The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-10
MAYOR DORIAN SENS OUT TWO
SPECIALS hooking ron BLIND
PIGS.
THEY succEEbED ALL RIGHT.
WARRANTS ISSUED FOR FIVE PER
SONS CHARGED WITH VIOLA
TING THE LAW.
VISITED THE NUsHKA CLUB, TOO
And Say They Got zone Glass os Al
cohoI andu One Glass of Beerv
From Norton.

warrants were issued yesterday for
the arrest Of five persons who are
charged with violating the law by sell
ing intoxicating liquors without hay-
ing nrst obtained the necessary license.
Inc work OF trapping the parties who
are accused of doing the blind pig''
act was not done by the regular mem
pers or the police or detective force.
put by SPECIAL agents hired by Mayor
Doran, but paid for by the city. Short
iy after Mayor Doran took his seat
complaints began to be made about
the sale of liqs-srs and beer at a num-
Der Of places g various parts of tbe
city An atte4fpt was made by the
police to secure evidence against the
persons who were engaged In this un-
laWfuI business, but for some reason
the result was always the same. There
was no doubt in the minds Of the au-
thor1tles that liquors were sold at
each place, but the police found 1t
impossible to secure the necessary evil
dence. When the force Of 104 specials
were put on for encampment week,
the police officials, at the suggestion
or the mayor, detailed a couple Of the
best men out Of the. crowd to gather
evidence against the blind pigs In the
Midway district and also places in
other parts of the city where the
liquor law was being violated. John
K. COOK and Louis Silverstein were
the twain detailed to do. detective
duty In this line, and so well did they
90 their work that the persons operat-
! ing i've OF the resorts where liquors
are dispensed without the necessary
license will be brought to the bar of
Justlce@in thelpoiice court this morn
ing. HlE2
John 4. C0oh,- who lives at 2s6 Thir-
teenth streetE and Louis Silverstein,
who, up to the time of his appoint
ment as special, was a clerk at Simon
Lifpitz's clothing store on East Sew
enth street, started out on their mis-
sion Tuesday, morning, Sept 2. They
placed tickets in their hats, such as
are usually worn by country visitors
when they alight from railroad trains,
and rushed into the confectionery and
cigar store kept by John Johnson, at
800 Rosabel street. Being somewhat
new at the business, the detectives
purchased six bottles Of beer at this
place. They evidently received in
structions, Immediately, that this was
a waste of time and money, and might
have the effect of hurting the case
when it came to trial, for, as they
proceeded with the detective work,
they weakened on the amount of the
J stuff purchased as evidence in the
other. resorts Having properly la
beled the beer secured at the place
kept by Johnson, they, on the follow
ing day. turned their attention to the
Midway district oc
Just how they. broke into places in
this territory where Lieut.. Budv and
his force of officers have been for
three months trying to secure evil
dence is not known, but the special
detectives evidently knew their bust
ness, as is evinced by the warrant
for the arrest Of G.. H. Kelly, who
keeps a place on University avenue,
near Prior avenue. Kelly is charged
by the detectives with having sold to
them drink of whisky and one glass
of beer. The next day. the blind pig
hunters trapped John Kelly, who
keeps a resort on the same avenue
near Cleveland avenue, and secured,
they say, three drinks of whisky and
one bottle of. beer
Saturday the two special agents of
the mayor visited the Nushka club
rooms, at 155 Western avenue. This
resort is EXCLUSIVES and aristocratic and
is frequentedt by the residents of the
+ locality known as ssthe hill" Some of
the most prominent citizens of the
Seventh ward are members Of this
club, and only the best of wines, whis-
ky and other drinks are Sold if they
are sold at all.g What will undoubted-
~ surprise the patrons of the club
room is the fact set forth in the war
rant, which is sworn out against Dick
Norton, that there. was sold to the de-
tectives zone glass Of alcohol and one
bottle Of beer9' Morton is down in the
directory as steward of the Nushka
club, and a member of that organiza-
tion seen last evening, said the most
stringent orders had been given against
allowing any but members to visit the
club room or to secure drinks
The same afternoon the detectives
visited the place known as the Chi
cago Garden, on Mississippi street, and
they say purchased two glasses of rum
and one bottle of beer.
Detective Sflverstein could not be
found last evening, his brother, who is
employed at a Seventh street clothing
store, saying that since Louis had be-
come a detective It was very hard to
keep track Of him, but that the officers
at the central station might be able
to locate him. Mr.. Cook, seen at hts
residence, said he expected there would
be q lively time in the court today.
when the warrants were served and
the offenders were brought before the
judge. Mr.. Cook said he had been
serving as special during the week, but
this was not his first venture as a de-
tective in chasing down blind pigs.
In July last he had been sent to Sacred
Heart, Mimi, to ferret out a number Of
blind pigs and had been wonderfully