Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-02
OWNERS or BOAT
ARE OUT ON BOND>
Liquor Valued at Large Sum Is
Seized When Barge Mississ-
ippi Is Raided.
AT MUSCATINE LANDING
Action Is lnstigated by Law Enforce.
ment League-Fine Law Point
at ISSUE.

Muscatine, Iowa, Sept. 2.-H. Z.
Winters and John Kilcorn, owners of
the steamer Frcntenac and barge Mis-
sissippi. freed in bond of $1,000 each,
are to have a hearing before Judge
j. c. Coster here on a charge of IL
| legally selling liquor.
Intoxicating liquors to the value OF
| almost $1,000 were secured in a spec
tacular raid made upon the Frontenac
and Mississippi when local officers
boarded the pleasure craft and con-
fiscated 16S cases of beer as the boat
lay at anchor at the local wharf on
Saturday evening previous to taking
out wet excursion from Muscatine.
The raid and resultant seizure of the
liquor brings into issue a mooted law
point, being that as TO the right 10 sell
! liquors on federal waters and the right
| of the state to interfere with such
| sale. The raid followed the filing of
! information before Judge Coster in
which the boat was claimed TO be
! liquor nuisance and the management
/ charged with the illegal sale of liquor.
| The warrant was served by Constable
! II. G. Haney, who was assisted in the
seizure by members of the local police
department. The action was prompt
/ ed by the Law Enforcement league.
/ w. r. Downer being the plaintiff in
| the Icoceoiings, direcly instituted
/ by Attorney II. B. Betty of Davenport.
who presented the papers In the Jus
/ tice court shortly after o'clock on
! Saturday evening.
AN UNUSUAL. SCENE.
| The raid which was made upon the
craft was as spectacular as II was unex-
! pected. The blue coats lead by Con-
stable Haney unexpectedly advanced
upon the boat shortly before o'clock
and took the crew unawares. Upon
stepping aboard the officers served the
warrant and at once proceeded TO To-
cate the wet goods. Two express
wagons had already been pressed into
the countless number of cases had
teen removed from the great refrig-
orators on the palatial barge.
No opposition was made to the move
of the .ocal officers by members OF
he boat crew. The first move made
by the officers when their appearance
was noted was to station one of their
number TO guard the guy line,
thus preventing any Of the steamers
employees from cutting the line and
removing the boa. from the jurisdic-
zion of Iowa. While the blue coats
were engaged in removing the liquor
the lights on the floating palace went
out for time but whether or not the
lights were purposely extinguished
with view OF confusing the officers Ii
not known.
MANAGER APPEARS.
II. J.. Winters, the manager OF the
, boat, and John Kilcorn, assistant man
ager, were both charged with an in
dictable offense in the information
+ filed before the local justice. Mr.
Winters was in Davenport when tbs
, seizure was made but upon being in
+, formed of he turn of affairs hurried
here by automobile and upon his ar
riva- was Immediately placed undei
, arrest. Both Winters and Kilcorr
we're later released upon presenting
bonds in the sum OF $1,000, TO insure
their appearance here on Sept. when
e the case will be heard before judge
s Coster.