Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-02
Centerville Women 60 After
Dives and Get Them.
LEAVE DESOLATE TRACK
Destroy Bottles, Mirrors and Windows
This Morning-Little Band of Wc.
men, Headed by Man Embark on
Crusade - Cause Great Excitement.

Centerville, March 20.-(Special.)- D
A number of women of this place
headed by John Daley, raided three
Joints" here this morning, smashing
two of them, attempted to wreck an
other and warned two druggists to de-
Isist from selling liquors. The town is
in a fever of excitement. The women
also made an attempt to march upon
other druggists but were stopped by
the police. No arrests have been
made and it is said none will be.
Happened This Morning.
Shortly before 8 o'clock this morn
ing Mesdames Wininger, Adams, Ste
Ivenson, Charles Bryant, Elizabeth
Charlton, John Daley and Mcdaniel,
all of this place, gathered at the home
Iof Mrs. Salter. south of the square.
Headed by John Daley, prominent
druggist of this city. they left the
house and proceeded to the south part
of town where there has been much
drunkenness for the past week. The
little band of crusaders first struck
the '.joint" of D. Johnson Entering
the place they began their work.
cts, clubs and anything else that hap
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thru the place looked like a cyclone.
The keeper of the place fed at their
approach as did the other occupants
up py smashing the plate glass win
dow at the front.
Force Too Large.
1t seems the party was not thru yet
They repaired to the H. & H. drug
store. also situated in the south part
of town, and to the Scandinavian drug
store, close by, and told the proprie
tors that they had reason to think IL
ouor was being sold in the places.
They delivered an ultimatum to the
effect that the proprietors cease the
traffic, and after eXacting a promise
from them that they would comply
with the mandate, departed, march
ing upon the joint of "Slippy" Holden.
Holden met the approaching army
with larger force and prepared for
battle. The crusaders reconnoitered
and saw the lay of the land, the dis
position of "Slippy's" forces, and con-
cluded that discretion was the better
part of valor and departed, marching
lin the direction of the business part Of
town, where they intended smashing
the other drug stores. Here they were
met by the police and the druggists,
hustled off the place and told to go
home. The band departed satisfied
with what they had accomplished, and
the first real temperance crusade Cen
terville had ever witnessed was at an
END.
Gutted Second Place.
BY this time their desire for other
fields to conquer had reached a keen
edge and they formed in column and
repaired in hurry to the "joint' nj
legged to be kept by Buck Roberts
where they repeated their perform-
ance, completely cutting the place,
smashing mirrors, bottles and glasses.
Met Defeat.
Continuing on their course the next
place they struck was that kept by
Blachey Kinder. Kinder saw them
coming and barred the doors. He
made desperate effort to carry off mis-
liquor by the back door, but the cru
saders saw the move and foiled it. See
ing no way out of the difficulty Kinder
deliberately took hatchet and broke
in the heads of the beer kegs and
whiskey barrels and let the stuff run
out on the floor. The followers of
Mrs. Nation. when they saw what Kin
der had done, left him with warning
to cease for all time selling liquors.
but it is not learned whether or not
he promised.