Cañon City record., 1906-03-29

He ordered the barrel to be loaded
on the dray. In lifting Alderman Ar
thur severely sprained his back.
The work at the Labor Club being
about completed attention was directed
to the Jockey Club. The marshal called
Aldermen Henley, Hyssong and Okey
and deputized Record hand" who
had "butted in to assist in the labors
of the day.
Mr.. NJ. T. McCunniff, the president
of the Jockey Club, was encountered
on the street and placed under arrest.
He walked up to the door of the club
with the officers. but there he balked.
When asked for his key-he had it not.
He told the officers that they might
gain entrance only by their own de-
vices. This was easy. Marshal Hous-
ton tapped his cane on the window
light of the rear door of this palace
of sin and that answered as an open
sesame" for the glass broke and the
lock was easily turned. Here a rep
resentative of another Canon paper
came in quest of news, for he smelled
Scoop: his paper had not yet gone
to press. He, too, was deputized as
as officer and smelled something else
beside a scoop" while the marshal
and councilmen went to dinner.
1t was the intention of the council
that the contraband should be stored
in the city hall, but when the stuff
from the Labor Club had been taken
in 1t was found that the room was
not big enough, neither was the floor
strong enough to hold the immense
weight During the noon hour the
council leased the large store room at
416 Main street and all of the liquors
are now there stored.
Friday morning Joe Walton and ].
d. Lloyd from the Labor Club, and NJ.
T. McCunniff and Albert Shoesmith
Police Magistrate Rogers court, and,
after hearing evidence as to sales of
liquor in the clubs. each pair was
fined $500 by the magistrate.
While the officers were packing up
the bottles at the Jockey Club Alder
man Henley remarked that in or
der to treat all alike they should
also raid the Elks' Club. Nc
Cunniff said that the officers were
afraid to raid the Elks and offered Mr..
Henley and Mr.. Okey a wager that
they had not the courage to make the
attempt. AS either of the gentlemen
had any evidence in the matter they
declined the wager Mr. McCunniff
said that he had offered to furnish the
city attorney evidence that the club
was doing the same kind of business
he was doing, but his offer of help in
enforcing the prohibitory law had been
spurned.
Agent Garrett of the Santa Fe pre-
sented bill of $3.50 for freight on
liquors delivered to the Labor Club a
few minutes before the raid. He in
terviewed a number of the councilmen
and urged that as they had taken pos
session of the freight they should pay
the freight bill Mr.. Walton turned
the bill down, because he could not
go to his place of business, and was
sure that the goods were not there
any way. The councilmen decided that
they did not have jurisdiction of the
account and the big railroad company
is therefore out the price of two bar
rels of liquor hauled from Denver to
Canon City.
A chuc-a-luck game and layout was
found in the upstairs of the Jockey
Club, The officers supposed 1t was
contraband, but word was sent to the
city attorney, and he decided that he
was not now trying to enforce the
gambling ordinance, which was very
defective The matter of the gambling
game should be taken up at some sub
seQuent period.
The seized liquors were all invoiced
and checked into the city store room.
OF course. their value is not known.
Both Mr.. Lloyd and Mr.. McCunniff re-
fused to give any information as to
the price of the stuff