Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-02
DANIElSON
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IAANCE AASOOAAI .- Special to The Bulletin.)
 IJanielson, Nov. 1.-Hhere was action Wednesday relative to the big motor truck and it's load of 240 cases of what the >state assumes is real beer, seized Tuesday, in the town of Plainfield by Onicer Perle Roberts and brought to the state police barracks here
 At hearing before Justice Arthur Matthewson in Plainfeld Wednesday nothing, John Winters, Providence, the driver of the truck, was charged with transportinE intoxicants illegally and held under bonds of $500 for a hearing that is scheduled for next Monday af- ternocn at o'clock, at Central Village. By that time the state expects to be ahle to show by testimony what the all co6olic content is of the beer with which the seized truck was laden. Sam pies of the beer have been sent out of Dahielson for analysis, but report on theE analysis had not been received up to late Wednesday. afternoon. It may be- cited in passing that it is not GUS tomary to ship near beer in a high priced motor truck and at great ex- pense over such a long overland route as, that between Providence and New York, to which city thes truck is said to hays been bound
 Of special interest is the fact that the big Packard truck on which the beer was being conveyed was released early on "wednesday afternoon by the state police and in charge of Winters theS driver who was guiding it when the Providence, The truck Is new one and is estimated to be worth about Ss,ooO.
 The state police were not inclined ;c release the truck upon demand of At 7torniey A. G. Bill of Danielson, retain 'edtto represent Winters, but Attorney Bill pointed out to Officer Albert $ Field, in charge of the Danielson bar. racks that the state police have ;II authority under the law to hold veh; cles, seized in Connecticut while suci vehicles are engaged in transporting in toxlcants and after a conference will state police headquarters at Hartford the truck was ordered released and wa relieved of its load of beer, which ii now stored at the barracks, and allow ed to be taken away. Only federal of ficials operating under the provisions 0 the Volstead act have authority to seiz' and hold vehicles as confiscated tha are found engaged in transporting Ii quor or other intoxicants in this state
 There was no development durinI Wednesday to indicate that Winter was aware of the nature of the cargt with which his truck was loaded. H Is a driver employed by the Afleck Ex press company of 127 Fountain street Providence, to drive wherever he is sen with loads. The supposed beer Is seal Cd in cartons Only the initiated woul( suspect the packages contained any thing more than biscuits or some ofhe nrata ah. tTRW nvfNya always told the nature of the shipme1 they. are conveying. Winters may hay lnoVn what was in the cartons, ant then again he may have known ,nothin ats all about their contents. In aa, event cash bail was promptly forthcom ihkl for his release. His employers a least had an interest in. him-and il their truck which he was driving.
 In any event, At is fully realized il official quarters that Winters figures i EhescAse in what really is-an unimport ant degree. It is certain that he j neither the owner of the truck he wa driving nor of it's load. The men tha 1hipped the load or were responsibl ,or It's shipment and know about tn -lwnership of the beer do not figure i he !case at all up to this time-an probably never will. They are reposin 1fsw'hat is now commonly known as th discreet background, and probably wi rerhafn there. In the meantime on WeBders how many other beer truck may be wearing out the roads here Sboqts while one is w~iting ebout on that happened to get into difficulties ! this. territory. A thousand watchfl guSEds would be required to answs thSt fquestion accurately
 :, At Tarklin, R. l., about a mile fro, NasonviIle. the Bragg Woolen Nil Corporation will begin to do business about two weeks. The new concer, which is to operate a six-set wooIe mill, named in honor of Charles Brag