The Glenwood post., 1910-01-01
Six Men Arrested for Selling Booze in
Dry Territory---Jay Juice Confis-
Gated and Will be Destroyed
ONE SAYS GUILTY, OTHERS FIGHT

1t has been known for some time
that bootleggers were operating in the
| town of Grand Junction and that the
most of the booze which was being
distributed there illegally came from
| thes anne Wholesale house in Glcnwood
which supplied many of the saloons of
that town before the place was voted
dry last April. The officers, however,
| have not been asleep and on the day
before Christmas organized crew ani
raided the joints which they knew
We're violating the law. The result of
| their labors is thus told in the Daily
News:
| In the raid which demonstrated that
the present municipal government
could conduct an affair of that order
with secrecy and great effectiveness
five men, William Gould, A. w. John
son, Edward Gallagher. Blaine Kitz-
| miller and E. C. Teachout, were arrest
| ed and charged with violation of the
state local option law and the city
charter. Four of those arrested gave
| bonds and plead not guilty before May
or Todd. Blaine Kitzmiller plead gull!
tty'- and WAS sentenced to- 80 days in
| Jail and cost amounting to $1,000. He
was given light sentence due to the
| fact that this was his first offence and
on a promise that after sentence was
served he would leave the traffic for
ever. This all took place yesterday
afternoon.
| The raid has been planned for the
last ten days and would have been put
into effect last Saturday. An obstacle
arose, however, and it was delayed
until yesterday afternoon.
The raiders were divided into four
seperate parties and each party was
put in charge of commissioner With
each raiding party went dray Six
drayloads of booze was confscated in
all. 1t is now deposited in the coun
citl room of the city hall and makes
three large piles, 1t is estimated that
the retail value of the liquor taken
amounts to over $l5OO.OO.
| Most of it came from the wholesale
liquor house of O'Neil & Richardson
of Glenwood Springs and J. Blum &
Co. of Pueblo. The arrest of several
peddlers and agents for wholesale
houses are also contemplated as the
evidence has been procured.
The raiding parties left the city hall
shortly after two clock and returns
came in shortly after 3 p. IN.
Commissioner Scovill with Officer
Hermann, Special Officer Carver and
Deputy Sheriff Toupain raided the Pal
ace Billiard Hall. Toupaine held the
door and allowed no one to leave while
the search was being made. In the
lavatory a two gallon jug and six pints
of whiskey were found. No trouble
was experienced from either Teachout
or kitzmiller, and the two men were
taken to the city hall for preliminary
hearing.
| Commissioner Vedder made the larg-
est raid at A. W. Johnson s place. With
Vedder was Officers Allison and Moss
and A. b. Campbell. They secured
barrels of bottled beer, full boxes
of whiskey, keg of whiskey, two ioz
en- bottles of peach brandy. They
| found one drunk in the house in help
less condition and took him along with
the booze. depositing him in the city
Jail. Eight men called at the house
while the stuff was being carted out
and were curtly told by johnson,
Nothing doing boys"
Commissioner vedder conducted the
party that raided the Gould house.
With him were Chief We,ch, Officer
Darling and Chief Faulkner of the Fire
Department Five barrels of beer. 25
cases Of whiskey, keg and few
seperate bottles were found here. Five
men were in the house when the raid
took place. Gould was tribe profans