Rock Island Argus., 1920-02-23
ORE ECOUNTRY
PEOPLE DEFY
us. AGENTS
Iron County, Mich, Re
ported Against Dry
Enforcement.

V. Dalrymple, federal prOhibi.
ton commissioner for the cen.
trail states, received word at
1880 O'o'Ock that telegraphic
authorization for him to lead
an armed expedition Of United
States agents into the upper
peninsula Of Michigan had been
sent from Washington.
Prohibition Director Kramer,
at the capital, was In cOmmuni-
cation with Mr.. Dalrymple BY
long distance telephone.
Dalrymple, with about 20
men. will leave Chicago at 8
p. m. for Negaunee, Mich,
where they will be Joined by n
troop Of Michigan state con.
stabnlary.
Iron River, Mich- Feb. a.
~There hasn't been such q hoax
nut over on the country since
the fake armistice report rs
this report Of the rum rebel.
lion in Iron rOunty," said Dis.
trict Attorney Martin G. Nc
DOnOugh in an interview today
with q staff correspondent Of
The Milwaukee Journal. Con.
tinuing McDOnOugh said:
sThere Is no rebellion In Iron
county. 1t Is a clean county.
Prohibition is being enforced to
the limit and my Office Is giving
the federal agents every aid
possible.
Il wired the governor and
the attorney general Of the
state and the attorney general
Of the federal government at
Washington, today, demanding
a full and complete inve$dgar
tiOn rs to who started the re-
port Of this sO.called rebellion"
Chicago, Feb. 23.-Major A. v
Dalrymple, federal prohibition di
rector of the six central states
gathered 80 picked agents here to
day preparatory to leading an ex.
pedition into Iron county, Michi'
gan, to "clean up" the county and
arrest county officials who are said
to have interfered with a federal
liquor raid last week.
Federal officials in Washington
have been asked to instruct Unitec
States Commissioner Hatch at Mar
quette, Mich, to issue warrants fol
the arrest Of the Iron county prose
cutil>>. attorney, two deputy sheriff.
and the chief and captain of polics
at Iron River, a mining village, OF
charges of conspiracy to obstruc'
the provision law.
State Police Aid.
Major Dalrymple expected an an
swer from Prohibition Commits
sioner Kramer at Washington to
day. AS soon as warrants are Is
sued the federal agents from hers
will go to Negaunee. Mich, wher'
they will be joined by half trool
Of the Michigan state constabulary
Major Dalrymple said. The plal
Of campaign is to descend on Iroi
from the north and staml
out what he told Mr.. Kramer wa
an "open revolt" against fedora
Prosecution Defends Acts.
P. A. McDonough, prosecuting at
torney of Iron county. in state
ment issued last night. assume
"all responsibility" for taking tn
wine from the federal agents. an
denied that the county was in "ope
revolt"
Statements of Mr.. McDonoug
and Leo J. Grove, supervisor 9
federal prohibition enforcement /
the upper peninsula, agreed in pa,
as to the steps that precipitated tn
present status in Iron county.
Grove. accompanied by Lieuter
ant r. G. Strope and two trooper
OF the state constabulary, ha
seized IL barrels of wine at tn
Virgil location, a mine. two mile
from Iron River, the statements {
both men agree. when Grove an
his party were met by Prosecutin
Attorney McDonough and the Of
ficers. That the federal officer
right to have confiscated the win
was questioned and the liquor wa
taken from him by force. STATE
ments of the two further agree.
Owned by Local Leaders.
There their stories diyerge. he
ever. The prohibition agent ma
tanned that he was acting wit
his authority in seizing the win
which was the property of Johl
Joseph and Steven p. Stalcuzz
brothers, principal directors OF tn
Peninsula Packing company at lro
River and owners Of the liftl
towns largest store. Mr.. Grove as
serted the liquor was kept in IN
store and because of that was sui
ject to government seizure.
Mr.. McDonough said the win
was maintained in the mems hcms
their residence being above tn
store, and that the brothers IA
been dismissed recently after bein
brought to trial in the state coui
in connection with ownership OF tn
same wine. He said the Stalcuzzi'
were found not guilty Of violatin
prohibition laws.
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