The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-04-27
COLD CHILIS GO.
DOWN BACKS HERE
Calling of New Federal
Grand Jury Causes
Apprehension.
TURN OVER EVIDENCE
Government Expected to. Take
Up Investigation of Many
Cases in This County.

The call for federal grand jury to
dig deeper into violations of the pro-
hibition laws, sent out by Judge F. A.
Geiger in Milwaukee, just after three
o'clock on Friday afternoon, has sent
a new procession of cold chills down
the backs of men in Kenosha who have
been connected with the illicit sale of
liquor and it is known that lot of
the mass Of evidence which has been
piled UP in Milwaukee for the consid-
Grafton of this new grand jury which
is to meet on May End has been gath
cred by government agents who worked
in Kenosha. 1t is stated specifically
that the new grand jury is going tc
give much of its time to the inves-
tigation of "the little fellows" and that
the list includes bootleggers, hootch-
makers and drug stores which have
winked at the violations of the pro-
hibition laws.
May Reopen Prosecutions.
It is admitted that federal officials
have interested themselves in a lot of
cases which have been dug up by the
sponge squad in Kenosha and lot of
the evidence found by local police Of
ficers which has not had an airing in
the courts of Kenosha county has been
turned over to the federal officials to
be presented to the federal grand jury.
Attorneys in Kenosha today held that
they did not believe that the federal
m inv re
farther any Of the cases in which men
had been acquitted in local courts, but
it was admitted that the fact that the
men had failed of conviction here
would not prevent the federal courts
taking up the evidence and bringing
prosecutions. Several very interesting
cases, including one Of former city
official in which charge of attempt
to destroy evidence following raids
are expected to be laid before the fed
eral grand jury for investigation. The
local police department has largo
amount of evidence of this nature
which will be available to the federal
district attorneys.
Helps Out Kenosha County.
It was thought possible today that
the calling of this new federal grand
jury in Milwaukee may render unnec-
essary the calling of another special
grand jury in Kenosha. Continued
traffic in liquor and continued manu-
facture of it in lot of places in Ke-
nosha county, has caused Judge Belden
and other officials here to consider
very seriously the calling of new
grand jury for Kenosha cousty. The
jury list was made up many months
ago and it was admitted that the names
might be called at any time and the
new jury sworn in. Now it is believed
that the new federal grand jury will
do all the work which might properly
be expected from local grand jury
and Kenosha county may be saved
this considerable expense.
1t is not believed that any of the
men who were convicted in the circuit
court here are subject to indictment
in the federal courts in Milwaukee
The United States district attorneys
had a pretty good understanding with
local officials and it is not expected
that they will go into local cases.
Rum Railway Still Working.
It is admitted, however, that lot
of liquor has been furnished to vari-
Gus points in Wisconsin and the east
ern district of Wisconsin by booze
runners and that Kenosha has been the
relay station for the transfer of this
liquor. 1t is possible that the opera,
tions of the coming grand jury will
lay bare the operations of a booze ring
which has been coming money with as
much rapidity as the old Milwaukee
Kenosha whiskey ring" which ha:
just been broken up by the sentenc-
ing of some twenty people in federal
court on Thursday.
So far as is known no Kenosha men
have been called to sit on the new
federal grand jury, but the work OF
summoning the jurors will not be com.
pleted until the first of next week.