The Iola register., 1901-08-16
W. c. 7. U. COLUMN.
WHERE pRoH1n1r1oN poEs pnon1p1r

WHERE PROHIBITION DOES PROHIBIT.
Portland, Me-, July lS.-Some of
rum hides" discovered bv Sheriff
Pearson's deputies are the most in
genious contrlvances imaginable, while
others are in such filthy places that "a
full description would be too revolt
ing to print.
AT John Sullivan's place on Com
merclal street an "elln was erected
Tor the express purpose of concealing
Il hide. The end of the ell projected
over the slanting roof of the main
building in the usual manner. Under
meath the roof of the ell, in the slant
ing roof of the main building, the
hide was built. An iron box was let
into the roof and carefully boarded
and shngled over. 1t was opened by
means OF concealed spring and
could only be reached by crawling be-
tween the two roofs. 10 make sure
that it should not be discovered, it
was built in the night. 1t has never
been used, however, as the sheritfs
found it before any liquor was stored
in it.
Later Mr.. Sullivan built a wall
thirty feet high about his yard, dug a
hole in the ground and hid some bot
ties OF liquor in it. Then he trained
a dog to scratch the ground over after
each time that liquor was removed.
He also rugged bolts on the door in
the yard so that the sheriffs could not
get in. The sheriffs carried of sew
eral bolts at their different visits and
then he put the bolts on the otheride
OF the door. At the next visit OF the
sherlus, the bar tender realized that
he had made mistake, for he had
bolted himself in and the sheriifs got
both him and the whisky.
When the statement is made that as
much liquor is sold in Portland as in
Il license city of the same size. il is
safe to say that the person is either
deliberate liar or utterly ignorant of
the conditions. 1t is true that there is
some liquor sold in Portland. Oc-
casionally dealer will get u half
barrel of ale "hOrsed upn i'm a blind
alley, or a vacant tenement or maybe
in u dwelling house. The regular
customers, who have previously been
notified of the time and place which
is seldom thessame) j. arrive: spies are
posted near the sheriif's office to
watches are posted on the various
streets leading to the place: and if
everything is reported all right by
their system of signals, the sale be-
gins. a quarter of barrel of ale
can be run of in this way in about a
half hour. But the chances are that
the sheriifs will get it before the en-
piration of the half hour. This has
been the result in large number of
cases. a few of the druggists prob
ably sell, trusting TO the fact that they
are allowed to keep sufficient quanti-
ties on hand to mix medicines, to in
sure them against conviction, if ar
rested. Their favorite plans are to
have safe hide and keep small
quantities in their prescription bot
ties on the shelves, marked with the
names of various drugs used in COM
pounding medicines. But their hides
have been discovered in number of
cases and the above mentioned bot
ties are safe in the ''rum room.n
The various express companies aid
their liquor dealing patrons as much
as possible by keeping liquors in the
express offices until such a time as
they can be safely taken away, or else
delivering them at such times as they
think that they are safe from the OBJ
servation of the sheriffs. As liquors
cannot be seized while in possession
of the express companies, this is now
the popular way of receiving contra
band supplies. Yesterday driver
for Callahan's express tried to de-
liver number of packages to the
would-be dealers, but did not succeed.
Deputies Stackpole and Leach fol-
lowed him for two hours over the
city, and he was at last obliged 10 re-
turn to the office without delivering a
package. The New Voice.
If the prohibition law can be en-
forced in Maine as the above says it
is, it can be enforced in lola, unless
the officers refuse to do their duty, as
they swOre to do.
EFFA HELFRICH, Press Supt