The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-17
TWO TRUCKS OF LIQUOR
BIG RAID ON WALLACE STREET
 YESTEKDAY AT NOON.

YESTEKDAY AT NOON.
 The Law and Order League Descends Upon Place Running In Full Blast-sconos in
 and About the Saloon Before and During
 the Raid--PoIice Renew Active Work Against the sunday Dispensers of Liquor In New Haven.
 It was 12;05 D. m..S Sunday, August lS. Wallace street was quiet and deserted save foc the occasional footfall of Q policeman who happened to pass through that thoroughfare. No signs of life were visible, except that one man stood on the street near the cor her of Greene as though he had been picketed for grave duty. Within the saloon that bears the number, ''67 wal lace" four men stood before the bar with foaming schooners Of lager Tn front of their faces. The contents of the glasses were fast disappearing, and there were gurgling sounds in their threats as though a liquid substance was trickling down,
 This is as the scene appeared at the time mentioned in the first line of this story. And it was on Sunday and in New Haven, too.
 But presently the scene changed. There was heard the tinkling Of glasses and scurrying of feet This was caus- ed by the appearance of six members l of the Law and Orded league under command of Officer George Hyde. They 1 approached from the direction of Chap el street. From the direction of Greene street came Officers St. Clair and Pat rick Reilly of the Grand avenue sta | ton. They had been sent for and both approached with the stealthliness of ! old Sleuth himself but the eagle eye of the vigilant sentinel near the corner of Greene street caught sight of them with one sweeping glance and he started rapidly for the saloon. This man was | Mr.aGoggin, the proprietor of the place. | But he had not anticipated the ap- proach of the enemy from the south, and his careful vigilance did not ac- complish the purpose he had intended. It was now about 12:10.
 The Law and Order league and the officers entered the saloon. As they stepped over the threshold four men were seen to take flying leaps through | the back door and over boxes, barrels and fences to liberty. Their flight was so fast that they could not be identified, and about all that could be seen were | their disappearing coat tails. While | fn n1o J,n ho ytp dnr hurriedly placed the four schooners on a shelf under the counters. and it was discovered later that they were partly filled with beer, the act of deglutition not having been fully accomplished. He also dropped his apron and made | his disappearance in manner un- known to the raiders. Goggins was not taken into custody, but he will be arrested later on warrant.
 | Then came the invoice. In ordinary raids the patrol wagon is usually large enough to do duty as a truck. But this was New Haven's biggest raid, and its marks an epoch in this line of busi- ness. Hereafter when raids are made, the mind will revert to the 18th of Au- gust, 1896
 l EoO, WItIt lllG lloOI VI Nllt cIull Wcto seen 1t was decided right away to send for one of Smedley's trucks. The truck came. Then the stuff was loaded
 on in a manner that would have done credit to 'longshoreman. The driver picked up the reins and touched the
 fiery steeds with whip, but the wag-
 on was weighted so heavily that it
 broke down before 1t got out of sight of the place. This necessitated unloading and the sending for another truck.
 With the second vehicle the liquor and beer was hauled In two loads to the central police station on Court street,
 where it now lies and gives the office
 the appearance of an extensively stock
 ed barroom Several "jags" who were
 arrested yesterday, looked at the stock
 with longing and wistful eyes
 Among the stuff brought to the sta
 tion were four barrels of whiskey, four
 half barrels of whisky, about thirty demijohns of different kinds of liquor, several dozen bottles of Bass ale, much
 beer and various other kinds of intoxi-
 eating liquors The bottles and demi- johns covered half the floor of the police office, while the barrels of whiskey
 were left outside i'll the yard.
 Goggins was arrested last spring, it
 will be remembered, for a similar off,
 fense. The raid was made by Officer
 Roach, and Goggins claimed it was a case of persecution.
 An interesting question will be raised as to the disposal of the liquor. Cog gins pays a license for selling spirits six days week, and whether the goods
 can be seized and condemned is ques- ttion that can only be answered at the trial. If it can be shown that Goggins
 held the goods with the intention of
 violating the Sunday liquor law it is i held that the liquor will be allowed to
 float down the gutter on Court street. But there are some people who would hate to see such waste and have
 made suggestions. One is, that the
 goods be sold and the proceeds thereof
 be turned over to the police fund. HUSBAND IND WIFE KILLED.