Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-06-01
A Big Posse Goes Tiger Hunting.
SOMETHING WAS DOING FRIDAY NIGHT WITH
SHERIFF AND TWENTY TWO DEPUTIES
DAWSON SUDDENLY MADE DRY
eer Saloons and Thirteen Places Raded Under Search
Warrants Berries Will Remain Closed Until June IL,
When The Court Will Decide Whether or Not
They Are Nusances.


nine o'clock a. m, why the injunct-
ion prayed for should not be grant
ed and said alleged nuisance
abated in terms of the law. In the
meantime the said - is re-
strained from carrying on his
business in said house of selling
spirituous, malt and intoxicating
LIQUORS. 1t is further ordered that
the sheriff of said county or his
lawful deputy arrest the said
-- and sieZe the stock in
trade consisting of whiskey, spirit
uous, malt and intoxicating liquors,
and if necessary to break open said
house and all places where said
articles may be concealed, and to
bring before the court to be dealt
with as the law directs. This May
9th 1911.
W. C. WoRRGL, j. S. C. P. C.
DEPUTIES SWORN IN.
When the papers had all been
fixed up. placed in Sheriff H!lls
hands and a general raid was the
next thing on the programme all
of his deputies and court baliffs
had gone home for the night. The
sheriff however acted promptly
and began calling well known,
citizens to the court house by tele-
phone and swearing them in as
special deputies. He did not stop
until there were % of them, as
follows: S. A. Brim, H. A. Petty,
w. A. McLain, w. P. Hornady, W.
w. Black, j. T. Raglan, T. S. Martin,
J. D. Laing, j. C. Hollingsworth, B.
F. Melton, Jesse Horsley, L. Lamar,
j. H. Lewis, O. 7. Kenyon, W. L,
Battle, j. w. Glass, w. A. Baldwin,
C. A. Wall, C. M. Adams, B. M.
Davidson, J. P. Perry, j. A. Horsley.
In order to prevent the possibility
of a leak and any of the suspected
parties warned none of the special
deputies we're informed of what
was wanted with them until after
they were sworn in, and the grand
jury where the plan to give the
alleged tigers a surprise party
originated, we're kept locked in their
room from 100 o'clock in the
afternoon Until fits at night, not
a member being allowed to leave
or communicate with anyone.
THE PLACES SEARCHED.
When Sheriff Hill and his army
of deputies started out at ten
o'clock to hunt booze they divided
into squads and made searches of
the following places under warrants
issued upon the petition printed
above: The near beer saloons of
CaWood LaWhon, Crouch & Collier,
j. H. Oxford, w. D. L. Hunt and
Ward & Johnson; the livery
stables of j. G. Dozier, j. z. Turner,
and L. L. Allen; 7. D. Lees drug
store, j, w. Browns store, Sim
Moores pressing club, j. D. Aver
tits store two miles from the city
and the places of the following
negroes: Claude Holland, Sam
Cannon, George Addison, Geneal
Laing and Phil Clayton.
No whiskey was found at any of
the near beer saloons and small
quantities of it was taken at only
five of the other places. The larg-
est amount found at any one place
was in the possession of Sim Moore,
who had II quarts and s pints.
At j. w. Browns place there were
found 9 pints and s half pints; at
J. C. Dozier's 9 half pints; at Gener-
al Laing's 1 pint and 6 half pints;
at Claud Hollands 6 pints and 1
half pint. All of the parties readily
admitted the searchers into their
places except General Laing who