The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-07-28
HOME OF J. B. VIOLETTE
RAIDED WEDNESDAY LAST
Quantity of Liquor and a Gambling Out
fit Taken in Charge-COmplaint
FiIed-MOre to Follow

Under instructions from the mayor
and city attorney two special officers,
Jos. Teshera and J. F. Pratt made a
raid on the Violette home, near the
corner OF Ninth and Commercial streets
Wednesday afternoon between the
hours OF four and six o'clock, and found
80 bottles OF beer and between IS
and hundred bottles OF whiskey, also
card tables, cards and a few poker
chips and some other paraphernalia,
loaded the outfit on wagon and con-
veyed it to the city hall and later stored
it in room in the jail, where it will be
held pending the outcome of charge
filed before Magistrate Graham against
Mr.. Violette for selling liquor in viola
ton of the state dry law.
For some time the authorities haye
suspected that Mr.. Violette was selling
liquor in violation Of the law, and com
plant had also been made before Magis-
trate Graham that a gambling game
was being conducted in the Violette
home. After sufficient evidence had
been secured a raid was decided on.
Because City Marshal Potter was sus-
pected by the mayor, Magistrate and
city attorney, of being in collusion
with those who violated the law and
would not do his duty, special officers
were employed, and Jos. Teshera and
J. F. Pratt were sworn in.
The following inventory OF stuff taken
from the Violette home in the raid has
been filed with Magistrate Graham:
Twelve gal. jugs empty, some with
small quantity of whiskey; four barrels
of empty beer and liquor bottles; two
packages of corks; one round gambling
table; two cases of empty pint whiskey
TASKS; one gal. demijon in sack found
outside Of house, broken and liquor
almost all gone, sack and ground satur-
ated with whiskey; four chairs, five eye
shades, five packs of playing cards,
cigars, pipes, tobacco and matches;
30 pints OF beer; Is quarts of whiskey;
26 pints Of whiskev, wrapped as if for
delivery; one quart French liquor; one
quart bottle bitters, not full, and one
pint bottle Of whiskey not full. Part
Of the above liquors were found out
side of and in front of the house where
Mr.. Teshera says he saw Violette busy
carrying out something, and drop it on
the ground.
Nick Mike, Greek track foreman
on the G. N. made complaint before
Magistrate Graham the first of this week
against J. B. Violette for selling him
two quarts OF whiskeY Sunday, July %.
On his return from Wenatchee We'd
nesday afternoon, just before the raid
was pulled off, Violette was arrested by
Marshal Potter and went before Magis
trate Graham and deposited $500 for
his appearance,
John Kuly made complaint Wednes-
day night against Nick Mike and sew
eral other Greeks employed on track
work under Nick Mike for aggravated
assault in front of Mayor Days place of
business, in which Kuly was roughly
handled. 1t appears from statements
made by Nick Mike and others that
John Kuly, an Austrian, who has been
employed on the snow shed work, but
has gambled and bought whiskey at
the Violette home, is responsible for
the big blow up which resulted in the
raid and the complaints about illegal
whiskey selling and gambling.
Nick Mike, the Greek with the
Americanized name, plead guilty to
assault before Magistrate Graham yes
terday evening and was fined $40 and
costs