The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-22
wH1sKEY TAKEN FROM GUS
! SCHULTZ SHOWS UP MISSING
: WHEEL. COUNT Is MADE.
Rapid Evaporation Took Place That
Must Account for a Npmber OF
Quarts Of Hard Stuff.

The seizure Of the whiskcy on Satur-
dag evening at TN" home OF Gus
Schultz at 25ll wood street and the
suhscQucn, adventures ~ the liquor arc
full Of angles and curves.
As II is the liquor is now locked w
In the Marshall county Jail AT Mounds
villc and If ii doesn't dwIndlr ny "NAP-
Grafton or othersW Use. II Will m"aSur"
"S6 quarts when taken out Of lhlI p"hu
Th. IiuIior was captured at IN" HON"
Of Schultz on Saturday Il! rr"nIoiN"i'
officers. together with lot or beer y
barrel Of bottle caps and u barrel 81
rhuharh wine The officers t""H ~
beer AMI whiskcy in "harE". hut II .-
stated. left III" rhubarh win" AT E..
schultz homo. rs IT did not ""n'rn
enough percentage Of alcohol to r'".'
IL pruhibltIT".
HOLDS a Receipts.
According TO statement MAJ" 'l
Gus schultz LAT" last night. W h''l' Il
recent, from the prohibition "itI"iaIS
mat visited his place last Saturday and
made a rad in which they "'r'ur'd a
lot Of WhiSkcv. for %S6 bottle. "l bot
tied in bond Whisky.
This receipt. h. state "'H given
him when tho rnidrnE party ;"ok away
th. liuuor. together with il lot nt beer
On Monday At noon. tn" whtsk"N.
which had been stored in the grand jury
room in III" second story Of m" Federal
building NJ this city. was turned "NC-
hv NJ. u. Whalcy. attorney "f tn" Anti
saloon LcaEuc. ~ representatives, "t the
I'c.Irral prohibition force of northern
West Virginia.
Tho llqunr. II was stated. had been
rleidlv guarded. when tn" Whjsk"y
reached III" MARSHALL county jail. II was
carefully counted. and according I" an
eye witness. Their" were "NactIy KIN
quarts in tho auto truck In which il had
been taken I" MoundSvill".
Not Over 800 Quarts.
Mr. Whalcy was seen last night and
stated that he was positive that thor"
vera not over 3On quarts Of whi"kcy
when the seizure was made.
1t Is known that four quarts of wh's-
KEY were held as ev!dcnc" and the re
maInder taken to Moundsrill". THIS
would make the hQuor accounted l"r
amount to 900 quarts, just ten quarts
less than the lowest estimate Of what
was seized.
1t was asccrtaincd last night that an
effort had bean mad" to rent place
IN stor" the whiskey in this city but no
ono would take III" responsibility OK
cent ut an cNhorbitant price.
II is admitted by tn" CuSt"d'anS "t
tho whiskry that ut least ton quarts "f
the liquor hav" disappeared since the
seizure and according 10 Mr.. SrhultZ
record Of what WAS taken from him.
rlEhiN quarts nave ulStVIf"l'h' W.
which nc states h" haS receipt
Worth Some Money.
Tho eighty quarts al tn" current re-
tail price Of $50 quart, would entail
value OF $1,000.
1t was stated last evening that tn"
Federal prohibition force decided tn
have the whiSkcy removed Immediately
In Moundsv!llc and placed in tho Gus
tody Of the sheriff Of Marshall county
as soon as II was turned over to them
rs they state they did not wish to be
responsible for tho stuff unless II was
securely locked up.
The first official count since tho sciz-
urc. il was stated. was taken Mt the
Moundsvlle Jail, when exactly 2S6 bot
ties were taken from the truck.
How tho whiskey disappeared Is q
mystery. as It Is stated. II was con-
stantly kent under guard from the time
Of tho raid until II was landed in the
Jail at Moundsvillc-
buy WAR SAVINGS STANPS.-