New Ulm review., 1922-10-18
SEEK TO- CLOSE
N. MOTOR | | 0 R Inn / 1 / BAR / Al
FIRST ABATEMENT ACTION
IN COUNTY STARTED
AGAINST PLACE.
COURT ASKED TO PREVENT
FURTHER VIOLATIONS
OF LIQUOR LAW.

F. =. q + 40 q.
The first abatement proceedings eyer
Instituted in Brown county to close
drink place which is alleged to have
violated the State Dry law were
started Monday when w. T. Eckstein,
as county attorney, fled action against
the Motor Inn, 10 South Minnesota
street.
The suit is brought against Helmuth
Reinke, proprietor; William Rosen-
brook, owner Of the premises; Albert
Pfaender, city attorney, who is said
to be the holder and owner Of a chatteI
mortgage upon all personal property
in the building and J. P. Graf, holder
ola sheriff's certificate on a mortgage
foreclosure sale
Place. L. Nuisance
The complaint charges that Q1
August Is and divers other dales
prior thereto, Reinke did ,Wrong1uilyl
unlawfuIly and wilfllly keep and snSlSi
ltain place where Intoxicating liquor
is commonly kept, held for sale ,anG
sold" By reason Of this action the COM
plant describes the place as a pubic
nuisance in violation of the laW ei
Minnesota and the United States affa
prays the court to abate the nulsancs
by perpetualy enjoining the defand7
lants from further using OF permltti31ii'2
said building to be used as q piafe
where Intoxicating liquor is naan1afs.c-
ltured, kept for sale, sold or ordered,
Ask Building Closed.
! Tie complaint asserts tLat tlafee
lie defend. .nts, Helmuth Reirke,
l.Rosenbrook, snd Albert fust
4 Knew. tie character, use ahd
Jon Of the premises, and are gu
Of maintaining public nuisance. !,
court is asked to issue an order
|..,troying all liquor and "any and eve =
bar, fixture, vessel, jug, contair.s
lstill, implement, machine, device &C.
5ltrivance, utensil, or any tablet, ce'
lpound, substance, material OF
kind, liquid or solid, any Of wislc
apparently designed or intended fer
use in connection with said nuisance
or in violation Of the law" It is re
lquested that the remainder of tx
personal property be sold accordirs
to law and the building be closed TO-
the period of one year.
Request Injunction.
Pending the determination Of the
faction the court is asked to issue 2
Temporary Injunction restraining the
defendants from removing or inter
Herring with any or all alleged liquors
lin the building and from conducting
la place where Intoxicating liquor is
manufactured, kept for sale, sold OF
i lordered.' Restraining orders are also
Iasked to prevent Rosenbrook and
.lGrsf from permitting the building to
be used as nuisance.
I. Court Issues Orders.
/ Following the fling Of the complain
| |Judge I. NJ Olsen signed an order to
lshoW cause why q temporary injunction
lshould not be issued which was made
returnable October 26. In the mean
time the defendants are restrained and
lforbidden to remove or dispose of or
Interfere with any OF the contents o9
!. the building. The sheriff is instructed
Ito search the premises and make an
Iinventorysto the court Of the personal
i property seized therein.
Warrants Sworn Out.
! institution OF abatement proceed
#|ings against the place is said TO have
4 been speeded by q warrant for the
i arrest Of Reinke which5w was sworn out
last week by M rs Emma Ahrens, 21A
81 Franklin street north, on the
grounds that he had sold moonsheine
J, to her husband, Henry Ahrens On q
Il similar charge Mrs. Ahrens also swore
Il out. warrants for Ralph Glaser5 and
t,lg Chaylkss Iyk cbgoecT nv othsfr
I. llappeafed before Justice N Henfifn ggseI
4 at 10 a. n. Monday. and hearings OF
a their cases were set by the court fol'
4 l1 0 a. M tomorrow.
Given 40 Days.
Ahrens was sentenced to 40 days in
], the county jail for drunkenness at the
I May term Of district court. Judge
T Olsen, however, suspended sentence
III for one year providing the defendant
h lwould leave liquor alone. Ahrens. is
r,siisaid TO have fallen off the water wag gor
4 -Irecently and as D result his wife sWose
;;lout4 the warrants for the arrest Of tlse
!, three men ssyh IN She charges witt
lgII selling him liquor containing more
& than one-half Of one per cent alcohol.