La Junta tribune., 1914-01-10
BOOTi.Et;GEI.s IN TOLLS
Twenty-SrNen lnfHrmatiOnx FtSe0.
and SIX Dispensers III Liquids
Now In Tolls Of Law

sAtct touk uuys ot iaDOI Auu ut8tAS"
devoid OF ease. Sheriff Yant and his
man. Friday. Undersheriff Steward.
succeeded In getting the goods" -
landing them In the tolls OF the Law.
They have been under suspicion for
a long TINA. ".s .othinE tangible
icvs'cpc'. as least nothing that
would stick. They opened thelR
campaign on December nth. wttA
the sss' "ince OF Charles II. Bodfish.
who was the prime factor In securing
the goods.
The campaign closed on DIX embet
Soth. and as u result thereof ten M
formations were filed against Russell
Ludden. OF the Depot Drug store:
four informations against Ira Todd.
of Todd's drug store: six infOrmA-
tions against II. II. GrogGer. head
bartender In Todd's bookkeeping e.
tablishment and groEgery: four in
formations against Alyeno MARITIME,
bartender In Lee Madrids pool hall
on West First street; two casoo
against Marihildo Trujillo. another
be -tender In the same pool hall &C.
tablishment. which holds a license
granted by our dry city council: and
one case against Ray Decker. whQ
runs chill Joint on West Second
street
The safe In the sheriff's office 10
decorated with choice, various and
sundry array OF bottles of booze
gathered during the campaign. the
eNhibi, including Yellowstone. Ken
tucky Dew. Hopedale. Sunny Brook
Iiill a Hill. and most OF the other
brands that were known to fam. in
ly wet town. The sheriffs office
had witnesses 10 each transaction
Bodfish being searched In the pres
.nc- Of Witnesses l,etprs be started
ON his quest for booze. and again ar
ter he returned from his expedition
and was once more IN the presence
of the officers of tn. Law.
Bodfish made one too many trips
to tn. pool hall OF Lee Madrid. The
last tim. he called for half pint
at this establishment. the proprietor
made an assault ON him. shifting him
on the cheek bone aud making a
slight abrasion. Madrid had got
wind of what Bodfish WAS doing and
that was the cause OF the assault
Madrid Was arrested and pleaded
guilty befor. Judge Aaron Wilkins
and was fined s2s and costs. about
fs5 IN all.
Ray Decker. who runs n bootleg
ging establishment In connection
with his chill parior. was tried last
Tuesday and ON the evidence found
against him by the sheriffs office
WAS fined Sloo and given n sentence
Of ten days In jail. He Is nov the
guest of the Hotel Yant. and viii re-
main there until he serves out his
sentence. and fine. too. unless h"
pays H. II has recently been discor-
cred that tn. poor person racket
cannot be- worked under III. local OPP
ton law. there being an exemption
clause In the Law itself. and there
fore does not apply.
Under the local option Law the
penalty for the first offcns- is u lin.
Of not less than 500 nor NOR. than
1900. or n sentence OF not less than
ten days nor more than thirty days
In Jail. or both such fine aud impri-
sonmcnt For the ~cond off.nso the
nor more than $500. or u scntene.
Of not less than thirty days nor NOR.
than ninety days. or both such fin"
and imprison m"nt.
Next week there Will be- n whole
week Of booticxs.r trials IN the dis
triet court room before Justice OF the
Peace wilkins. The prosecution viii
be- conducted by A. u. Wallis, as.
sistant prosecuting attorney. who
viii be- assisted by e. Il. sabin aud
". W. Allen. who have be.n cn-
ployed as special prosecutors. Ma
jor Cameron viii represent the de-
PENDANTS. On Wednesday morning
tn. attorneys met with Justice of
Peace wilkins aud the cases for the
week were VT NJ follows.
M"w<lay. jsmuaty I9th.
People W. Aiveno MARITIME; boot
Logging. date Of offense. December
3Oth.
People " Ira Todd. booticssing: I:
date of oifense. December iith.
People W. NsrihildO TrujullO: