The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-23

sights, besides did not feel any
too safe Jack and Tom were good
fellows in their way. ''You come
with friends and nobody will both
er you" they said.
We walked along the West Nlr-
ginia shore beneath the brow of the
great willow-combed range of hills.
On the Ohio side we saw two more
houseboats doing business on that
memorable Sunday One OF them was
conducted by a colcred man.
Several miles we walked beforethe
last beer camp was reached, then
we rowed back across the river and
got car for town. / didn't see
half of them, Jack and Tom said
But had seen enough. | had seen
more than | ever care to see again,
| asked strangers IL there were
beer camps before the town voted
dry They said, "They didn't need
em then"
could not learn anything about
the divorce statistics OF East Liver
pool on Sunday because was un-
able to get at the records. How
ever this did not matter to me, ar
ter seeing what / had.
Crime" calculated one man
whom / asked about this feature of
society We've had more murders
since the town went "'dryC than
ever before"
''Tell me about it," | sad. He
laughed at me. "Who are you, any
way?" he asked with curling lipl
turned and left him.
Going to newspaper fies ior the
past year, found that there hau
been a big epidemic of crime since
the saloons were voted out there a
year ago last June. Even had the
saloons not been voted out. there
might have been the same amount OF
crime j do not know. But the files
showed that Clark Hineman was
killed on the night OF the "dry" en-
forcment. His murderer was never
apprehended Alonzo Kidder was
killed by Bart Gllkinson, who Is
serving twelve years in the peniten-
tiary. He pleaded guilty. That was
last fall. Shortly afterward an
Italian went on a rampage, killed
one and injured several others. Last
spring Charles Howard slew Mrs,
Emma Rousch, and Hiram Scott
oolored, was killed at a booze camp
last August. An Italian was murder-
ed at West Point, another booze
camp In February six people drown
led in the RIVER; their boat upset
while they were going from one
booze camp to another. Gus Kraft
lost his life while attempting TO
swim the Ohio at d booze camp. He
was drunk and had made a bet OF
one dollar that he could swim the
river, according to the newspaper
reports of the accident at the time
talked to several real estate men,
none of whom desired to be quoted
I because of business reasons. One Of
| them declared East Liverpool had
been so badly damaged that 1t would
never recover from its ''dry" admin
istration. He said:
There's the Samuel Frost prop
erty on the public square. He paid
$28 900 for It. Two years ago he re-
fused $4,000. Today he would sell
II for what he gave for It. He got
| $3.50 month for 1t when the town
was wet. He gets $3.50 now. One
] room in the rear is not rented The
building is located in the heart of
the city
"There is w. LThompson's build
ing on Washington street formerly
occupied by John f. Anderson. II
has been vacant for months. The
next room above is empty It
was formerly occupied by Fiest, the
wholesale confectioner, who, because
of business conditions abandoned one
of his two stores. There's the Ar
buckle building and the Odd Eel
lows temple and any number thnt
III might name.
4 Gwen all make assignments be-
fore long if something does not turn
1up pretty sOon't