The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-14
Of BOOZE
PROBE IS BURST
Few Convictions Net Result.
4 Bootlegger Plies His
Trade at Will.

Memphis b~ootleggers, undisturbed by
the thunderings OF Illnfous OF three
branches OF law enforcement agencies,
ply their trade with the same avidity
as Of yore. Prices Of Sc a quart at ex-
IRENE north me south filling stations
and $3.50 for indifferent brands Of acid
in the downtown or equatorial sector,
are unchanged. Little or no tendency
upward indicates that there has been
no ~diminutlon in the supply.
The net results OF the Investigations
or series of Investigations which had
their inception in and were threshed
out In federal court, has been the con-
viction Of a dozen or SO OF the Offend
ers whose peregrinatrons by boat, rail
and over the public highways have been
a matter Of common knowledge.
When 1t was found Friday that the
prosecuting witness, a soldier, in the
case Of Mrs. Jenuie Bailey. hospitable
lady Of a Union avenue outpost in the
equatorial sector, was In France, the
charge Of selling liquor to a soldier
went over to the next term Of court. w.
d. Kyser. United States district attor-
ney. then announced that the docket
was clear, SO far as criminal cases were
concerned. Early In the week Judge
John II. Mccall, OF the United States
court. announced that there positively
would be no criminal trials after this
week as there is a heavy civil docekt
awaiting call on Monday.
Thus Inquiry Dieth.
with the sentencing Of several viola.
tors Of the liquor law In federal court
Saturday, therefore, dies the inquiry
started with such apparent effort &c
get at those higher up. Rumblings OF
nationwide r~amifications In Memphis
booze plots, glaring stories that the eyes
OF officia washington were turned
Memphisward seem 10 have been idly
written and into thin air have evapor.
ated what was purpor,ed TO be an up,
heayal that was heraided to take Ii
booze brokers, financiers, captains
kings. ladies In waiting and what not
But all these ~personages have lonJ
since silenced the mouths OF those VIII
were to have squealed.
Threats OF bootleggers to show up Of
Ulcers TO whom they are said to hav,
given up faboulous sums for protec
ton also have apparently proven to b.
OF the stuff that dreams are made of.
Although some have said that at leas
one. FORMER official had made in exces
OF $l00, 900 In the protection OF whisk,
, runners, their claims haye apparentl
not been sustantlated, as one after on
they were dismissed before going be
! fore a grand jury and did not reves
enough evidence, apparently, to war
, rant ar indictment.
l ~ itiAiCdllbn tndI IDeT
l VIII be another grand jury session. I'm
less some Unforeseen and startling rev
elation comes soon there will be no re
sumption of the exercise OF inquisitoria
power from that quarter, it Is said.
Dead Or Sleeping.
Equally dormant have become effort
on the part Of state and city authori
ties to furnish federal induisitors wit
sniflclent information to4warrant an In
! dtetment, Expressions from officis
n quarters have gone forth that imme
! date action would follow any revels
: lions before the federal grand Jury {
j the uncovering In federal Investigate
s or court procedure of the connivance
q apy official large or small at the bus
o ness OF bringing in and OF selling intoS
g lcants in Memphis, Theirs seems TO /
lack OF corporation In the eorrelate
. forces Of law enforcement and FEEDER,
|. officials especially are not over-enth,
o sfastic over the aid given them by stat
n and county law enforcing agencies.
Thus endeth the first lesson. Coz
% ~scientious and self-centered citizens b.
e leve that the first of July will spell Il
e word doom for John B~arleycorn. II
has been press ~agented' at mar
points from Charlottesville to Califo
mia, and his death In Memphis,
course. has been regarded as such
certainty that II was deemed unwortl
\ of discussion.
Meanwhile, however, stocks of co
A traband booze have increased.
Ar course the quality has deteriorated, al
II Is eve limited that some of the STU
is being Compounded right In the cit
ar One enterprising purveyor of poison +
y Gently was so accommodating as to e
,e change for good stuff bottles
liquor against the quality Of which vi
~ orous protest was made by a discrin
mating patron. THE boy made a mi
IN take"-that was for the "chumps'' W
nd the explanation made,
Is Thus apparently is pierced the bu
BILE Investigation and unless all sig
= fail there will be no further inquiri
and II there are their fate may
like the recent one exempiifytng [
se familiar quotation and thus we vi
rot and rot"
y While inquiries die OF aforesaid q
q rot, the old schedule OF prices for pi
lection are said to have been raised a
~ the 20 to "a hour schedule for boo
buying has beer restored and the bin
lousy inclined at least for the nj
fortnight may get his supplies unn
losted hY fear OF exposure.
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