Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19
TASK OF CLEANING UP CITY
HAS JUST BEGUN.
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but regardless of court action We have
caused them a financial loss from which
hey viii not recover They are al
ready punished"
Baughn had FIVE freight cars in sid
ing in Guard this morning TO carry the
cOnfiscated whiskey to destination,
which he would not give out
INJUNCTION PROHIBITED.
However. Just before the work of load
ing the liquor started he received word
that attorneys for the whiskey interests
had secured an Injunction from Chancel-
Tor oscar Lewis Of Tuskegee prohibit
ing the destruction OF the whiskey
without a special court order. Although
the writ had not been served Baughn
announced thataSe would not attempt
10 move the whisky out OF the state.
a squad Of deputies has left Girard
for a point south of Fort Mitchell TO
investigate the reported movements of
seventy-five truck loads OF liquor said
10 have been removed from Girard last
night.
HOW RAIDS WERE MADE.
Captain Dallas b. Smith. commanding
company one. Fourth Alabama infantry
OF Opelika. took command at Girard
last night and his men were assigned
70 the task Of guarding the whiskey
seized during the day by Baughn's men.
lutEE was no AGUuU4E III uHNNA I'll n
where the big seizure was made, but ia
lower Girard. a widely scattered place,
attempt after attempt was made to car
~ away small quantities Of whiskey in
automobiles. An automobile would dart
up to a seemingly deserted house. two
men would jump out seize case OF
whiskey and dart away sometimes be-
! fore the soldiers could stop them. The
|. situation became so bad early in the
Hww-Ha e.
ouested Governor Henderson 10 send ad-
dfticnaI troops to reinforce his COM
maud which numbers only forty men
AZ s o'clock this morning the company.
whose tour OF duty began at at night
was still patrOIling the streets and the
men had before them the prospect OF
continuous service for another u hours.
No reinforcement has yet been order
ed here
a feature of the raids Is the exact
ness Of the information in the hands Of
the raiding parties The deputies are
armed with more than score OF blank
et search warrants
II ore brick house the men walked
futo the place, counted a certain n''mDer
of bricks 10 the right OF the door, count
ed six towards the ton and then knock
ed out two bricks Through the mole
made in the wall case after case OF
yvhfsJxev stored in a secret room was re-
vealed-
HID BOOZE N RIVER.
Much whiskey was found buried IN the
rround bv the forty-fOur deputies who
are working under Baughn. \ peculiar
feature Of the situation is that just be-
gore the raiders arrived yesterday sew
eraI peopIe attched cases Of whisKey 10
ropes and lowered them into the Chat
tanoochee river which is Georgia soil 10
the high water mark on the Alabama
side The deputies on locating rope
World stake a pest by il and send across
the bridge for Georgia officers who
would tahe charge
i tin from Montgomery that the raid
would come on Tuesday was received IN
Girard Saturday and large quantities OF
yrhssxey were then moved from the GEN.
ter OF the place 70 farms and outlying
districts Monday Sheriff Pal N Dan
f.I % Russell county, searched several
Il The building where stores valued al
from Ssn.0Ge 10 $4,000 were found 5y
the attorney generals force he re-
a1Eted THE capture Of two negro otind
tigers eacn having about = case OF wills
lev i'm ;hefr possession. When the
ra.ding had begun in earnest he offered
IS c0-onsration To the attorney gelicr-
ais men. who Il Is said. CURLY refused
IN allow the sEeriff's deputies TO take
mart in the raid During the day CLASH
az authorities was narrowly aVerted
when Mayer Earl Morgan app int
about % special pJlicem-l % guard the
property OF citizens Of Girarc-
BauEhn's deputies ordered the spe-
ffaI policemen not TO enter the buildings
where Iuey were guarding the con-
fs-ared and after few words the
policemen gave up their effort The IN
Iun-tinn suit wEs secured by Attorney
Frank u. DeGraffenreid, but no claim
ant 20 any OF the stocks OF whiskey con-
rsLated has yet appeared
The only protest Is the destrlctlon
Of the property. n. l. Richards watch :
ID the raid on his plLce and then said
mat $50. goo worth OF whisky had been
removed hut that he did not knew the
owner
TROOPS PATROL STREETS.
seventy mflitiamen from Opelika and
+ 105 sueciaI deputies from Montgomery.
Mobile, Birmingham, CArard, and PnenlN
.,ftv Ala and Columbus and Atlanta,
Ca All night patrolled the streets OF
r,frard- Ala across the state line from
here where yesterday the special depu-
lies rsfded twelve places and confscat-
ed many thousands or dollars worth OF
LIQUOR held in violation Of the Alabama
prohibition laws.
Great crowds illed the streets Of CIR
ard 4 town OF 5000 people. Interior
ence with the Edl0eA5 was sum N-''.N
-hortIv after o'clock yesterday after
moon the Ouelfka guarcsrnen were
brought 10 Girard 20 assist In keeping
rider Two companies at MontSomsry
were ordered held In readiness 10 pro-
-sed 10 Girard at q moments notice one
company al Union Springs and another
az TROY also were ordered ready Tor
serS zee
ne; QUANTITIES SEIZED.
---,,,,s. hundred barrels OF whisky were
found in one place in Lower Girsrd and