Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-08-09
Prosecutor Booraem And
Party Defended Upon the
Place Yesterday.
FOUND THIRTY SEVEN
MEN IN THE PLACE
Some Made Escape Through
Wind0Ws--Took Names
of All the Men.

The peace and .luietu lc along the
banks of the Cheesequake creek were
rudely disturbed yesterday afternoon
when, suspecting that all was not as
serene as it should be, Prosecutor Boor-
aem and a number of county officers
made a raid ON that historic old hos
telry, Ye Olde Spye House at Morgan
and caught large number of men In
the barroom being served with drinks
in violation, it is alleged, of the excise
law prohibiting the sale of liquors on
Sunday. The names of thirty
men who were in the place at the time,
were taken and George M. Church, of
South Amboy, was held as a witness.
The proprietor, l.. D. Wood was not
taken, but gave himself up this morn
ing and when arraigned before Justice
Mason in South Amboy, was placed un-
Der $500 to await the action of the
grand jury. Church is under 5000 bail
as witness. 1t is understood the other
men, who were from Newark, Perth
Amboy, South Amboy and other places,
will appear when wanted.
1t was an extremely hot day. The
dragon flies were playing tag over the
meadows and the birds were twittering
head. A power boat had Just chunged
fits way up the creek from the bay and
moored at the landing. A party of
fishermen stepped ashore and walked
across the road into the hotel. All else
was quiet.
But had the fishing party paused a
moment before entering the house they
might have detected the faint whirr of
an automobile as it sped toward them
from the direction Of South Amboy.
They did not hear it, however, and the
next minute, before anybody knew what
was up there was tremendous bang
against the barroom door. There was
a cracking and splitting of heavy tim
bers as the big partition fell in. The
automobile carried the prosecutor and
his men and it was they who had bro
ken into the place.
At first those inside .Ye Olde Spye
Adid not know what. was up. A raid
was the last thing they anticipated.
yBut the truth dawned upon them in an
kstant and them the scene along the
quiet Cheesequake was not so peace
ful.N Several men went through the
windows others made hasty exits as
best they could but nearly all were
caught.
1t is said the bar was lined with
glasses. Some had just been drained,
others were yet half full and still others
were being pushed toward the barten-
der for refilling for the weather out
side was extremely warm.
In the raiding party, besides the
prosecutor, were County Detective
Hoffman, Constable McCabe, of South
Amboy and Marshal Sliney, Of Dunel-
len. They had made their plans very
quietly and that they took the house
by surprise was evident.
- Mr.. Church in speaking of the raid
this morning, says he had just brought
fishing party into the hotel a moment
before the raid took place. He says he
is employed at Morgan to take parties
out ON the bay on Sundays as he has a
license to run a launch. Yesterday he
had out D. Livingston, Neil Pigot and
Harry Robeile, all of East Orange. He
says that after landing thay had gone
to the hotel for sandwiches and before
that had been served the prosecutor 5
men interrupted.
i AS Prosecutor Booraem and Judge
Lyon are working together in their eff
fort to rid the county of illegal liquor
selling, it may 60 hard with Mr.. Wood
when his license for Ye Olde Spye
HOuse expiree