Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-10-23
POLICE NEWS.
A House Raided in Randolp lph-Work
of the eputies-Other Items.

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| ill-fame, at the corner of Windsor
street and Jewett's Lane, in Randolph.
| The raid was made upon IL warrant
| to search for liquor, taken out by Ofii-
Ger ConnOr of that town. He was as
sisted by Constable Tasker of RdlI-
Golph, and Marshall Andrews and OIL
Ger Locke of this city.
| The house is supposed to be conduct
Cd by Charles Guney and May Crosby,
ana the suspicion of the police has
been turned upon it for Il long time.
| AS early in the evening ;!s was deem
ed advisable. the officers visited the
mouse, ana wasted no time i'll introduce
ing themselves Constable Tasker ana
officer Locke guarded the doors, while
officer Conner ANA Marshal Andrews
investigated things inside. Gurney met
! the officers who entered the house and
| showed q disposition to fight. He was
| soon convinced that ne would
not win in Il contest of physical force.
officer Comor inspected the upper
rooms. while Marshal Andrews attend
ed to affairs i'll the lower part of the
| house.
! Nav Crosby was found in bed. She
| declared she WAS too sick for removal,
!
tn support her statement she was not
taken from the house. Men ANA wom-
cn We're found in several rooms, ana
| everywhere was there evidence that
! liquor had flowed freely. Nearly i'll tho
inm;ttes We're i'll some degree Of into,i-
cation. Few Of them gave much
| trouble.
The greatest difficulty was expert
| cncr with Mrs. Joseph Brown, who is
better known by her maiden name,
| Sidclinger. She refused to put ON her
| clothes, and caused much delay, until
at last the officers said they would take
| h"r to the station naked. She seemed
| to fear catching cold, and hustled into
! her garments. Then the procession
: started for the police station in G;ardi-
! ner. The trip across the bridge was
| made just the people We're returning
! from the theatre. ON the way. some Of
/ th,. female prisoners devoted consider
able energy ana 4 most vile vocabulary
to expressing their opinions Of the OIL
| GERS
Mrs. Brown seemed most accomplish
ca iii NuI@arity. She moderated her
/ manners, however. when the station
| WAS reached, ana after finding 4 pack
/ axe Of cigr"ctts became somewhat con
tidtntial. Sh- told the marshal that
HAD the raid been made Il few minutes
later the list of prisoners would have
been greater, for Il number of pcrs''nS
who frcqucnted the house had attended
the theatre or gone to other places of
amusement and would have soon been
| back. She also said that had the Uti-
GERS appeared on the previous evening
| they would have had Il hot reception
for rs many Ls fifteen We're III the
house, an We're drunk. ana before the
party broke up there was u free-fur-lll
fight. ON this occasion number Of
the visitors came in IL hack from an
up-river town. The officers, however
were Well satisfied with their work, ana
50 arc the respectable citizens of Ram
doIph.
Officer Conner and Constable Taskor
Were praised heartily, yesterday, by the
Randolph people. The prominent men
Of the town are behind the movement
that has been started tn rid the place
Of the objcctiOmdl features that
exist there. and thcy are naturally well
pleased With the progress which is be-
ing made. The tirSt step in this move
ment was the organization of 4 board
Of trade. This was soon followed by
the appointment Of +. Il. Comnor us i
special officer. For the time Of his ap-
pointment, Officer Connnr has showed ID
disposition to do All that Was expect
"a Of him, ANA hc is rcapimg Il rich re-
ward Of gratitude from the people.
Officer Connur has i reputation for be
ing Il fearless man of good Judgment
There are several more houses Of no
4. better character than the one that WAS
raided, Saturday evening, and they
will receive the attention of the police
nj an early date. unless those who con-
duct the places interpret we'll the hand
writing ON the wall ana close their es-
tdblisi mcnts.
Will" the police were giving attcn-
ton tu houses Of ill-fame, Deputy En-
forrcment commissioners Clifford, Pare
| TibbcttS ana Page We're on the trail for
liquor. The greater part Of their time
was given to searching The apartments
occupied by ole NJ. johnson. over the
store recently occupied by the Harmon
Produce 90, but without avail. They
We're in the place about an hour ANA
thirty minutes, ANA every conceivable
place Where liquor could be concealed
was Inspected.
Marshal Andrews and Night Officers
Cusick and Sprague searched the
express truck at the arrival of the
night trains, but found no contraband
goods. OF the two packages which were
seized. Saturday morning, by Deputy
Clifford and officer Locke. one was
claimed by VIII r. Wingatc, who CON
WINGED the judge that the liquor was
for legitimate use. The other parkIcc
was libelled.
since Judge Iarrahcc has issued the
order to the effect that I'LL express
packages. containing liquor, are to be
seized, regardless to whom they arc
consigned this thorough method of DO
ing business has caused more or less
comment. 1t has been customary to
pass over goods consigned to people
who, the police We're positive, wanted
the goods for Legitimate purposes. Be
cause of this, many rumscllcrs have
used tie names of highly reSpectabIn