The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-02
FIVE ARRESTS MADE
Pure Food Officials Round Up "FaIse"
Butter Factory Force.
A QUANTITY OF GOODS slEzEO
Raid On "oleo" Plant in Detroit Re.
suits SuccessfulIy-Trap Is Sprung
cIeverly-officers Experience Lively
Time Searching Building.

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Detroit, Mich, Feb. 26.-Revenue
] Agent w. II. Bowen is in happy
frame of mind over the work accom-
| plished by himself and assistants in
l running down Saturday. those accused
| of completely in the oleomargarine
| frauds The arrest OF AIonzo l.. Hart,
! the white Front butter dealer, 16S
| Michigan avenue, who was suspected
| of selling colored oleomargarine for
cremery butter, was a source of much
satisfaction to Bowen. He was unlim-
tied in his praise of the good work ac-
coInplished by his men.
Today Harris commission house is
| in charge of United states o1ncers, and
| Mr.. Hart, his father, George l.. Hart,
OF $50 Trumbull avenue, and three en-
ployes of the Michigan avenue store,
can, if they will, tell how 1t seems
to be in the clutches of Uncle Sam"
The Officers.
| United States Marshal Cash p. Tay-
| lor, Harvey H. Slusser, general dep
uty collector of the internal revenue
service; Col. G. r. Stormont, special
| revenue agent of the department of
| Cincinnati; Special gent L. T. Nc
| Clure, and John Mum, of the food
and dairy department, were assigned
to pay an official visit 10 the COM
| mission house. They were armed
| with search warrants for the store,
the apartment Immediately above, and
| or ,.f,,np nc al 10
side.
1t was arranged that at the same
| time Col. Bowen, internal revenue col
lector for Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and
| Kentucky; Gilman N. Dane, state food
inspector, and United States Marshal
Towne should go to the residence
| of George l., Hart and take him into
! custody.
The officers entered the white
| Front" shortly after one O'Clock Sat-
| urday, and found AlonZo l.. Hart sell
| ing his goods as usual He was shown
the warrant for his arrest, and invited
to accompany Deputy United States
Marshal Taylor.
To this Hart offered no objections.
The store was Immediately taken pos
session of by the officers and closed to
the public. Mr.. Slusser led the way to
the backstairs and up them 10 the liv-
ing apartments occupied by Mr.. Hart
and his family.
The officers were refused admission
to one room; nurse saying Mrs. Hart
was i'll in the room, and that to dis
turb her would be liable 10 result SER
iously to her health.
1t was apparently blind. The Off
GERS thought so, and after invading the
room, demonstrated it to be a truth
by discovering hid therein several
large tubs of colored oleomargarine.
Search through the Hart apartments
failed to reveal anything further. The
officers then raped on a door OF an
adjoining apartment, and were sur
prised to find they were refused en-
trance A male voice declared they
could not come in, and scurrying Of
feet indicated that reinforcementS
were coming to aid In holding the door.
The door was broken in. Three young
men, clothed only in nightshirts, con-
fronted the officers. They were sus-
pected of working in Harris butter fac
tory at night and sleeping day times.
They gave the names Of William and
George Earns and Arthur Jewell, and
admitted they were In the employ Of
Hart, but declared they had slept late
owing to having been out to a dance
the night before. All were arrested.
Further search of these premises re-
vealed more of the doped oleomar-
garine, as we'll as materials used in its
manufacture.
The goods found In Harris place
were confiscated.
While these arrests and finds wero
going on at the Michigan avenue store,
Inspector Dane and mis- helpers went
to the residence of the elder Hart, at
$50 Trumbull avenue. They found
him In the act of Harvesting his horse,
preparatory to drive. He was taken
directly to the police station. Nothing
suspicious was found at the house.
The five men under arrest ultimate.
ly reached the federal building and
were arraigned before United States
1 COHIulSSlOutT OttlIlo l|dNlSOu. AlOuZO
L. Hart Is charged with manufacture
ing oleomargarine without paying the
special tax and removing a large guam
tity Of the same without the payment
of the said tax. The charge made
against George l.. Hart Is that he as
sisted in the same business. William
and George Earns and Arthur Jew
: ell are held on similar charges.
All the defendants succeeded IL.
securing bail, which ranged from ST.
, 900 to $4,000.
"This is one of the most important
'oleo' captures ever know or" said
1 Col Bowen. while larger quantities
! NJ Illicit stuff have been taken away,
this Is the first time we ever found the
. manufacturing plant. / think the evil
dence secured spells some serious pen
alties. The prescribed punishment, Ia
not more than three years imprison