Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-12-03
PHOENIX. BRATTLEBORO. FRIDAY DECEMBER 3. 1897.
BREWERY RAIDED.
carloads of Goods Carried
..-.s-, Away by Officers.

proprietor Ellis Arrested and Placed
O""er 5000 Bonds---W hiskey was
Being Sold, EvidentIy---Omcers who
Were strangers Here Did the work.
raid which was something more than
WISH Tor the purpose of carving awav
sam ples OF beef was made on the brewery
on the Island Tuesday afternoon. All the
turntables IN the establishment were con-
nscated, and the proprietor, who has been
absent during all of the recent raids, was
arrested.
1t was stated in recent issue of The
Thehix That q, q. Fits was in Keene, N.
H., on business. The nature of the "busi-
Dess was to lodge a complaint with the
New Hampshire authorities against o. II.
i E''ls ior keeping and selling spiriJuous
liquors, and TO make arrangements with
certain officials TO come to Brattleboro for
the purpose of rading Elliss brewery.
somebody was wise enough, moreover, to
see that officers whose faces were un.
familiar here we're detailed to do the lob,
and TO that fact much of the success of the
raid is due
Deputy Sheriff Moore of Marlboro and
Constable McElroy, also of Marlboro,
came to Brattleboro Tuesday morning and
obtain their bearings. All 80 o clock, o. II.
Ellis being on the New Hampshire side of
the river, Lawyer Fits entered a coupe
and gave the driver instructions to drive To
the town liquor agency as he and Mr..
Richardson, the town liquor agent, were
going out on business. On arriving at the
agency Mr.. Fits alighted and the coupe
was immediately occupied by Officers
Moore and McElroy. The driver WAS then
ordered to drive directly and swiftly to
Ellis's brewery, and Mtssrs. Fits and
Richardson went to the rear of the town
nall as a vantage ground from which to
watch proceedings on the island.
Presently the coupe arrived at the bre "
cry. Deputy Sheriff Moore went in at the
front door and Constable McElroy at the
rear door and, in moment, from IL to 20
men scattered in all directions from the
building. Ellis and his assistan's were APP
parently selling whiskey, as bottle Of
whiskpy and glass sat upon the counter,
and Ellis was arrested.
The brewery was then searched and
while this was going on two of Liveryman
Browns teams, a Chesterfield team which
happened TO be on the street, one of j. o.
Smiths teams and Expressmen Hoton
and Morse's teams were sent over to cart
away the cOntraband goods
Three barrels of ale, Is half barrels,
seven quarter barrels and tive cases of beer,
80 empty barrels and number of bottles,
some full and others partly full of whskey,
were seized and were taken for storage TO
the farm of Il. p. Matthews, who lives
two miles up the river.
Sheriff Starkey guarded the liquor as it.
was being transferred. The stuff confs-
cd L., ~. l.. L 4
with the rs to 100 barrels which had pre-
viously been contiscate4, ithus using all the
available space in MIR. Matthew's barns.
Several complaints were made out
against Ellis and he was taken to Keene
for hearing before Judge Holmes.
Ellis was indicted by the Cheshire
county supreme court after the last raid,
but until now he has succeeded in elud-
ing the officers. The liquor seized at
previous raids was also condemned by the
supreme court, but it has not been moved.
The officers are confident that Ellis will
be convicted of several offences of selling
liquor, and that he will be fined heavily.
The law of New Hampshire imposes a
fine of $50 for each conviction of selling
beer, and something like 5000 for each
conviction of selling whiskey. 1t also pro-
vides that the owner or lessor of the land
or building where such illegal selling is
done shall be fined $780, In Vermont
resort may be had to the nuisance act in
| closing such places as the brewery when
| other means fail, but in New Hampshire
such is not the case. The brewery on the
island can be closed, however, if the
citizens will stand by with the officers.
They need have no doubt that they have
the moral support of the community behind
| them.
The Keene Sentinel of Wednesday even
! ing says: GAS clerk of the supreme court,
Judge Holmes was empowered to issue
capiases to hold Ellis on the indictments
that had been returned against him by the
grand jury at the October term, on the
evidence produced at the time by Sheriff
futile and the assisting deputies. Ac
cordingly, three capiases were thus issued
On the two complaints resulting from
Sheriff Moore's raid Ellis pleaded moi
guilty and waived examination. The court
then bound him over on all the cases tc
the April term of court in the sum OF
! $1,000 The requisite sureties for the bal
were secured by the prisoner and furnished
today"