New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-29
pROHIRITION MIST PROHIBLT

IT, is claimed by champions of prohibition every
where that while prohibition may not Always
prohibit it at least makes III very uncomiortaoe
for all persons concerned. Thus IL was, only
fo,v wceks ago. that The Tribune noted the case
of Bill Lewis, Of Kansas City. who quiz MS
liouor store directly on the line between hailsaS
and Missouri and long carried on his dsrepu'opc
calling undisturbed. But finally he met his latc
in Street Commissioner Patterson ana III III
spectOr Smoker, who cut his building III '"o vi
the State Tine with long crosscut saw ana 'ore
down the Kansas end, while l'he Salvation ARMY
moved into the Missouri end and made barracks
Of If. Lately unauthorized liquor sellers have haa
moro trouble week ago the women OF Mount
Etna, Ind, broke into Il liquor saloon KNOWN as
1.-THE Crater and completely wrecked it. many OF
them taking severe colds from getting their 'eet
wet in the liquor which flowed about the noor'
Day before yesterday the sex also asserted i'seli'
this time at Bloomvile. Ohio, where large
crowd of the leading ladies OF the place proceedeu
10 the rum-slop of one Bill Miller ana wrecked
the building, destroyed the stock OF liquors anu
cioors and even broke up the unhoy billiard
tables about which the men of the place had
been accustomed to gather nnd tell how much
better chcy could play five years ago. sixteen
druggists in Providence r. l., and eighteen IN
LYNN. Mass. have also been indicted for selling
Iouor Indeed, the only ray Of hope for the
liouorsrler seems to come from Iowa, and even
i'm this case no doubt the unprincped fellow VIII
feel the halter of Iowa law draw before long.
At Barnum Iowa, lives one Jim Gossage,
low individual who has always been IN the liquor
business. with the exception OF one term "hlch lie
served in the Iowa Legislature or course IL Is
against the law to conduct liquor store III Iowa.
but Gossage has reSorted TO all sorts OF ways 10
evadc this law. His business has been broken mp
several times Last December he put up build
ing at Iarnum which had every appearance OF
being a substantial structure. 1t was, however.
nothing of the kind, but gigantic block puzzle,
and could be n ken down in Ten minutes ana packed
in six large dry-goods boxes. II was not long
before the District Court began TO move IN the
matter and granted an injunction against GoSsage
building When the Sheriff drove into town
Gossagc was warned. lie instantly pulled ont
square plug. which was the key to the whole thing.
and the building tumbled down. Then he and
the barkeepcr packed it in the boxes, and when
the Sheriff arrived on the ground he found only
n vacant lot and the scoundrelly Gossasc sitting
on a nail-kcg whiting n stick and contemplate
ing sign which read This Lot For Sale"
The Sheriff was disgustcd and went away. and in
fifteen minutes Gossage had his building set mp
again. and was dealing out his liquid poison TO tie
leading men of the town. This has happened half
dozen times since, and it is doubtful if the
wretched fellow can be caught. Deputy Sheriff
Mclaughlin has a plan, however which may yet
prove successful lie proposes 70 t1rn tho hose on
GoSsagc's puzzle, having first dissolved several
hundred pounds OF the best glue in the reservoir of
the city watcrworks. This, he thinks, will 50
stick the building together that il cannot be taken
down before tic Sheriff can sneak mp and serve an
injunction. This will be tried as soon as the
necessary glue arrives from Chicago
The Tribune certainly hopes that II jim Cos
sage is dcfyinc the law as he seems 20 be. he
NAV be stopped in his Infamous practice in some
way. Laws ire made to be enforced, and however
disagreeablc liquor prohibition laws may be to
rum sellers leading citizens and forth, II is NJ
reason why any exception should bc made IN their
case Glue him down, Mclaughlin is our vocif-
erous advice