall and are conducted by the various com-
This fire, however, althougli it desti-oved evidence which i panies.   a band from the Navy Yard
,     , -,  ., , ..,,.. i .1 it. •  i     furnished  music  for tbo  occasion, and
had served its purpose, brought to light new evidence,the e.XlSt- : tiicro are special features each evening
ence of which was never suspected.   It was not the luminosity 'o 'hose attending.
.   .,      „ .,    ^  t 1 ^  ^, • 1 i     1-   I i    I    i  il      I I     Each evening  Is ¦woimd  np with an, lui   nimcuiui/.     n.,i  mo va.a>u,iuit<»  lu,
of the names that bl-OUgbt the evidence to light, but the burn-; auction sale of homemade coltes, fur- assembly in Nassau county received k ing away of the beautifully polished frame of one of the roulette I nl«hod  and auctioned  by  the  different I total of 37,0»0 votes.   All the candidates
t      1       .1    , T   iiT • 1 ' companies, and this furnishes a whole   for president, roceived In Nassau countv
¦Wheels,  that  uncovered  ttie  eVltlence. ; lot of fun, as well as considerable caah I 43,289 votes.   Tbe figures show a dlffer-
It  was  too  late   to  savor it,  but  tho f I for the coffers of the department. i ence  of   6280   votes,   which   those   last
f neat   one,   and   their   exlstencu   never
Mineola,—Candidates for the last po¬ altlon on tbe ballot at the general elec¬ tion are out of luclc. Through no fault of tbelr own they lost 8000 voteis in Naasau county this year. Candidates who held tail-end positions were thoae for Aasembly.     AU  tbe candidates for
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flames let out tho secret, and as they leaped through the young mountain of gambling equipment defied the onloolt- ers to tako advantage of the store that was laid  bare  boforo them.
As ono of tho roulette wheels was being consumed in the flames, the char¬ red mahogany frame dropped off and revealed to the otflciala presiding at the <;cremony of destruction a series of wires. These could be seen neatly Im liedded In the wood and leading to a central point from which they could be operated to control the spin of the wheel and apparently brins it to rent at whatever point the operator saw lit to chose.
How many thousands, or ten of thousand.s of tlollarH wero wugen-d by gamblers on the spin of this wlioel no onq^ knows, but v/lth wires to control the' wheel ao that It obeyed tho will of the operator It la not hard to figure what part of tlio wagers went to "tho houso" and what part to tho men or women who thought they had an even chance of winning.
Oinduls had no knowledge of tlie existence of hl'U'iii control wires In 'iny of the apparatus seized, and there was no sign on the outside of the wheels held by tbe ofllcials of any coa- oeaied contrivance. Those who aaw the wires revealed In the flre, say that the Job  of  placing   the   wires  was  a  very
would   have   been   suspected   from examination of the exterior.
There were throe wheels In tho ma¬ terial destroyed. On the outside all three were similar, and thero was no means of telling one from tho other after the exhibit marks were obliter¬ ated.
These wheels were seized in tho ralils mado on the place conducted at IK'.vlett by W. II. Busteed who was ro- ci;nt!y indicted, and at the place con- Jucted at Eaat Itockaway by C. II. Stuclfcy. which place Is the one men¬ tioned in tbe blanket indictment hand¬ ed  down  by  the Clrand Jury Involving
votes The fair wUI continue eaoh night this j named of the ballot lost, Just l>ecau«e *" I week, closing Saturday night. ' they were tallenders.
*      f———— I     These   flgures  were  brought  out  by
I the ofllclal tally of the votes cast this j year,  Just  flnished at Mineola.     Finsl
JUSTICE SCUDDER PRAISESJURYMENj
Gives Them Credit for Effectiye' Work Done in Clearing Nas¬ sau's Good Name
Mineola.—Justice  Townsend  Scudder,   dates dropped at the rate of from 160 in a cliarge  of conspiracy  two county , after receiving tho second batoh of In-   to 260. offlcials, a stato ofllclal, a former sUte   diotment.1    returned    by    the    October       The total vote for the candidates for olllclal. and a Queens county man who    Grand   Jury   on   Monday,   dlsoiiarged   each offlce were:
recently    died    while    awaiting    trial, i thom, but before doing so tlianked the I President       43,SSS
There  was   no  means   of  telling  from j members   for   tha   services   they   iiad | Oovernor       42,580
which place the wired wheel camo. | glvon   to   the  county.     His   expression
flgures reveal Intereatlng facta. This drop In the total vote from the heads of the ticket to the tail-enders is one.
