Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-28
81 SAL OONS ARE q.
Scar RCHED DURING
RAID Il FOR y LIQUOR |.
Two Bobsled Loads Of In
toxic ating Liquor is Seized
!. By Officials.
Joseph CALLAHAN Il.
DIRECTS THE RAID
Hurley u Has Been Noted as
! One Of Most Wide-open
: Towns in Country. /,


from Chicago walked in unexpectedly;
on Hurley's wide open saloons today,
seixed large quantities of liquor and
arrestedsss47 persons before noon. in
cluding several well known characters.
Under command OF Joseph Gala
han. chief Of staff OF Major Dalrymple
IN the latter's Iron River, Mich, liquor
raid last spring. the federal agents
came over from Ironwood, Mich, at
$50 o'clock this morning, and pro-
ceaded to wiring some Of the wetness
out OF the town. u
The saloons here are clustered near
the bridge over the Montreal river
from Ironwood, and the fifty-three al
legged liquor Establishments raided up
to noon are confined to the lower three
blocks Of Silver street. which is the
f6ity's principal business thoroughfare.
The federal agents arrived in Iron
wood aboard two special Pullman
cars, and early this afternoon they
sMAre busy placing their prisoners and
the captured liquor aboard these
coaches. Just where the prisoners and
+ 'booty'.Fwould be taken had not been
announced up to 1880.
Working in a group. the federal
agents quickly searched the saloons.
making arrests as they went along.
The agents were armed and a number
occasionally flashed their guns, but
! there was no marked. resistance and
not q shot was fired during the first
three hours Of the invasion"
tgE ri FlGnt sInreatened: az
Reports had reached prohibition, en-
forcement headquarters at Chicago
that prohibition agents would be shot
IL they attempted to make arrests in
is,rley "a numbering town of!about.3,,--
.
Although telephone messages from
ChiGaE E0sinQuiring whetheg the raid
ssliss i.ksean Md achsss 1kfurley \ jug.
Il sAhAad Of Me officers the saloon men
sappeafed not to have Been warned.
The liquor men known as the little
,salooAkeepers' were swept up very
quickly. Some resident OF Hurley said
. that the larger dealers had concealed
i! some pepcks and were believed to hays:
i them locked in safes.
Officers reported that in less than
half an hour they had cleaned up all
q nccesnnie n places, 1ut were continnins z,
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81 + \ 4ssss ( q hig S@afpf1se. @
From the viewpoint OF surprise
party, the affair was a complete sue
cess, federal agents agreed. While It
was declared the SALOON men had been
tipped of, last night. apparently no
fce1led, according to many. Hurleyites
Hko watched the mass march" down
Silver street. s43. ]. ssaas.ss ..3. 5. (, .as3
Street cars were used to transport
the agents, their prisoners and the
booze seized from Hurley to IrQnwood
"A sleigh drawn by two horses followed
the agents in,their cleanup. and hauled
the liquor to- the street cars.
In tIronwood. a dray met the street
cars and took the liquor to the special
cars '5 ~ y
IL the first group of prisoners taken
to Ironwood were % men, Including
ouch well known characters as Pete
Ferich John i''Johnny-the- bear Cali
font, who admits he has, been driven
out OF Chicago and Minneapolis. and
Cadsare Castagna who drove one OF
Ihss ssautomoplless IN tne allesed iiquoI
ns nnnu. snuo.hk aniMs VA n,.ar. ne.s lasl
Eamsd oi''i ~ 'le Vas :
Sseps'u' ,as q CO., :, n I. (,
is#l .A g fsssN,tA - 3i. Il
wen " eight men were in the sec
pnd group, which went over Just be
lore noon. The cleanup was continu-
Ing this afternoon and more arrests
were expected. An unusually wide
pening last night. with bargain sales
y wet goods, showed It's effects to.
aay n that. many os those. arrested {,
Eerea iumbe lacks and: q others almost ,
paSalysed with drink sgst'st |. st.7
tho pretended TO know, constituted
9ns. principal wet haul. althougi h. =
he other kind that formerly were ia,
~ luTa y .ll.. tne gel.
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