The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-31
BIG LIQUOR HAUL.
Lie uor Constab!es Get About Thousand
Dollars Worth.


COLUMBIA, s. c., Oct. 25.-The State
liquor constables created quite a fut.
ter of excitement at the capital yester.
day by the capture of nearly $500
worth Of whiskey and beer stored away
In a warehouse right In the heart of
the city. The haul shows very plainly
that the action of the Governor, In of.
ferIng reward Of twenty cents a gal
lon to any one who would inform as to
the whereabouts Of liquor, is bearing
fruit. Indeed, 1t begins to appear that
this scheme to make men turn inform.
ers was q masterstroke so far as the
to Gns and cities are concerned. For.
ty dozen bottles of Pllsener beer and
about 500 gallons of good whiskey were
secured. There were five large barrels,
two kegs and three half barrels and
seven ordinary barrels. There was rye
whiskey and there was corn whiskey,
all excellent stuff.
The liquor was stored away In 8
warehouse about midway down the
alley running from Main street to As
sembly street through the square
bounded by Plain and Taylor streets
and familiarly called the Lorick q
Lowrance alley. The warehouse, 1t is
said, was leased by VIM. Ssel & Co.
The upper story, which contains small
rooms, was occupied by negroes. The
constables got out their search war.
rant and quietly went around there
yesterday morning. Without much ado
they went into the plac5 and made
their find. While they were getting
the stuff out and putting 1t on drays
Cart. Little, of the revenue depart
ment, walked in and found three half
barrels of whiskey with scratched
stamps upon them. They were taken
by the revenue authorities as q matter
Of course.
No claimant can be found for the
seized liquor and as yet no one knows
who it belongs to. Ga the end Of one
barrel was "E. G. Grieshaber" and on
several others &C." 1t is thought that
the owners will not come forward and
make any attempt to recover the stuff,
but will let 1t 60 into the dispsnsary
vats. It Is heauy loss to some one.
Arrests may follow. The constables
think that the warehouse was kind
of storage warehouse for several liquor
men. Very soon after this raid was
completed the coustaGles swooped
down on Shull 6 Co.'S place but found
nothing. Then they went to Hendrlx's
place and caught three gallons of whis.
key. The constables evidently had
further information"
Trial Justice Constables Cooper aud
Baughman acd State Constable Fant,
accompanied by six other liquor con-
stables left the city yesterday afternoon
shortly before o'clock by private con.
Veyance over the Asylum road for q
point a distance of about ten miles
from Colombia, where 1t was suspected
that liquors we're stored in 8 ware.
house. After long drive they reached
their destination only to return empty
handed with no victory to crown or
surpsss the mornings haul. The ware
house In question was or Is now sup
posed to he 8 few miles below Xii.
Iians, on the liae Of the Southern Rail
way.
Solicitor Nelson was in the city yes
terdsy morning and was asked ABOUT
the injunctions to be asked for against
Messrs. KcentZlin and David. He
stated that the records were not yet
complete. but as soon as they were he
would ask the Judge on the circuit FOR
the injunctions. The Governor was
heard to remark yesterday that he
thought he had one liquor man on the
fair way to wearing stripes shortly as
result Of Injunction proceedings. a
special to The State from Lancaster
last night says: "It Is reported here
that Constable Newton Clsnton seized
about 200 gallons of blind tiger whiskey
at Kershaw in this county today.
State.