Evening journal., 1907-10-01

july. .. Seizure at stable at rear
of Hill street
July H. Deputy Parker found
something doing at Isaac Petrins
place on Main street and was warned
by the journal not TO be butting in
ON the rum business of this city
! Deputy Parker has since kept out OF
Biddeford
July H. George Belouin's. 81 Main.
Same date. Mettayer's place WASH
Iington street
Same date. olderic Beaudoins. 90
Smith
Same date. Pierre Naulrs. "a smith
Same date. Zotique Petrin's new
J place near Main street bridge.
Same date. Hin street house near
circus grounds. /
sept Napoleon Bergeron's place.
| Persons lane.
Sept ~ Onilette's place u Main.
same date. Michel Berrier's place,
l17 Main
same date Joseph Blnnette's place (
ll5 Main
] Three raids were made upon men |
iwho We're doing business at the Pines /
Ten druggists were raided and since l
then Mundy's place at Smiths corner. |
Report is that six other druggists. !
mot then raided, are among those in |
ldicted, also several express companies |
ln taking out warrants for an these |
lraids the officers themselves had to
lswear that they believed liquors were
kept for Illegal purposes at these
places Keep that i'm mind
This lis not ancient history. IL is
tho record of raids during the eight
months that County Attorney Hobbs
has been ia Office
There are reported indictments
against men not included i'm this list
There are men included i'm this list
who have probably not been indicted
q There are places which are by general
reputation rum shops which are not
included in this record of raids and
have probably escaped indictments
This list contains fow of the many
tenement house joints and kitchen
barrooms.
But consider only the places given
by name and number which the
officers took out warrants against
between january 8 and the raids upon
the druggists eight months later.
Here are 5S places. independent of
drug stores and express companies.
located at every point i'm the city.
from Hilfs Beach to the Eastern
railroad, from upper Hill street to
10 IGmlLn corner.
If it is true that sixteen drug stores
u have been indicted, and capiases have
been served on az least three others
J who do not appear i'm the list. while
five express companies are said to have
been indicted then the total number of
places and persons engaged i'm the
y Illegal sale Of liquor. according to the
y sworn statements Of the officers is g.
4. u And these are not all. according TO
IAN indication and testimony.
on May 26 Rev p. L. Dupont
81 speaking from the altar on local
liquor conditions, said.
There are more open saloons and
u kitchen barrooms i'm the city of Bidde-
ford than at any time in the city's
y History and / know what I am talking
y lah0utr
T. Within "a few days the Biddeford
y lJournal has declared editorially that
Biddeford is as clean a. any city in
r. Maine i'm respect to liquor conditions
= and that those who have stated to the
contrary have been slandering ,the
e good name of the city. H{f
J. The last issue of La Justice deeIares
y that anybody who SAYS that the rum
e business fiourishes in Biddeford is
e lbmfns
y But the officers take out warrants.
: lmaking oath to violations of the law
y against As different places and the
+ grand jury finds cause to indict a
Z dozen other places.
u BY sworn statements of officials and
- the findings of the grand jury. there
y is i'm this city one place for every go
y Inhabitants, men, women and chill iren.
e (which is and has been for the past
I eight months. violating tile law
j against liquor selling.
e Well informed men would set the
number TO at least 100. with all the
q tenement and back alley dives
Is Biddeford "honeycombed" with
~ lrumshops?
= We call to prove that il is Sheriff
'e Athorne and his deputies and the
county attorney
As against this official, sworn proof
we have the statements OF Editor
@ Prescott of the Journal and Editor
Bonnoau of La Justice who declare
q THAT Biddeford is clean with respect
Ito violations OF the liquor law and
Id that those who claim To the contrary
are liars buffers and slanderers OF
the city.
's Who ARE the liars and bluners?'
n ernor Cobb's private secretary is dated
III September 26th
70 We might repeat the interrogatory al
the bottom of the Record article:
IS WHO ARE THE LIARS AND 5LUF
FERsg
ed Will the Anti License people ask
the private secretary If the report tina
h S26 divorces were granted I'm Main'
last year IS true?
in Will they ask why Maine has los
10000 in enrolled scholars in com.
en- lmon schools since 1902
rs Why in 20 years the number q
tn farms decreased by 5000 and the cul
tivated acreage by 1,O9S019 acres?
e, Why Maine pays less per capita an,
less per scholar for public school sup
e. port than any other North Atlantis
State:
e. A. blanket denial and unsupportss
assertion does not serve.F