New Britain herald., 1923-06-29
Civic League Complained of Alleged Saloons Here and Asked for Enforce. ment of Paddock Law to Close Them
States Attorney Reported to Have Said There Won't Even Be the Smell of Liquor Left When Job Is Finished"

States Attorney Hugh M. AicoSo-of
 Hartford yesterday fired the first shot
 in :. war which he plans to wage in
 order 10 rid Hartford county of every
 saloon within it's territory when he
 went before Judge John W. Banks of
 tho superior court with complaints
 that resulted in the summoning to
 court of several prominent Hartford
 residents who were ordered to show
 cause why three saloons in the city should not be summarily closed forth with and the owners restrained from
 using the space occupied by the sa-
 looms for a year.
 Similar action is pending against 20 other alleged saloons in the county against which the states attorney said he had accumulated sufficient evil |. dence to support injunctions. The ma jority of the 20 saloons are reported to be in Hartford and New Brit ain.
 Chief Hart Surprised.
 Chief William c. Hart of the New Britain police department today ex- pressed surprise at the supposed cam paign which is to be waged against a number of alleged saloons in this city. He said that in so far as the liquor situation is concerned this city is very clean and much cleaner than many of the other cities and towns throughout the state. Other officials of the police department are satisfied that there are few violators of the liquor law in New Britain who conduct saloons. Many who have been convicted of late in the New Britain police court for. the liquor law have been proprietors of fruit and candy stores or have been selling in their homes,
 Complaint of Civic League.
 Although Mir. Alcorn could not be reached today to confirm the report hat he had acted indirectly on com ,laint received from the Civic League If New Britain. it Is expectel that his complaint had a bearing in the natter in so far as this city is con- erned
 A. w. Upson. H. N. Lockwood, D. loan and D. B. Bassette, as members the executive committee of the ivic League. visited Prosecuting Att ,rney Joseph c. Woods at his of- ce Monday. June 4, and asked for Is cooperation in enforcing the fed- ral paddock law to close all saloons perating in. New Britain.
 They were assured by Mir. Woods that time that he would take up le matter with the federal authori- es and would see United States Dis- jet Attorney Allen K. Smith at Hart rd. The Civic League officials reg tered their complaint with MT. 'oods only after they had received veral complaints from various peo- e about several saloons here. they y Included in there list are ten looms, the proprietors of which i've been arraigned in police court ore than once.
 . Woods Sees Danaher Prosecutor Woods told reprssen- tive of the Herald" this afternoon at he has been unable to see Dis- ct Attorney Smith when he has He'd in Hartford but he did see As- tant District Attorney John A. Dan- CT. Although Mir Woods did not ke up the matter with Mir. Danaher
 told him of the Civic League conn., tint. Mir. Danaher has been ap- inted, with Assistant States Attor- y Reinhart l.. Gibson, to aid in lte's Attorney Alcorn's campaign d 1t is believed that he might have ormed Mir. Alcorn of the complaint gistered with Mir. Woods by the 'ic League.
 Mr. Alcorn claims in his allegations tt many of the saloons are conceal their real purpose by operating as taurants
 ont Even Leave Odor of Liauor The states attorney charged tlfat
 announced and pretended use" the premises in each of the Hart d cases as a saloon and restaurant
 a sham and subterfuge to con- the real purpose and plans and the actual used of said ldings and the illegal business rein transacted, and that said mises are used and maintained as les where intoxicating liquor is. nufactured. sold. kept or bartered. We are going to clean up New tain once and for all" the states 'rney Is alleged to have said. and re won't even be the smell of li- r left in any of these places when
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