The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17

shine seized, and warrants have been
sworn out for the arrest of the owner
of the home.
Armed with raid warrants, Crusader
Scholey stopped at the Office of Sheriff
Rauen about ten o'clock this morning.
He mentioned his destination and three
deputy sheriffs volunteered to aid in
the raid. Among those helping in the
raid were Deputy Sheriffs Steve Rob-
inson and Ralph Moore.
Proves His Persistence.
Three weeks ago Crusader Scholey
went to this same home and searched
high and low for a still, which he had
heard was in operation at the home.
He went away empty-handed ard
apologized for the Inconvenience he
had caused the household. On Tues
day he received another tip that he
had been fooled on his former visit
and that there was a still at the home,
Persistent to the end, Officer Scho-
ley this morning went to the home and
displaying his badge and search war
rant asked to have another look around
the premises. He was met BY Mrs.
Nary ,Gurski, wife of Martin Gurski,
wfo declared she knew nothing Of the
stsl and told Kim he .celld sea oh 10
4is healt's content.
Mrs. Gurski maintained that the on
ly still she had ever heard of was
owned by the people who had lived in
the house before them and who had
taken the still with them when they
moved to another house. A still owned
by her husband appeared to be some
thing of which she had not the slight
est knowledge.
Kicks in Side of Wall.
In dark corner of the cellar Scho-
ley found something which looked sus-
picious. There was a wooden wall
which on his former visit he had mis-
. taken for a wall of the house This
time he took an axe and knocked in
one Of the boards. There was a splash
as the axe went through the wall and
landed in a barrel of barley mash.
The raiders took one Whit and then
kept UP their work of tearing down
the false wall.
snug as bug in a rug" The still was
not in operation but near the spigot
was glass jug filled with "white
mule" Around the still were several
discarded copper boilers which had
evidently been used before the present
still was erected.
Worth Hundreds of Dollars.
In the vicinity of the still were six
large barrels of mash made with bar
ley. The mash was working" strong
and officials declared that when the
work of distillation would have been
completed the product would easily
have sold for $4,000 at "moonshine"
prices.
While part of the raiders were tear
ing down the still and confscating it
and the illegal liquor, others searched
the remainder of the home for other
evidence Of violations of the Volstead
act but nothing additional was found.
The evidence was carried into a truck
which was summoned from Kenosha
and was carried to the sheriffs office
shortly after noon today.
Illness Prevents Arrest.
officer Scholey planned to bring Mrs.
Gurski to the sheriff's Office immedi-
ately, but was forced to abandon his
plan when he learned that she was
attending her sister who was said to
be i'll in the house with typhoid fever.
Gurski is employed at Kenosha fac
tory and was not at the home when
the raid was staged. 1t was planned
to arrest him this afternoon and bring
him into court on charge Of manu-
featuring and having in mis- possession
illegal liquor
Crusader Scholey had several other
warrants in his pocket this morning
and it is anticipated that he will do
considerable more "sponging" before
the week is over.