Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-23
POLICE RAID
CLUB BUFFET
PROSECUTOR SEXES LIQUOR
AS EVIDENCE
JONATHAN AND ATHLETIC HAS
TILY CLOSE BARS
WooIwlne Fulflls His Expressed De.
termination to Make an Example
of Exclusive Organizations
Unless Law Is obeyed
tcontlnuea from raes one,

he deciced that 1t was his chance to
protest. make statement or some kind
or do something to relieve his feel
ings. He began by demanding that
Lieut.. Nixon show the authority by
which he invaded the club and con-
f1scated the stock of liquor That Off
Ger produced the warrant and Rey-
nolds carefully scanned the document,
reading 1T from beginning to end.
Evidently satisfied that the paper
was made out in proper manner. the
steward declared that the raiding
party, collectively and individually,
would be held responsible for the con-
fiscated goods. Reynolds finally de-
cided to learn what his rights were
in the matter of excluding from the
club members of the raiding party
He detected a newspaper photographer
who was busily engaged in trying to
obtain a picture of the officers at work
stripping the bar of it's glassware, bot
tied goods, etc. He ordered the knight
hurry lest he be hastened on his way
by attendants In a like manner the
newspaper men were elected and the
steward, his bartender and others were
relieved of the necessity for answering
Really, | couldn't say 81 haven't
the least idea and You will have to
ask someone who is more familiar
tions propounded by the reporters.
Cellar Searched
After all the goods in the barroom
had been checked off and placed aside
in charge of an officer the cellar was
with headquarters the officers decided
to let the wet good stored in the cellar
remain where they were. j.
The confiscated articles were hauled
to the central station, where the bot
tied gooos lemon and orange peel, cor
dials and the like were stored in the
basement along with dusty demijohns
of cheaper red wines taken from
blind pigs and low class Japanese
saloons.
About the same time the wagonload
of liquor reached the station the Of
ficers. with w. ]. Harvey, the bar
tender, and Joseph Reynolds. the stew
ard of the club, appeared at the desk
sergeants window where Harvey was
booked on a charge of violating the
liquor ordinance in conducting the
business of retail LIQUOR dealer with
out having procured license from the
city so to do He was taken upstairs
to Police Justice Fredericksons court
and arraigned. William M. Garland,
Percy r. Wilson, Fred w. Flint, jr.,
Philip Forye and Joseph Scott, direct
ors of the California club. charged with
a similar violation, were arraigned a
few minutes previous. The men
pleaded not guilty to the charges and
their trial was set for October 9.
When Harvey was asked how he
piled in a voice shaken with nervous
ness, mot guilty" His trial also was
set for October at 10 o'clock.
While Harvey and Reynolds were
waiting in the corridor of the police
court Prosecutor Woolwine was in
formed that Reynolds is the steward
of the club and has jurisdiction over
the conduct of the buffet. AS the pros
ecutor had not known that there was
such person connected with the or
ganization no warrant had been sworn
out against Reynolds.
What are your initials. please?"
reporter inquired of the club steward
when 1t was learned that a complaint
was being issued against him.
81 don't care to tell you," was the
reply. 81 am not named in any COM
plant in this matter and do not desire
any publicity"
Warrant Issued
About three minutes later a warrant
was issued by Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney Eddie against John Doe"
Reynolds charging him with the same
violation as the directors of the club.
The complaint was sworn to by Prose-
cutor Woolwine before Police Justice
Frederickson. Reynolds was visibly
surprised, and when the complaint was
read he asked the name Joseph" be
inserted instead of John Doe" He
pleaded not guilty and his trial was
set for the same date as the others.
WooIwine's Stand
"I am simply enforcing the law"
said the raiding prosecutor. II have
given these people plenty of time in
which to obey the law by securing a
retail liquor dealers license or clos
ing their buffet The ordinance has
been upheld in a decision handed down
by Judge Felix Ewing of the superior
court of Ventura county, and ] am
only doing my duty in ordering raids
on such places that refuse to comply
with the law"
The prosecutor said he was sorry it
was necessary to resort to strenuous
methods in order to show the club di-
rectors that he is in earnest about en-
f.rcing the law applicable to their case.
Judge Monroe Sees Raid
Superior Judge Charles Monroe, a
member OF the CdllIOfnld cluD, was
present at the club when the raiders
entered. He was comfortably seated
in an easy chair and watched the pro-
ceedings in cursory way. The jurist
has just returned from his vacation.
81 have been back several days.
said Judge Monroe, land had a pleas
ant vacation. finished my duties at
the court and reached the club just in
time to see the excitement"
The sidewalks in, the vicinity of the
club building at Fifth and Hill streets
were crowded with the curious. who
were anxious to learn what was the
cause of the excitement. Persons in
Central park left off dreaming and
reading the papers long enough to
crowd the sidewalk opposite the club
and watch the liquor being loaded into
the wagon.
1--WE win keep our bar closed until
the matter is decided in the courts,
either one way or the other" said a
member of the Jonathan club last
night. This information was conf
municated to Prosecutor Woolwine by
one of the directors. The bar was
closed yesterday afternoon when the
news was received that the Califor
MIA club had been raided and the buff
fet stock Of that organization had been
confiscated.
! In accordance with Instructions
from President Rowan the Los Ange-