The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-15
Car Is Slipped into the City
Just After Midnight and
Spot t e d on Brewery
Branch Switch and Hurx
riedly UnlOaded but No
Trace of Liquor is Found
VALUE PLACED AT $l2z,0OQ.
Liquor Was Shipped frrm Louisville.
KY. BY Express and CONSIGNED. to
Fred Boerenroth Jr. and Car COm-s
tained Forty Seven, Bmrels4ard Ftftye
One Cases Of ITO Proof waiskey-s.
Meyer aignedsfor Ii at Louisville,

Kenosha men who feeaa that flxva
must have. their nightscap and THERE
morning morning, need not worry
even if the prohibition amendment is
going into effect at smidnigjht day ALTERS
tomorrow, for there is a pretty good
supply of a hundred and ten proof Evfis-i
key in Kenosha. 1t came In Just after
midnight this morning and it has been
spirited away TO hmes or some
place else in anticipation Of making
Kenosha an oasis in the great Sahara.
which begins on Saturday nsorn5ng. 1t
came from Louisville, Kenn$eky, and
there was pretty near enough of it to
float a battleship. To static the figures
this particular ear contained forty
seven barrels and ffty4one cases of the
real stuff End it WIS declared to be j
hundred and zen proof. Its vain0 was
placed at $4,000 aud the,shippers of it
paid for its delivery in Kenosba, in
transfer charges the sum of $40234.
Comes in Under cover of Night.
This car loaded down with the pro.
hibited spirits came into KenosAa under
the cover Of the night. It had been
shipped from Louisville by express and
when the car was turned over to the
company at Louisville a man. giving the
name of ssMeyer" signed the receipt
for it. 1t was consigned to Fred
Boerenroth, Jg., Kenosha, Wis. Accord
ing to the reports reaching this paper
this morning the car was spotted at
lilo this morning on, one OF The brewery
branch switches in the city. Later the.
car was unloaded, but it is,n kaowu.
what was done with It's. cargo of wiais-
key It is possible that the vast cargo
was delivered to homes ia the city dux-
ing the cold gray dawn of the early
morning, but.n trace of the liquor has /
been found since IT'S delivery. It Is /
known that the facts In connection
with the delivery of the liquor to Ke~
n0sha are in the hands of officials butd
it is not known what steps viii bass
taken in regard to the dhsivarys of 1t.
Handlers Work Past. !
It is admitted that the men. pzlSoe4
handled the KeeaDd shipment of Ih1,ror-5
worked fact. It is known that fhe earsI
had been eagerly awaited and th &t1wheus
it arrived it wzs.disposed of so quick
that it was kept moving every mtnutss
during the night. The men who, are aE.9
legged to have been cOnneated Agith thesl
disposal of the Liquor are we'll known $zad
the liquor business in KeaasIra. Efforts
to find out just who Fred Boennroth.,
Jr., is, were Of no avail. The name.
does not appear in either fine city di-
rectory or the telephone directory and
inquiry at the post office fai1ed TO-
reveal the identity of the consignees.afs
the $127,00 worth of liquor. /
Say Checks Were Returned
Ii. is known that other Kenosts.
liquor dealers have sought to purchase
liquor for shipment to Kenosha and is
was stated today that one man who
had sent an order for five barrels OF
the real proof whiskey had his check
returned to him with the declaration
that he could not have the liquor
ordered on account of the impossibility
of making deliveries.
Government agents have been in
Kenosha for several days Investigating
the alley delivery of several carloads
of whisky to Kenosha in the past
month and while some facts have been
secured by these men these facts had
not as yet led to any arrests of she peo-
pie connected with the bringing in Of
the liquor. These government agents
have declared that there is no loop
hole' in the law which would per-
nit the transfer of this liquor from
state to state.
The car which came into Kenosha
early today had been carefully traced
from various points along the line and
it viii be easy for the government
agents to get all the facts,in connection
With its being shipped in to Kenosha.
1t is said among people who profess