The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-06-10
CITY GOES BACK
TO BOOZE" DAYS
Thirty-five Arrests for In
toxication and Kindred
Complaints Made.
THREE DRINK ALCOHOL


The city of Kenosha has drifted back
to the old anti-prohibition days when
every Saturday and Sunday became
period of debauchery and the reports
of the police Office for Saturday night
and Sunday, show that booze is flow
ing freely in the city. Forty-five ar
rests were reported over the weekend
and of this number thirty-fve were
men who were arrested on account of
liquor. In twenty of the cases there
was no attempt to camoufage and the
men were charged with intoxication
while others were charged with dis
turbances and disorderly conduct.
The municipal court was crowded
with customers this morning. Most
of the defendants were foreigners and
the charges against them indicated
that Kenosha had one grand old spree
on Saturday night and Sunday.
Drunken Men Infest Roads.
Reports of the motorcycle officers
showed that drunken men trying to
steer automobiles, had infested the
roads on Saturday night and Sunday
and several accidents were reported
on account of the recklessness by
which these men drove automobiles.
Three of them were brought in on
charges of reckless driving.
at was the worst weekend we have
had since July of 1918" said Chief of
Police O'Hare this morning. "They
were mostly drunk and 1 do not know
where they got the liquor. We found
that some of them were making it
themselves, but undoubtedly some of
it was handed out over bars in the city
and county. We found three fellows
busy drinking up this bottle" Here
the chief produced bottle which smell
ed just like the old fashioned alcohol
but it was marked ''medicated alcohol"
All Were Crazy Drunk.
"These fellows were crazy drunk"
declared the chief. "They were told
that they were risking their lives drink
ing the alcohol but the only answer you
could get out of them was a grunt."
This weekend it was not the sailors
from the great lake station who caused
the trouble. Most of the men arrested
gave Kenosha addresses. At times the
city lookup was filled to overlooking.
Twenty of the defendants were re-
leased on bonds and most of these men
left money with an order to go into
court and plead guilty and spay fines.
A few Of the men drifted in from other
cities but for the most part the horde
of defendants was the outpouring of
The boarding houses about the city.
It was declared that some OF the
men when searched had prescriptions
signed by Kenosha doctors which gave
them the right to purchase liquor.
These prescriptions were carefully coll
lected by the police and they will
be turned over to federal officials
for further investigation.
May Get After Drug Stores.
Bottles taken from the men indi-
Gated that they had purchased liquor
at drug stores as well as in saloons.
In fact, there were more drug stored
bottles than saloon bottles. It is sup
posed that all of the druggists has
prescriptions for the liquor sold, but
| if this is the fact the doctors of
the city must be suffering from writ
er's cramp today.
At one time on Sunday evening there
was such congestion of prisoners in
the city lookup that it was impossible
to take more and two or three men
arrested were released with orders to
appear in court today.
Of course the coming Of a carnival
is said to have brought decided in
crease in business for the police.
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