The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1920-02-26
DALRYMPLE
TURNED BACK
Prohibition Officer Preparing
to Invade Iron County with
Armed Forces
AND ARREST OFFICERS

iron River, Mich, Feb. 25-Thir-
ty-tve federal agents anC members
of the Michigan State constabularv
who arrived last night under Mai.
A. V. Dalrymple, prohibition com
missioner for central states to clean
up Iron county, tonight were en-
route back home, while Major DaI-
rymple was bound for Washington
to confer with Prohibition Commis
sioner John Kramer
Major Dalrymple, who led the arm
ed expedition to Iron River with the
avowed purpose of arresting village
and county officers ON charges of
conspiracy to obstruct enforcement
III the prohibition law, was called
off by Mr.. Kramer and ordered to
meet the opposing side and seek Il
compromise without legal action
Worsting of the Federal agents in
the first clash with state officers in
the enforcement of the eighteenth
amendment was a serious blow to
enforcement of the dry law, Major
! Dalrymple declared before his de-
parture
Martin S. McDOnough, prosecut-
| ing attorney of Iron county and
! leader of the county authorities, who
Major Dalrymple declared, were in
"open revolt" against the United
| States, received a telegram today
| from District Attorney Myron H.
Walker, at Grand Rapids, advising
him to take no action until the dis
trict attorney could come to inves-
| tigatG.
Mr.. McDonough had obtained a
| warrent for the arrest of Major Dal-
rymple charging him with malici-
Gus libel and had planned to have il
served by Chief of Police Sensiba al
the railroad station last night.
A telephone message from Crys
tai Falls Is miles away, however
notified McDonough that Major Da'
rymple, in anticipation of trouble
| had issued fifty rounds of ammuni
ton to each man in his party. The
| prosecutor then advised Iron river
citizens to go home and avoid an!
demonstration.
Today Mr. McDonough warned
Major Dalrymp1e that if he carried
out his plans and arrested any on
iE Iron county without any warran
or searched any private home fo
liquor the county officers would Ear
rest every man in your party anC
put them in JAIL
The prohibition director alread.
had received orders from Mr.. Kra
mer calling off his armed invasion
and no arrests were made.
! Reports that 1 took the clever
barrels of wine from Leo Grove
Federal Prohibition Supervisor fol
MOI thern Michigan and the Stat
police and returned it to the Italian
from whom it was taken, are false,
McDouongh declared today.
st confiscated this wine when
found it in the possession OF Grove
placed my own men in charg
| and put the barrels in a safe place.
Charges s'Grand Stand Play"
Mai. Dalrymple found nine bar
| rels of the wine in the basement o
the home of the parish priest toda,
and destroyed the liquor after tax
ing samples for evidence. McDon
ough with being a ttfirand stand per
former. moving picture actor anc
publicity seeker" when the prohibl
ton conference arrived here.
e The tense situation was broker
when a photographer called to tn
t men to stop talking while he pose
: them for a picture. Both complied
: then stepped outside to perform
n similar service for battery of mo-
!, ie cameras.