The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-07-22
Dan Speca, the Owner Of
the Place, Makes Rosy
Promises to Sheriff.
FAKE SLEUTHS TAKEN
Two Men Alleged to Have I'm
personated Federal officers
at Place Held in Jail.

Dan Speca, proprietor Of the Maple
Inn, resort on South Sheridan road
which has been the cause of 8 lot of
complaints in recent weeks, told the
sheriff this morning that he was going
to clean up. "Just give me chance
and III promise that the place will be
cleaned up and that there will be abb
solutely no cause for complaint from
anyone" Speca told the sheriff and
Sheriff Meyer intimated that the man
ought to have chance.
Speca had not been arrested but the
sheriff admitted that as result of
complaints he had planned to raid the
place and that one visit had been made
to the place by himself, the chief of
police and other officials. The sheriff
said that the place was found Cleaned
out" when the officers got there.
Speca Begs Hard.
Speca, VINO was formerly butcher
in Kenosha, begged hard in presenting
his case to the sheriff. He declared
that if there had been violations of
the law, he did not know it. 'I was
behind the bar most Of the time and I
didn't know if there were women there.
| never knew any liquor to be sold in
the place." Speca said in his frank
statement to the sheriff. $50 far as I
know we have been selling nothing but
near beer" Speca thought hard how
ever and admitted that there might
have been cause for complaint on the
place. He said he did not know that
the complaint had reached the officials
Others said that Speca had been tipped
off on two occasions when raids on the
place were planned. Speca declined to
admit receiving the tip but he was not
just sure how to account for a num-
Der of unescorted females seen leaving
the place on a Saturday night ten days
ago.
In Town to Prosecute.
Speca did not come to the office of
the sheriff to- be grilled as to the man
ner in which the place was being con-
Quoted. He came to stand on the other
side of the bar of justice and he had
two men in jail whom he charged had
been impersonating government off
cials. The two men who gave their
names as James A. Carr of New York
and L. S. Sawerby Of Chicago were ar
rested on Monday afternoon. Speca
claimed that they came to the Maple
Inn and got "nosey." They insisted on
going behind the bar and looking into
the bottles and the jugs but Speca
objected and finally called the sheriff
and the men were jailed. The sheriff
said that he believed that the men
were seeking to confiscate liquor for
their own use. Speca admitted that
the men did not get anything and that
as far as they got was counting the
money in cigar box till. Efforts are
being made to find out some further
facts in regard to the men.
Sheriff for Cleanup.
The sheriff said today that he was in
complete sympathy for a Cleanup" of
the county. He said that he believed
that conditions were getting better and
that gambling was rapidly being elm
mated in the county.
Speca told the sheriff that if the
place he was operating was the cause
of further complaints that he would
lock the door and go back to the butch
er business.
The two men. arrested on charges of
impersonating government officials
were later released without hearing
and told to get out of town. They got.