Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-16
MANY ARRESTS
MADEMFARG0
Cass County Officials Make
Twelve Arrests in a
Night Raid.

Fargo, N. D., Dec. ar.
rests were made by Fargo and Cass
county officials who co-operated Sat
urday night In q series Of raids on N.
p. avenue, Front street and Broadway
establishments, this addition to the
county Jail population being gathered
in between the hours Of 1880 o'clock
Saturday night and 1880 o'clock Sum
day morning, on warrants issued by
Judge A. T. Cole Of the district court,
on the relation Of tho assistant States
attorney, w. G. Green.
Sunday morning eleven of the al
legged law violators appeared before
Judge Cole in the district court, bail
being fixed in each al Only two
were successful in securing the bail
required.
This afternoon the entire group Of
accused men and women-there are
two of the weaker sex included in the
disappeared before Judge Coffey,
presiding in the district court for
Judge Cole, to enter pleas. They were
at Q o'clock, and the prosecuting au-
thorities anticipated that it would re-
quire an hour or two to dispose of the
whole group.
Except for the fact that the raiders
didn't equip themselves with publicity
experts, a fashion inaugurated in
North Dakota by certain state officials
within the past two years, the Fargo
raids were right up to the minute In
all respects. Raiding parties working
simultaneously under the direction OF
| Sheriff A. NJ. Ross and Chief Of Pc.
lice Louis Dahlgren did their work
we'll, and they did it rapidly.
The police patrol made visits each
quarter hour to the county jail from
! 1880 o'clock till 1880 o'clock, wher
the last Of the group had been gather
ed. Warrants are said to have beer
issued for two or three others, blu,
they escaped.
Saturday nights raids were the re-
suit Of Investigations conducted fol
the past, two weeks by detectives en-
ployed by the county authorities. Thu
charges filed against the several in
dividuals include bootlegging, acting
as agent for ~bootleggers and keeping
common nuisances.
The raid resulted in the following
arrests:
F. Grace Thomas, COS IL N. P. ave
nue., maintaining common nuisance
Bond fixed at $500, furnished.
Hulda Swanson, 421 N. P. avenu'
Gladstone hotel), maintaining
common nuisance. Bond $500.
Dan Polls. proprietor Of the Libert
Taxi line; bail $1,000; furnished.
James Waters, taxi driver: bon
$500.
Louis Street, taxi driver; bond $500
Isaac Plummer, a waiter; bon
$500.
Joseph Peters, with record of pre-
vious conviction for violating prohib!
ton law; bond $500.
Oliver Jacobs, colored, a barber
bond $500.
Ben Gunderson, laborer; bond $50
Wilbur Hare, N. p. switchmar
bond $500.
VIM. Morrison, driver for the Kone
Taxi line; bond $500.
Arthur Stevens was too i'll to appea
to have his bond fixed.
Not the least interesting incident {
the evenings entertainment was tn
arrest of Hare. He was in n of tn
places raided by officials, and was Q
his way out when accosted by Wi
liam Green, who asked him his nam
Hare replied, giving. his name. an
Mr.. Green turned him over to an O.
fcer with the information that he VIZ
included in the list.
Hare Immediately set up a plea
being a."poor working. man." h'
went to jail with the others