The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-30
CRUSADE BEGUN.
Beer BOttlerS After City
Junk Dealers.
Search Warrants Sworn Out
and Executed Today.
WinOgrand Arrested--Held for Trial
in District Court.

At the session OF the General Assembly,
held in January. 1892, a bill was passed max
ing IL unlawful for amy dealer in Junk or
second hand articles to buy. sell or have in
his possession any bottles, kegs or barrels
used by dealers in mineral waters. beer or
other beverages. providing that the name of
the maker or dealer was blown or branded
upon the bottle. keg or barrel. The law
further provided that the name or designat-
ing mark could be registered at the office OF
the Secretary Of State, and advertised in one
or more of the daily papers in the town or
county once a week for six consecutive weeks.
This law has been a dead letter until the
first OF the present week, and then John Il.
Good. Jacob Wirth and Moritz II. Myers called
on lawyer A. }. Cushing and requested him
to prepare a num Der Of search warrants TO be
served upon a number of junk dealers.
This being the first time that warrants of
the kind were made out, MIR. Cushing took his
time about the work.
Al l0:3 this morning Deputy Sheriffs A. o
Coats and Frank p. Barrow. and Constable
Leopold Hartman were each armed with the
warrants. Mr.. Coats was ordered TO visit
the establishment Of Moses Winogrand on
Lopez street; Constable Hartman, the firm of
the Priest Brothers on Canal street and
Deputy Barrows the shop of Charles K. Frank
land on south Water street.
Their Instructions were that IL any Of the
bottles or kegs of either Messrs. Good. With
or Myers were found in possession Of either
Of the junk dealers they should be seized, and
the proprietors placed under arrest. 1t will
rest with the court to say who is the rightful
owner OF the vessels So seized. and IL tho
iudoa darfIaa TINT thu tupE daa1ara urara IN
wrongful possession, the rightful owners will
undoubtedly proceed against all who have
bottles or kegs in their possession. The law
stipulates that the fine shall ba 81 or three
months in Jail for each and every vessel found.
The present movement has been brought
about by the superintendent OF the Brewers
and Bottlers' Association of Boston. This as
ISOLATION. IL is claimed, has saved the dealers
In and about Boston many thousands Of
dollars.
Should the cases now under investigation
prove successful for Messrs. Good. With
and Myers, an association will be formed in
this State, as there are bottlers and wholesale
dealers in each OF the cities and many Of the
towns.
1t is claimed by the..wholesnle dealers that
not less than $4,000 a year is lost in bottles,
etc, tina greater Portion being stolen. In this
city, IL is claimed by the wholesale dealers,
that some Of the junk dealers viii buy bottles
and ship them to a firm in Boston. who in
turn sells them to small dealers throughout
New England. The barrels and kegs are
shipped to q firm in New York. where the
name or designating mark is planed.
Deputy Sheriff Coates was the first to bring
In an alleged ~vioiator of the law in question.
He was Moses winogrand. who has a junk
shop at ] Lopez street. Winogrand was taken
to the county. court house. and was this after
noun arrai0ned before Judge sweetland on
three warrants charging him with having in
his possession ~illegally a large number Of
bottles with the nsmes and trade marks OF
Jacob wirth, John e. Good and Moritz blown
in the glass. which names and trade marks
had been registered at tire office of the Secre-
tary Of State. and also advertised according
to the provisions of the law above referred to.
winogrand pleaded not guilty. and gave bail
in the sum of 500 on each complaint for his
appearance for trial on February z.
When winogrand was asked TO plead, he said
nobody told him not to buy the bottles re.
fcrrcd Il.
Charles Il. FARMLAND was arraigned on the
charge OF having 100 bottles bearing the names
OF Good and With, and he gave hail in the
same amount as Winoarand. and his trial was
continued to the same day.