Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-28
EAST GRAND FORKS
BREWERY RAIDED BY
LANCER AND WATKINS
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violate the North Ike DOOtleSBlHS
law and the bone dry" law and also
charge Bookkeeping, According to n
attorney generals staff, this is h first
time thai such conspiracy charge
has been made. 5
Bronson is Uncertain.
Assistant Attorney General II. A.
ing the evidence against the East
Grand Forks brewery, and ,Supertn-
tendent F. L. Watkins of the North
Dakota Law Enforcement league,
who, with his force, also took part
in the work., were not ready today to
state whether or not warrants would
be issued for a number of other
Grand Forks and North Dakota men,
who, they claim. contracted for beer
ever, that such actions. il any came,
would be subsequent to the case
against Mr.. McInerny,. ct al. They
.intimated, however, that all of the
men who had contracted for such
beer could be held on a conspiracy
charge and that, some undoubtedly
would be so held.
Worked in Disguise.
The evidence was gathered by Mr..
Watkins, MI. Finwall, federal secret
service man and "a prominent North
Dakota resident. whose name was
not divulged. All -four men worked
in disguise, and, 1t is claimed, secured
enough evidence to convict several
hundred, If not more men.
A short time ago, H. A. Bronson,
who had charge Of the legal work for
the state, conferred with Attorney
General Lyndon A. Smith of st. Paul
and the Minnesota Public Safety
Commission regarding cooperation in
preventing the sale of liquor in East
Grand Forks for transportation into
was promised, it is said, and Mr.
Bronson was notified thatssteps would
be taken "to clean up East Grand
Forks" County Attorney Young.
Iiquist, of C~rookston, now is in st
Paul, comforting with the attorney
general regarding steps to be taker
in Polk county.
The names of a number OF Grand
Forks men are mentioned in the com
many Of them, it Is charged, by state
officials and officers of the Law En-
forcement league, have been bootleg
ging. No formal complaints have
been made against them, but. lega
steps undoubtedly will be taken, i
was said. Warrants will not be issued
until after the investigation by the
federal grand jury and, then acSior
will depend, Of course, upon the find.
ings Of that body.
After the Oficials, Too.
Oficials are determined, however
to end the illegal sale Of liquor II
North Dakota and its transportation
into the state.
w are after the men at the top
said Superintendent F. Z. Watkins
of the Law Enforcement league, "ant
If any officials are lax in their duty
we are going to get them"
The raid was carried out quietl!
and without local officials knowing
anything about 1t. At midnight Jus
tice Phil Mclaughlin was called gu
A. F. Turner later was called. TIL,
brewery was visited at about II
O'Clock, when Sheriff Kelly served hi
Polk county warrants and searches
the premises, taking a quarter Of
ton Of records. These records hav
been promised the North Dakota of
1cials in their prosecutions.
After East Grand Forks.
Law Enforcement league oficial
declared today that they had secure
evidence against a number Of place
in East Grand Forks. Whiskey an
beer, it is said, have been gathered 4
large quantities and now are storet
awaiting the trial Of the defendant
McInerny maintains that the brew
lery has not been selling beer I
siquantities less than Ave gallons. blu
Iaccording to Assistant Attorney Ger
eral Bronson, the state has plenty 4
evidence to prove that the brewer
has been selling 1t in quantities 8
small as twelve quarts,
The operatives visited manyBplace
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