New Ulm review., 1920-11-24
FEDERAL AGENTS
AGAIN PAY VISITS
THIS TIME FOUR OF THEM,
ARMED With WARRANTS q
SEARCH PREMISES.
FIND SMALL QUANTITIES OF
BOOZE. COMPLAINTS
u ABOUT ACTIONS.

New Ulm was again visited by q
prohibition enforcement agents OF the
Federal government, Saturday. There
were four men in the party and they
proceeded to systematically search
several local refreshnent parlors, as as
well as a number of private residences;
They were armed with search war
rants, issued by the Federal court
at Mankato. The men were N. NV.
Hohler and R. S. Remote OF M1nnea-
polls; G. c. Metz Of Sioux City, Iowa
and Peder Olson Of Duluth. 'Ihe
lattef; has been in this city on a like
mission at several previous occasions
Unlock Residence Door.
One of the first places visited by
the prohibition agents was the Anton
A. Henle residence on North State
Street. Neither Mr.. nor Mrs. sHenie
were at home at the time, the chlldren
being left in charge Of the oldest daugh-
ter, Hildegard. The men unlocked
the front door with master key, 5but
neither entered nor searched the prem'
ises. Hildegard was thoroughiy
frightened, as the men did.not explain
their mission nor divulge their identify
but departed, leaving The front door
unlocked. Mr.. Henle's %refreshment
parlor was not visited by the agents
Notifies sheriff's Office.
Upon learning of The strange WISH
Of four unknown men at his home; MT.
Hen1e notified the sheriff's office and
Deputy Sheriff Herman +. Jahnke'
in company with Hildegard Henie'
went on hunt for tho bold intruders.
The latter were identified by the girl
as they entered the Dakota House
and the deputy sheriff secured an m =
terview with them. One Of the agents
proved by his actions and words that ma
he is anything but q gentleman q, ana 9
attempted to intimidate MI. Jahnke
but the latter insisted Upon seeing
the search warrants and was not satis-
fled until they were shown nm nm.
For a time it was believed that the
strangers we're burglars and were out It
.sspotting' residences for night work 4
Heated Verbal Encounter.
While the prohibition agents were were
busy giving one of the local thirst II: It
ouenching establish hments the once
over, B. c. Schueller stepped into
the place, having had an appointment
with farmer from this neighborhooo'd,
who had asked Mr.. Schueller to meet
him there. He could not help but
notice that something unust1al was
taking place, but made no further
inquiries. When Mr.. Schueller tried
to leave the place, one Of the men
ordered him to remain and a rather
heated verbal encounter resulted
Two of the agents, apparently young
and inexperienced, threatened to pull
off some "strong stuff, until their
intended victim succeeded In. paci-
fying them. Needless to state, Pat
departed without further n1olestation.
Find Quantities Of Booze.
The Z" dr." agents visited and search
ed several local thirst parlors and are
said to have found bottled goods
marked sBitters," alleged to contain
more than oneshaf of one per cent
Of alcohol, in two places. Aside from
the Henle residence,sat least. two other
homes are reported to have been
visited and searched. Atone Of these,
it is said, "a bottle half filled with
moonshine was discovered and confis-
Gated, while the search of the other
home is reported to have revealed
two bottles Of Canadian whiskey
which the officers also cenfiscated
The Review has learned indirectly
| THAT the men had a number OF add.
tional search warrants in the posses.
sion, which were not made use o1
upon the occasion Of Saturdays visit
here. Il 5s ~