Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-02-03
SHERIFF WEIGH HAS LARGE
QUANTITY OF BEER IN
STORAGE.
COURT ROOM USED As WARE.
HOUSE FOR BEER SEIZED
IN RAID.
Application Will Probably be Made for
Release Of Beer This Week-No
Further Developments From the
Raid Made on Saturday Night.

Sheriff WEIGH is custodian of one
of the largest quantities of liquor ever
seized in the state. In the court room
Of the district court there are piled
up 1873 cases of the stuff that made
Milwaukee famous, and the court room
looks like the storage room of a brew
ing oncern Fires are being kept in the
room, which is not being used for court
purposes at the present time. in order
that the confiscated beer may not
freeze. And passing pedestrians. cog
infant of the drought that prevails in
the capital city. cast longing eyes at
the storage department of the author
tiles, and wonder whether a pipe line
might be contracted for from the
ource of supply.
The confiscated stuff has to be kept
by the sheriff awaiting further orders
of Judge Winchester of the district
court. who issued the warrant for its
seizure. 1t was 3 o'clock Sunday
morning before the officers finished
their work of loading the stuff and
carting it of.
No further action was taken in the
matter yesterday. aside from the
agreement reached between States At
torney Register and tho attorneys for
Mr.. Patterson, proprietor of The North
west, A. T. Patterson and ]. G. Ham
ilton for the release of the hotel prop
erty locked up in the basement room
which was closed by injunction. This
property is used for the ordinary pur-
poses Of the hotel, and was released
that it might be used. 1t is likely,
however. that a motion will be made
today or early in the week, for the re-
lease of the premises closed and Of the
liquor seized at the 500, on the ground
that the complaints in the action were
defective and the seizure made with
out warrant of law. Major J.. G.. Ham
iltOn a been retained to assist At
torney A. T. Patterson in the EAST for
Mr.. Patterson.
The seizure of so large a quantity of
beer by the officers of the law and con-
signed to an eastern company, it is
believed by some resubmissionists in
the city, will result in the breweries
taking a more active interest in the
resubmission Of the prohibition law.
Heretofore. and the complaint has
been general among local advocates of
or,,1~1s-s~ ~. A.
breweries and liquor men have taken
little interest in any move to resubmit
the law, and have furnished little ma
terial or moral support. This is prob
ably because of the fact that they were
permitted to ship liquor into the state
unmolested. and sold nearly. if not
quite as much. as they would if there
We're no prohibition law. in addition
to doing a largely cash business. If
the case that originated in this CITY
by the Selling of several hundred cases
of beer belonging to the Val Blatz
company hold. the breweries will have
TO fight shy Of large shipments, for
officers will merely have to locate the
beer and seize and destroy it. This
would be improbable for the brew.
cries and would result in no shipments
ME at the risk of the cOnsignee
It will be seen. therefore. that under
such circumstances. the liquor inter
ests would have greater reason to on
pose the continuation OF the prohibi
ton law than they have now. Thu
prohibition law of North Dakota is
very comprehensive, covering almost
all possible phases OF the sale or Civ
ing away of liquor. Common carriers
are prohibited for receiving it for de
livery in the state under penalty.