The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-14
Sponge SQUAD Hits Dozen Places Believed to
be Violating Law Under Five Dol
lar Class Permit.
WOMAN SCRATCHES LIKE WILD CAT
Anastasa Silackus 739 Huron Street Thinks She is in
Right and Police All Wrong - Bring in
Liquor from Six Places.

Fenske and Callahan. Most of the
places received the police officers with
respect although aghast at their sud-
den appearance.
But Anastasia was the limit. Her
husband, who evidently plays second
fiddle in the partnership was inside
and back of the bar and the Missus
was out on the sidewalk. As the po-
lice entered Pete, the husband, ran
out from behind the bar with bottle
in his hand. Sergeant Kamer caught
him in the doorway and they ran out
in the street in an embrace.
Tried to Seize officers Gun.
Pete doubled over in knot, trying to
hold the bottle without the officer
Selling it, until he could get to the
curb and smash it, that being his APP
parent intention. Anastasia leaped
into the breach and wrestled with the
officers. According to the police she
was for moment fury incarnate, a
jezebel. She scratched and tore and
screamed and swore. She tried to tear
the officers coat and made several
desperate efforts to get the gun from
the sergeant's pocket.
The police could have fel1ed the wo-
man with one touch of the police club
and Peter too for that matter, but
there being four of them, they en-
deavored to win their pointsagainst the
! desperate female without harmfng her.
/ They were successful.
When the scene on the sidewalk of
Huron street got to the point where
the curtain falls, Anastasia and Pete
were riding with the police officers
and the police officers had the bottle.
I 1t reminds one of the famous lin
/ erick:
"There was lady of Niger,
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
They came back from the ride
With the lady inside.
And the smile on the face of the
! tiger"
Anastasia was charged with posses
sion of liquor and Pete with resisting
arrest. He was thrown into jail
Cicchini's Place Raided.
But this was not the only place
raided. There was another woman
"saloonkeeper" also operating under
a Glass permit. That was Kristina
Poskus, 351 North West Main street.
The same sponge squad raided that
place. Kristina tried to destroy the
goo, but the officers grabbed the glass
floating on the water in the sink and
found enough in it to serve as evil
dence. The stuff was mixture of
! ginger ale and moonshine.
James Cicchini's poolroom under
the drugstore a. Rowland avenue and
Elizabeth street, that is a 903 Eliza
beth street was raided. One pint of
moon was found, four bottles of home
brew and one quart of sour wine,
"Dago-red". H. R. Boyle, 624 Newell
street found in Cicchini's place with a
bottle of liquor on the hip was arrest
ed also and charged with possession of
booze. Boyle was searched together
with every other man in the place, for
(, the police expected to find guns. They
| found none, however.
/ Other Places Raided.
Louis H. Greenwald, another of
! those who operate under a Glass B
| permit like Cicchini and Kristina Pos
kus, was raided at his place 1872 Mar
garet street. The police found home
brew there and took a few bottles
along for testing purposes. Oscar
Koch, $40 Garden street, who was
found drinking at the bar there when
the police entered was held as witness
| against Greenwald.
Three bottles of home brew were
taken for testing purposes at the place
of A. Zdanowicz, 926 Jenne street.
/