Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-05-20
Mhiskn shon Demolished.

persons who open whisky shops in
that place
Mr.. Lafayette West, and a Mr.
White, from Uhri chville, had opened
a whisky shop on Main street in Ca
diz, in the little one-story building on
the lot adjoining what was formerly
John Vests saloon. They brought
their liquors to Cadiz on Monday or
Tuesday of this week, and by Tues
dav evening had their store opened
out very nicely, their shelves filed
with BEETLES of liquor nicely arranged,
and several casks under the counter.
{ 1t is impossible that any one should
appreciate the feeling that this little
circumstance produced in our COM
munitv, unless he had known the ex-
citement attending the closing of
John Vests saloon little over q
year ago, and the recent excitement
about the Creal establishment in con
nection with the incendiary fires in
this town and vicinity.
At all events the opening of this
whiskey shop on Tuesday caused a.
feeling of almost universal eondem
nation on the part of our citizens, a
feeling that was by no means confined
to those who had been known as tenn
perance people, but that included al
most every well tosdo citizen, whatey-
er his business, or trade, or politics,or
profession.
A large number OF ladies had called
a meeting on Tuesday evening to con
slider the situation, and after their
style of doing things, had arranged
for meeting of citizens on Wednes-z
day night for prayer and eonsulta-55
ton. e
But on Tuesday night, between the
hours of one and two O'Clock, com
pany OF men suddenly aud quietly ap
peared in the neighborhood Of the
whisky shop, and with. heavy ropes
endeavored to pull the building over,
The proceedings alarmed the propTie-
tors, Messrs West and White, who
were sleeping within. They came to-
the front door, opened it, and were
confronted by an pgly-looking crowd.
The two were seized, disarmed, and
placed under guard in the middle of
the street. The mob talked in whis
pers only, and seemed to be thorough
ly organized and under discipline
West and White offered no resistance,
but begged that they might have the
privilege of leaving town the. next
day and taking their liquors with them.
They were only told that they should
not be harmed personally if they kept
quiet The mob then went into the
house, smashed allthe bottles of whis-
| L., h. ~ f1n
ment, knocked in their heads and
emptied their contents in the gutter.
They bursted out the front windows
and demolished the front of the house
generally, West and White were
then escorted to Swans hotel, near
by, and the crowd suddenly and mys-
teriously disappeared.
The whole thing was done so quiet
~ and so quickly as to raise no alarm
1 A few persons living on the opposite
1 side Of the street heard the noise and
witnessed the proceedings,@b but re-
mained quiet through fear. They es-
fimate the mob at between thirty and
forty persons.
l. If mob rule was ever to be justified
there would seem to be some excuse
for it here, in consideration of the
connection between the whisky shops
and incendiary fires, which is definite
" settled now There is a set 'of in
| telligent men in Cadiz that are not tc
be fooled with. They are cool, calcu.
lating, and determined, as a genera
thing, law abiding citizens. They are
not the crusaders nor temperance
league. They are both Democrats anG
: Republicans, business men, and own
ers of property, and have only thu
3 single object in view-the safety o
their homes and the good order of so
ciety They are weary of the lazy
good for nothing set of scoundrels
/ who poison our community with pros
D titufon.. drunkenness, pauperism, ant
: every conceivable form of crime, AM
e destroy the safety of every home b,
the application of the incendiar
torch. These men have the sand t
6 fight this business to the death, an
: they intend to do it. Let all person
S interested, directly or indirectly, tax
7 notice.
d We expect to hear quite an outer
: against mob law, and, if you notice
those who talk the loudest, are thos
who have said little or nothing durin
4 the past few months while the viol;
,e tors of law have both secretly an
openly triumphed over our commun
ty. But we have had enough of IL
o piteous whining about how tender
e, we should treat criminals. The thin
Id is played out in Cadiz.
g A New Water Gas ENTERPRISE