Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-12
PII1DLES OF MUD
WET WITH WHISAEY
,,,osons Merry Raid on the Sa-
looms Of MahnOmen' MIMI
Last Fall.
orm Frs FINED AND JAILED
-, omccr stood on Town 'oun-
ell sheriff and Deputies TIL
Job Was Done.

nre mue village Of Mahnomen'
NJ .,s 55y last fal william IT,
., head of the United State- de-
f,r tine suppression OF CRIME
. IaI..i. 6f Uquor among the lhuiau7'
ana s'...,r,.s- in hand. holding OF
ti,.'l ~, saloon men ana - deputy
li t....af up hy the city conh, D.
sa.il s while his nine faithful
r.-rad six saloons ana pput'u
t.''. ..,.. into the streets. hi- WORK
iNt N5 sf. johnson submitted 70
COM ,g served eight days IN jail
ul,'l 80 AFR JohusOn's office IN ms
..i,aH advice from Minnesota
~. ,se six saloon men Wnom lne ue-
l's. .ssri0s and city council 80 Nigof.
l-i 5efsrdaf had an been convicted
T .rs TODAY themselves serving
.,., ir iail with fines attached
.rl.,.s Ucre exciting days up lh tne
..rn Of Mahnomen. MI. JohiS9H 9't'
"a t.s work assisted by q Dutchma,u'
ede and Hn Indian. lhe opp"Sl'lun
800 Was developed required more
Hii..,,-d nine men good and true were
..LreJ Then the raids on the ohend-
.si,,ps we're commenced by the
~ Johnson army. who began break
-. 5,,.n doors. smashing NJ bottles or
So, and pouring barrels Of LIQUOR
.,-.o H. streets until alcoholic mud
,.,5dias we're numerously IN evidence
.rhs opuosition OF the whisky men
,.-1res of no avail against the deter
,-i,stion of the little johnson army, so
~ .itv council Of the place was APP
,e,ied 10 and IL attempted 10 save the
i.opardized traffic which contributed 20
,,s oitv Golfers still Johnson would not
hear OF it, and steadily went on smash
M bottles and knocking in the bung
holes.
the city council enlisted the ala or the
sheriff Of the county, and later IN the
The day came triumphantly marching
51un the street with as armed deputy
fhariffs az the head
william p. Johnson. a big. quiet,
determined looking fellow, armed with
an automatic revolver. stepped out In
The road and said calmly:
Don't come any further" They
paused Turning % his men he said;
"Roys finish your work. then YOU may
submit 70 arrest. but not before"
And he held the deputies and council
al bay until the six saloons were com
pletely wrecked Mr.. Johnson and his
men we're then arrested and thrown
into jail. where they remained for eight
long DAYS. When Uncle sam learned
of the indignity which had been heapcd
upon his faithful servants. he fastened
% their rescue. and had them released
on habeas corpus proceedings. The
ensuing trial ran up a cost bill OF over
900 70 the county. and today there Is
lively jangle on between the county
and the city as 10 which should foot !
The bll which conflict makes Mr..
johnson chuckle with glee.
The Johnson men secured evidence
against the six saloon men. They we're
afterwards indicted by the grand jury
one Of the men, Fred Anderson, was
convicted a few months ago. and got
four months In Jail and $500 fine. Be
IS stu serving sentence. Last week the
other saloon men were convicted and |
sentenced az follows: Bob Beauleau.
whom Mr. Johnson terms "a bad one" |
as he threatened TO shoot johnson, got |
v days In jan and 500 fine: J. H. !
Quinlan, got 60 days and 800 fine-'he |
vas only noisy" John Miller and Nick |
kessler got 90 days and 500 fine each: |
Frod Glass got 50 days and 500 fine |
Glass had 5000 I'm liquor destroyed BY |
the Johnson raid and finally dropped /
on Into bankruptcy.