Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-02
COUNTY ATTORNEY SEXES EN-.
TIRE STOCKS OF SIXTEEN
BARS.
sALooNlsrs TURN OVER
KEYS TO OFFICERS
City Goes Dry Within Two Hours AZ.
ter Search Warrants Are Issued
Esermayer Charges Illegal Sales and
Nuisance-Des Moines Malt Com.
pany's Places Are Alone Exempted.

With a suddenness that fairly swept
the saloon element off its feet this
morning, every bar that was open in
the city was shut up within two hours,
when County Attorney j. H. Eyer
mayer secured search warrants against
sixteen of the eighteen saloons of the
, city. which included all of those that
We're already open. Tne only two sa-
looms against which search wsrrants
we're not issued were 5he Des Mones
Malt Company places. managed by F
f. Brewer on East Main street and
South Third avenue
In the case OF each of the saloons
opened the owner, rather than have his
stock removed from the building. turn
ed the keys over to Sheriff A. A.
Nicholson, his two deputies, or Con-
stables Reed and Morse, who were kept
busy serving warrants.
Seizures Cause Excitemet.
When Sheriff Nicholson and deputies
or the constables began closing the sa-
! looms large crowds gathered especially
up town Those who were drinking
at the bar were ordered out. the Off
Ger took charge Of the place and the
keys, and tackled signs on the doors
which read that the stock within was
in the possession % the law. No scenes
OF violence marked any Of the seizures
or closing of the places
OF the sixteen saloons against which
search warrants were issued nine were
open. Service on the owners of those
Which were closed had not been Sc
cured in all instances up 70 noon, but
where service had not been secured an
officer was placed on guard over the
saloons 10 see that no part of the stock
vas removed until service could De
secured.
Council Preci pilates Seizures.
The city council, by allowing the al
legged transfer of the ownership of
twelve Of the saloons from their real
owners 10 relatives. employees. or bar
tenders, precipitated the action which
County Attorney Egerraayer took this
morning, when he secured the issuance
OF the search warrants. In twelve OF
the sixteen cases, the transfer of sale
Of the saloons stocks is made the basis
of the allegations in the applications
for the search warrants
Claims Wholesale Transaction.
County Attorney Egermayer alleges
in his application for the search war
rants against the twelve saloons
which We're transferred, that the sale
and transfer constitutes the selling 0.
liquor in bulk, which retailer is pro-
i7f,;r l1a n
wholesalers mulct tax license, which
the county attorney says none of tbs
local saloons affected has.
In the cases of the other four sa.
| looms. the application is based on tht
/ contention that in each case a nuisance
| exists, which is sought to aba,e b,
| selling the stock on hand The stock.
| seized in the cases Of the twelve sa.
| looms that were transferred. includes
| only the stock that was on hand whe7
| cases 1t covers all of the stock in III
| saloons.
I. Had not the saloons which wer
served with search warrants been dis
| posed 10 turn over the KEYS 10 tn
officers. Sheriff Nicholson would hav
been forced to secure an immense stor
4 tt5e l'AdCS, anu l!ipN 81 anu SlOFe
therein the stock of all the saloons.
| Closing Body Blow tc Bars.
l. With the weather the hottest of tn
year, and with the Fourth Of July bu
| one day more away. County At.orne
| Egermayer could not have chosen
more opporlune time 10 deal the sa
i looms a staggering body blow.
/ At practically all Of the saloons i'm
| nense stocks We're being taken in thi
morning 70 prepare for the Fourth {
| July trade, which in key and case lot
| is immense botn in the city and in sur
rounding towns.
Decide Possession Later.
Whether the county attorney, thr
| the sheriff's office, viii be able TO re
main in possession of the stock
seized, or whether they Will revel
back to the saloon owners, will be dc
cided when the cases on the scare
warrants come up in Justice Peek
court. from which the search warrant
issued. The time for these hea,
ings will not be fixed until returns al
made on all Of the search warrant
1t is expected that the hearings wi
not come up before some time nea
week.