The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04
LID TIGHTENEID
BY POLICE RAIDS
Police Sponge Squads Do
Much hopping Up Sat-
urday Night.
TEN PLACES RAIDED
Dry Law Violators and Alleged
Gamblers Both Hailed
into Court.

out the city, nabbing in the raids nine
men on charges of having liquor in
their possession or of offering it for
sale, and. nine more on charges OF
gambling.
The raiding campaign occupied the
attention of the three police squads,
one starting on duty at eight-thirty
o'clock Saturday evening with Ser
geant Schneeberger in charge and con-
tinuing until ten-forty when Matt
Kirsch and a second detail took up the
task of "mopping up" and continued
at it until two o'clock Sunday morn
ing. and a third working elsewhere
as necessity arose.
Word of the raids spread rapidly
and succeeded in tightening the lid in
Kcnosha most perceptibly over the
Labor Day holidays.
Had One Real Battle.
Only one real battle enlivened the
nights program of raiding. That oc-
Cured at the soft drink parlor known
as the Universal Joint at 1853 South
Rowland avenue, where Victor Rossi,
the man in charge, gave battle to
the police in an effort to destroy
the evidence.
Patrolman Studer was the first of
Sergeant Schneeberger's squad to en-
ter this establishment. AS he walked
into the door, Rossi smelled rat and
quick as wink dived into the back
room with Patrolman Studer at his
| heels. On the table in the back room
was a jug and around it were glasses
all ready to be served. Rossi grabbed
| the jug and when he saw Studer just
behind him hurled it across the room in
an effort to destroy the evidence.
| Other Officers Arrive.
| When Sergeant Schneeberger and
other members of the first squad ar
rived they found Rossi and Patrolman
Studer graphing with each other as
| the officer attempted both to collar
his man and get the evidence. The
other officers aided their comrade with
| result that Rossi was overpoweIed
and a quart of wine found in broken
part Of the jug seized as evidence.
| The remainder of the gallon had
trickled out on the floor.
| Rossi was booked both on charge
Of having liquor in his possession and
on the more serious charge of having
attempted to destroy the evidence.
! Raids on othe- establishments were
carried on without any resistance.
The first squad brought in the follow
ing alleged offenders. with charges
of violating liquor laws made against
them as noted:
| One Woman in Group.
Tony Wallace, 1868 Grand aven-
ue, quart of wine found in bottle
behind counter.
John Hams, 1850 Grand avenue,
fifty bottles of home brew on
ice; thirty-five cases stored in
the store room.
| Joseph Lesczewsky, It'll Prairie
avenue, two gallons of moonshine
liquor in four gallon jug at foot of
stairs leading to basement; some
home brew found in ice box.
Nellie Labanowski, 213 South
Rowland avenue, three bottles of
home brew.
Albert Zalubowski, 261 North
Rowland avenue, three ounces of
moonshine liquor.
! Other Squad Takes Up Work.
Sergeant Schneeberger and his squad
consisting in addition of Patrolman
Studer, Amberlang and Vanderwall,
checked in st the office at ten-forty;
Sergeant Kirsch with Patrolmen Oh
sen, Mitchell and Rohde Immediately
set out to continue the work. This
second squad brought in the following
for violations of liquor laws:
Gus Thomka, 1900 West Grand
avenue, two pints of moon found
on work-board below bar.
Toney Ambrose, 1854 West
Grand avenue, wine in ginger
ale bottles, some home brew in
ice box.
Charles Biskofski, 961 West Grand
avenue, three bottles of home brew.
Break Up Two Games.
In the course of their tour of in
spection, the second squad of patrol
men found a card game in operation
in the basement at 903 Market street,
and they halted long enough to arrest
D. Ventura, 259 Balm avenue; Ralph
Ruppa, 671 Anton street, and Sam
| Gerolmo, 974 Garden street, on gamb-
ling charges. 1t was claimed that the
men were playing a game of rhummy.
During the night third squad con-
sisting of Lieut.. Rock, Captain Clau-
sen, Detective McCluskey and Patrol.
man Studer and Vanderwall raided the
place known as Coffee House at 81
Market street and arrested six men,
who were alleged to be engaged in an
interesting "lil game" of stud poker.
These men gave their names and adj
dresses as: Peter Tikis, 652 Market
street; D. Jerja, GOT JENNIE street;
Ollie Husser, SO JENNIE street; Frank
Muaren, 514 Market street; Asman
! Kazne, act Newell street; DENIM Mau-
rem, GOT JENNIE street.
Several Second Offenders.
All night long on Saturday the men
arrested in the raids were being hailed
! into the police office. Where bonds
were furnish d they were released all
to appear before Judge Slater in the
municipal court this morning. Several
in default of bonds occupied cells in
the city lookup over the weekend, all
of these being men nabbed in the
raid at SD Market street on charges
of gambling.
Several of those booked on liquor
charges are second offenders and indi-
cations are that they have heavy fines
to pay if they are convicted on the
charges.
Gamblers Plead Guilty.
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