Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19
TASK Of CLEANING UP
CITY HAS JUST BEGUN,
SAYS SEARCH LEADER
More Than 100000 Worth
of Liquors Already Seized
Martial Law Prevails as
Raids Go On
BY CHARLES T. HnLIPS, JB.
(Jcurna1 STAFF Correspondent.) =


who are raiding Girard, Ala, are dig
ging whiskey out of the ground pulling
lit out of the Ch&ttahoochee river, drag
ieing it out of barns. warehouses. gro
Gerry stores and residences.
AS fast as il is located the Company
Of the Alabama national guards now on.
duty take charge and stores tbs con-
Escated liquor in warehouses. So great
is the supply found here that Captain
Dallas Smith, commanding, requisition-
ed two warehouses, one in upper and the
other IN lower Girard. and in these two
places barrels and cases of the forbid
den liquor are being carried by eight
drays which have been at work sinceaS
O'Clock, although the work of centraliz-
ing the supply is not half done.
Eight raids were made during the
lmorning and according to NJ. ). Baugtn.
law agent for the attorney general. over
100000 worth of liquor was added to
the confiscatec store making the total
value of whiskey already seized $400,-
Zoo. Twenty-four raids are scheduled
for thss afternoon, and about 90 forsto-
morrow, when Baughn expects to COM
plete the job.
! NO RESISTANCE OFFERED.
| There has been no resistance to the
raiders. However, citizens of Coluna- s
bus declare that the minute an effort to
destroy the liquor is made that trouble
will begin. Baughn states that he VIII
not attempt 20 destroy the whislxey
without court order, and that this will
not be asked until the raids have ended
and the $1,O00,000 supply which he says
is IN Girard and Russell county had been
placed in the two warehouses.
Governor Henderson has ordered an
additional company of the Alabama Ma
tiOnal guard from Alexander City to re-
/ inforce the Opelika outfit and 1t IS ex-
Ipected to reach mere this afternoon.
Martial law is expected to remain in
forme until the raids have been complet-
ed and the whisky disposed of.
The hearing of the temporary iI5urc
tion granted ythe chancery court 70
prevent Baughn's carrying out his plan
to move the whisky out of the county
has been set for Friday morning.
i WOULD 1MPEACH SHERIFF..
| Baughn declared this afternoon that
/ ne has notified the Attorney General
that he is in possession of evidence on
which to bring impeachment proceed
ings against Sheriff Pal NJ Daniel, of
Russell county and he says that before
the case is ended he will recommend in
stitution of additional Impeachment pro-
iceedings.
The sheriff, Baughn declares, stood in
a room on Monday where there were
hundreds Of cases of whisky
stored ana Indue no eIOTl W COHuSCdbS-
t, or arraign its owners.
Bau5hn declares that a delegation of
prominent citizens who have been CO.
Operating with nim have been approach
ed by representatives of whisky deal
Iers who promise to produce the evidence
against the higher ups" in the case If
dealers themselves are allowed to ship
the liquor back to the distilleries. The
deputies making the raids declare that
,H-bic Iyr iC ctr m ND
hut practically over Russell county and
Ithey expect to reach the country districts
tomorrow.
The store and farm of Z. H. Dennis.
former representative of the legisla-
ture, have both been raided but no wnis-
ky found at either place. The sensa-
tionaI raids have come on the heels of
la primary al which Probate Judge II. D.
Benton was reelected. J. p. Marchants
II well known Girard citizen who stump
ed Russell county for the defeated candj-
date E II. Elrod told Journal report
er today that only two weeks ago in
speeches he declared that if Benton was
lre-elected the opposition would see to 1t
that the whisky traffic of Girard was
broken up. If the whisky is destroyed
it is said by citizens here that several of
the political powers of Russell county
Will be financially ruined.
Despite the statement of Baughn,
Girard citizens declare that they do not
expect the whisky to be destroyed and
say that some compromise will be
agreed upon. No orrests have yet been
made although several men were
searched for weapons.
The raid is costing the state about
So, 900. it is said by officials in touch
with Montgomery.
RAIDING is RENEWED.
Raiding parties began work at two
different points of Girard at o'clock
this morning to continue the work of
cleaning up the "wettest spot OF It's
size in the world -,
Within ten minutes after the raidfng
party started an additional $685. worth
of liquor was confscated. AS the party
| crossed the bridge into Girard a repre-
sentative of the mercantile firm of Jones
& Porter handed the leader the keys to
that firms store. The party went in
and found hundreds of cases of whisky
Marion S Baughn, of Atlanta. law
agent for NJ l. Martin, attorney gen
eraI of Alabama, who is alleged not only
to have stepped over the heads of the
county and local authorities. but over
the head of Governor Henderson as well,
is in charge of the raids.
Mr.. Baughn told journal represent
alive this morning that the work
of cleaning up Girard has Just
z II.
is lin sight and will be seized today
and tomorrow. The raiders. after investi-
eating twelve places, where thousands of
gallons were stored. were called off at
o'clock last night by the peculiar Ala
bama law. which authorizes raids sim
liar TO the ones in progress here only
between the hours of a m. and pm
No arrests have yet been made, and
according to Mr.. Baughn, none will be
attempted unless citizens of Girard re-
sist the seizures of whisky.
ARE ALREADY PUNISHED.
We will wait for the grand jury to
act said Baughn for we are content
with having broken up the Alabama wiTis-
KEY trust LIQUOR has been stored in
5irard for Illicit sale in both Georgia
and Alabama. We are going to try to
nail the men behind this wfiskey plot,
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