The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-03
1887 GALLONS Of |NT0X|CANT5:
SEIZED AND 1910 ARE ARRESTED
STATE PRoHBITToN OFFICERS
ASTOUNDING FIGURES FOE
ONE YEAR ISSUED.
Commissioner Haunuan Tells OF Good
ResultS Since State
Went DRY"

There wcrc 1857 gallons Of intoXi-
, Giants seized by the West Virginia pro-
hibItion officers between July ]. 1917.
and ending June 80. i3lS 4 period of one
! year. according 70 Il booklet just issued
by Walter :. IIallanan, state tax com
missioner and cX-oitico commissioner "f
prohibition. The large stated amount
of intoxicHnts conhScRtrd By tho author
itics was taken principally from indlVld-
ualS. The seizures include whisky
wine, cider, beer and alcohol. During
the same period rf /" months there
! were 1870 arrests for violation Of the
Yost prohibition law including many
wsmrtl IN the southern part Of West
, Virginia The report continues by stat
, ing that the above amount Of liquors
seized does not include q car-luad IF
beer struggled into the town Of Wcs-
/ ton, Lewis county. under the Guls- OF
: 'quecn.wnrc." for the reason tina, the
/: beer was distributed. tho consumers
before any arrests were made Neither
; docs the above report include 30 par
rcls OF whiskey seized In Mcdowell
: county hy federal officers. although the
offenders were tried IN tho state courts
! Social Standpoint.
In speaking from III" social poin; or
view and the rrSul, If tho state being
| dry" Mr. Iiallnnan says IN part:
while there hav" h"rn a large num-
| hcr If prosecutions for violations Of tn"
| prohibition law. crime generally has
| greatly decreased in the stat" since its
prohibitory laws wen; into effect. Tho
! crime Of murder. manslauEhtcr. MAIN
! ing and unlawful wnundlns. RS we'll
as other forms OF hcin"uS Offence. arr
! now Of much less frequent occurrence
than when Intoxicating liquors were
I sold in the state. And crime is still!
on the decline. This decrease in crime
| has been So marked and generally rccoE-
| nzcd. that IN several Jurisdictions NJ
\ the state thr criminal rnurts have been
! abolished by Recent Legislative enact
men;. there being no longer any need
| for such special tribunals as in III"
past. Including the fiscal year ending
July ]. 1914, thr last year saloons OK
listed III this state TO tho present timc.
the records Of our state p"nitcntiary at
Moundsvillc show the number Of pris-
oners received at tn" state prison each
year. and the percentage of decrease.
~ follows:
lal2-19lI-4c7 prisoners received; no
decrease.
l9l4-laI5-3SS prisoners received de-
crease II per cent.
l. 1el5-l9le--335 prisoners received; de-
crcas" - p"r cent.
laI6-l9l7--324 prisoners received; dc
crease @tt Per cent.
lHl7-1al7--345 prisoners received; de-
! cr"as" ">.j per cent.
"'ormcrly. our asylums and hospitals
had a larg" number Of patients suffering
from alcoholic insanity. Four years
Of prohibition have Practically cIiini'
mated this class of patients. Th" roc
nrds Of our hanks. courts and penal and
"lrcmnsynary institutions will fully
bear ne out in thea" statements Thrs"
things ar. So we'll known tn the pub
lie. tina; 1 reel it unnecessary for me
10 du more Than 10 max" genera refer
rncc to them | shall not. therefore. in
dulEr in any further details IF compare
two statistical data.