The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-08
Work 40 Minutes And Find
Booze Supply.
RAID MADE ON O'KEEFFE PLACE
officers Arrive Equipped
With Tools.
Proprietor Refuses to Open Safe And
Cops Get Busy With Chiscl and
Maul-Eight Pints Of Whiskey
Found-Anothcr Place Rnldcd And
Arrest Made.

That Keeping liquor in saie VIII
not prevent the authorities from Sc
curing 1t when a search is made, was
made evident last night when the po-
lice raided the O'Keefe place In the
Hotel Kumfort building and after
breaking open the safe by means OF
sledge hammer and steel chisel,
found eight points of whisky.
The police set new precedent In
this raid They searched the bar
room and the whole place, in fact, and
found no liquor. Chief Klinefelter
then demanded that the proprietor,
John j. O'Keefe, open the large safe.
O'Keefe is said to have refused where
upon the officers produced their tools
and went TO work. IL required about
4j minutes of the hardest KIND OF
hammerng before the combination
was smashed and the big door pried
open.
The proprietor produced keys ana
opened the inside doors Seven pints
of whisky were found intact. one
pint had been broken in opening tho
safe and the officers said they SMELL
ed the whiskey before they had 1t
open.
O'Keefe resented the action of the
officers in coming into his place with
n search warrant and breaking open
his safe. On former occasion at
the O'Kccfe place the proprietor re-
fused To open the safe and 1t was
claimed that while the officers were
out trying to find out whether they
had n right to break into II the one
officer left on duty allowed some one
to get to the safe and remove any
llduor that 1t might have held. The
question OF whether the officers had
right to break into the safe on the
authority of search warrant VIII
doubtless bring up a fight In the
courts that will be carried to the su'
| preme court before II Is settled.
Chief Klinefelter made affidavit to
procure the search warrant. which
| was issued by the mayor. After Sc
curing the liquor the chief made a
second affidavit fer warrant and
the arrest of John D. O'Keefe and his
release on a 1900 bond followed to-
| day. He will plead not guilty when
arraigned and his hearing before the
mayor will take place early next week.
with Chief Klincfelter in this raid
there were Captain Bond and Officers
Jones and McColly.
The claim was made today that the
raid was the direct result of the Visit
| of n number Of preachers TO Mayor
| Setter early In the week, at which
time the ministers charged that the
mayor was laying down and was
letting the town run wide open IN
| order TO make himself solid with n
certain element that fought him In
the last campaign. The mayor and
police denied this emphatically AMI
said that they had been planning the
raid for some time and were but
waiting for an advantageous time 10
make II. They declare that other
places will be visited within the mex,
few weeks and as long as the town
remains dry.
Not content with finding the goods
at the O'Keefe place the police next
turned their attention to the "Littie
Inn" n restaurant and soft drink es-
tablishment recently opened next
door to the Ackerman hotel on north
State street. Here Officers Cusick
Jones and Schrock made search
and found numerous whisky glasses
There were other things that made
the police certain that booze was be-
ing dispensed. They placed DAVID
Washam. one of the owners, under
arrest and searched his person. TWO
plnts of whisky were found In his
pockets and he was taken to police
headquarters.
An affidavit was Immediately filed
by Chief Klinefelter, charging th'
keeping of a place where intoxicant'
are sold. Mayor Setter immediatel'
arraigned Washam who entered
plea of not guilty, His hearing wal
, set for Monday afternoon at o'clock
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