The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-16
Jury Finds E. Bergeson
Had Moonshine at
Her Place.
352 GRAND AVE. AGAIN
Police Find Moon There and
Zahorski Behind Bar but
Another Has Permit.

Elizabeth Bergeson was found guilty
OF possession of moonshine by the
jury in her case late Monday after
noon, as the result of a police raid on
Farmer Joe's" saloon last July. The
municipal court jury brought in the
verdict about $3.50 o'clock in the aft
ernoon, after being out in dsliberation
on the case about twenty minutes.
This is the first time that woman
'saloonkeeper" has been found guilty
of violation of the law after a jury
trial. Mrs. Bergeson applied for a
permit to run Farmer Joe's" saloon
on the Burlington road, after her hus-
band, Eric Bergeson, had been found
guilty several times in court Of viola
ton Of the liquor law and had paid
fines for the same. The permit was
granted her when it was impossible
for her husband to secure it, but it has
been generally understood that the
place has continued to be run by Mrs.
Bergeson's father, Joe 0rth, and her
husband.
When the police raided the place,
Bergeson tried to destroy the evidence
by dipping the glass he had in his
hand in the water in the sink. The
police caught the glass, part water,
part moon, and the contents analysed.
In spite of the water the test was eight
per cent alcohol. This shows the val
ne of the police grabbing the "evi-
dence" when and how they can.
Judge Slater has not yet pronounced
sentence, adding the case of Mrs.
Bergeson to the many other liquor
cases which await the sentence of the
court. During the trial, which occu-
pied the court the whole of Monday,
the state was represented by District
Attorney Frank S. Symmonds and his
assistant, Roy S. Stephenson and the
defense by R. " Baker.
Raid 352 Grand Ave.
One of these liquor cases is that of
Tom Zahorski of 352 Grand avenue,
who was found guilty recently, by a
curious compromise verdict of the
jury in his case, of possession" but
not of sale of moonshine, following
the testimony of Stephen Zuk. Zahor-
ski was charged with the two counts,
and Zuk had testified that he had
been sold moonshine by Zahorski and
his bar-maid.
Last night the police raided 352
Grand avenue again. The permit to
be sure was no longer in Tom Zahor-
skis name. 1t has been issued to one
'Thomas Beschiewski," but behind the
bar was none other than the familiar
figure of Tom Zahorski himself. Ser
geant Melbusch and Officers Britton,
y. Bauschelt and Chase made the raid.
AS the squad of police entered the
place, Zahorski, who was at the north
end of the bar, tried to fill a quart
Jar with water. The raiders formed
a flying arrow in his direction and pre-
vented the destruction of the fluid.
They were in time to snatch quart
jar full of moonshine from him.
Old Woman Tries to Interfere.
The police,.reported that Mrs. Clark
and another woman and three or four
men were in the place. An older wo-
man sitting at one of the tables tried
30 SHdICu GuS JdA VI 4uooAAoI1AiC away
from Officer Chase, but in vain. Out
side Tom tried "a little "sob-stuff" on
the police He. explained that he was
poor man, and had never been in
trouble before and so forth, also in
vain.
The afternoon sponge squad consist
ing of Sergeant Schneeberger, Officers
Wellman, Amberlang and H. Rock
brought in still, coil and thirty gal
Ions of mash from 500 North Victoria
street. The arrest in the case will be
made sometime today, but in the mean
time the police did not have the name
of the person responsible.