Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1915 — Mayor Admits Gaming. [ARTICLE]

Mayor Admits Gaming.

Mayor George W. Stidger, the first witness for the defense in the impeachment proceedings against the mayor in the circuit court at Kokomo admitted on cross examination that for years while he had owned a soloon he operated a gaming room in the rear end. The mayor admitted that he had poker tables and roulette wheels over .the saloon. Mayor Stidger is past 70 years of age.