The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-25
SUNDAY SEIZURES,
Twenty three Dizzy
Firms .Raided on
Sigourney Street.
CORRALED 10 CHINAMEN.
Enough Liquor at Station l
to Stock a Bar
Room.
CORRALED 10 CHINAMEN.

Duty calls and other things were
given the shake yesterday by the Wor-
cester police, and several raiding squads
returned to station / during the day,
after accomplishing results that were
highly satisfactory towards getting rid
of several places in the city where liq-
uor Is sold without a license.
Officers John Dunn and Knight start
ed out yesterday afternoon on a little
skirmish in the vicinity of the north
end, and managed before they were on
the ground long, to locate 90 Firms in
boarding house at Sigourney street,
run by John Isaacson, and all were I'M
der the influence of liquor. Two flour
barrels filled ia the top with empty
beer bottles and three cases of empty
beer bottles were also found strewn pro-
miscuously about the hnnse, but search
as they would. the officers failed to
ind anything that had not been emp
tied
All the Firms were so much under
the influence of liquor that the officers
handcutfed six of them together and
ordered them to fall in for a march to
the nearest signal box, where the team
was called officers James O'Connor
and John White went from station l
with the police team. and on a second
trip to the house the other II men had
managed to get out and disappear The
six who were caught first by the Off
GERS had various kinds of booze con-
cealed about their persons. but most of
1t was in its final resting place, and all
that could be unearthed at the station
was one and one-half bottles of lager
and a half pint of whisky
One of the man ma h1a IN toll
Lieut.. Johnson at station i whether he
had name or not. and the other five
gave the names of John Reckart, Sam
uel Mile. John Isaacson, Charles Erick-
son and Charles Knowlman. Isaacson
was booked for keeping liquor, and the
Other five for drunkenness. They will
have to explain matters to Judge Ut
ley this morning in the central district
/ court.
officers Sullivan. Horgan, Gould and
Keyes dropped in suddenly on Hop
| Lung and about IL of his friends at
Hops place on the corner of Spring
and Mechanic streets yesterday after
noon. and found the majority of the
| Acknowledged celestials gloriously
| drunk. Hop refused to open the door
at first, but when he got a glimpse OF
the officers through a peep hole in the
| door he did as requested, and gave
welcome to the limbs of the law with
a smile that made the officers think
they were up against a losing game
| Hop was in proper humor to talk fol
hours at a time without stopping. anC
he followed the officers around through
| his place, telling them they were "glooC
| fellers"
| A quart bottle full of port wine ant
some other preparation, a quart of Chi
nese whisky that would put the Amer.
| lean moonshine in the shade, and so bot.
| ties of a preparation that made the
officers suspect 1t was beer, by the
taste, were found, and the whisky an6
wine and one bottle of beer were taken
| to the station. Today the beer will be
| examined and if found to contain more
than the per 60 of alcohol than is
allowed in beverages disposed of in I'M
| licensed places, it will also be seized.
Several months ago, Hops place was
raided, and at that time there were
l13 Cinnamon playing the Chinese ma
tional game of fan tan when the Off
GERS got inside. Yesterday there were
IS present, also, and it seems as though
13 is sure enough Hops hoodoo.
officers Knight, Dunn, Sullivan,
Reyes Gould and Porter took a short
excursion to the north end of the city
yesterday morning, and called on Den
mis- Dane at ITO Prescott street Off
GERS Sullivan. Porter and Reyes put in
their time looking over Dennis place,
and found 23 bottles Of ale concealed
In one of the rooms. Down stairs Off
GERS Knight, Dunn and Gould found 25
bottles of ale Dennis did not know who
they belonged to- and accordingly the
officers sent the whole lot to station 1.
Sergts Hill and March also got to
work yesterday morning, and when
Thomas Fleming wasn't looking, drop
ped into his tenement at SO Temple
street and found three cases of beer
concealed in a trap under the window
sill. The stuff was all sent to sta
ton / in the police team.
Station 2 officers made several raids
Yesterday