New Ulm review., 1922-05-10
AGENTS
VISIT new ULM.
RAID GRoEBNER's, HENLE's,
KRETscH AND FRITZ
PLACES.
HARD LIQUOR FOUND, IN ALL
PLACES. ARREST ALL
CONNECTED.

L Armed with search warrants small
army of Revenue officers swooped
down upon the City Of. New Ulm last
Saturday shortly after the noon hour
land .raided the soft drink .parlors of
ICY. Groebner, Anton A. Henle, Her
man l Kretsch and Jacob Fritz and ar
rested the owners and bartenders that
they found in charge Of the places.
They also had search warrant for
the Henry Schmidt soft drink parlor
but found no evidence Of any kind
and therefore made no arrests,
Sundayed In Jail.
Those arrested are Robert Bartel,
Armand J. Groebner, Herbert McIvor,
Jacob Fritz, Herman Kretsch and
Charles Manderfeld. The raiding
squad was in, charge Of Ruben Rem
bold Of Minneapolis. A thorough
search Of the soft drink parlors and
of the premises was made and the ar
rested persons were turned over to
Sheriff w. ]. julius Saturday after
noon about 8 clock. An effort was
made to allow them to. go on their
own recognizance so that they would
not have to remain in jail over Sun
day but the U. S. District attorney
was not agreeable to this proposition
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and the men had to stay in Jail from
Saturday afternoon until yesterday
morning when they were taken to
Mankato, and appeared before Frank
Morse, Commissioner, and gave bonds
for their appearance at the regular
term OF. the U. S: District Court in
October.
Search warrants were issued by
Commissioner Howard Abbott of
Minneapolis upon the complaint of
one, "A. z. Patterson, who made COM
plant under oath that on March %,
March 20 and March 80 he had OBJ
tained Intoxicating liquors at the a.
bove mentioned places in New Ulm.
e It is claimed that there were at
least twelve revenue officers here and
some even placed the number as high
as. u. The places that were raided
were fairly rushed, six agents being
engaged in the raid of each place. In
the Herman Kretsch place on North
Broadway they, found little Of the
hootch stuff in the barn and it was
there also that they treated Fred
Meyer rather roughly. No intoxi-
eating liquors were found in the soft
drink parlor proper nor behind the
bar.
Where Cy Keeps It.
In the Cy Groebner place no in
toxicating liquors OF any kind were
found in the soft drink parlor
nor behind the bar but a quart Of
booze was found in the back yard in
a box beneath the porch
Real Mule.
I At the Anton A. Henle place, Rob-
ert Bartel was temporarily in charge.
The proprietor was not in the City
and the regular bartender had gone
home for his noon meal and had left
Bartel to look after the business.
In this place it is claimed that a three
ounce bottle of regular moonshine
stuff was found. Z.
Enough To Swim In.
The biggest haul was made, accord
ing to reports, when they reached the
Jacob Fritz place where they found 15
gallons OF, alcohol; and all kinds Of
home brew. The home brew was
poured into the gutter and the raid
ers took along the Is gallons of alco-
hol.
1 A story that the revenue agents
visited the local telephone exchange
land ordered the operators not to per-
NIT any telephone calls for a time to
prevent warnings from one place to an
other is, branded as absolutely false
Iby telephone officials.
u S. Deputy Marshal Schmidt Of
4 ST. Raul, came up Monday night and
/ the arrested parties we're taken to
4 Mankato Tuesday morning by auto
A and appeared before Commissioners
4 Frank Morse. were admitted to- bail
and discharged The. cases will come
.Inn before the q. S. District, Court
(which sits il Mankato in October.
A speakers platform, 2OxSO feet in
size and of cement construction will
be- erected In the Gomfrey Park this
lyear The ladies Of the Comfrey Re
lIiefs Corps are back of, f,this movement
Il and after its comple letion it will ibe pre-