The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-27

der; and at each place caused notices
/ 10 be posted announcing that they had
companied on their rounds by the
sheriff of Leavenworth county A few
hours before the receivers arrived IN
! the city several carloads of beer and
whisky were shipped out of Leaven-
! worth.
Atchison, Kan, April 27.-The
Globe says:
day received a telegram from F. S.
Jackson, attorney general, saying that
the receivers appointed by the su-
preme court to take charge of the
which have been doing business in
this state, would be here Friday The
telegram asked the mayor to meet the
receivers and have the police force as
sist them in their work.
Two of the three receivers came,
Judge Stephen H. Allen and George
H. Whitcomb. They did not go di-
rectly to the office of Mayor King, but
commenced their search for property
of the enjoined brewers alone. They
had been in Atchison more than two
hours when Mayor King met them;
the telegram was not received until
they had been in town over an hour
He told them the police were at their
service, but that they would not be
needed; that no opposition would be
met in enforcing the orders of the
court; that .Atchison did things open
and above board. and did not belong
to the sneak element I'VE don't ap-
prehend any trouble said Mr. Whit
comb, "as we have found a very diff
ferent class of men in the liquor bust
ness from what we have over there"
1t Is presumed that cover there"
meant Topeka. Judge Allen assented.
and both the receivers said they had
been treated very nicely by Jim
O'Brien, whose place at the north
west corner of Thirteenth and Main
streets they had closed a few minutes
before.
Have you taken possession of the
O'Brien places" asked the mayor.
I'VE have" said Judge Allen, as he
gleefully produced the key. O'Brien's
saloon is what has been known as a
Schlitz place. 1t has Schlitz fixtures,
and wasn't closed some time ago, pre-
writ of the supreme court in Atchi-
son was believed to be defective.
Only three of the nine brewery
erty of which receivers have been ap-
pointed. have been doing business in
Atchison. They are the Ferd Heinz |
Val Blatz and Schlitz companies. The
of these three they can find. They
have no authority to take charge of
the property of other concerns which |
may be found in Atchison.
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the receiver said it was their plan to |
move all the fixtures they take pos |
session Of to one building, and store |
them there, subject to the further or
full information, and asked If the pro-
perty at the southeast corner of Tenth |
and Commercial streets didn't belong
to the Schlitz company. 1t has been
the Schlitz wholesale depot
I There are four pieces of property in |
Atchison, which are, generally supposed !
to belong to the SchIitz Brewing com !
paEy of Milwaukee,, They are the one |
story brick building at the southeass |
corner of Tenth and Commercial |
streets; the northwest corner of Thir- |
teer tn and Main streets, the small brick |
building On Main street, across the |
street from the Symns Grocer com
pany. and the twostory brick building |
at 1922 Commercial, first door east If |
the Rock Island ticket office.
None of these properties are in the |
name of the Schlitz company, and |
never have been. They stand in the /
name of man named Uline, who is not
a resident of Atchison. 1t is expected |
that the receivers will take possession |
of all these properties, as belonging to
the Schlitz company, and attempt to |
sell them, upon order of the court, to
pay the expenses of the receivership.
The brewers have made no fight in
Kansas, and it is claimed that they
will apply to the United States court |
for relief. Past decisions hold out lit
delay matters, on account of defective
proceedings
Both the Val Blatz and Helm COM
panies claim to have sold all their fix
and that they own nothing here at the
present time. Neither of these brew
cry companies own real estate here.
AS soon as the present agitation was
commenced the Helm company closed
its Atchison saloons. and its fixtures
were transferred and moved out of the
state.
Shortly after dinner the receivers
visited the cold storage rooms of the
Ice plant. On the door of a room
to contain Schlitz beer they
tackled the following note: 1.-The key
beer in this room is in our possession,
IS receivers, appointed by the supreme
court of the state of Kansas. On the
door of room supposed to contain
Val Blatz beer, but which room the
receivers didn't enter, this note was
eft: THE contents of this room are in
our hands as receivers appointed by
he supreme court of Kansas"
Both notes were signed by the re-
eeivers. They didn't enter the latter
'oom, as the key wasn't in the office
IF the ice plant. The room contains
carload of prunes belonging to whole
sale grocers; also some beer which
Sam Brouse claims to own. There was
more beer in the ice plant, but it does
lot bear the stamp of the enjoineo
oreweries.
Every courtesy is being shown the re-
,eivers, and they have frequently remark
ID their good treatment here. They will
put a man in charge of the property they
AXE possession of. 1t is expected that lit
cation will be instituted by those claiming
o own property that is being tied up as
he property of the enjoined brewers.
When the receivers called at the ice plant
dart Miller was away fishing. Sam Brouse
S also out of town today.
aioon, ia South Fifth. .'Do you use either
,chlitz or Blatz hxtures?" they asked. !
Broadway said he got the fixtures from | ,
sam Brouse; that further than that he
Inew nothing. They went away and left
lis place open.
The receivers apparently take the posi- '
ion that they can seize the product of en-