The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
Sheriff Now Has It Safely Locked Up In the
 County Jail
NEW WARRANTS ARE USED
 TO ENTER THE PREMISES
Fifteen Deputies, Accompanied By R. N. GoodaIl, Pile Liquor On Dray Wagons and Haul It Away.
 New Warrants Used.

out before Judge l. H. Benners by John
 A. Lynch, of the Law and Order league, while five men were at the places raided
 arrested on other warrants, charging
 them with violating the prohibition law.
 Two clubs and one residence adjoining soft drink stand were raided. The
 clubs were the Stagg. located in the Colonial hotel annex on Twenty first
 street, and the Hermitage club, on Fourth
 avenue, between Nineteenth and Twen-
 tieth streets. Dick Wray was arrested
 at the Hermitage club. together with J.
 J. Nevens w. E. Corneg at the Stag
 club and Patrick O'Hear and Pat Stat
 tery at o'Hear's place on Twelfth street
 and Avenue E.
 Several hundred dollars worth of the beverages were secured at O'Hear's s place,
 while over $500 worth were secured at the Stag club, with about the same amount at the Hermitage club. There was every thing to suit the alcoholic taste from 1 beer to absinth and champagne, though
 bottled in bond whisky formed the bulk of the goods seized. It was all good l stock, bringing fancy prices, nearly every
 brand of first-class whisky being repre- 1 sented.
 The O'Hear raid was made shortly
 after o'clock and the two club raids at 5, 15 deputies taking part. Chief Dep
 uty Lucien Brown was in charge of the
 Hermitage club and O'Hear raids, while | Deputy Alex Wilson was in charg>>of the one upon the Stag club.
 New Warrants Used. The warrants were different from the raiders warrants used in former raids The arrests were made on warrants for offenses alleged to have been committed several days ago, while the seizures l were made on a search warrant, charging | that it was believed goods were being hid with the intention to commit pub ] lie offense and ordering the seizure of the I goods.
 1 The Stag club is on the fourth floor 1 of the Colonial annex building. being l reached by an elevator The officers
 were admitted without resistance. The
 officers state that they asked for keys ] to the lockers but were told that none could be found, whereupon they proceed ed to smash the padlocks on them. After
 two had been broken into in this way
 a key was given them, which unlocked each of the 120 lockers.
 When they were opened the deputies eyes were greeted with locker after locker crammed full of bottles, neatly wrapped
 and bearing labels showing them to con
 tain the best brand of goods. The dep
 uties immediately began removing the
 bottles and placing them in boxes and
 barrels, which were in turn sent down
 the elevator to the ground floor, placed on drays and taken to the county jail w. E. Corneg was placed under arrest
 on another warrant at this place. but
 made bond immediately. Other people
 in the place were not arrested.
 No Resistance Offered. At the Hermitage club no resistance
 was offered and the officers state Dick Wray opened the lockers for them. The
 same bounteous array af drinkables also greeted their eyes here and the same performance of removing them to the Jail was gone through.
 The officers alleged that one man in the place had two bottles of beer in his the club He stated that he was, but didn't have his membership card with
 him. My locker is No. "A, but have lost
 the key I have beer in my locker" he
 said The locker was opened and found
 to contain bottle of bitters, one of
 creme de menthe and other ingredients for
 mixed drinks, while, the beer had dis appeared. The officers took him in charge.
 Patrick OHear operates grocery store.
 A search through the store failed to de- velop any strong drink, but when the
 house was invaded, bottles of the stuff,
 thes officers state, were found in mat tresses unler the springs. in cupboards,
 boxes and barrels.
 Drays were also brought Into use on this raid and the beer and whisky removed to the jail.
 Locked Up In Jail. At the jail an inventory was taken of all the stuff seized in the three raids and all of it properly labeled. It was then placed in room to await the action of
 the courts in regard to it, the only key to this room being in the possession of Sher- If Higdon The value of all of 1t was placed at between $4000 and $50O0 by the sheriff.
 One feature of the raids and seizures is that Sheriff Higdon lost money in serving the warrants, the drayage alone amount ing to more than the total amount he
 will receive for the service, while 15 dep-'
 uties were required to carry on the work. The sheriff has to stand all expense for drayage and the like.
 Just what effect this new move on the part of the Law and Order league will amount to is, of course, only a matter of conjecture, but should the courts sus- tain the confscation of the goods. other clubs will undoubtedly become shaky. The Law and Order league people assert that they can prove the prohibition laws were being violated in the places rsided and expect to get others. The recent action l of Judge Greene in regard to the raider warrants is said to have caused the different clubs and soft drink stands to | order larger stocks, which have just ar rived during the last day or two The value of the goods taken charge of yesterday afternoon would have paid the | license on four saloons for year dur | ing the open town period.
 R. N Goodall, president of the Law Iao urffl tho