Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-09-07
sPEAKEAsIEs RAIDED
The Beginning OF The End OF The
Liquor Traffic In Pocahontas


ton and all the proprietors and bal
tenders who failed to take tn,
woods were arrested and brought
to Marlinton and a quantity of la
uor was captured.
This is the result of the pied o.
made by w. A. Bratton when he
received his appointment at the
June tenn Of court to fill the I'm.
expired term, made vacant by the
resignation Of G.. D. McNiel. When
Mr.. Bratton took his oath of Office,
one of his first official acts was to
obtain a list of names of those
holding United States licensee in
Pocahontas county, from W. E.
Glascock, collector Of Internal
Revenue, and the location Of the
building in which the business was
being carried on. 1t was some
thing Of a surprise to him when he
found that the law was being op-
emily violated by eleven individuals
and firms at three different points
in the upper erd of the county
Cass, Dunlevie and Wildell. He
Immediately issued a circular letter
asking Of the citizens where the
speakeasies were located to furnish
him the necessary evidence to pro.
coed with the prosecution. Very
few replies were received, but,
enough, however, to enable him to
get The desired information. Act
ing upon this information he had
his plan about consummated for a
raid Sunday night or Monday
morning of this week but circum-
stances happened in the meantime
which somewhat disarranged his
plans.
Friday affidavit was made before
?. T.Ward, notary public at Dun.
levie, that liquor was being sold
openly in certain house in town
and the affidavit was sent to Mr..
Bratton as complaint upon which
he could swear out a warrant. This
got to the ears Of the proprietors
of the speakeasies there and when
the officers arrived on the scene
they found the houses closed and
most of the liquor carried away.
Had the affidavit not been made,
MIR. Bratton's plans would, mo doubt
haye been carried out; without the
speakeasY people getting word Of
the intended raid, the whole outfit
would haye been captured.
Warrants were issued for Grant
Halterman, Dunlevie, in two cases
In both he was bound eyer to az
pear before the grand jury in the
sum of $500 each, with CIV. Slav.
en- and H. s. Rucker sureties.
James Benson, Dun l,vie, bound
over in the sum of $500 with J.W.
Carpenter and E. H. Ayers sureties
Il. Ii. Ayres. Cass, $500 bond, j.
E Ayers and Fl. S. Rucker sureties
Also charged with running gaming
table.
"Mirt," alias John Doe, Cass,
charged with selling for E HAyres
went to Jail in default Of bond.
Mirt had been at Cass month or
more tending bar, but nobody knew
his name.
W. NJ. Dean was arrested at Dun.
Ievie for oeiug a liquor dealer. Dean
according to his own statement,
has been at Dunleyie writing in.
Others say he is a pro.
fessional gambler. No evidence
was found against him and he was
discharged. Records from the Of
nee Of the Collector Of Internal
Revenue show that United States
.etail liquor license was granted to
". M. Dean, A. G. Willoughby and
Frank McGinnis. License No.
-99,255 on Lot II, Dunlevie. Dean
made affidavit that he knew moth.
ng Of any such license and that it
vas taken out without his know
edge or consent. McGlnnis and
Villoughby had left the county or
Gould not be found.
Gus "a Swede, who was
harged with selling for Halter
nan, made his escape from Chas.
Mccoy, a constable, at Durbin, by
'reaking out of a building in which
le was locked.
All these cases were tried before
Squire Geo. r. Richardson, at Mar
inton. 1t might be we'll to explain
hat the only thing Mr.. Richard.
on could do was to hold them for
heir appearance before the grand
ury and put them under bond not !
o sell anymore liquor until after |
curt. Mr.. Bratton has gotten out
njuuctions to prohibit the sale of I
ny more liquor in the buildings G
n question. g
Search warrants were sworn out 9
or buildings at Cass and Dunlevie !
tuesday, and that night several :
at the two places were :
parched and an immense quntity .
I liquor was found. So cases of b
'hiskey and wine were found in
he Burner building at Cass alone
y Pat Simmons and more was
ound BY Paris Yeager in another t
the next day. Wednes- t
ay morning Simmons went on up