Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-10
SERIES Of RAIDS over WEEK END AT
NORTH END AND "SN0WPL0W RESULT
IN SEVERAL SEIZURES AND ARRESTS

The Augusta Municipal court will
be an especially busy place today As
a result Of the activities of Sheriff
Henry Cummings liquor deputies
over Saturday and Sunday. The
deputies visited several places in the
north part Of the city and in Togus
and seized several stocks of liquor
beside getting a still in one place.
The first raid was about ID O'Clock
Saturday night at tenement house
at Waldo street, occupied by Ed
ward Liable and his two sons, Ernest
and Fortunate. The father resides
on the ground floor and the two boys
on the next floor.
On the ground floor and in the
cellar the raiders found quart jar
Of wine. a bottle of beer, two cases
Of empty bottles an empty III gallon
keg. This stun Is believed to belong
TO the elder Liable and he will be
arraigned this morning on a charge
Of illegal possession of Intoxicating
liquor.
On the second and third floor were
found q still made of copper wash
boiler. a ten gallon key half full OF
mash, eight moxie bottles full of beer
and II bottles of the same tyne fun
of wine, beside two bottles contain
ing b.tters of some sort and six cases
of empty moXie bottles. Much OF
this stuff was found on the third
floor in a kind of attic but 1t Is I'M
derstood that the still and liquor g
claimed by Ernest who Will DC ar
raisued on two charges. one OF posi
session of a device for the manufac-
ture of intoxicating liquor and the
other for illegal possession OF IN
toxicating liquors.
At IL o'clock the same night the
deputies paid visit to the nome OF
Edward Godbout at the corner of
Waldo and Washington streets. Here
they uncovered n four gallon jar half
fuii of mash composed of raisins,
grapes, and cherries, three moxie
bottles of beer, four one gallon glass
lars of wine, one gallon glass jar
nm, tly full of wine, three quart bot
lies partly full of the same liquor
and three cases of empty bottles. lie
wili probably be arraigned on a
charge of illegal possession OF IN
toxicating liquors.
The deputies making these raids
uere William Cole of Halloween, hen
w Parmenter and William Austin of
Augusta, Ed Megill Of Belgrade ana
Edward r. Rose of Fayette.
Sunday the sheriffs shifted the
scene of their activities to that terri
tory in the vicinity of the north gate
of the National Soldiers Home at
Togus, know as the "Snowplow
A house occupied by Frank Gerard
and Daniel Healy, which has been
under observation, was looked over
and as n result Of the finding on the
premises of four full half pints OF
alcohol in a brush pile about %
Yards from the house, and of large
number of empty half pint and pint
bottles and alcohol cans, both Gerard
and Healy will be arraigned on
charges of illegal possession OF in.
toxicating liquors. In the course OF
their observations the deputies no.
ted considerable travelling back and
forth between the house and the por-
ton Of the premises near the brush
pile and they believe that the have
enough evidence to hold both men.
A visit to the home of Nellie Boyer
disclosed o gallon can about third
full of alcohol, n half pint bottle
partly full Of the same, and four
tumblers. three of which contained
small quantities OF alcohol. Mrs.
Boyer will be arraigned on charges
of illegal possession and of intoxica-
ton and Eddie Wright, who was al
SO found In the house. will be ar
raigned on a charge Of intoxication.
Deputy Sheriffs Cole. Harry Pink