The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-12
BIG RAID AT MEADOWS END
LA " AND ORDER MEN NADIA DROP
 ON THE PLACE YESTERDAY.

stuT-One Prisoner Attempted to Es- cape and Was Shot at Four Times Released Under S2OO Bonds.
 Agents of the Connecticut Law and Order league made a big raid at Mead ows End early yesterday morning and made fourteen arrests and oonfisoated one of the largest amounts of liquors ever obtained in Law and Order raid. The places at Meadows End have been under the surveillance of the league of fcials for long time, and, at last, hav- ing found what was considered positive evidence that business was being done there without a license, the drop was made yesterday
 The raid occurred early in the morn- I ing, about o'clock, it being thought that the time was just right to capture the liquor stocks laid in for Sunday trade. s. McClaire, agent for the Law and, Order league, with sixteen assist ants left the city at o'clock yesterday l morning and arrived at Meadows End just as the proprietors of the places there were getting ready for the days business. The squad was divided up, and it was 6 o'clock when the raid be- 1 gan. Eight places in all were visited, and beer and liquors were found in each one. The proprietors arrested were as follows: O'Rourke & Larkins, Emily & Charles Getman, F. l.. Tinkham, John l P, TNn r pt teton John Gassman and Thomas Frederick. In addition to these three bartenders were arrested Two com plaints have been made against each person arrested, one of selling without license on August and one for the same offense on September 1.
 The complaints were made to and the warrants issued by Judge Bryant of West Haven He and Secretary Thrasher of the Law and Order league went to Meadows End early yesterday morning after the raids were made and released the prisoners under $200 bonds each to appear at the town hall in Mill ford on September 19 for trial. In the raid about two thousand bottles of beer and between twenty-five and thirty kegs of the fluid were confiscated, be- sides a quantity of beer and whiskey The confiscated liquors were taken to Agent McClaire's house in West Ha- ven, where they are stored It required five teams to cart away the lot. The places raided were all short resorts or restaurants, and it is understood that when these complaints are disposed of complaints of different nature will be entered against them.
 When O'Rourke was arrested he ask ed to be allowed to go to his bedroom and change his clothes. He was per- mltted to do so, but when once in the bedroom he bolted through the window and started to run. Agent McClaire commanded him to stop, but O'Rourke only sped the faster. McClaire then drew q revolver and began to shoot. He fired four shots and an assistant fired one. Finally when McClaire yell ed out to ORourke that If he didn't stop the bullets would be sent closer, the fugitive stopped and gave himself up.
 All the keepers of the places raided were taken completely by surprise. By the time the liquors had been seized and stacked up in front of the places to be hauled away the regular customers began to file in for their eye-oueners. One of these customers walked up in front Of Kay & Doherty's place and casually remarked that he guessed he would have nip, evidently not know ing that raid had been made. One of the Law and Order men, overhearing the remark, said he didn't believe the man could have a drink. Turning to Doherty, who stood near by, the thirsty man said, Flows this--don't I get my drink?' Doherty, turning to the officer and winking, said, We don't do any business Sundays"
 Patrolmen Taylor and Recor of the Dixwell avenue police station yesterday morning at 10:30 made a raid on the restaurant attached to the saloon of Walter J. Alywin at No. 249 Winchester avenue. As they were approaching the place they saw a man evidently on the watch, who started to run into the place. Recor intercepted him, while Taylor went around to the rear and entered the restaurant, where he found ten men drinking beer, which had been passed through a window between the saloon and the restaurant. The facts will be reported to the prosecuting agent.