The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-26
RAIDING
EXPEDITION.
U. 5. Officers Again
Visited North End.
SIX PLACES EXAMINED.
In Two OF Them Parts Of Illicit Stills
We're Found.
SIX PLACES EXAMINED.
NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

The internal revenue officers In this
cits have been doing deal of quiet work
lately. aud have become fully satisfied of
a mum ber Of things. In the first lace,
they felt sure there was some illegal dis
tilling being done In a certain locality
Of that bsiisf was the important seizure
of the complets still at the house Of Mis-
tumskey. $40 North Main street. on
Thursday.
Yesterday afternoon about $3.50 Officers
Cavanaugh, Gilmartin, Rathbone, Clarke
and the United States gauger started out
on a still hunt ms they determined to
break up the operations Of the Jews In
that locality, II there were any going on,
and they had reason to belisve that there
were. This is just about the right time
for them to be running the Illicit stills
for the n akinR Of liquors for the Easter
trade among their feliow-JewG Inc off,
GERS first quietly approached the place at
33 Bark street, a little sort OF an alley
running aloog back Of North Main street.
1t was . sort Of touss barn ttey found
there. The entrance on Bark street leads
into stable, while on the other side OF
the house tho third story is 10 vel with the
en- hankmsut there 1t was this third
story ground entrance tt at the Officers
made for, and they found 1t locked AID
nobody at home. But the place was
readily entei ed. and once inside they oom-
"a ented the search for the siili, and after
assing through one or two rooms. they
- nj y..r t-6l
except brick work structure, into which
wss set copper oilur just such AZ Is
used in som. registered uistilleres.
IL was recognized at once but the prin-
cipal thing that was wanted wss the
worm or condenser, which completes the
nrpsrnttfs rff--f ftrt fstea- Trio necessary
evidence 1t could not be fouud.
There were found. however. several short
piec OF hofe pipe. a jar of farmentsd raj
sins, from which the spirits are distilled,
jug of manufactured goods and several
other things ussd in the business. Out
side the house In small enclosure were
found three big Jugs which had been al.
most emitted Of "schnapus" or spirits
1t was evident that tbs housa had not
been long lsft nj ne, for on tie cooking
stove wers some things cooking.
In n little low she'd I'm ire next yard
was found the most important catch Of
the day. That was . whole iuauEine stIll,
worm and all. But it had been recently
troken to piecss. probably after the raid
on Mistun skev's place. Somo more
"schnapps' were found here and all
sorts of things used Nm tne process What.
over was of any use to the Officers was
confiscated and carried away. Nobody was
To- nd who could te oopnecte with either
cf the maofints or the builainss. Se enl
officers from he Sec3pd polite sta, ion
we're on haId to lake care OF II Q excited
crowd of Jews that Immediately sssem-
led. After the interi nj reve ,ue officers
thought they had cot everything there
Vas theirs they took a trip OF to some
other lscss not very far awav, and
searched fonr more pliots without hpd-
ing any direct eviue ce tbouah at the
house sf one Mandel yitch mash barrels
were 10 nd 10 the y rd ami In the str BILE
a falls fiolr was discovered In one Of tho
stalls.
Under this was built in very neatly
secret hin. where anything light be
stored to keep IL out II the way IL was
also lear nert that is same MN had taken
q load OF stuff from the house ON Bark
street onls week ago, including the
worm that was missing, mash barrels.
etc. He admitted taking load Of stuff,
though he denied my knowieogs Of the
worm, and said that he had sold tho stuff
to man i'm Pawtucket. The oflioers de-
cided to call Ii days work at q O'Clock,
and went OF feeling that thsy had dor
enough In that neigh hlorhood 40 that
they would not he troubled by Ii for some
time to come. Tie business Is no doubt
broken up In that neighborhood.