Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-16
|NJUNCT|ONS
SECURED BY
/. !. [|NDE
500 Line and Great Northern En-
joined From Shipping
Intoxicants.
DATES ARE SET
FOR TWO HEARINGS
Data Gathered at Minot;; Booze"
Shipments Stagger Public
Belief.

Attorney General H. J. Linde secur
ed injunctions against the 500 Rail
way company and the Great Northern
Railway company yesterday, in ac-
tions brought by the state of North
Dakota to enjoin such railway com
panies from receiving, carrying and
delivering Intoxicating liquors for H.
legal use in the state Of North Da.
kota. These two actions complete a
series Of four cases started by the
attorney general against the North
ern Pacific, Milwaukee, 500 and Great
Northern railway companies. The
cases are started in the Eleventh Ju'
dicial district, before Judge Frank E.
Fisk.
Judge Fisk issued temporary in
junction in each case and ordered the
500 Railway company to show cause
on the Goth day of July and the Great
Northern Railway company, on the
9th day of July, why such injunc'
tions should not remain in force dur
ing the pendency of these actions.
Data From 'Minot.
The facts upon which these two ac
tions were started were secured by
Attorney General Linde at the freight
offices of the 500 and Great Northern
railway companies at Minot, and indi'
cate that vast quantity Of intoXi.
eating liquor has been shipped into
the city of Minot to a comparatively
few persons.
In the 500 case it appears that for
q periOd of about 16 months, 40 men
received, through the 500 Railway
company at the city of Minot, over
1900 cases Of beer or an average
of over 20 cases of beer apiece for a
month. Certain individuals, like one
X. Atkins, received 435 cases Of beer
in IA months. One D. Elkins, 43o;
]. ,Emrnet, 416; +. p. Greene, 416; r.
Jameson, Al; D. Kinslow, AS; L.
MaGee, 43S; J. O'Brien, 421; B. Soil.
en-, 46l. In addition, it appears that
in the Great Northern case compar'
atively small number Of men received
from January, 1914, to April. 1915,
over $4,000. cases of whiskey; 73S
quarter kegs Of whiskey and lS2 box
es of whiskey.. One A. Fitzpatrick lie.
ceived for the period of IS months,
146 cases of whiskey. One R. Abbey
in nine months received IS cases of
whiskey. ]. O'Drien in ~ months
received 80 cases of whiskey.
Fictitious Names.
1t further appears from evidence in
the possession Of Attorney General
Linde that many of the names used
are wholly fictitious and the: the
great bulk of the deliveries Of whis.
key and beer were made through
certain draymen in the city Of Minot
1t further appears from affidavits in
the possession of Mr.. Linde. and
which are attached to the moving pa.
pers in these actions that great Quan.
titles of intoxicating liquor are
brought into the city Of Mine. over
these railroad companies and are
sold in said city in violation oi law,
and such sales are so open and 40
torious as to be matter o. com.
mon knowledge Among Others siga.
ing these affidavits is very proni'
nent clergyman in the city of Minot.
The attorney general is in possession
also of testimony from the records,
taken at various other points on the
different lines. In addition to the
above railroads, there are two e.
press companies, conducted by the
defendant railroad companies, run.
ming into the city Of 'Minot, which
also carry liquor.
VoIuminous Record.
The hearing upon the Northern Pa
cific case has been delayed until the
evidence could be procured in all
cases, as the work has been very vol
luminous and several months have
been taken in order to procure thu
same. The matters will doubtless be
brought on shortly for determination.