Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-09
SHERIFF WENT DOWN LADDER
Found Hiding Place for Liquor
at Franklin Resort.
Had Previously been Invited by Gem
tiemanIy Proprietor and wife 20
Have Dish of Chop
Suey.

Five minutes after Sheriff James II.
Allen and Deputy Sheriff L.. w. Ravln
Lad been urgently invited to remain and
have dish of chop-suey by Sam Frank
Inns wifi" at the Franklin resort on Yves.
ton hill Friday afternoon. Sheriff
Allen was climbing down a ladder into a
hiding place for intoxicating liquors. The
sheriff discovered eight bags of bottled
beer, eight jugs of whiskey, some Uno
Lcer and sundry other TASKS and casks
which were seized and brought to jail
sam Franklin, the proprietor of the
place was also taken into custody.
The Franklin place gained notoriety
some months ago through the shooting OF
Pearl Hooper by Margaret Carter The
sherins department swooped down on
the place Friday afternoon, deter
mined to locate the vet goods which
were believed to be hidden about the
premises.
At present the place is conducted by
Franklin and mis- wife as a chop-suey
restaurant and dance hall. Franklin
himself has the reputation of being n
perfect gentleman under all circum-
stances. He met Sheriff allen and Dep
uty Sheriff Ravlin at the door and con
Quoted them through the V.l'H
locked doors and cupboards and showed
the officers through the little bar in the
place where he assured them that moth
ing more deadly than Uno beer was ever
served Mrs. Franklin was equally po-
lite and urged the visitors to have SOM
thop-suey.
Just as Sheriff Allen was CONSIDERING
l.. i I'll
his chop-suey and casting his eye about
the place for some suspicious looking
hiding place that might contain liquor
he made a sudden discovery. 1t cam,
after he had pried off part OF bas'
board opened various and sundrY door;
and tapped the walls in almost every
room without success.
In one room Of the house a chimney is
built in A corner and the sheriff noticed
that the room just adjoining in the reai
also had a partition built out on a lin,
with the chimney. This seemed a lttl,
/ strange TO the sheriff. He marveled thai
so much room should be given over t,
dead air space. He hammered on th'
wall with an iron bar. No results. III
stopped down and examined the paper or
the wall for a possible secret opening
Still no signs of any hiding place. The
wall seemed as hard as steel.
Measuring off the distance in the room
the sheriff went upstairs and into two oil
three rooms which were apparently To-
Gated Just over the wall in the room be
low. Pulling a dresser from a corner II
tho farthest room Sheriff Allen noticed
that the mating was not fastened dOwr
very securely. He pulled this up.
We'll. we'll: there 1t was. AS neat AS
pin. A little trap door leading down into
| an interior enclosure about three fee
! wide and l. feet long There was barely
/ room for the sheriff to squeeze into tn,
I place but he succeeded in descending tn,
ladder and found an electric light in the
/ place which revealed the booty. Their
were several other things in the hldnl
place but the contents were chiefly We
/ goods. This was loaded into convey
! anCe and carried to the Jail franklin
| said never word. Mrs Franklin wa
likewise mum. The chop-suey invitation
was off
Franklin was arraigned in city cour
late Friday afternoon before ACtinl
/ Judge Jed =. L.add. He was fined go
and costs Of S9S in the selling case am
costs of sj.75 in the seizure case. He pait
M In the currencv of the realm.