Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-07-27
RAID ON DRUG
STORE YIELDS
NVAC0N0F BOOZE
Acting Police Chief Starts
Cleanup When State Men
File Their Evidence.
ARRESTS WILL LEAD
TO INJUNCTIONS

A dray wagon filed with liquor con.
sisting Of whisky Of ripe old age in
great quantity. also wine and gin was
taken from the Opera House drug
store yesterday afternoon In the big
search made Of five suspected places
BY Acting Chief of Police Levi Noah
and officers assisted by H. e. Crawford
and j. e. Fessler, state agents.
ARRAlGNMENT AUGUST 9.
The arrest of the proprietors or
those in charge followed the raids in
each case although all Of them did not
appear. One was represented BY coun.
Sci and two left their places during
appearance at the time of hearing
which has been deferred until August
3 at 8 a. m. Those who desire arraign.
ment earlier will be accommodated by
Police Judge Swartz.
LIQUOR NUISANCE CHARGE.
The arrest OF each Of the seven men
is on the charge Of keeping a
a liquor nuisance and this is viola
tion OF the state law. Following their
hearings in police court, each faces an
injunction charge in the district court
and where any Of them may already
have an Injunction pending against
them. they will be charged with con.
tempt Of court.
County Attorney E. R. Mitchell was
given lot Of affidavits and list Of
the men arrested and the charges
against them. He will Immediately
file the Injunction petitions in the dis
trict court.
NOAH BEGINS CLEANUP.
The regime Of Acting Chief Of Po-
lice Noah is bristling with cleanup ac-
tions. The first day he served as sue
cessor to Michael Meany. who was de-
posed last Saturday by Commissioners
Phillips and Menefee over the opposi-
..;az..ssss.as.snf-N Mayor LeeEy. he ordered
the closing Of the Darden joint on East
Main street Just west Of the Orpheum
theater on the second floor of the Red
man building.
The big sweeping raids made yes
terday while not productive Of evil
dence save In one instance, was based
on the aff1davits and whisky given into
the charge of the police chief by the
state agents who worked here for a
few days Evidence Of purchase in
each Of the places raided accompanied
by affidavits have been turned over to
Chief Noah and resulted in immediate
search.
RAipED At SAME TIME.
The searches were planned in such a
manner thlt the raids were made al
most simu Aneously, but despite the
fact that no chance for advance in
formation could be given the suspect
ed places, but one place produced any
evidence in addition to that procured
by the state agents. This one instance
however, gave forth supply big
enough for all.
CHIEF MAKES SEARCH.
Chief Noah and Oficer Crisswell
made the search Of the Opera House
drug store where the big haul was
made. Here the officers found 1t neces-
sary to get dray wagon in order to
haul the liquor to the police station.
The vehicle was guarded by the OFF,
GERS on the way to the city hall and
the wire netting placed on the cages
by Judge Swartz a few days ago will
make the receptacles OF the booze al
most proof against any view Of the
stuff as 1t reposes at the rear Of the
police court room.
VARIETY OF LIQUOR.
The stock obtained at the drug store
consisted OF the following:
Ten quarts. 263 pints I'D 273 half
pints OF whisky, twenty-one bottles of
wine and five bottles of gin.
The men and places against whom
charges and afifdavits Of purchase
have been tiled are:
Opera House drug store, Frank Bald
win.
Greenlig, Chop house on South
Vine street, Jack Graham.
63S East Main street. William Tate.
Arthur Hinkle and John Fox.
314 East Main street. Frank Er-
bacher.
Jefferson he ,el, Earl Thompson.
ARR .NoE FOR BOND.
Follor'-g the raids the men arrest
ed, &. -s..iged for bonds which were
placed at 5000. Frank Erbacher and
Earl Thompson /. we bond late in the
afternoon. Arthur Iinkle and John Fox
got bail in the ev uing and Frank
Baldwin, who was first represented by
counsel. afterwards appeared and ar
ranged for bonds. Jack Graham was
arrested and ordered to appear in po-
lice court and William Tate. who had
failed to appear is expected to arrange
for bond.