The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-02-21
MONSON.

Business is rushing at the Ellis
mill, and working schedule of 70
hours per week is in force
VIC Moulton of North Main street
has bought saw mill, which will
be erected near his grist mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Hughes wer'
called to Westboro last week by tn
death of Mrs. Hughes brother, D,
VIM. Murphy.
Chism' 8 saw mill is operating
the Herlihy place, the lumber havir
been purchased by M. W. Leonard an
Sands Brothers.
The report of the raid at the Mon
son house in the Union is inaccurate.
There were but 13 bottles of beer
seized, and no men were found at a
bar drinking.
A petition has been circulated
among the business men and citizens
of the town asking the selectmen to
have a police officer on duty on Main
street from 6. 80 until IL O'Clock in
the evening.
Mrs. Margaret Donovan, rs, died at
her home Friday morning, after an
illness of about seven weeks of a
bronchial trouble. Mrs Donovan has
resided in Monson for years and was
we'll known and respected. She leaves
one son, E. P Donovan, hook keeper
for Rogers & Co. The funeral was
held from St Patrick's church Sun
day afternoon at O'Clock, and the
the burial was in Palmer.
ST. Patrick s fair closed Wednesday
evening. The total receipts we're
$25OO, from the following sources
Prize table, $685.; young women IS
table, $432; choir table. $4O6; sales
table, 1904; refreshments, $3.50;
door receipts. $4G3. Rev. Thomas
O'Keefe at the close of the fair thank
ed the people for their patronage,
which has been much greater than
expected. The total attendance has
been over 5000 The net receipts
will be about $25OO, about $500 more
than was made by the fair of four
years ago.
The distrust of Palmer officers and
authorities which was shown in the
Monson raids Wednesday night has
occasioned much comment. The
search warrants were issued by Judge
Mcfarland of Wales, and the Palmer
officers who were employed to help in
the service of them we're not told of
their existence. They we're asked to
go to Springfield without any further
information being given. Upon their
arrival there they we're taken into
carriages and driven to Monson. All
of the officers who we're employed
have given such service before, and
none of them have ever been accused
of violating any confidence reposed in
them. The officers have not much to
say about the matter, but their friends
have no reason for refusing to express
their opinions, and make no scruple
in doing so. The notices issued upon
the return of the search warrants are
made returnable March s.
The following account of the raid
Wednesday evening is from the Spring
field Union:-
Monson, Feb. 1.-two wagon
loads of liquor of varying degrees of
hardness was the net result of a care
fully prepared raid on three Monson
hostelries tonight, the places visited
being the Monson House, William
Foley proprietor; the Gilmore hotel,
Edward Hughes proprietor, and the
Century hotel, operated by A. J. Kim
ball. The affair was a complete sur
prise, a simultaneous descent being
made on all three hotels by three par
ties, comprising Palmer deputy sher-
ifs and officers and detectives from
Springfield and Three Rivers. The
raid was highly successful, in that
liquor was seized in all three hotels
The raid was instigated by the town
prosecuting committee, comprising A.
M. Walker and @. @ Keep. There
is no license in Monson, but that liq-
uor was being almost openly sold in
part or all of the places visited to-
night was matter of common knowl-
edge. In the Monson house two or
three men were found drinking when
the officers dropped in about 9 80
O'Clock. The descent was planned
with the greatest secrecy, and the
members of the raiding party we're all
called to Springfield early last even
ing, the destination of the party be-
ing withheld until the start had been
made. In three teams the party
drove to Monson. The raiders in.
cluded Deputy Sheriffs Fl A. North
rup and George A. Bills of Palmer.
Irving L. johnson of Springfield, Q
detective, and four men, who were
under his direction, Jacob Diegel and
Lewis W. Towne, guards at the Hamp
den county Jail, and Police Officer
James j. Manning of Three Rivers
Reaching Monson, the party divided
one team and its occupants driving
directly to each hotel, thus avoiding