The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-28
FEDERAL AGENTS MAKE
!.
SUDDEN DESCENT UPON
FAMOUS LUMBER TOWN
Make Arrests and Seize
ssBooze" After Wild
Night Of Revery. Z

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Hurley, Wis, Def. sS-Six'
tive federal prohibition agents
from Chicago surprised thir.
ty.seven spea saloons IN
Hurley this forenoon, making
many arrests and seizins qaan.
titles Of liqlors Of al sorts. The
federal agents were armed. but
not . shot Was fired during the
first hour Of operations.
The raid followed . wild night
Ut Hurley during which liquor
had been sold ut bargain rates,
ranging fron IS cents tor
moSnsaine whisky to Is cents
for we'll known bfAads. AmVag
the arrests were lumber. jacks,
teo paraiyseA from liquor to
realize what was happening.
Reports had reached ppohibi-
tons enforcement headquarters "
Chicago that prohibition agents
would be shot il they attempted to
make arrests in Hurley, lumber
ing town of little more than $500.
Although telephone messages
from Chicago inQuiring whether the
raid had been made reached Hur-
ley just ahead of the officers, the
saloon men appeared not to have
been warned. The liquor men
known ~ the ''little sal0onkeep-
ers," were swept up very quickly.
Some residents Of hurley said that
the larger dealers had concealed
some stocks and were believed "
have them locked in safes.
The raid was executed rapidly, 1
cleaning up most Of the places In
sight In less than an hour. 81
Chicago. Dec. 2S.-FOrty eight
armed prohibition agents. headed
by Joseph Callahan, chief Of staff
to Major Dalrymple in his Iron I
River (Mich.) liquor raid last
spring, were enroute to Hurley.
Wis, this morning to clear the
town Of alleged bootleggers. The
party carried SO warrants, with in
structions to arrest every man
named, by force II necessary.
To Mako Cleanup"
Hurley, Wis, Dec. 28.-(United
Press. THE second invasion Of
the bad lands" Of the north woods
country by federal agents to create
q wholesome respect for, the ma
tional prohibition law was In prog
ress today with this village as the
objective.
Seventy-five agents who slipped
out Of Chicago last night were ex-
pected to arrive here during the
morning to serve federal warrants
ON two-score saloon keepers and
other alleged viOlat0rs Of the pro-
hibition law.
Warrants for the arrest of the
men were issued secretly last week
by Judge K. M. Lands at Lacrosse.
Wis. At the request Of District
Prohibition Officer Richardson,
Judge Lands went to the district
court at Lacrosse and issued the
warrants personally to assure that
there would be no 'tip-off." Not
even the prohibition enforcement
officers of the Lacrosse territory
knew of the issuance Of the war
rants.
| Hurley has long been the thorn
in the side of the prohibition en-
forcement officers OF the Great
Lakes district. Leo Grove, "
charge of enforcement Of the Law
| In the northern Michigan penin-
sula, recently led an attack on al
legged whisky runners in which one
Of the men alleged to have been
Transporting booze was killed. Ex-
tradition proceedings to bring sew
eraL-of the federal agents to Wis.
consin for trial on charges OF mru.
der are now in progress bef0te
Governor Sleeper Of Michigan.
Ran SWide Open"
There are approximately seventy
saloons here and federal agents
declare that all have been running
i.wide open" Threats were alleged
| to have been sent to federal agents
that il they ever attempted to
clean up'' the town they would
meet with resistance.
Before issuance Of the warrants
BY Judge Lands several federal op-
eratives came here last week and
obtained evidence that many Of the
places were selling liquor.
Deputy j. H. Hannah was In
charge of the agents who left Chi
cago last night. All Of the prohi-
bition enforcement oficers Of the
central district were gathered for
the Invasion" As the train creax-
Cd across the frozen rails through
the north country last night. addi-
tional agents were added to the
party at every important stop.
A year ago A. v. Dalrymple. who
WAS then In charge of prohibition
enforcement in this district. went
to Iron River. Mich. with q small
farmy of deputies in an attempt to
clean nm that Village.