Even candidates for governor suffer ed a drop of nearly 1000 votes from th* total cast for presidential candidatea. Those for governor received 42,580. while those for president received 43,289. From this point downward, the total  vote  cast  for  each  set  of  candl-
PERSHING TO SPEAK TO FREEPORT ELKS
Win Take Pert in Memorial Scr-
Tices—TbanksfiriDf Cbcer
IKstriboted
The material destroyed ha tbo bonflre  o* thanks waa aa  follows:
included, besides the roulette wheels, four roulette tables, two bushels of poker chips, two slot machines, and two card tables. Tbe material was taken from the dlatrlot attorney's of¬ fice on Monday but no lnfQitnatlon would be given as to wUen or where they would be burnod. On Tuaaday they woro burnod In the Jail yard In tiie preeence of aeveral cfQclals. Tbe ma¬ terial waa valued at $15,000.
COMMITTEE WILL INVESTIGATE HEMPSTEAD SCHOOL EXPENSES
Mass Meeting Calls for Detailed Reports and Com¬ mittee Representing Many Interests Is to Examine and Report
The special school district meeting, called for Tuesday night for the purpose of voting on aa additional appropriation of 1300,000 for the completion of the new high school building, failed to reach a vote and was adjourned until December 7, in the village hall. Fully 500 were present at the meeting, which was held in the Prospect street school house.
Voters who had gone there to learn the details of the school building situation failed to have their wishes gratified, becauae those demanding an adjournment gave the Board of Education no opportunity to present the facts.
County   Judge   Lewis   J.   Smith  was f-
"It seems fitting tbat a minute be made on tba records of tbla Court expressive of the fidelity of your sorvlce to Naasau county dur¬ ing the two montbJi you have sat a^   its   Qrand  Jury.
"Your work bias t)een thorough, even as It bas been fearless, and Will maJKe for better dvlc ctwadltlons in our county wiilch haa Just causa for pride in tbe personol of its Orand Jurymen. Just ao long aa citizens liko you fearlesaly dedicate their talents to the promotion of a hjglier standard of citUenshlp and public service, conftdenfce In our American citizenship and form of government will be maintained.
"The appreciation of tbe public oannot flnd expresnlon excerpting through the voice of the Justice who presides, but earnestly does tbo Court extend to yi^u, In l>ebaLf of the people, thanks for tbe worth- wliile services  splendidly  rendered.
"It win make for batter tlilnga In our county.
"Let a minute t>e linade to thid effect on the court record."
BUS UNE FROM JAftlAia
chosen chairman of the meeting, with George II. Baukney secretary, and Mrs. J. K. Bennett and L. Fltxgreald tellers. The ciialr announced tliat voting could begin, when John J. A. Rogers, a law¬ yer, who resides on Terrace avenue, de¬ manded an accounUng by the Board of • Education of the moneys already spent. He also wanted to know how the Board expected the spend the additional $309,- 000, if voted.
He put the demand in the form of a motion, which was carried.
Arthur C. Phillips, secretary of the Board went to the offlce In another part of the building after the recorda, but when he returned, FelU Relf- Lwhneider, Jr., declared that he did not fthlnk it fair to the Board to ask for an Wscountlng on such short notice. He llndvocated adjourning the moeting to j give tlia Board lime to prepare a stute- ^ment.
Mr. Phillips said he was glad of the
opportunHy afforded  by  tho motion  to
(Ive the voters tho facts and asked to
'What detail it was desired he should go.
Jlr. Retfschnelder, however, wua intent
'pa adjourning  to  give an opportunity
Jto make a statement, and put it in the
l^orm of a motion that the meetlag be
ij^ourned for one week at the village
iboll.    Mr. Phllllpe queetionod tbe legal-
Rilty of adjourning the meeting and ita
l.effect   on   the   bonds,   but   Mr.    Relf
'¦•Ohneider   was   ot   the   opinion   tliat   it
would be legal.
Theodore N.  RIpsom then offared aa
alternative   resolution,   providing   that
[.adjournment tie taken and that a com-
timitteo composed of one memibcr of the
confer witb the Board of Bduoatlon, In¬ vestigate conditions and report at an adjoiu'ned meeting to be held In thirty days.
Tbe original vOioUon 'was put flrst and tbe ayes and nayes of those in tbs room were so close that the choir oould tiot decide wbich had carried. A show of bauds was then called for and tbe tellers counted more for tbe motion tban against It. The motion to adjourn was thereupon declared carried.
