The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-04-19
KRHOR HEIRS
SEEK WHISkEY
Good Bonded Stuff Legally
Purchased Tied Up in
Court Case Here.
RAIDED BY SCHOLEY
Grand Jury Refused Indict-
ment; KrisOr Dies; Heirs
Claim evidence.

The stock of good old whiskey taken
from the Krisors on Milwaukee avenue
in the good old days of Crusader
Scholey, assisted by federal officers
and the police, may be released some
time this week and returned to the
heirs of the late Peter Krisor, through
an action brought by the family in
the local courts.
1t isn't everyone who can lay claim
to being heir to quantity of bonded
liquor tied up in the courts and the
case in point is considered unique, at
least so far as the Kenosha courts are
concerned, as it is the only case known
of where heirs have demanded whis-
key| Consigned to them as their share
of an estate.
First Case of It's Kind.
Novel proceedings have just been
concluded in the county court of Ke-
nosha county in which special admin
istration proce dings have been
brought and a special administrator
petitioned for in order to secure the
delivery of the "good stuff" which has
been held for nearly two years in the
vaults of the federal prohibition
agents in Milwaukee, awaiting trial
of the case.
Judge Baker of the county court has
appointed Mrs. Peter Krisor, widow
and heir of the late Peter Krisor,
special administrator, and the proceed
ings now have come to the point
where the matter must be threshed
out in the municipal court.
Judge Slater will not release the
liquor, so far held as evidence, except
with the sanction and special authority
of the federal men at Milwaukee, in
whose hands the prosecution has rested,
No Prosecution in Case.
Crusader Scholey, while deputy pro-
hibition commissioner, and his assist
ants, consisting Of federal prohibition
officers and local police, raided the
Peter Krisor soft drink parlor at I'll
Milwaukee avenue, on July Fl, 1921,
and secured an interesting stock of
liquor. Among the goods taken as
"evidence" were a case of Old Crow
whiskey and several extra bottles
of the same, about eight or nine and
quantity of wine.
Peter Krisor was charged with I'M
lawful possession and pleaded not
guilty, and the case never came TO
trial. 1t was continued and continued
AMI to this date no prosecution of the
case has been had in any court. The
law governing such cases is said to be
that where no prosecution is held,
liquor taken in evidence, must be re-
turned to the owners.
Not Violating Law.
AS a matter Of fact, Peter Krisor
contended at the time and it was be-
lieved his contention would stand up
in court, that the liquor seized by
/ the federal men was goods purchased
by him in March 1919, six months be-
fore the Volstead law went into effect
and that the liquor had remained as
part of his private stock. The case
was brought before the federal grand
jury in Milwaukee and they refused
to return an indictment.
In the meantime, year after the
raid by Scholey and the federal men,
Peter Krisor himself departed this
earth for all time, and ceased to be
an interested party.
Property of Heirs.
It is now contended by the Krisor
family that the liquor was part of the
personal property of Peter Krisor and
is improperly held by the federal Of
ficers, but in order to secure the re-
lease of the goods, it was necessary
to take divers roundabout steps. The
federal officers released the liquor
from their vaults, and the cases were
shipped down to Kenosha to the NUM-
cipal court. There the liquor has been
held for several months pending dis
posal of the matter here.
Mrs. Peter Krisor was appointed
special administrator in order to Sc
cure the possession of the personal
property, but even that was not the
end of the matter
Must Come Into Municipal Court.
The whiskey so far held as evidence
cannot be released except on the order
of Judge Slater of the municipal court
as it was in his court that proceed
ings were first instituted following the
raid, and in the custody of his Office
that the liquor is held.
Judge Slater has made it clear that
he wishes to be satisfied that the fed
eral authorities have given an order
for the release Of the liquor. 1t is
believed that these steps are merely
Intermediary ones, and that the good
stuff" which has travelled from Keno
sha to Milwaukee and back again to
the courts may soon do little more
travelling and find its way home at last.