Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-03
RIVER STEAMER
Scene OF RAID
s...a Agents Confiscate About 800
Cases OF Beer Prom Hold
of &. ". HILL
CONSIGNED TO DUBUQUE
- Officers of Craft Placed in Gus.
tndy as Representative OF
Travelling Brewery.


.hrea hundred cases Of beer were
.onfscated when Iowa state agents
.,on Office OF Attorney General
gsyuer. acting under Henry W.
~s-rfl as chief, raided the steam
q ". Hill Saturday night.
The officers OF the boat were
,Isced under arrest as the craft
lied I'd in Davenport after taking
anooushine" excursion party
down the river.
All the prisoners, with the ex-
.entiou Of the captain. were lodged
IN a cell at the city Jail without
bond. They are:
Captain Cassidy.
Purser ". Dent.
clerk Jerome Butter.
Mate Frank Birmingham.
Mate J. F. Ross
bartender Ed GaiIbTaith.
Chief Terrill with [. L. Craw-
ford. Frank Kreucher and Jack
rsrrand. state agents, boarded the
e " Hill in Davenport before she
left the tri-Cities for the excursion.
On the boat they mingled with
the crowd They watched men and
women purchase near beer. 1t
was Run Bros. manufactured in
Quincy, III,
BESIDES dozens of cases stored
or rha IDyer deck of the steamer,
hundreds more were found in the
hold. They were all consigned TO
Rbomberg Brothers, East Dubuque,
IL
This consignment label state
men believe to be a blind" They
sav they have evidence 10 prove the
cases so consigned were opened and
sold on the boat.
The bar opened Just after the
steamer left Rock Island Saturday
night. Business grew so rushing
about $50 o'clock that the bar was
closed a short time while more
: beer was placed on ice.
After a short interval, il re
opened. After that, until about II
o'clock il became necessary TO
close up several times in order to
get the liquid cold.
NoIactiOn was taken by the state
men until the boat locked in DAY.
EXPORT. Then all the officers, in
Guiding the captain, purser, clerk
and two mates, were placed under
arrest. Another man, Ed Gailbraith,
was in charge Of the bar, and he
also was arrested.
Besides the beer a horse race
game" in the cabin deck of the
boat was coniscated by the state
agents. The game was in full swing
all evening, they declare, and was
nothing but q gambling device.
The game is worth several hun
bred dollars. It is a device similar
TO the "steeple-chase' games for
children.
Crowd at Dock.
The excursion passengers were
permitted to land before the Off
GERS OF the boat and members Of
the crew were taken TO the station.
Word that the alleged "wet
steamboat had been caught in At
torney General Havner's dry net
spread rapidly. Within a short
time a large crowd had congregated
az the wharf
After three motor trucks loaded
with beer had been taken TO the
county Jail word reached State
Agent Terrill that trouble faced
the next load" enToute to the county
Jail.
The state agent chief decided to
investigate On the way to the Jail
and two blocks from the pier two
soldiers and a quartet of civilians
attempted to pull a case OF beer
from the truck. The state agent
and police Immediately whipped
out their revOlTers and jumped
from the truck. The would-be beer
rescUers fed.
An hour later a similar attempt
was made and frustrated.
Night Captain Of Police Charles
Schlueter directed the squad of po-
Hcemen and detectives Immediately
TO dispense the crowd hanging
around the dock. This was done
with little trouble.
The state agents worked until 8
o'clock yesterday morning unload
ing the beer.
Reports were circulated that
the state agents would hold the
boat in port here pending word
Icm the attorney general This
vas denied by Chief Terrill, who
stated the boat would be permitted
10 leave Davenport when the liquor
had been removed.
me men arrested were released.
Il Is expected they viii receive a
Preliminary hearing in a few days.