Whether tha action represented the consensus of opinion could not be told, aa the crowd in the boll was about aa large as tbat in the room, and it was Impossible to count thoae outside. In fact it waa learned after the meeting that many of those in tha'ball did not know what was going on inside.
Tbe Board of Education held a meet¬ ing after tbe district meeting and di«- cussed the legality of tha adjournment. There waa considerable doubt as to whether any acUou taken at on ad¬ journed meeting would be legal and so far OS tiould be found at that time the education law is ailent on the ijueation. It was finally decided tbat Mr. Phll¬ llpe and Bupt. Calidna ahould go to Albany Wedneaday morning to lay tbe matter  l>«fore   the   law
License Issued For Service Alonx Mer¬ rick Road At Railroad Rates
Freeport.—Thli^ village is to have « bus line froiii Jamaica to Freeport in the near future. A lioenaa was issued to E. J. Walker, president of the Walk¬ ers Brothers Motorcar Co. of Jamaica, by Village Clerk Sylvester Shea lust Friday.
Otber Tillages have already granted licenses and the opening of tbe Une will see seven buses Ln operation wltb the prospect of more oa demands Increase. The fare is expected to be tbe aome as that on the L. I. RaUroud. The route wlU be along Merrick rood.
ORGAWZATION POSTPONED
Freeport.—Tbe change in tha Free- port police, that waa te have token place en December 1, wben tbe force was to hove been organised, baa been postponed untU January 1.
The majority of the people who have d!s(?uaaed tbe matter hope that tbe or¬ ganization will no longer be delayed.
It bas not been settled as to who 'wlU be the chief, but It ta underatood ttiat Captain Hartioan would be tbe cholca at the departmont.
 4	
Stolen  Truck  Soon  Recovered
Rockvllle Centre.—The Ford truck, abandoned in Lincoln avenue, found by the, police laat week, proved to hove been taken from Doty A RusseU, of Hempstaad without their knowledge. Tbe sheriff's ofBce hod been notified of the loss. When the police reported its flnd, the owners came to Rockville Cen¬ tre Friday and took It bock to Hemp¬ stead.
Lieutotiant OoN'ernor   41,377
Secretary of SUte     41,203
Comptroller       40,993
Treasurer     40.738
Attorney General     39,838
State Engineer    40,604
Judge, Court of Appeals  36,871
V, a Senator  40,620
Justice of Supreme Court 39,590
Congreaamon   40,431
State Senator     39,819
Assemblyman      37,090
The voto coat for each candidate, w Nasaau county is as follows: i^restden^
Hardlng-Coolidge (Rep)   33,0fl4
Cpx-Roosevelt (Dem)     8,689
Dcba-Stedman  (Soc)     1,163
Watkins-Colvln (Pro)      186
Cox-Olllhaua (Soc Lat>or)        it
Chrlstensen-Hayes (FL)         182
• OoTomor
Nathan L. Mlliei- (R)  t*iW
Alfred E. Smith (D)  15,»74
Josepb D. Canon (9)       )9J
Qeorge F. Thompson (P)       496
John P. Qulnn (SL)           47
Dudley Field Molone (FL)    1,0^4
Ueutenont-Govemor
Oeorga R. IHtts (D)    9,963
Jeremiah Wood (R)   29,493
Jaasa W. Uugban (S)   1,09<>
Bdward F. D»ltrioh (P)         S8e
Jeremiah D. Crowley (S L)        S«
Robert E. Hattey (FL)        475
Secretory ot Stote
Harriet May Mills (D)   9,360
John J. Lyon (R)   30,060
Chas, W. Noonan (S)     1,094
Irene B. Taylor (P)       300
May Phalor (S L)       48
WUliam H. Auer (FL)       S61
Comptroller
Charies W. Berry (D)  10,65«
James A.  WendeU (R)   28,894
A. Philip Randolph (S)  1.122
Wm. C. Oray (P)       398
Jobn De Lee (S L)         68
Helen Hamlin Flncke (FL)       367
Treaaurer
John F. Healy (D)   9,396
N. Monroe Marsholl (R)  19,603
HatUe  P.  Kreuger (S)    1,107
John McKee (P)         167
John A. Withers (8 L)         46
Joaeph a. Cronk (FL)        SIS
Attomer Oeneral
Frank H. Mott (D)   »,lt1
Cbarles D. Newton (R)  I9,t7t
Darwin J. Meaerole (S)   1,0$4
Wllllom H. Burr (P)   »     149
John Donohue (S L)         68
F. R. Serrl (FL)        119
State Engineer ond Sorreiror
Paul  McLoud  (D)      9.184
Frank M- WUlloms (R)   S9.9S3
Vladmlr  Karepatoff (8)     1.100
Arthur 8.  Ught (P)        J7S
Charlee C. Crawford (8 L)       139
Aaaodate Judge, Court ot Appeala Frederick E. Crane (D)   33,983
Preeport—It is expected that Oeneral John Perahlng will apeak ot tbe annual memorlol aervlcea of-Uka Freeport EUca in the cluhhouae on the afternoon of December S, ot S p. m. Theae aarvlcea are impressive. They are held annually In commemoration of departed brothers.
