The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-30
Civic Federation Takes Another
Fall Out Of -Four Corners
Saturday Night
GET SEVEN MEN AND WOMEN
Federation Leaders Plan to Proceed
Against Prominent City Official
Who is Said to Have
Leased Resort

The Civic Federation got busy Satur-
day night and as result there is
quaking and shaking in high places in
Kenosha today. The officers not only
rounded up three men and three women,
but the Federation leaders claim that
the raid will prove the most import
ant ever made in Kenosha on account
of the fact that at least one prominent
official of the city is alleged to have
Ieen more or less connected with the
-Four Corners where the raid took place.
The number of arrests made in the raid
is admitted to have been a disappoint-
ment, but it is claimed that fight has
been started which will not end until
the notorious resort is put out Of bust
ness for all time and until the people
alleged to have been connected with the
leasing Of the property. for alleged i'm
moral purposes have been punished to
the fullest extent Of the law. An ex-
animation of the lease shows that the
place was rented for saloon purposes.
The raid on the place had been plan
ned for some time by the officials Of
the Federation, but not one word of
the plans had been allowed to leak out.
Since the Federation was instrumental
ir having the Town Board Of Pleasant
Prairie refuse a license for the resort,
the members had been keeping a con-
tlnual watch on the place and they Sc
cured what is alleged to be a lot Of
evidence of nightly debauches at the
place. The women who were in the
place are alleged to have been sent out
from Milwaukee on Friday, but it is
claimed by the Federation officials that
there had been women there for some
time
1t is claimed that the place is leased
to one Rose Parker of Milwaukee and
Sheriff Pfennig has discovered that the
Parker woman is widely known as a
keeper of resorts in Milwaukee and
that she has branch places in different
parts of the state.
The warrants for the raid of the
house were issued just before ten
o clock Saturday evening. HI. IL. Mad
dock, the president of the Federation,
made the complaint alleging that the
resort was house of ill-fame while
Frank Symmonds made complaint
charging that liquor was being sold
there without license. Sheriff
Pfennig, Turnkey Faber and six depu-
ties aided in the raid. When they
reached the resort just after eleven
Q clock there were several men drink
ing in the saloon part of the resort
while in the rear room were the three
women dressed in "kimonas,' as the
sheriff puts it. They were sitting about
a table drinking beer. They had evil
IDENTIFY expected every protection, for
when the deputies were found stationed
at the rear door, the women invited
them into the house. The woman ar.
rested were Ella Lydn, Mrs. Pearl
Gladys and Belle Davis. All were
charged with being inmates of dis
orderly house. The men arrested were
Joe Meyers, Ed. Ashman and George
Wilbur, the latter being the barkeeper
at the resort. He was charged with
selling liquor without license, and
with being an inmate Of disorderly
house. While the deputies were wait
ing for the women to dress for their
journey to Jail, Wilbur sold several
drinks of whiskey and beer and declar-
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the town of Pleasant Prairie he had
permit from the town which was just
the same as a license. The sheriff and
ms aids confiscated all the liquor about
the place securing a wagon load of
beer, wine and Whiskey and all Of this
was brought to Kenosha.
The men made no effort to escape
and insisted that there had been moth
ing wrong going on in the place and
that they had come from Milwaukee
to spend the week end in the country
The barkeeper insisted that the man
who had managed the place for Mrs.
Parker had resigned his position at six
Q clock Saturday evening and had gone
to Chicago. He said that he had been
ordered to remain in charge until an
other manager was sent down from Mil
Waukee.
The women we're in merry mood
as they were on their way to Kenosha
as they thought it would be an easy
matter for them to get bailed out for
the night. However, it was late when
the party reached Kenosha and Justice
McCarron who had issued the arrants,
declared that he would not opon court
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