The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-23
A DAUGHTERS REVENGE.
Louis Brannenberg Arrested
For Conducted an
Illicit Still.
HAD THE GIRL LOCKED UP FOR THEFT
She Had Run Away and
Married Against Her
Parents Wishes.

An Illicit distillery was raided by the
Jersey City Police and a United states
| Deputy Marshal early this morning on
information given by the daughter of the
distiiler, who took that method of having
revenge upon her father for causing her
arrest for theft.
Louis Brannenberg, a saloonkeeper of
No. 81 Third street, complained to the
police of the Seventh street station late
last night tina his daughter Annie,
| eighteen years old, left his home three
weeks ago. taking $21o belonging to him
with her. He had not been able to find
any trace of her until yesterday after
noon, when he found her living with
| Nicholas Lamb, owner of the saloon at
| Brunswick and Fifth streets. Brannen-
| berg asked Captain Kelly TO arrest his
daughter for stealing his money and for
living in open lewdness with Lamb. Ser
| geant Cody and Patrolman Bunnell were
| sent to Lambs saloon and found the girl
there as Brannenberg had alleged. She
denied, however, that she was living with
Lamb as his mistress and showed Ser
| geant Cody the certificate of their mar
riage which took place in Hoboken on
June s. Sergeant Cody arrested her for
stealing her fathers money. She pro-
| tested against the arrest, saying that it
was instigated by her father simply be-
cause he opposed. her marriage to Lamb.
At the Seventh street station she re-
peated her assertion, telling Captain Kelly
that her father had caused her arrest
through spite.
sBut I'll get square with him." she de-
clared.
Captain Kelly thought her threat an
idle boast. but later she sought an inter
| view with aim and proved that she was
in earnest. When alone with Captain
Kelly in his private Office she told him
thai her father had for months past been
running an Illicit distillery in the cellar
beneath his saloon. Mrs. Lambs state
ment to Captain Kelly was as follows
my father hired a man to come over
| from New York City to show him how TO
make whiskey. He purchased the still
and kettle for making the whiskey in
Division street, New York City. The boil
er and another galvanized kettle are in
the cellar. The pipes are up stairs UNI
der the bed. I remember putting them
there myself. He used brown sugar and
a barrel of water and then let that stand
" &c ddyS with OiAl ySoSts liz
boiler and machinery are in our front
room. We had a pipe from the boiler
through the door to the sink in the other
room"
Captain Kelly opened his eyes wide at
the information she gave, as he prides
himself that his detectives and police
men know pretty much all that is goirg
on in his precinct. He acted at once up
~, fba nfor,,ofiao Cixrcp hu tho ofp1 IJic
first step was to notify Deputy Internal
Revenue Collector James Farmer. who
detailed Deputy Marshal Joseph O'Neill to
act in conjunction with the police. Shortly
after midnight Deputy United States
Marshal O'Neill arrived at the Seventh
street station. He found Police Captain
| Kelly, Sergeant Cody and several police
men waiting for him. The party pro-
ceeded at once to Brannenberg's saloon,
No. 81 Third street. Captain Kelly sta
toned his men in the front and rear of
the station, and when each man was at
| the post assigned him he and O'Nei,l
reused B~rannenberg and Informed him Of
the object of their visit. He was badly
scared and was inclined at first to resist
the officers. He assured them that his
daughter was lying, and that he was corr
| Quoting a perfectly legitimate business.
His protestations were of no avail.
Captain Kelly, Sergeant Cody and
Deputy O'Neill, searched the cellar, and
in the places described by Mrs. Lamb.
found a complete outfit for distilling
whiskey They seized all the p~arapher-
MALTA. which included a wash tub, a cop
per still, a worm and a wooden doublen.
The patrol wagon was summoned and the
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Seventh street station. Brannenberg was
arrested for operating an Illicit still. He
was arraigned before United States Com
missioner Isaac Ronnaine his morning,
and was held for the United States
Grand Jury. His daughter was held for
trail by Police Justice Nevin, in the First