An unusually good program has been arranged thia year. Boaidea Oen. Per¬ ahlng, the double quartet of the Nor¬ wegian Singing Society of Brooklyn wUl be present.
It la expected that loeal talent of the village will aid in the afternoon to moke the services as beautiful as poaaible.
The following conunittee la in charge of the affair: P. 8. Beck, F. O. Conk¬ lin, H. A. Walling, Charlea Johnaon, D. H. Harrlaon, C. R. Ankera, E. J. Corr, Col. Theodore Rooaevelt. C. H. Rusael, C. W. Londera, F. A. Plaano, Mork Levy, J. Pv McQuade.
Under the genial and able leadership of Exalted Ruler Albin N. Johnson and a corps of willing workers, Freeport Lodge distributed two truckloada of canned gooda, vegetablea and fruits on Thanksgiving Day, contributed by the school children of Freeport to needy families in this village, Merrick and Roosevelt. Thanksgiving cheer was spread broadcast.
Freeport Lodge ta the largeat on Long Island, with a membership exceeding 1,500.
Supervisors Notified Their Contention As to Con¬ struction Under Orders from State Prison Commission Is Upheld by Court of Appeals — Means Savin^f of Hundred Thousand Dollars
Nassau County has again scored a victory over the State Prison Commission, in the legal battle, in which the latter has sought to enforce its orders to the Board of Supervisors to make extenaive and expensive alterations to the Nassau County jail at Mineola. County Attorney H. Stweart McKnight received word on Wednesday that the Court of Appeals had dismissed with costs the action of the State Prison Commission vs. Board of Supervisors of Naasau County. The action was dismissed with costs, and no opinion was written in the case. All the justices concurred In the decision, except that the Chief Justice was not voting.
The action, decided in favor of Nassau County, was an ap¬ peal taken by the State Prison Commission from the order en¬ lered by the Appellate Division vacating and setting aside the order directing the Board of Supervisors to proceed with the reconstruction and alteration of the county jail as recommend¬ ed by Referee Dickey.
Ends Long Fight In Courts     '	
found the cost would ba approximately
There has been action and counter action In the flght between tho Stato Priaon Commission and the Nassau Supervisors, ever since the commlNslon ordered changeia made In the priaon, which would require an enlargement of the building. When plans wero drawn for a series of changes, which eiptiodied changing tho sheriff's residence, .in>i alteration of tho  heating plant. It was
CARMAN PLANT, IMICEINDiaED, ON GAMBLING PROBE CHARGES
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O'Neil Comes Down from Sing Sing to Testify—
More Results Expected from Grand Jury
'—Other Indictments
Mineola.—Carnian Plant of Lynbrook, former County De¬ tective, was indicted by the Grami Jury on Monday on three charges. He pleaded not guilty to all three indictments and waa held for trial under $1,000 bail on each indictment, a total of 13,000. Geor^ D. Smith of Hempstead, put up a f 10,000 Liberty Bond as surety.
The three indictments charge Plant with "omissions in his duty Sis a public officer," "criminally receiving stolen goods. In the first degree" and "conspiracy," the latter being based on the two former charges.
These indictments are the outcome of the much heralded investigation into automobile thefts, it having been rumored that automobile thieves were receiving co-operation which did not pi'event them from carrying on their trade.
Matthew  O'Nell   of   North   Bellmore. *¦
arreated tn connection with automobile thefts, aent to Sing Blng for aeven years, and brought l>ack Itere, woa one of the witneaae* examined by the Qrand Jury.
"Red" Hoffman, Indicted on o aiml¬ lar charge, but who hda not been ar¬ raigned, to dote, was alao o witneaa be¬ fore the Orand Jury.
