Project Editor: Jeffrey Miller, History 470: Digital History, Spring 2008

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Steve Hokuf Included in Group Expelled After Liquor Raid.

Police Made Call After Report Received of Disturbance.

The suspension from the University of Nebraska of the "several young men discovered in an apartment in which it was apparent liquor was being manufactured" and "the young men responsible for the rental of the apartment and associated with the incident" was announced Wednesday noon by T. J. Thompson, dean of men.

The dean's statement which mentioned no names of students follows:

"Last Saturday several young men were discovered in an apartment in which it was apparent liquor was being manufactured. I have satisfied myself they were not making liquor for sale; however, the young men responsible for the rental of the apartment and those associated with the incident are being suspended from the University of Nebraska.

"The university does not ordinarily discuss in a public way such cases. The fact, however, that this affair has been given such wide publicity leads me to believe the conclusion of the matter in so far as the University of Nebraska is concerned should be made known.

"T. J. Thompson."

Six Students Suspended.

Although no names are mentioned in the statement the students who called at the dean's office Wednesday morning and to whom the statement was read included Steve Hokuf, Crete; George Cook, Casper, Wyo.; Warren Crawford, Lake City, Ia,; Fred Wickman, Tekamah; Jack Calkins, York; Max Von Bargen, Lincoln.

It is understood the suspension order will be lifted with the beginning of the 1931-1932 collegiate year and that the boys will be granted permission to return to school next fall.

In giving out the statement Dean Thompson declared the [sic] had urged the boys to register for extension work and that they had taken the notification very gracefully.

Following the conference with the dean of men Hokuf admitted he had been suspended from school but declared he planned to re-enter next fall. The ruling will make Hokuf ineligible for football competition next fall.

Police Told of Disturbance.

Police Wednesday denied that they believed the apartment just across the street from the western boundary of the campus had been maintained as a bootlegging headquarters. Officers declared that the place had been reportde [sic] the night preceding the day of the raid, when a telephone call informed police that a disturbance was in progress there.

Detective Frank Weygint, on of the three officers who raided the apartment Saturday, stated that re-

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ports published by some newspapers relative to the finding in the apartment of a suitcase especially fitted up for bootlegging purposes were absolutely untrue. There was a suitcase found there, the detective said but it was an ordinary piece of luggage.

Police Passed Bootlegger.

The six students were called into the dean's office one at a time Wednesday morning. Those questioned as they left the "conference," said that they had been treated squarely.

In discussing the raid, on of the quintet arrested said that a bootlegger, whom he had summoned to the apartment, arrived with the alcohol, and passed the raiding officers outside of the building. This student declared that the alcohol was taken to Omaha, where a number of students were planning a party for Saturday night.

The five taken in the raid are to appear in the court of Justice of the Peace Maggi at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon to answer to a joint complain [sic] charging illegal possession of liquor. No charge has been filed filed [sic] against Hokuf, who rented the apartment with one of the five arrested there.