The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-05
STIR UP TROUBLE.
Emporia Officers Raid the
Eagles Lodge Rooms.
Secure a Large Refrigerator and
500 Bottles of Beer.
PRED OPEN LOCKERS
Names of Many of the First
Families ON the Roll.
The Pool and Card Tables Were
Not Taken Away.

Emporia, Kan. Aug. 5.-The Ga
zette says:
The Eagle lodge hall was raided by
the police Saturday afternoon at 8
O'Clock, and about 500 bottles of beer
and a large refrigerator were seized
ana hauled to the city building. The
RAD was conducted by Marshal Tom
francis. who swore out a search and
pEeizure warrant before Police Judge
1arker Saturday afternoon. Marshal
francis. with Officers Worster and
1rAnstead and Mayor Glotfelter, drove
20 the Eagle hall and while Officer
Worster remained in the back of the
he me rest OF the party entered
ny way OF the front stairway. The
uoor at the foot Of the stairs is kept
locked but with a little persuasion it
opened to the searching party.
IN the northeast room of the suite
occupied by the Eagles, the officers
FOUND X L. Bradley. the colored por-
ter or the hall. and one man. who
says ne isn't a member of the lodge,
I Ijsb T ht asked the Gazette not to pub
tlsh MS name. Out OF consideration
Ior his family the Gazette did this.
On the table were several beer bottles
ana glasses which bore traces of fresh
sues SUES FROM the appearance of the
table, evidently the man had had
company, who had made their exit by
way of the back door. The officers i'm
mediately began searching the place
room
handsome walnut refrigerator similar
10 Ice boxes used in we'll regulated sa-
rooms. Ihis was opened and in it were
round about $50 bottles of various
orahds or beer. in addition to several
cakes of ice. The ice was thrown out
ana the beer loaded into some empty
barrels which were found on the back
stairway. The refrigerator was about
zen rect long and copper lined
throughout. 1t took six men to carry
1t down the stairs to the wagon. The
peer taken from the ice box filled two
barrels and two other barrels were
found hlled with empties. These were
all loaded into the dray.
On the north side of the room was
found row of small lockers about
the height of long one,' and about
eighteen inches wide. The lockers
were arranged in five rows, with eight
In each row. and each bore number
and some letters in chalk. Each had
a lock and some were open, with the
keys in the keyholes. On the inner
side OF the doors to some of the open
lockers were the names of well known
Emporia men written in chalk. None
of the open lockers contained anything
and the officers were about to leave
the building, when one of the search
ing party felt some bottles in one of
the closed lockers by sticking his
fingers through crack at the back of
one of tn ose left open. Several keys
which had been noticed in the ice box
these number of the pigeon-holes
were opened. In each was found a
fine line of beer. After a while, to
hurry matters. those which had not
been opened with the keys were pried
open. In each section was found from
fifteen to twenty-five bottles of beer,
and on the inner side Of nearly every
door was the name of a man printed
In chalk. Many of the names can be
seen on windows and signs on the
stores and offices along Commercial
street. When the doors had all been
opened. it was found that the secret
significance. The two top rows had
the Letter S on each door, and these
lockers were found to contain Schlitz
beer. The third row was marked P,
and the beer in this row was Pabst;
the fourth was D. B., which stood for
Dick Brothers. and the last was B.,
which meant Blatz- Most of the bot
ties were quarts, though a few were
found in the lockers.
The officers read the names Of each
locker and the stock on hand to
Mayor Glotfelter. who kept an inven-
els and his helpers loaded them into
barrels and hauled them to the city
building.
During the proceedings several per-
sons with wistful looks strolled into
the rooms and looked on. One man
offered the information that the goods
in the lockers was individual property,
and that when man wanted a drink
he took some OF the bottles out of his
lockers and gave them to the porter
to cool.
In the room where the liquor. was
found were two pool tables, several
card tables and a small gas. range. On
a table nearby was a glass of mustard
and a pile of raw mbergers.- The
other rooms are dining room and the |
reception room facing Merchant street.
and the lodge room in the southeast
part of the building The business
room had wooden doors with the Gus
tomary lodge-speak-easy in them
while the other rooms have glass doors
with signs painted on them telling