Carman Plont, wbo woe county de- tecUve for o period of nearly four yeara* aerved on the ataff of Dlatriet Attorney  Weeka  until  laat   Beptamber
up the river to pay the penalty for the Crimea for which he waa indicted. Later "Red" Hoffman waa in the aome poal¬ tlon and he sow the vision of a trip up tlie river and dull gray walls with bars acroaa the windowa.
After o period of aeelng the world through Iron bare and looking over tho , top of a high wall, during which there j J""^ were murmuring of poaaible coming eventa in the press, O'Nell was brought back to Naasau County and was heard in the John Doe inveaUgotlon and later
3300,000.
Changes ordered by the State Prison Commission were bftsed on existing con¬ ditions at the time the commission mado Its aurvey of the altuatlon of the Jail, The Jail was then nocommodating many federal prisoners, held In connection with mi!it.iry activities at nearby camps. In addition, the county was burdened with an unu.iual Jail popula¬ tion, due to the influx of camp follow¬ ers.
Judged by Abnormal Conditioni
It was malntalni?d by the county that condltiona of which the State Prigon Commission complained were transitory and that the Jail population would soon be reduced. By tho time tho matter really became a bone of contention be¬ tween the county oad the State Priaon Coramlsslon, the strain on Jail facilities, due to federal prisoners, was eltminatod. There  was  every   indication   thnt  as  a
f'sult of the coming of prohibition lere would be a atiii further decrease In the demand for accommodations for prisoners. >    ,.,
The State I'riaon Commission, how¬ ever, maintained Ita position in demand¬ ing that the increased facilltiea be pra- \1ded, and the supervisors had plans prepared to Inircitso tlie number of cells from 50 to 75, ut a poaaible cost of 3200,000.
Referee Modifies Plans
Judge Dickey, refcreo In the matter, after taking testimony, reported to tho Appellate Division, recommending that a modified plan of tho Stuto Prison Commission be carried out. On this report an order was Issued directing the supervisors to carry out the modlflod plan.
The superviaors combated this recom¬ mendation, by moving before the Ap¬ pellate Dlvl.slon that the order be re¬ opened, and vucoted on the ground that changed conditions made tho extension unnecessary. Thia motion waa granted by the Appellate Division. Thia marked a signal victory for Nassau county, for the order secured by the State Prison Commission waa vacated and tho mat¬ ter sent back to Referee Dickey for In¬ vestigation Into the changed condltiona, ao that he could muke recommendations on the State Prison Commission's or¬ ders, with reference to the then '. xlatlnit and   much   changed   conditions  at   tho
wheATis rt-Wnotion, which hks been | by the Grand Jury. He waa returned in the hondfl of the Dlatriet Attorney | to Blng Sing to flU out the remainder for many monttia 'waa accepted. At ttie aome Ume Thomaa BorbuU, who aerv¬ ed oa crime InveaUgotor. woa discon¬ nected from the DUtrict Attomey'a aUff.
Wlien Buaptcion waa ftrat directed ot Plant, he went to Dlatriet Attorney Weeks, and declared hla Innocense. and to bock up hla cloim he offered hla re- signotloD to become eftective at any time thot any evidence, otiier than hearaoy, were produced to connect him with any of the Inainuotipna mode about automobile thefta.
Diatrict  Attorney   Weeka  would  not
of hia term.
While there were rumora current that Plant would not be the only pne indict¬ ed, and thot there were likely to be further Indictments In the gambling aituoUon, no such indietmenta were re¬ turned by thta Orand Jury. After handing in poaslbly six indietmenta, oil of whieh hove not been made public, the Orond Jury woa dlsehorged by Jua- toe Scudder.
None of the indietmenta handed down, other than that of Plant, la un¬ deratood to hove any connection with ony oll<>ged "automobile ring," or with
Abram I. Elkua(D)   3,933 !be   interviewed   about   the  indietmenta  the  gambling  situotion,  but   relate   to
such a meeting ia cxmaldered legal, un- departmeat  of i leaa it oon lie ahown  tbat the  forcing the State Department ef EducaUon and ' of ou adjournment did  est give thoee get a ruling on tho matter.
