The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-07-28
RAIDS ON BARRE STREET
POLICE AND SHERlFF'S DEPART
MENTS PAID OFFICIAL VISITS
TO 10 RESORTS SATURDAY.
City Grand Juror Fred Il. Gleason
Makes Out Warrants For Pr0prie-
tors of Ten Barre Street Houses,
Where Is Is Alleged "Booze" Has
Been Sold and Officers Get Busy.


Been Sold and Officers Get Busy.
Armed with bunch of warrants is
sued by City Grand Juror Fred E.
Gleason, deputy sheriffs and special
policemen to number almost big
enough to form regiment, started on
a booze-hunting expedition Saturday
night, with the result that when the
"foray' was ended quantity enough
was secured to relieve the drought of
a company of Kurds on desert
island. The well-planned raid created
no little excitement along Barre
street, where quite number
of houses were visited, large crowds
collecting in front of each house as
the officers arrived. Appearances in
dicated that the great majority of the
citizens of Washington county were
men who stood for the majesty of
the law" the street being filled with
men who wore smiles that scented of
the statutes and badges were every
where in evidence.
1t said that not one of the police
men or deputies who were notified to
be on hand had any previous knowl
edge of what they were supposed to
do until Sheriff Frank II. Tracy ar
rived at the appointed time and de-
livered directions. The raid was made
on a larger scale than has been the
case in this city for long time and it
is significant that many of the Off
GERS who were told to be on hand
were from out of town, although the
local police force was much in evil
dence.
There were 10 places raided, in all
| of which intoxicants of some nature
were found with the exception of
two. No official, either city or county,
would venture last night to estimate
| the amount of liquor that was secur-
e, all averring that it would take
! some time to give figures with any
degree of accuracy 1t was commonly
agreed, however, that in the neigh
( borhood of dozen barrels of bottled
beer, in addition to noisy" quantity
of a connection that is known in this
vicinity as whiskey, had been cor
| rallied"
The places visited by the officers
| were: Mrs. Asunta Delissi, Claude
| Vale, Mrs. Michael Sullivan, E Fer
nandez, John Nliglareni, Angus Col
Inns, Frank Jurras, Orengo Duero
Joseph Monte, who was raided a
short time ago, and Ambrogio From
| tint. In some of the places men were
found drinking, Is in number, all OF
whom will be summoned as witnesses
: when the cases come up in City court
! this morning. A few of these men, is
said, are well known about town and
made strong efforts to elude the Off
GERS. Those taken into custody and
| i"NOl itltdocu, were FeI0dOOGZ, Mig
lorni, Vale, Mrs. Sultan and From
TIM.
The officers who participated in the
raid are Sloan, Morris, Jerd, Tracy
Lawson, Menard, Smith, Slayton
! Pattee, Connolly, McAvoy, Durkee,
Howe, Hastings and Cutter.
One of the features of the big
show was the enthusiastic applause
| the officers received when they were
! going down the line with the
! wagon-loads of Booze" from a num-
Der OF women who live in the "celes-
t1al territory A group of them sat
ON one piazza and attracted all kinds
OF attention by the enthusiasm they
/ displayed when the confscated bever-
ages We're on the way to the official
| storehouse.