The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-03
LIQUOR AUTOMOBILES
SOLO BY THE SHERIFF
RaIeigh's City Judge For First Time
Orders Cnnfscation OF Cars
Hauling Whiskcy.
PRIEST CHRISTMAS ON RECORD
4 Few Tigers Got Away With II. But
Disguised Patrons When They
Charged $I.25 Per Pint for ~ Per
Gallon Liquor.

UlOnu ana pItttI ppiillH III
into Raleigh and other cities Of North
Carolina has received q decided check.
and consequently the blind tigers had
only limited supply of the bevt rage
son just ending. For what they did
have they demanded s1.25 per pint,
ut the rate of $40 the gallon. for stuff
for which they paid anywhere from
81 To 50 per gallon. Most Of 1t did
not cost the tigers even that much
But. Notwithstanding the enormous
profits, some of them failed to reap
profit in the long run. for the police
here were wary. and this time In
earnest. under Raleigh's new police
chief, Koontz, and the arm If the law
pulled a number of the tigers. who
were forced tn fish up something like
800 in addition To the Goaiiscation
and destruction OF their goods. II
they couldn't raise the money. they
had to hit the trail for the workhouse
and do duty for the county on the
public roads or leave this vicinity for
two years.
A Dry Holiday.
Raleigh enjoyed the driest holiday
week ever witnessed in this city-and
there was no big kick. either, from
those who would have bought liquor
had 1t been available and easy Of pur-
chase al n reasonable price.
Fer the tigers who pur up the
figures to s1,25 q pint their customers
had only words of condemnation, ard
anethemas could be heard floating in
the air in some sections of the city.
The fellows that sold il ard go. away
with it, made big money" of course.
Bat the men who blew III their $40
for the gallon of liquor which they
consumed during the holiday period
are now "cusstn' out the tigers louder
than anyone else because of the rob
berry
Others refused 10 pay the price and
kept sober, and today they are glad
OF it. In such cases the "prohibitlve
price prohibited when the letter OF
the law failed through evasion.
Autos Confiscated and Sold by sheriff.
But the most encouraging feature
of this subject at present lies in the
fact that Raieigh's police Justice Tor.
to be legally correct, the Judge of the
City Court) for the first time has
ordered the confiscation or auromo-
biies In which contraband liquor was
found in excessive auantities-several
having been captured with the whis-
key aboard billed to persons who
employed the owner of the vehicle or
the chauffeur to make the trip to
Richmond and bring the liquor here
for the evident sale of the STUFF, al
though the auto owner was not con-
carrying on an interstate transporta-
ton traffic for the profit there was
in it.
In one case, where the owners OF the
car. a man who bears a good reputa-
ton and is widely known. especially
fraternity faeH. allowed him
self TO make the mistake OF doing a
thing like that, his machine. with the
goods aboard. was seized by the police
while waiting near the residence of
the alleged consixnee TO deliver the
liquor. The latter, VINO had been i'll
a month, died within the last week
in a Richmond hospital He was the
proprietor of widely patronized cafe
here. had been in business for twenty
five years and more In Raleigh. was
n member of one of the leading
churches here. and was weif-Tfked by
hundreds of friends. He was buried
here in lakewood Cemetery last Mon
day.
own driver tthe machine doing a pub
lie for hire" husiness}, not only lost
his fine Cadillac machine, but was
fined $T5 and the costs also by the
city court. The constgnee did have
to stand trial.
Distress and Death the Demon'a Cem-
pani0ns.
One of the other autos used tn trans-
porting liquor from Richmond to Raj
eieh struck a little child while pass-
ing through the streets OF a small
town in this State. The child IL said
to be fatally injured. The number of
the car was taken there and phoned
to police headquarters here. Officers
went out on the road the car should
take to reach Raleigh and the cap
ture with the liquor aboard was easy.
The occupants of the car will probably
have to face charge OF more se-
rious nature soon, They were locked
up and the liquor destroyed.
So here are just two instances to
be added to the old. old story of how
distress and loss and even death fol-
low in the wake OF the greatest enemy
of the human race everywhere.
Prohibitien rRoA1hlts.
There were. nevertheless more happy
wives and children In Raleigh and
throughout North Carolina genraliy
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