Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-02-18
MUCH BOOZE SEIZED
KendrICk House in Putney Raided
and Landlord Arrested
c. p. Shumway Claims "Leadinou Men
said He Might sell-Petition Resulted
IN Postponement Of Sentence.

Liquor selling in open defiance Of the
laws OF the state under the fIimsy excuse
that IL was sanctioned by the leading"
men OF the town resulted in a raid on
Jhe hcndrlck House in putnev Saturday
night, and the developments have stirred
the citizens of that town TO a high pitch
liquor was seized
When Landlord G. Z. SUBWAY an
ptartd before Judge +. w. Gibson of the
bra'Iepolo municipal court Monday he
stated That the leading citizens of the
| 'oNH Had given him permission" to 20
| dnead and sell liquor at the hotel as lont,
as hc did il i'm "a decent and dipnitoI
way Just who he meant by the words
leading citizens did not appear MANY
| vi iHc real substantial men of the town
take exception TO such a general state
ment on the ground that it is not truc
! ana mat 1t places the town in false
/ Ight. When the time came for seutruc-
! liS the respondent he presented petit
! uon signed by 90 men Of Putnev asking
that the sentence be RENTED The
! statements of some of the signcrs as to
why they signed the petition ana tb.ir
| reasons for wishing that they might now
! nave their names erased would make in
! teresting reading
! The petition brought Judge Gibson face
| 10 I'ce WIN hard problem to solve.
| namely how TO carry out the APPARENT
! wishes of such large proportion of tb.
| voters OF Putney and at the same tim.
administer the laws justly lie took a
week IN which to consider the question
| ana continued the hearing TO next Mon
! day
The petition does not ask simnIv for
lenlency, but ii seeks to free Mr. SUBWAY
from the consequences OF his plain viola
tlon OF the law. At the last March meet
| ing Putney voted nO-license by the sub
S ,,i majority Of IS, the vote being
The raid on the Kendrick House was
conducted 10y Deputy Sheriff Nfyron p
DAVIS of Battleboro. Deputy sheriff
Aulh Miller OF Dummerston, and Special
ioIceman Ellis g. Worden of Brattle-
noTo IheN arrived AT the hotel about
80 clock, and after a brief search they
brought 10 light varied collection Of
liquors. The collection included one
quart bottle OF gin, six quart bottles of
rum, 70 quart bottles Of Whiskev 80
bottles Of beer and "a bottles of aIo
Part OF the haul was brought to Brattle-
b"ro by Deputy Sheriff Davis and thu,
resi- was locked up securely in Putney
MI. SUBWAY was placed under arrest !
pm chdrgc OF selling Intoxicating liquor. |
n"' ne was released on bail, DR. George /
:. roster becoming surety. The arrest |
was made on complaint of Town Grand |
Juror George r. Aplin.
Inc municipal court went to Putney |
Monday morning to hold hearing. Al
torney Schwenk going to represent Mr.
Aplln as an officer OF the town When
court assembled Mr.. Shumway announced
'hat he would look after his own inter-
tslS, winch he did. The court first took
~ lue case OF state VS.. intoxicating
Liquor IN order to determine what
should bc done with tne tangible results
OF the raid Mr.. SUBWAY made a siren
uous EFFORT TO save the greater part Of
me hquor instead OF having it contis
Gated His explanations of how the IL
a he ~ ha
entertaining He said tae 60 bottles of
peer were for his own use. DR. Foster
having recommended that he drink beer
IN regard to the 20 quarts OF whiskey
,ll ohuihWay said that also was for his
personal use and to treat his friends
with He called the attention of the
court 10 the quality OF the whiskev To
support his claim that it was Of too high
4 grade to be sold prohtahy He testi-
ned that he was in the nabit Of giving
whlskey freely to his friends. Iudpe
Ibson ruled that this liquor should be
'ohhscated In explanation Of the pres
ence OF the "a bottles OF ale Mr. Shum-
way made the claim that it had been
'hlpped TO him on deal from another
lotel and that he was storing it until
some good way appeared for disposing
u IT, This also was declared confiscateJ
ne bottle of gin went the same way.
'lr. SUBWAY said that mis- wife wanted u
ne rum to make mince pies with Il
vas well known, he said. that rum was f
he ideal ilavoring for mince pies. and
TX quarts of II was just about right for n
helr supply. He said he never kept rum
or sale in the hotel. The court allowed
nm TO keep the rum.
When the case against NI-. Shuuva, y
or the illegal sale of liquor was taken
p he agreed to plead guilty to one count v
M II was understood that the minimum Il
ne OF 5000 would be imposed In his
Wn benalf Mr.. SUBWAY stated the eN- 81
ff - IA
hought should be taken into considera-
ION by the court. He said that when -
e came to Putney the best men in the /,
own nad assured him that he could go 81
mead and sell liquor and that no com
IalHl would be made against him on | b,
ccount Of his technical" violation of n,
ne law. He had been assured further
ven very recently he said, that the Ken 90
rick House was being conducted in a =,
ay that was entirely satisfactory ana ~
'edltable TO the community and that he ''
ould be perfectly safe in continuing to
I'll hquor IN the same way that he had "
cen doing right along. He stated al
Tther that he had not sold to minors pc
10 hab1tual drunkards that ne never
'Id except to people who made good IN
Sc OF the liquor ana that he would defy yy
ny one TO name person who had be- nv
me intoxicated on liquor sold at the
ehdrlcK House or to name a person -
en- in an intoxicated condition about w
Mr.. Shumway stated that he had tried by
conduct the house in accordance with OF
e instructions he received from lead
g men when he went to Putney. He fir
I'd II was essential to sell LIQUOR at 40
e hotel in order to run il at an ordinary CO,
siness profit. He presented a petition 40
5ned by 90 men of the town asking tne
at his sentence be RENTED These ine
mes, he said, were of good citizens
d not of the cheaper element The
me or one minister, a boarder at the Dir
tel, appeared on the list Mr.. Schwenl5 trl
Intended that the petition was meant sci
cover only Jail sentence and he mem 1.S
ned the name OF NJ, G. Williams. who eve
med the petition under that impress airy
n Ma
hr. Wiliams's name proved a bomb Ma
el. Mr. Shumway Immediately rls
d that Mr.. Williams was the instigator anC
the movement against him and made T
inter charges against Mr.. Williams mol
said he did not want the name of any r
who was trying to stay on both Re,
es of the fence and he asked that we,
Winiams's name be stricken from Rel
petition. 80
udge Gibson expressed a doubt about we,
authority to remit fine and Mr. TN,
lmWay opened on him with PROMPT mo-
IS and vigor, calling his attention to s
fact that within a year in that same Gee
III sI 40 JUICE GInson had RENTED fine Mrs
500 imposed for the illegal killing of and
deer Judge Gibson wished to look hor
his authority in the matter a little Mr..