The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-04
REAL JOINT RAIDS.
Sheriff's Force Gives Another Exhibit
ton Saturday Night.

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1t was a mighty gold thing to do but
| County Attorney John Schenck and
Sheriff John ,Wilkerson made another
swoop upon the joints of the city Sat
urday evening and demonstrated to
any doubling Thomases among the
jointist fraternity what their policy is
| liable to be. AS on their first raid
which was planned and successfully
carried out last week, there was no
leak
Warrants had been provided for
three places and separate squads of
officers from the sheriff's office made
calls on them simultaneously. At the
Owl restaurant on lower Kansas ave-
nue. a considerable supply of wet
good was found and plenty of victims
who fitted the warrants which had
been prepared, though Sam Moon was
out and was said to be in Kansas City,
though he was picked up later in the
evening as he was strolling on Kansas
what he should do.
The raid on this place was led in
person by Sheriff sWilkerson, who was
accompanied by Deputy Henry Mon
roe and S. S. Haynes and resulted in
the bagging of j. H. Vilott, who was
busy waiting on his customers. and is
looked upon as one of the proprietors
of the place. There were a dozen or
so of men seated about the ia bles as
we'll as two women who were not ar
rested but permitted to seek other
quarters.
When ViIott saw the bulky form of
the sheriff at the door he shouted,
Slough the boose,'' and there was a
crash of glassware which indicates
that slough" must be synonymous
with Carrie Nations favorfte sword
smash After the crash Vilott in
sisted that the place be searched and
his wishes were needed by the sheriff
and party, though nothing was found
in the main building. The search pro-
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sheds were located. All of. them were
open and empty as far as liquor was
concerned excepting one and 1t was
this one which attracted the attention
of the sheriff and his little party OF
raiders.
key to this place and there was not
Ratchet about the place, so he said.
A cIeaver happened to be lying at hand
on a meat block and this was pressed
into service and the lock and hasp
pried loose from their fastenings and
the sight which met the gaze OF the
party was all that they expected and
more. The shed. was packed with
cases of Schlitz beer as cold as weather
which crowds the mercury in the Their
mometer to the zero mark could
make it.
County Attorney Schenck happened
to be passing just at this time and
dropped In just to see how matters
were progressing and rendered several
search ana Seizure OPlAlAOIiS IA oil OiA
hand way which did not meet the ap-
proval of the proprietor of the place.
though they were accepted by Sheriff
Wilkerson and party.
Simultaneous with the call made
by the officers at the "Owl" another
party headed by Mitchell Bundy called
at Ted Davis place at 514 and 5l6
Kansas avenue, and though magnih-
cent cherry bar was in place no liquors
were found or evidence that the bar
had been in use recently.
Colonel Norton headed the third
raiding- crew and made their party
call at Christ Maier's place at 400
kansas avenue, only to find the place
closed and dark. Maier was found later
at the theater and on an urgent Invita-
ton agreed to appear at the county Jail
Monday morning. as he pleaded that
he was i'll, and the excuse went, after
he had turned the keys of the place
over to the officers who searched it
but without result. All of the par
ties arrested furnished bonds and were
released. The goods found at the Owl
were taken to the county jail In the
patrol wagon which had been forced
into service for the occasion.