Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-15
FOUND TWO GASES
Hotel BrattlebOrO and VIM. Adam,,.
Home Supplied with Exhilaran,I

Neg at Adams's Was SUBMERGED I'll,
Tank or Weter---stragetic NOV. o..
HOtel---Case Against Landlord rrr-
ner COntinued--T. ]. FerrIter Fine,
Heavily.
Officers descended almost simu'taua.o,.
ly Monday evening on the Hote. Bra.fs
boro and on William Adams teneuar, +,
Patrick Maguires house on Reed Hill ana
eontraband goods were seized al haI
places The raid on the hotel wa. ua4s
by Officers Worden, Dix and II. O. Elmer.
son, who entered by the rear door Oh Url.
son street, came down the stairs TO the fra.
floor, aud then passed through the dining
room and kitchen to the bar room. c. q
Turner was found behind the bar. and .bs
officers took from under the bar gys-.
bottle each Of rum, whiskey and Gin. and
also a second bottle of rum, partly full
The manager Of the hotel, T. Frank
Turner who was in the house al the lime
was arrested, and after a consultation At
the Office Of States Attorney Barber who
made the complaint, the hearing was post.
poned to the 14th, Mr.. Turner furnishing
bail in the sum of $500 for his appearance
a. that time
Officers Hall and Thayer called at the
house of Mr. Adams. They found Mrs.
Adams and Mrs. circuit at home, Adams
being absent in New Hampshire. After
some search the officers found a 10 gallon
keg of whiskey, about half full The Ike,
was concealed in a tank of water. being
entirely submerged. When the officers
fished out the keg Mrs. Adams insisted
that it contained cider, and only two Or
three quarts of that liquid.
A hearing as to the disposition Of tie
liquor was held before Justice T. J. L
Cudworth yesterday forenoon. T. j. Elan.
merry Of Springfield, Mass, through his al.
tOrney, A. F. Schwenk, entered as claim.
ant for the liquor. T. j. Ferriter also en-
tered as claimant as agent for Flannery.
Policeman WOrden was the first witness
He testified to the facts substantially as
here given. He said that the bottles were
under the bar and that near them were
several whlskey glasses; that there were
two or three men in the room drinking
beer, and that there were beer glasses on
the bar; that c. c. Turner was behind the
bar, and that 7. Frank Turner was in the
office, the room adjoining the bar room.
He said that he called T. Frank Turner in
TO the bar room and arrested him.
Policeman Dix was the next witness.
He testified that he saw whiskey glasses on
the bar near the beer glasses. He said the
hotel sign read ct. Frank Turner, proprie-
tor" S. w. Richardson, town liquor agent,
was the next witness. He said that he had
tested the liquor seized and that the con-
tents of two bottles was rum and of a third
was whiskey. The court accepted his testi-
mony without question.
No other testimony was taken, and the
court ordered the liquor destroyed and the
costs taxed against Mr.. Turner. The costs
amounted to Sl6 s., Mr.. Turner appealed
to the county court. At the request Of
Mr.. Schwenk the case of the state against
Mr. Turner for keeping with the intent to
sell was continued to June rs. The OFF,
GERS have been unable to find c. c. Turner
since the night of the raid.
T. j. Ferrter was arrested yesterday
morning by Chief of Police Hall, and al
ter the temporary disposal of the case
/ against Mr.. Turner he was arraigned be-
fore Justice Cudworth on the charge OF
selling liquor on June IA. He pleaded
guilty to three first offences, and the court
imposed a fine of SIS for each offence.
Ferriter then pleaded guilty to the charge
of keeping with the intent to sell, and he
was fined $40. The total fines and costs
amounted to $75.