Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1916 — LAFAYETTE MOVIES RAIDED BY POLICE [ARTICLE]

LAFAYETTE MOVIES RAIDED BY POLICE

Orpheum and Family Theatres Try to Run, Get Big Crowds and Have Shows Broken Up. A second attempt was made Sunday •by Lafayette movies to operate their show's and the police raided the Orpheum and Family theatres and the crowds which had assembled were put out and the doors closed. The proprietors and the machine operators were placed under arrest. “Standing room only” signs had been displayed at the Orpheum within twenty minutes after the doors of the theatre were thrown open. The pictures advertised were Biblical and their titles were: ‘Ueptha’s Daughter” and “In Charge of a Minister.” As soon as warrants had beep issued for the arrests the officers took the show managers and the machine operators "in charge and also took possession of the picture reels, the show tickets, the lenses from the ma-‘ chines apd the signs. The cases are in the circuit court and will come up for trial soon.