Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-07-15
Fights While III u S band
Holds Empty Gun.-Se-
cret Cellar Holds
Liquor and
Still
SECOND ARREST
FOR HUSBAND
JAILED.-NO FINE
Woman Released On Payment
of Fine.-M0ther of Sew
eral Young Children.
Friend to Rescue

Peter Barton is in Jail for a term
of six months and his wife. Minnie
Barton, is at liberty after paying a
fine of $500, after pleading guilty in
municipal court Saturday to having in
toXicating liquor in their possession
contrary to law
Sheriff MalOney staged a raid on the
Barton premises, which is on the
south edge of the city last Friday
The place had been under suspicion
for long time. This was the second
raid, one having been made last Win
ter under the federal law. It is re-
ported that as result of that raid,
when still and liquor were found and
cOnfiScated, Barton was fined $1,000 in
federal court at Lacrosse.
Woman Seems Stuck on Her Rocker
The sheriff had been watching the
place for some time and gathering evil
dence of the illegal distilling and sell
ing of liquor. Friday he deemed the
time right to act, and with Under
sheriff A. NJ. Alden and Judge Maloney,
he visited the booze farm
When a fOurteen-year-Old son of the
farmer was asked where his father
was, the officers were informed that
he was in the field. While Undersher-
if Alden went to the field to get Bar
ton, the sheriff watched the house The
fOurteen-year-Old lad followed the un-
ersheriff-followed him very closely
and appeared to have his eyes con-
stantly on the officers gun, which was
in his hip pocket. He was ordered to
get in front where he could be watched,
instead of doing the watching Barton
left his work and accompanied the Off
Ger to the house, where Mrs Barton
was placidly rocking in a chair and
making d show of doing some sewing.
She was requested to get get up from
the chair, which she declined to do.
She was politely requested to do SO
several times and her husband was
asked to advise her to arise. but the
queen of the home steadfastly declined
to move from the spot
Puts Up Fight
When the officers attempted 70 re-
thing. Mrs. Barton showed fight.
She struck and kicked, but she was
finally landed on a bed and after sew
eral minutes of further struggle was
subdued. During the scrimmage, ten
year-Old son was seen to hand his
father rifle, which on later inspec-
tion was found to be a 32-Special re-
peater. Barton worked the lever and
found that there was no cartridges ia
the gun, otherwise this account of the
affair might have had variations.
When a little calm settled down Oh
the party, a rug on which Mrs. Bar
toms favOrite chair stood, was re-
moved and trap door was revealed
just as was expected. The trap door
was found to lead to a secret cellar.
A search of the cellar resulted in the
further discovery of distilling plant.
four bottles of moOnshine whiskey,
twelve gallons of mash, and about
ninety bottles of beer.
Pair Pleads Guilty
Husband and wife being under ar
rest, the officers. having made hur-
ried inventory of the contents of the
secret cellar, brought their captives to
town and lodged them in the county
Jail. The following morning, Satur-
day, they were given a hearing before
Judge Williams in municipal court.
When asked to plead, to the charge
against them, both plead guilty. Judge
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six months in the county Jail, and sem
fenced Mrs Barton to pay a fine of
$500 or in default of such payment
to be committed to the county Jail for
four months AS Mrs. Barton did not
have the money, she accompanied her
husband to Jail, where she remained
until Monday, when a friend came to
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