Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-24
PUTNAM

over $6,ooo worth ct Liquors, Seized in Moosup by State Police, Thrown
 Into the Cellar at Central Village
 Stabie--Law Refused Wholesalers.
 Offer ef $5,ooo for the Lot-Teok
 Police Two Days to Pour Out Stuff.
 And, with weird tears, they'll tell this story to their childreS-and twill be handed down through generations to live through the ages as an exam even the Prussians blush with envy. For be it known to you that on Fri day. March 23. 1917. A. D.. at Central Village in town town of Plafnf1eld, State of Connecticut, during the ad~ ministration of Woodrow Wilson, the president of the United States. and Ills Excellency Marcus H. -Holcomb, governor at Hartford, members of the stroying-actually de-destroying, $S,- 900 worth of liquor, said liquor be- ing poured into the nethermost depths of the cavernous cellar at Tfllinghast's stable, there to be absorbed by Mo ther Earth. who craved not such. a spirituous baptism, nor needed it not, not to mention needing it.
 Work of State Police.
 Sergeant Robert W. Bridgeman of the state police told the story while Kingdom of Death that~the Germans claim to have left behind them on their retreat from the Somnne battIefieIds to their new Hindenburg line has blasted hopes and biackened prospects on the Sahara of thirst that the state officers have left along their trail in the part of Plainfeld where they have there and gnashing of teeth and parched throats-and maybe. only just maybe-this may be one of the signs that preSages the approaching end of %1,f the world.
 Two Days Job. In accordance with the requirements of the majesty of the law, Sergeant Bridgeman and Officers W. F. Jackson, Rowe H. Wheeler A. l.. Rudd and Thomas Mitchell. with four local as- sistants worked themselves dizzy get ting rid of the big haul of contraband liquors recently seized in Moosup. They started on the job Thursday and Iabored till they were weary, but it was Friday. afternoon before their la bors had been completed. But for weeks to come there will be a gurgle- gurgle-gurgle repertoire sounding in their ears-and who can tell but that their dreams will be filled with vis- ions of nightly Brownie orgies meath Tillinghast's barni
 An Ocean of Booze.
 According to Sergeant Bridgeman, there was some mighty nifty booze in lilc O16 IOI tHdI WcHI IO dSSlIuCl1OI Hundreds of bottles of Scotch-oh, you Johnnie Walkeri-Geneva gin and fine old Spanish port got the dump with the ordinary lines of booze. of which there was young ocean. Sergeant Brfdgeman said that approximately $s,e0o worth of the stuff was seized at the store of William G. Clark There were brands that the state officers never heard of in the lot. and many kinds of products of the distiller's art, not to mention beer.
 A Record Loot.
 Altogether the lot that. went down into the cellar and out into the yard where barley may grow this seq son-represented more money than any lot ever destroyed by the off, cers in this state. A raid at New Hartford a few years ago when $3,- 900 worth was seized and poured out represents the nearest approach to the high mark set Friday.
 Refused $5,ooo For It.
 Even the officers seemed stunned at the destruction wrought in the name of the law, which prohibited an offer of $5,0o9 for the seized goods being received, the offer from a wholesale liquor dealer
 But things are happening under Til- linghast's barn these nights. The Pied Piper of Hamlin would be jealous, too if he could see the goings-on. There is more than one way to "pie" a rat, and the rats have great chances to get pied now, even though Meosup is bone dry-or nearly so.