The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-18
Eight Places Closed and All Movable Property in Sight
 Confiscated By Sheriff
FULLER LAW METHODS
 BROUGHT INTO PLAY
Processes Ordered Issued By Judge H. \. Sharpe-Garber Says Governor Conner Ordered the Action
 to Re Taken

Acting as he says under recommen- dations and instructions from Governor Conner, State Attorney General Alex M. Garber yesterday morning filed bills of complaint asking njunctions against eight alleged blind tigers of Birming- ham. The writs of injunction were inn mediately issued, under order of Judge H. A. Sharpe, by Sam M. Blake, clerk and register of the city court, and were placed in the hands of deputy sheriffs for summary execution.
 The places of business enjoined are as follows:
 Place maintained at the northeast cor ner of Morris avenue and Twentieth street, conducted by Richard Wray, Moody wray and w. E. McFadden.
 Place in the building of the St. Nich- olas hotel. 112-116 North Nineteenth street; northwest corner of Nineteenth street and First alley, conducted by Ed ward H. Hickman, Charlie Cruse and Harry Dottenheimer.
 Place in the basement of the Brown Marx building, at the northeast corner of First avenue and Twentieth street sometimes called the Subway" con ducted by Edward H. Hickman. Dan Odum and Al Campbell.
 Rooms or places of business called the "Smokehouse." at the northeast corner of Twentieth street and First alley, con- ducted by J. E. Williams, Harry Rens- ford and William Shoppert.
 Place in the building of the Metropoli- tat fa1 tha conducted by Richard Wray, alias Dick Wray.
 Place known as the Turn Verein Cafe" second floor of building at 2019- 2o21 First avenue, conducted by Emil Lesser.
 Place on the first floor of the Metropol- itan hotel building, northwest corner of Twentieth street and Morris avenue, conducted by Fulton, Ferguson, Tom Smith and Claud Pearson.
 Place at house, No. 19161a Fourth ave- uue, conducted by Richard Wray, alias Dick Wray.
 Fixtures "Arrested- Under the provisions of the Fuller bill when a place of business Is enjoined as by the processes of yesterday, the
 signs, screens bars, bottles. glasses and other movable property used ir keeping and maintaining such hui. | sance," in addition to all the liquor
 may be seized by the sheriff sherin l IIigdons deputies accordingly were busy all day yesterday taking possession oi l an endless variety of tiger parapher l Ealia None of the fixtures were re
 moved, but were left in the variou: 1 places which are now closed with tho l sheriff's seal.
 By yesterday afternoon all the eight places entoined had been visited by the sheriffs deputies and stripped clean of all iouor and fixtures. The deputies re- ported that number of the places were in operation when visited and that the writs they carried were received with complete surprise.
 Governor Requested It Garber's action came, in fact, like thun- der from a clear sky. Not the least inkline of his intentions had leaked out. The only statement made by Attorney General Garber ib regard to his action was to the effect that he had received "an official communication from the governor that conditions existed which in his Judgment called for action on my part as attorney general He directed and requested me, in my official capacity, to proceed to enforce the law in Jeffer- son county in this particular respect"
 Eight bills of complaint were filed in al, by Mr. Garber, one against each of the places named above. Most of the affidaylts attached to the bills were sworn out by George A. Ausley.
 Following Is a specimen of the bills filed. the defendants being named re- srectively In the separate bills as indi- cated by the blanks:
 Specimen of Bills Tn equity. In the city court of Bir- mingham. Alabama.
 The state of Alabama, complainant, vs. To Hnns c A Sann. c. ". Ferguson.