The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-12
RAID DRUGGISTS,
Nine of Worcester's
"Finest" Out on
Bikes,
>t.-,
MAKING A SUNDAY Squirt.
Call on Every Drug Store
South of Park
Street.

Every urug store in Worcester, south
OF Park street, was visited by nine of
! Worcester's fastest bicycle policemen,
yesterday morning, detailed by Chief
of Police James M. brennan to seize
all liquor in any of the drug shops that
happened to be stored away in large
quantities.
The move has been contemplated for
some time, as a rumor got started that
the druggists in station 2 territory were
getting rid of liquor without paying
due respect to prescriptions and other
things necessary to procure alcoholic
beverages in an apothecary shop. Sat-
urday every bicycle owned by the po-
lice department was dug up and oiled
so that it would run in shape.
Sergt. McMurray was ordered to take
charge of the squad and officers Con-
dy, sullivan, Dustin, HemnenYay,
Ben. Thayer, Joseph Barker, Burke
and knight were ordered to accom-
pany him. Not one of the officers ex-
cept Sergt. McMurray had the slight
est idea where he was going, and as
they left the station they were told
not to let the police team out of sight.
Early risers on their way to divine
service watched the cavalcade in WON
| derment, and more than one went as
far as to follow the squadron until 1t
got out of sight. The drug stores vis-
tied are all in station two territory,
and only one station two policeman,
officer Dustin, was detailed TO man
euVre with the bicycle squadron and
other officers from the second station
are feeling badly about the matter.
The first store to receive the atten-
ton Of the squad was that owned by
| William R. Webster, 131 Green street,
| and here the squad worked with { vim
| and unearthed five cases of lager beer.
William was present.
The squad loaded the beer into the
| police team, and with orders for a
| squirt such as Major Taylor would give
| to his pacemakers, they were off like
a shot, and drew up in front of o. J.
| Cerrolrs on Vernon square. Here they
| found nothing, and a flank movement
was made on T. A. Brennans store at
| the corner of Foyle and Millbury
streets This place was also doing bus
mess strictly according to law.
Leaving a cloud of dust behind. the
| police rode at high rate of speed to
| John ]. O'Keefe's place, So Lafayette
| street, and discovered five quarts of
sp1ritus frumenti reposing on shelf
with sulphuric oxide and cyanide of
potassium as body guards on either
| side No one who could produce d reg
| istered certificate could be found by the
| officers and the frumenti was placed in
| the police team with Webster's beer.
| The squad went down Bigelow street
up Endicott and down Millbury street
| again to H. H. O'Rourke's, $50 Mill
| bury street, where two gallons of whis-
| KY one gallon of sherry wine, two gal
| Ions of gin, two quarts of rum, one
| quart of sherry and three quarts of
| mort wine were loaded into the police
| team, and the squad smiled 10 man.
Walter F. Armitage, 101 Cambridge
street, hangs out a sign as druggist
and here the officers appeared as sud
denly as if they dropped out of a ball
DON. Here one gallon of rum, two gal
| Ions of port wine, one quart or French
brandy, two quarts of whisky, one gal
lon of gin and two gallons of brandy
were found spread promiscuously about
| on shelves in the store, and it was all
loaded into the police wagon, which by
| this time resembled a truck team en-
gagged in moving a drug store in no
| license town.
A red-hot pace was hit up after the
seizure at Armitage's place and in the
twinkling of an eye the flying squadron
was at the drug store kept by A. l..
Ellie, 70 Southgate street but Ellie was
| the owner of a stock that was all right
| in every particular.
Forrest E. Beal was next in line. His
place is at 52S Southbridge street, and
the squad didn't get even smell
The Scandinavian Cooperative Drug
Company at S44 Millbury street, and F.
G. Rourke & Co, $50 Millbury street,
were visited and they, too, we're found
all right in the eyes of the policemen.
Charles J. Foley, 622 Southbridge street.
was also visited, but he didn't have
anything in stock that would warrant
a seizure. 80
P. b. Moriarty's drug store at $50
Southbridge street, was next in line.
They looked his stock over but didn't
find a thing but soda, and the men
were ordered to make for station z. The
liquor was unloaded and packed in the
station.
The druggist whose liquors were
seized will probably be summoned INTO
court Tuesday or Wednesday morning.
The police did not allow the raids on
drug stores to interfere with feW that
were planned on the outside.
Officers Sullivan and Condy called at
the Summit House at Five Points yes
terday afternoon, but found nothing. |
officers A. @. Thayer and Hemenway
dropped in suddenly on Peter Hedlund, |
who resides at Milton court, and here
Swanton Thurman and Frank Abra- |
hanson were found slightly intoxt- |
Gated. Five bottles of beer were also |
found. Swanton and Frank were load |
ed in the police team with the five bot |
ties and booked at station for drunk |
enness. Peter also rode down to the |
station, and was booked for keeping |
liquor. Officers Knight and Whiting |
and Sam Ward visited the tenement |
occupied by Patrick ]. Sullivan, 60 Port |
land street, and discovered one case OF |
beer and five pints of whiskey.
Both Hedlund and Sullivan will be in |
the central district court this morning |
to answer to charges of keeping liquor. |
John H. Williams, alias James Mo- |
ran, endeavored to extract five cents |
from Celestial on Front street yester- |
day afternoon by artful touch, but the
Celestial refused, and James resorted |
to a few hook blows, which landed on |
the Celestials nose. James was col |
Jared by a policeman and booked at |
station ! for assault and battery.
Solomon Shumvrs sta bleEeeper OF /
Webster, reported to the police yester-
day the loss of a horse and democrat |
wagon, which he let to a man giving !
the name of Bradley last Friday. He
saw the team in Worcester Friday af- !
ternoon, but did not know it was miss !
ing at the time. The horse is a bay, |
about 1850 pounds, and the wagon is an
old one with the paint badly scratched
in some places.