I.ieon A. Malkiel (3)     1.095
Emory A. Chaae (R)  28.304
Jacob Axelrod (S)     l.OOS
Coleridge A. Hart (P)        329
Francia B. Baldwin (P)       383
Swinburne Hale (F-L)       341
ThonuM F. Dwyer (F D       410
V. S. Semtor
Horry C. Walker (D)   9,817
Jamea W. Wodaworth. Jr. (R) ...33.901
Adjosraed Meetiiig Hdid Legal
preeent a fair chonoe to expreea their   Jacob Panken (8)    1.441
deairea. because of their Inability to get | Ella A. Boole (P)    1,337
Into the room. In which eooe tbe entire   Horry c:arlaon (8 L)   37
proceeding could be caUad off and an-1 Rooe Sohneldermon (FL)  3S7
other start mode. f
Aa no meeUng e( tbe Board l>aa iteaa
Hempetead.—Arthur  C.  PhOltpe,  a retary  of the Board ot Education and | tteld slnoe tbe return of the two men ' Superintendent of Bchoola Colklna, who; trom Albany, it la not known definitely '
(Contlntied on page T).
tTUloge   Board,    one   member   of   tbe I went   to   Altiony   yeaterdoy   to   confer whot will be done, but no doubt, under | rka   imaiabi« hmasbtfd  nnnir I Chamber  of Commerce,  ene  frijm  the' with the State Deijortrntont reloUve to ¦ the ruling  o< the department  the  od-1 *tK»* »»« "•*"4tu-_' • Woman's   ClvIo   Club,  a  building  con- {the achool  meeting  of Tueeday  night,  Joumed meeting wlU be li41d next Ttiaa-1 iijJ33'^ia"ti "^"^^ tractor and a lawyer, be appointed tei were advlaed that the odjoununent ot'Aay night, imar trm atma,
r^'
haaaa.     Oat a kettle el
against Plant, ao the baaia of the case  minor cases.
which the proeecuUon will preaent to There ts no indication, however, that the court at the trial could not be the work of the November Orond Jury learned. j brings   on   end   of   the   investlgationa
It la underatood, howe'ver, that tbe | which it has carried on, and with which Cborge of criminolly receiving stolen the John Doe investigation woa con- gooda, la baaed on InformoUoa that oemed. and It ta expected that the Plont le alleged to hove directed thot December Orond Jury which will be a certain outomobile be turned over to. empannelled the flrat week In Decem- hlm, of which be ia auppoaed to hove | ber will go further into the aome mot- knewiedge thot tt woa atolen property. | tera.
Tbe charge of omiaalon in performing      Two other IndlctmenU were  handed, -
hla duty oa o public ofBcer U baaed, it down by the Orond Jury on Monday existing conditions that the jail popu- la understood, on Plont'a failure to or and the defendant arraigned. Both of lotion haa greatly decroaaed, ar.d can reat the porUeo wbo hetd the cara. The | them were again Milton Hamlet of provide oil the required aegregatlon of oonaplrocy ehorge la baaed on the, Hempetead, charting him with grond prlaonera with the preaent cell equlp- ertmee cbarged tn tbe two otber indict- ] lorceny. He woa arraigned immediate- ment." QMhts. ly and pleaded guilty to tfce llrat chorge. I    A aaving of  3100,000  to  the county
It woa Plont and BarbuU, who, on The Court refused to accept ball and will reault from the victorloua flght of WarranU, ultimately took O'Neil and | he waa remanded to Jail to owolt oen- the aupervleors against the Priaon Boffmon into cuatady. O'Neil woa the j fence on December 17. He did not , Commiosion's orders, County Attorney Orst to^et Into the tolle. and was aent! pieod on the aecond indictment. McKnight eetimaUa.    He bellevee ^b«t
Prison Commission Obdurate
No sign of B'vlng way was ahown by the State Prison Commisaton. the pur¬ pose evidently being to prevent any pre¬ cedent being establlahed for upaettinif its orders. The commission appcalcil from the order, and went to the higher court with It, hoping to defeat Nasai^tu county In tts efforts to provent what was considered an unnecessary and ex¬ pensive proposition being forced on the taxpayers.
Thie decision, handed down this week by the Court of Appeals, gives a body blow to th < contentions of the Stuto Prison  Commission.
County Attorney H. Stewart Mo-• Knight explains that the matter now goea liack to the referee, who will In- veatlgote conditions as they now exlat, and report what changes are necessary to make the Jail comply with the re¬ quirements of the law.
"When this matter flrst come up," ex¬ plained tho county attorney, "we wefe not able to prove by actual existing condltiona that the complete change.^ asked by the State Prison Commlasion weie not needed, but we were sure thnt tht changes demanded would be prov¬ en by time to be excesalve.
Means 3100,000 Saving
Now we ore able to show by actual