Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-31
SWINK SALOONS
have TO GO
Otero County Law and Order
League Gets Busy
TWENTY INF0RMATIONS
FILED AGAINST DEALERS
Liquor to Minors and Violation
of Local Option Law

of Local Option Law
As was intimatcd by The Enter
prise last week, it is the determine
ton of the Otcro County Law and
Order League TO rid this county OF
saloons, and the first real move in
this direction was made last Friday
afternoon when twelve informations
were filed in the county court against
the saloonkecpers of Swink.
Six of the informations we've for
selling liquor in dry territory-that is
taking and receiving orders in La
Tunta and Rocky Ford for booze and
filling them from Swink. Six OF the
informations were for selling liquor
to mniors-threc against Glysson
Bros. and three against Fox x Jones.
Two OF the informations for selling
liquor in dry territory were against
Glysson Bros. and one against Fox
& Jones, and three against Al Razor,
drayman, who has been delivering
booze in La Junta on telephone and
other orde<s.
Warrants were issued on the infor-
nations and were Immediately served
by Sheriff Yant and UndcrshcTi'f
Steward. and the defendants were ar
raigned before Judge McDaniels on
Saturday morning, when at least ft-
ty members of the Law and Order
league from this city and several from
Newdale, Swink and La Junta forgot
their business affairs for the forenoon
and by their presence in the court
room showed they were interested in
the proceedings
Through their attorney, Earl Sa-
bin of La Junta, the defendants plead
ed not guilty on each count, and ask
ed for a continuance until the Sep
tember term of court.
Assistant District Attorney Wallis
and the leagues attorney, Judge NJ.
f. Miller of La Junta, objected to the
delay. and asked that the cases be
set for Aug. 5. Judge McDaniels
ruled that Aug. gave the defense
ample time to prepare their cases and
set the hearing for that date.
Attorney Sabin then made mo-
ton that regular jury vcnire be
called.
Arguing in defense of his motion
that his clients would not get square
deal through the shcriff's Office the
Judge ovcrrulcd the motion on the
ground that such could not be called
in the middle of the term, and an
nounccd that he would order a spe-
cial venirc for the trial OF the liquor
cases. Exception was taken to the
Judges ruling and when the cases
come up for trial it is evident that At
torncy Sabn will seek further delay
by objcc,ing to the jurors summon
ed.
Immediately following tue bearing
Saturday morning. Fox & Jones were
served with summons in seven more
informations which had been filed
earlier in the forenoon They gave
bond on each count, and these cases
will probably not be tried until the
September term OF court.
The league has had detectives get
ting evidence during the last month.
and the officers state that they have
enough evidence in reserve to Keep
the defendants in court during the
balance of the term OF their licenses.
It has also been given out that evi-
dence has been given the government
charging the Swink saloonmcn with
having sold liquor to Indians.
1t is a notorious fact that the Swink
saloons have for several months been
catering to the boys and young men
of Rocky Ford and La Junta, accord
| ing to admissions said 10 have been
made by many boys who are TO ap-
pear as witnesses. The boys assert
that they have had no trouble at any
time in procuring dil lRk over the bar
and bottled goods TO take with them
from the Swink booze joints.
The evidence against the Swink sa-
loonkeepers will be very similar to
that OF the La Junta cases that were
tried in January of this year, in which
convictions were secured in every in
stance the similarity in the evidence
being that there will be more than one
witness to testify to the alleged in-
| fraction OF the law in each case.