The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-09
LAW LEAGUERS START TO WORK Mobile Soft Drink Places Run Down. nKY WARRANTS ARE SERVED Leading Hotels Had Liquors Stored
 Away.
 --e- psseetav~s Lead the sherias To the PSsses ana Beer and whiskey
 Ass cs.aseates By
MKY WARRANTS ARE sERvEl

Mobile. April s.---fSpeciai.)--A decid- ; a sensation was sprung in Mobile this morning when at the instance of the Law and order League of Mobile coun- ty. ostectfves who have been worh. ing in the city secretly for the past month, swore to warrants against pro- prfetors of near beer" establishments. ana prosecutfons will follow.
 At 10 o'clock this morning delega- lion of Law and Order Leaguers head d by Rev. H. IT. McNeill. and made up Of R. L. Maupin, Hopkins Fftspatrfck, F. B. Denison, Neander Crane and Az torney Aubrey Boyies waited on Sher- If Cazaias and demanded searen war rants from him. four detectives swear ing 10 the warrants
 After consultation with his attorney the sheriff issued the warrants be- fore Clerk Campbell of the inferior court for the following proprietors Of .snear beer" establishments: George c. Winter. Pete venturini. of Bienvtiie Hotel. John Smith, Frank 6chimpf. Charles schinpf. E. M. Johnson and Company. J. B. Webster. Hervsy Hotel Company. W. J. Farrell. Billy Baxter and the Battle House.
 Flaw In wnrrants.
 The warrants alleged that these places had liquor concealed but failed to rtate that 1t was held for sale. on fhfs point the Law and Order Leaguers erred for no sooner had the deputies of the sheriff gotten on the streets with the warrants than an attorney for the sherfft called attention to the flaw in the warrants which did not ai- lsxs any ofYense. bat merely stated that iiquor was kept In the place which is held is no violation of the law
 but attorneys amended the warrant to read that liquor was kept in the places with intent to sell against the law and once more the deputies ware start ed out, only after much time had been taken up getting the amended warrants.
 The sheriff and his deputies went to the New Battle House, the leading hoe tel in the city. and searched the rooms.
 Liquors Are Seized.
 At the store house of E. M. Johnston and Company the sherln found twenty barrels of bottled goods. twenty-four barrels of whisley in bulk and 1z4 boxes of liquor. These were seized and will De turned over to the court pend- fn9 trial. If the party is convicted the xoods will be confscated.
 At 2.so o'clock this afternoon the sheriff's party returned to the new Battle House and after . second search found a large quantity of liquors whtcf were taken in charge by the sheriff.
 At the Cawthon Hotel In store room was found about a carload of contra band Manager Haervey informed thu sheriff this was left over from last year and was In storage. He consent. eI to it's seizure pending trial.
 As the result of the finding of ths beer and whiskey warrants were to- night sworn out by the three men working for the detective agency against the Battle House. the Cawthon r. venturinl Bienvi1le Hotel, E. N Johnson and Company; Klosky'i Restaurant. John Smith. Charles schimpf. W. Farrell. Charles waeker F. Kuppersmith. Reub Nash. Bennett Bros.. T. J. Powell. R. P. Bialack, W 1T. Ba&ter, Karl Bros. F. J. Schfinpf ". V. Pearson. A. Konstanxer, ]. P Webster. McMamara Bros. and GeorR, Winter. representing almost every sof drink establishment in Mobile.
 The warrants allege a violation (, the prohibition law.
 The men who swore to the warra pt were: c. H. Culhom. E. Bowman. C Woodward. three employees of a Nash yfiie detective agency. of which !. C Burke. who is also here engineerin, the arrests. is at the head. They hav been in the city since March 21 rather ing evidence against prohibition iav vfolators.
 What the result of the raid win h. {, not known. but the matter is the toni Of conversation on the streets and , has created quite a sensation.