Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-29
POISON DISTILLERS
HELD FOR MURDER.
DEATH LIST GRO',S
Investigators Find Many Illicit
Stills and Kitchen Bars ~
Hunting Alcohol Supply
DRY LAW rs VIOLATED
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BEY $rssp-atrd rrrsta N Evr~y Rver,ing
t'hcopfc Mas Ipec IN @earch
Fas continued n this y7c'nltv to-day for
r,crpons connected nth the raff5c n
rolaonous nquor which has resulted IN
the last frw dave III At least ~ deaths
and many CAGES of arrlous illness here ard
IN nearby places The death toll AT IN
early hour today Eas divided ~ foiInv-
Chicopen 37 including women Hoiyoke
10; Springfield 4 including one woman !.
uadley. ) Greenfield and hnmpsnn-
g7llc Conn. 2
Fourteen arrests 1f those alleged to
IIave handled hc Iquor. which waa found
70 contain . wood alcohol ha@e have becn
made and otherF we're expected Most
of the liquor. ehipred from Hartford
Conn. - other Connecticut yaiIey cities
has te4.n accouuted for he authorities
said. and they believed thaf few more
Gases II llf4e4s would be reported.
Investigations conducted l,y Federal
State and local poHcc have revealed
many violations If The prohibition NV
{ was said, and arrests were expected
N fhis score Many .liclt -ti.la klteh-
en bars and pr7v4if su,cks from which
sales had bcen aade yer" disrura u~l,
L was reported
Fou- faen arrr-rcl >atlrda. charged
gs!th fnaFsIaL1htcr d conuect'on vith
dtaths attributed to Tic drinking oi liquor
with base u wool aicoa0i we're arralgn-
ed IN polire court here today All plead
ed not guilty aad bail "a. Set az $4,000
each The cases were continued -
January 3, when the larre Others arraign-
I'd SATURDAY viii come before re -nurt
again
Thos, arra.gpea tr-isy arr LouIs
Menard porter IN the hIcop@e house.
Joseph GaFblc. bartender "a ;he s;loor
Of Thomas OczkSysli Leopold 2 rel
cite, member e the liquor Lrrn d kredette
4nd Ietreault. Aod Thomas Oczl-ysyskI,
saioonkeeper
\ total If - deasias til tnl. par; oi
Connecticut valley Vas n rprori tEts
morning divided Is follows ChicoTce,
-. Ho,vohe 10. SB-ln-tel1 & Hadlev.
3 FhoupsgnS lle tona Greenfield.
New Ha.en. Conn. Dec p ln,er-
est u tbs woe1- aicohol WHISKY ca.>,s
q tins state conferred ..>iay eli police
activities Ia connection aIth THE sale af
poisonous liquor fourteen parsons aru
,l..d ? arrest Connecticut 4, 3 result
Of charges grow lu2 as.- q, She distribution
ana >tie II DCNtFASt 3 ~,iiG T. con lalf ~''N~l
alcohol
Marshal Il r. C4ro0 o: hlupce
Mass WIS here lae, night with RaTrAnts
charging murder against four ai 81, men
arrested = ,.eraaN hlei d hoact Smith
told rhe Nas>8eals. tt.s officials that the
men mflsc rgman ~ is.1l \cW Haven
uHt. gal 'eIr are tahtt for thy- o>}ra-
lltlon t. Massachusetts, Th4s may uce;
ob>taeles. ~ The police declare NON, IS
be men held here h,A> bceu II .hc Ks.
state although they arr alleged ~ have
snipped four barrels of EgUor from NgN
haven to { hicopet
DumIapA Protti auc u the >lx held
here Is SAID hy the police ~ have uaulJ-
factured liquor ia 5 still IN Wyst1ille and
sold il r. Mendeu saloonkeepers. The
police are trying TO connect the sale al
: his hquoF with the death cf Mr. Wllham
e. y llll4Ins d Ne7den Yesterday
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