The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-27
DRUNKEN GOBS
HELP LAND TWO
Milwaukee Avenue Saloon
keeper and Bartender
Are Arrested.
ALLEGE BIG TRAFFIC
Police Take License and viii
Demand Council Act on
Revocation.

Lawrence Krowsky, proprietor of
saloon at 1913 Milwaukee avenue, and
his bar tender Gust Thomka were ar
rested late Saturday afternoon by
| Chief O'Hare and Detective Rock of
the Kenosha police department charged
with the selling of moonshine liquor,
At the same time the license which had
been granted for the place by the city
council was taken from the wall and
the place closed pending action by the
common council en- a demand for the
revocation of tho license. Mayor John
G. Joachim and Alderman Joseph Loef,
chairman of the license committee Of
the common council gave their full
sanction to the action of the police in
removing the license from the place
and these officials gave orders that the
license be not restored. The place is
one in which a man was burned to
death some time ago. At the time it
was alleged that he was engaged in
the making of liquor in the basement
of the place.
Drunken Sailors Give Clew.
The arrest of Krowsky and his bar
tender followed stories told to the
police by enlisted men from the Great
Lakes Naval Station who had been ar
rested on charges of intoxieation. Sew
en- of these men were brought in by
the police and it was declared that
FIVE of them had admitted that they
secured liquor at the Milwaukee Ave.
place. Two of the sailors were in such
beastly state of intoxication that
they were unable to walk to the sta
ton and later on a physician was call
ed to attend one of them. 1t was held
that his condition was the direct re-
suit of the effects of the moonshine.
The sailors at first refused to make
any statement as to where they OBJ
tanned liquor but later they told Of
purchases at the place on Milwaukee
avenue. They declared that the liquor
was put up in "pop" bottles and
that the prevailing price was two
dollars a bottle for the Eight" and
three dollars a bottle for the dark"
1t was admitted that the kick in the
dark was proportionate to the increas-
ed price charged.
Men Deny Sailors Charges.
Both of the men when arrested de-
MED the charges made by the sailors
but it was declared by the police Of
fcers that when they went to the
place bottles Of moonshine had been
broken and the liquor was missing.
The sailors declared that the place
had been the source of the liquor for
the sailors for some time and that it
had enjoyed very large business from
men in uniform and in civilian cloth
ing. The samples of the liquor Sc
cured by the police indicated that it
had large percentage of alcohol.
The police refused to discharge the
sailors held in connection with the
case and the station officials were noti-
fed that they had been held here and
| that local officials expected the gov
eminent to make an immediate exam
nation and take charge of the prosecu-
| ton of the saloon men arrested.
"The government should be inter
ested in seeing that these men get
adquate punishment" declared one of
the police officers after the arrests.
1t is thought certain that the council
will revoke the permit held by the
place.
The two men were arraigned in the
municipal court this morning and both
entered pleas of not guilty. The hear
ing Of the cases was continued until
February 1st Later an effort was
made to have the license of the place
restored by Mayor Joachim, but the
mayor refused to interfere in any way
with the action of the police in taking
the license. The mayor intimated that
he would back the action of the police
! officers to the limit.