The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-12-24

under arrest and admitted that he
had made the moonshine found in
the place. When the officers entered
the house, Mrs. ]. Effer. who owns
the residence, was sittins in the kit
chen with her son, Joseph Lefty
Effer. When the secret service man
began to read the warrant, Joe be-
came very much disturbed, and from
the excited manner In which he
worked his fists and arms, 1t looked
interesting for the officers. Sudden
! ly he changed his tactics, dashed out.
of the door and through the yard
/, bareheaded. In the dash across the
yard he struck his head against a
| wire clotiesline in the dark and re-
/ ceived a severe cut over the eye. 1t
is understood that Effer ran to the
home Of his sister, Mrs. Louis Roll,
and remained there.
Roll Was Captued After Sprint
Roll, who is twenty four years of
age, and grandson of Mrs. Effer,
was captured after very lively
sprint, by Deputy Sheriff Malcolm
Simonds, who developed the fact
that he can run some. Roll had
come from down town and was APP
preaching his mothers place, when
Deputy Sheriff Simonds saw him. He
called to Roll to halt. but the young
man took to his heels and made
dash for the North Front street hill
across lots. The deputy stubbed his
toe against a stone, and fell but his
superior speed enabled him to catch
up with Roll whom he grabbed in
no gentle manner. Before he had
even reached his grandmother's
place in custody of Sheriff Osten and
nap,,tu C;v,nnAc poll hod
confessed to the officers that he had
made lone or two runs" about two
months ago. In the kitchen of the
residence two quart bottles of moon
shine were found by Deputy Sheriff
! Simonds, and in the basement of the
| building an abundance OF raisins and
! appricots were discovered together
with three barrels which had been
used to ferment the mash in. A
washboiler was also found. Both a
cook stove and kerosene stove
We're in the room. and the moon
shine smelled to heaven when the
door was opened. Four gallons of
the finished product was found in a
cupboard and seized, together with
the fruit mentioned The barrels
! were broken with a pickax by Depu-
| ty Sheriff Simonds. Young Roll ad-
mitted to the Officers that the wash
boiler found was used to cook up
the STUFF. The worm" he gave way
TO a stranger. he declared.
Roll Taken To County Jail
The moonshine, fruit and young
Roll were taken to the county Jail,
and then the officers proceeded five
miles out in the country to the farm
home Of John Zierwick. When the
officers heached the place, Mr.. and
Mrs. Zierwick had retired for the
night, and it was with difficulty that
they were awakened. When Mr.. Zier-
wick finally came to the door and was
informed that government officer
had search warrent for his resi-
dence. he made no objection to the
Zierwick told the officers that they
were at liberty to search, for they
had no whiskey on the place. When
three quart bottles having a very
, strong odor Of moonshine were. un
earthed. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Zierwicl
said that they must have beer
brought there by their sons, who las
night decided to stay down town.
On the upper floor of the residence
Deputy Sheriff Simonds and the fed
eral officer found jar of mash
, which the custom officer said con.
: sisted of raisins, potatoes. corn ap.
/
that there might be an onion or twt
in it for all he knew. Mrs Zierwicl
: insisted that she purchased a few
e, tame grapes in one of the storcS il
e this city and was trying to l. -
t some wine for her husband, wAo sh,
says is troubled with asthma. 4
: sample of the mash was taken h
: the revenue officer. He says that
n has kick like a mule Mr.. or Mrs
: Zierwick were not placed under ar
n rest but may be later on A searcl
S of the premises failed to locate
: still.
2. Who Owns The Slot Machines.
VI According to the statement of 10
g cal officers, the man who placed tn
r, slot machines in this city it allege
Il TO be Sam Libberman of st. Pau
n who 1t is understood is in Mankato to
Vt day. 1t is understood that the term
under which the machines are plac
e ed in drink parlors is, that the own
d er of the machine gets sixty per
IS cent and the man in whose place G
e business it is placed gets the othe
4 forty percent. The practice is for tn
IS owner of the machines to keep tn
2 key to the cash box, and every Sat
20 urday night to check up and max
E. the proper division. The three ma
;. chimes seized at the Polchow plac
,e Saturday, 1t is understood had bee
r checked up Saturday, December L
n and had been in use since that tim
" until they were siezed. The tots
n amount of cash taken out of the ma
T chimes by the officers came to some
> thing over $3.50 and in addition
! this large amount of chips.