The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-10
BOOZE
RAID IN LOCAL
HISTORY MADE
Federal and State Authorities
Seize 336 Cases Near Jim
Kinnane'S Place Seven
Negroes Under Arrest.
BOX SCORE OF DUPLEX
LIQUOR RAIDS THURSDAY
Seized

| Two raids, or rather two acts OF
l.nractlcally the same raid, made be-
INween the hours Of midnight and
1 o'clock Thursday morning by United
States authorities and the local police
i force resulted in the seizure Of total
Of 500 cases OF what is said to be
good whisky which at the present mar
ket retail quotations at 81 the quart
aggregates u total money value OF S2S,-
In the first raid, which was made
and deputies and Hulet Smith, detec-
tive chief the premises adjacent to
Jim Kinnane's place, Winchester ave-
nue. and Front street, were broken
into, Two negroes who were compelled
TO unlock two rooms wherein the
in the midnight raid, They IRE Loren
10 Dove, alias Bud, said to be @ "man-
ager" for Jim Kannane, and John
| Rhodes, who gave his residence as
In the second raid five negroes were
captured and taken TO the police sta
tion. They were registered as, Oliver
Lyle, alias Voss, 80 years old, Marion,
, Ark; Gus Walls, AZ years old, "a Jack
! son asSenuei James Hodges Y Years years
"A years old, 1906 Winchester avenue,
/ and John Thomas, 81 years old, S5S
r North Second street.
Investigation in Progress.
A federal investigation is in progress
following the raids. All the negroes
! captured deny guilt, There has been
/ no development late Thursday indi-
J eating the owner Of the liquor seized,
James Kmnane was not present when
1 the officers made the raid and al
! though adjacent to his present place
there has as yet been no official de-
. velopment to connect him with the
ownership OF the whisky,
II was the theory Of the United
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llin ahe Nicifsisv 81 lzianapa@ plaee
Efvront Kl lsEgter Information ID
said to nave been tipped off that 2
large consignment BY boat from =,
I passing the blockade and reports to
I the police department indicated q
Z brislxness In the North Memphis half
!, pint trade which was interpreted as
q meaning that large supply had been
v received for local consumption.
: About midnight Mr.. Trezevant, with
4 Deputy Marshals Carrigan Bates and
: Merwin; Detectives Drummer and Webs
ter and Chief Detective Hulet Smith,
d directed their energies on the room
. formerly rented as the agency for the
j | Moerlein brewery on Front street next
a to Kinnane's place. Two negroes ap-
" parently guarding the whisky were
4 threatened at pistol points before they
q unlocked the two rooms containing the
! oontraband liquor. Forty cases of .
!, popular brand OF Old Kentucky bour-
4. bon In gunny sacks were taken here
a Probably thousand empty bottles hid
y den beneath the floor here attested the
a brskness OF tho trade conducted re-
Gently.
proceeding from the rooms Just raid
ed the officers with the negroes In
tow forced their way into a vacant
r house under suspicion on the southwest
corner of Winchester avenue acrost
the avenue from Kinnane's place. Here
! l55 cases of the same brand as that
!. secured at the other place were So
u cured.
= , The liquor was loaded upon auto
Z trucks and taken to the Federal build
"A ing, where II Is being held,
= Second Raid Spectacular.
= Leaning to the well-worn proverh
= that runs something to the effect that
lone good haul deserves another long
- after Mr. Tre2evant and his aides and
o had turned in, for tho night sergt
y Webster who had served with them
after a rest sailed forth on another
booze stalking expedition. Accompanied
by Policemen Hewitt Isa. and Gaskins q.
stroled tld to the Vicinity Of the two
whisky caches captured at midnight
- The result was that to offset the
N United States marshals prize OF l9s
q cases OF whisky trucked to the United
+, states customhouse, l4i cases OF Whis'
@ ky was cargoed in police cars to The
: central office, along with five negroes
Is and a big touring car (of the make
known as tho 'leggers' specia), cred
10 tied by policemen as belonging to c. S
q Rather, 800 Adams avenue.
Il L. f0W
,s Webster, Hewitt and Gaskins in a va
cant house, at Jackson avenue ant
n Front street, while being hauled ava,
l. in an automobile manned by Grew
Of five black pirates"
AS the trio of policemen with muf
fled steps turned into Front street from
Jackson they spled the big touring car
where 1t had sailed up to the curb II
: front of the vacant building, It's cur
talns were down and the negroes. Jog
y the car like so many river rousters
!. with cases OF whisky on head or shoul
y ders, were rapidly loading their craft
!. Was Rather's Car.
n Before the negro crew could bolt
u the policemen had them all, The dozel
Y or more cases already nesting in tn,
y car were a mere bagatelle to wha
U greeted the eyes OF Webster and hi
n men when they flashed their lights oil
~ the interior OF inc Olu DululUk,
u Leaving Hewitt to guard the whisky
:. Webster and Gaskns headed for th
" central police office with the automo
: bile and the five negroes captured.
It When the prisoners had been Gagged
II Webster and Gasklns returned to tn
= cache with police cars and policemen
I'm shlrtsleeves to serve as truckers ant
the 14t cases were delivered to tn
"commissary" room at police head
quarters.
4 The men of the police and detectiv
" departments who had assisted tn
United States forces were: Hulet Smith
- chief OF detectives; Detectives Brun
" ner, Heckle, Hendricks, Williams ant
at Bell and Police Sergt. Webster AM
r, patrolman Hewitt.
1t Is the theory of the detectives
m and policemen that, following the twi
TX hauIs Wednesday night, the bootlegger
went into action and made desperate
4 efforts to transfer the 141 cases from
IN the house Mt Front and jackson befor,
70 dawn.
G. S. Rather, whom police credit will
owning the car captured, has been ar
rested several times on charges OF boot
Logging. He was fined few days agt
i on a charge of lettering