Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-03
LIQUOR SEIZED
In Portland By Sheriff Pen
nell and Deputies.
-Four Drug Stores Yield Good
Amount Of Hard Stuff.
Books are Also Taken 10 Held In the
Way Of Evidence.

Portland. Me. July 2.-Sherif PEN
nell aided by his six Portland liquor
deputies and four deputies from the
country made four sensational raids
on dug stores. last night, seizing
liquors AMI books and throwing into
CONSERVATION druggists who have been
violating the law notwithstanding the
sherin'S dictates. In one of the raids,
that Of John ID. keefe. opposite the
Falmouth Hotel. the sheriff led in per-
son, securing the books from which he
says he expects to obtain evidence of
Importance. In the other raids books
were obtained with the exception of the
Lafayette Hotel Pharmacy. Only a
small quantity Of liquors was taken at
each drug store and these We're found
III =h.:- bot r.. :. ,.,IE marked.
IRE deputies tttIni; part in the raids
vera. Emery. Djnsley. Clifford. Flick
EFT. Fo.ey and Upton of the special
liquor force and Harmon of West
brook Blake of New Gloucester,
Leonard of Brunswick and Hall of
Windham. Deputy Upton. who has
been on Il vacation of several weeks
returned, Saturday morning. and the
out of town deputies were summoned
to Portland late in the afternoon. The
raids came as complete surprise and
even the deputies did not know what
was to happen until late in the after
noon when the warrants were handed
to them by the sheriff. All night long
Sheriff Pencil remained in the rum
room taking personal charge of the
work.
Seizures We're made ut the Lafayctt"
Pharmacy. under the Lafayette Hotel.
where several shelf bottles containing
whiskey were found at the head Of the
stairs in the rear room. Michael j.
Bowen. a clerk, was arrested and later
gave bail before Commissioner Kehoc.
At John ID. Keefe's several shelf bot
ties Of liquor were obtained and John
ID. Keefe was ordered to appear in
court. Monday morning.
The deputies searched John H. Ham,
mond's place for three hours and found
several bottles Of port and sherry wine.
Hammond was ordered to appear in
court. Monday.
At Thomas F. Carey's store on Con-
cress street. one longnecker and Il
small quantity of liquor was found af-
ter search. Carey ;nd his clerk.
Frani> J. Gallagher were arrested and
gave bail before William II. CULVER.
Early in the afternoon a seizure was
made at I'D Fore street and Annie Gro
min was arrested. A jug Of Whiskey and
several quarts and pints of whiskey
we're found in an ingenious hide. The
hide was discovered by Deputy Upton
who in passing through door. struck
his foot against a sill sprnging the
catch and disclosing the hide.
Peter F.. Mcdonald and William Dav-
idsOn. who figured, Friday. in a sensa-
tional seizure from a wagon on Sum-
mer street. they attempting to drive off
after Deputy Sheriff Pickett caught
hold of the bride. were. Saturday. SEN
fenced to Jail. The charge against Dav-
idson's wife was continued until Mon
day.
Sheriff Pencil SORTED on. again
shortly after 1 o'clock. this morning.
at the head of a posse of eight deputies
and landed at the Revere House. for
merly Swett's Hotel. where eight men
were found gambling Six girls were
found i'm compromising posit,o..s !,
various parts of the house and all were
arrested Tie mon were also paced I'M
der arrest but secured nGil. In addition
to the females, the posse carried back
to the station quantity of liquors of
yariOrIS kinds