The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-10
PoSTMASTER IRWIN OBJECTS TO
SEIZED LIQUOR BEING STORED
IN THE LOCAL PosToPFICE
EDIFICE.
Prohibition Men Make Several water
Hauls IN Raid But Also Seize
Lot of -Contrahand.

r,a, RAJ. stat" and local proh.htti"n
Officer. cut 4 Wi" Nwath in TINS city
yesterday. Visiting u number oi homes
which Nrr" searched WIN no result. but
TN Outcome If the days work 49, Il
supply II alrpro.u liquors Of at. sorts.
among which figured bonded and moon
>hun" whisk,y. home hr"wcl h""r, raiS.n
lack. Il number Of hotties labeled RoNan:t
Nn.rh were found 70 contain liquor
continuing J. per cent alcohol. and q
distilled drink with an awful KICK IN H..
called poko-Nino.
The fcatur" or IN" day'S work hap
prncd after al. The prohibition officers
lat" last evening had ro'rn Carried soy
rrul wCIrhly packages o; liquor Up tn"
-iai:s IA the Federal hUiidinE 1" tho
rT.re If /. :. Commissioners Jonn IL.
conrad.
Postmaster Objects.
Postmaster ". ". Irwin Of this CitE.
then appeared and - custodian OF tie
building madc an emphatic protest
AGAINST the liquor being stored IN The
rdir,cc and ordered it removed. fourth
with. HIS rrqu"st was not complied
with as the prohibition officers claimed
they had no other place 10 store inc
LIQUOR. and 49, preliminary hearings had
net been heard in som" of the cases ana
a., the liquor was evidence to be uSed
IA the eases, the proper piac" Tor II
was in the vault in the United states
commissioners Office.
II was stated. however. that IN all
probability the liquor Will be removed
from the Federal building and stored
elsewhere today.
Postmaster Irwin said that the req
rial building cannot be used for a stor-
" - A.. efnH aud thHf tNrrN
has always been trouble whenever 1t is
stored there.
Blanc the Employees.
"Ir any of the liquor is missing soma
az my employees around tn" building
wiN be charged with taking 1t sand
Mr. Irwin.
The trouble dalrs back - IN" s"i@ur"
OF the Gus Schulz" whIskcy some months
ago. which vas pat under guard III
ii,r Federal Grand Jury room. Iherr
we're "A numh"r Of quarts missing when
- Na% finally removed IL Mounds III"
tor SAFE keeping. Sine" that time now
ever. on numerous occasions t'izco
Mniykey has hcrn kept IN III" local FED
"i,l building.
The officers working in tho TslHS al
! u-r.rni are Auii-Saloon u"asu" Repre-
.,ntutiyc Tom Arlington. &. |" l'annrn;
| Federal revenue SG"nt Tor h"rih'rh
! v,>t Virginia. with his operatives. :.
II. Ross. f.. VI. E!nkcr. ). j. po"rr. W.
n Cross and {. II. McGehce; Deputy
! S,otc commissioner q Prohibition J.
! Walter Bee with his men Vincent HahiG.
or Wheeling district apl ". p. Brown Of
! Clsrksnurg.
! Tip Had Gone Out.
{ Although tn news had been spread
I h~oadcas; tina ,h,' raid.nE paItI MAS
4 IN the district aUi many persons had
zone under ,vy'r with their stocks Of
liquor, Sl:Il th,r, VIZ" arrests made.
Early vest. rday morning. the party
S]wooopFd down on sadie Smiths p'ac"
1T "&eS W&tcY street aud made Il wais"
haul. There was NO evidence Of any
liquor or HON" brew.
Tim Bessie u" Ru"'S icu" At No. |
Twrn,y-lrrrd street VS. visited, The
rruhlHiilUu met say Ross" S&w them
mrs.. rhry found a number of smashed
bottles nf home brew hc;w"cn her nom"
and the adjuiuirE nous" and N III" hath
tub were a number Of broken "h'SHey
bottles and the tub rocked with the
/ udor Of liquor.
p Found Home Brew.
Some bottles Of home brew that Ola
not break were found IN the debris be
tween tn" TWO houses and were taken
along T., ia" CU.ccrs. Bessie was en-
| d.sh@ufc when the officers arrived and
they decided not to waj' unuI she
dressed Shr may " arrested mi"r on.
The next raid Wa made al the homo
of philu Baru,S. - barber ~ 200" Chap
j line street. rh;iu W. not AT h"m"
: wien the onfccrs arrived. They tounc
IA quart oud Il pm, 81 liquor and Just
then PhjIu arrived Without Wasting
any words II" made q smash at Revenue
Agent g. /. Hann"m.
II. wis uyrrpowcrcd ami he still
wpr,.d 10 mint. hut; VIZ, naud"uh"d. It
j dr,cIorri afterwards that some well
\ meaning friends had carried tn" new
! to Enrnos that TIA" r-".iui'i"n mon ""r"
-, his HON" smasniu: ia" furniture" IN
search cor liquor nnd ~ grow wrhthy
Y and went after Tc>ruEc.
Held Under Bond.
rr u,s ,oErn bc fore I. = tCmmis-
y;.n,r .Iouu IT, conrad. where h" waived
examination 20 n 'hnrr" o.! violating IRE
national prohibition lay. II" VIII be 'r'"i
az the May term or the |. >. District
ruur. ~ lnis clty. =
u The ur>t r.S,'. '.S''i vas 'h"i ~
r r.cc L..i,l~'"n. VII" rooms in the rear
nr = barb. shop 80 90" thaHt'h'
,r,.. I'M. room wa searched whi'e
u IT,. 49,, ~cu ed smiI'nslN on IN" BED.
. lir,f.y ia" Of. Gers mauc i."" get OF
1. Comfort Baby's Skin
With Cuticura Scan