The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-19
25O Gallons Of Liquor
 Poured Into The SeWerS
First Destruction Under Fuller Bill Wrought By Sheriff Forces in Presence of Great Crowd at County Jail
 Fort and Abernethy Issue the Orders

scores upon scores of bottles of the 'oil of joy" was going on a crowd of men, balf-stified and half-intoxicated by the fumes of the liquor, stood about with longing faces and that far away look in their eyes, The beer being hot, when the bottles were smashed the maltous
 fluid, in beautiful white, haky drops, popped here and there and everywhere, literally drenching many. But what cared they? Where on earth could man get a bath in liquor for nothing besides in Birmingham? During the course of the wholesale destruction par ticles of the exploding beer bottles flew
 about, the bits of glass cutting the hands of the deputies engaged in obliter- ating the existence of the erstwhile ''cold ones," and every man, every mothers son of them, who was so for tunate as to get his hand cut was per mitted to bathe his 'feelers" in 100 proof, bottle in bond" for the sake of disinfection.
 And then to wind up the affair in real prohibition style at the very bottom of the last lot of stuff destroyed there was found a bottle filled with a sure enough soft drink,' which the deputies divided among themselves to relieve their parched throats Four full barrels of broken bot
 
 which had proceeded for an hour. The liquor destroyed was the confiscated property of the following: E. L. Glenn, two barrels of beer, one case of whisky, one case of Sunnybrook whisky. one half case of T. w. Samuels whsky;" Fritz Carl, "one-half pint of whisky" c. c. Carter, eight quarts of Big Spring whisky three barrels of Schlitz beer one case of Budweiser beer; one-half trunk nF Cnh1 f,11. af Er1,lf ff1 IoIp i barrel of Budweiser;" Frank Krelhaus, ''three-fourths barrel of gin, three-fourths barrel of corn, one quart of corn;" Charlie Grant, ''one case of Red River rye, one grip of Sunnybrook;" Pat O'Hare. -four quarts of Lyndale rye, 36 haf-pints of Boiling Spring whisky, one barrel of pale beer;" John w. Chenault, two
 baskets of rye and corn whisky" The conf1scation of the wet goods yesterday afternoon was the result of an order from Judge w. E. Fort after l the first hearing as to the ownership of the liquirs siezed by deputy sheriffs unoer search warrants since the adoption of the Fuller bill. which came up before Judge | Fort yesterday morning.
 l When the hearing began only one per son appeared to protest the destruction l of the liquor. This person was Mamie Brown, represented by Lee Marx. In behalf of the woman MT. Marx presented | the following petition:
 | And now comes Mamie Brown in an- swer to the rule nisi heretofore served on her and made returnable on this, the 18th day of September, 1909, and moves the court to quash the said writ for the reasons thereof:
 1. That said writ is without authority of law
 2. Because 1t is an effort on the part of the state of Alabama to do that which | Is prohibited by law.
 | B. For that the state of Alabama has no greater right than the citizens thereof
 and that said authorities have no right 1 to proceed as indicated In said writ, 1 inasmuch as 1t Is an effort on the part l of the state of Alabama or it's authorities | to do that which is prohibited by law. l 4. For that 1t Is direct violation of
 the constitution of the United States.
 For that 1t is effort to deprive a
 person of his property without due pro- l cess of law
 l The petition sought to quash the pro- i ceedings filed in the womans case. It was promptly overruled, however.