Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-05-07
|c,TcHTNG VIOLATORS
r.deraI Dry Agents Making
Cleanup in Oneida and
Villas Counties.

Villas Counties.
Federal agents have been doing
Iond.ofice business in and
.,,nd Eagle River and Sugar
|c.mn the past few days, and from
O snnrts unofficial, however, will
.jJ manv victims to their drag
.at within the next few days.
sT ", thew did in Oneida and Villas
,onnties the latter end Of last
tgoek and the first of this, is told
tbe following story which the
FEDERAL agents gave to the Rhine
Ionder Daily News on Monday.
rbe story as published goes:
What is described by federal Of
Beers as the breakup of the best
prgapized ring Of bootleggers and
noonshiners in the state OF Wis
Ionsin will be accomplished when
3 men. for whom warrants were
ss,,ed bv the United States Court
commissioner today, were arrest
3D.
Ten of these alleged violators of
be law are residents of Villas
snIntv and were rounded up Sat-
brdav after some clever secret SER
ice work by Agent Walter Sun
erIin and his wife, Mrs. Olive
mderin, who spent three weeks
ALTERING evidence in what was
ermed by the prohibition depart
hent as the "wettest" county in
be entire state.
Sunderlin and his wife took up
heir residence in Eagle River
hree weeks ago, as the final blow
moonshine industry in that
: lOunty planned by the federal pro-
Edition department. Sunderlin
bid his wife both created the i'm
ressiOn in Eagle River that they
We're going to make that village
beir home.
Agents had tried again and
gain to get evidence in this local
b but in every instance had fail
As soon as they arrived there,
e officers say, a leak in their
ropOsed plans caused the burial
liquor in every place they
arched for it.
The moonshiners and bootleg
Frs it is claimed, were organized
to yeritable union, and when
stranger came to town the oper-
Or8 engaged in this business
Oud Immediately investigate his
envltles and either list him as
H. Or place him on the black
t
Upon the arrival Of newcomer
gent SunderIin stated, he was
loss examined by the advance
Crkers of the booze ring" 1t
Ok SunderIin ten days before he
aS accepted as a logical customer
the moonshiners.
Bit by bit, the evidence was
Uttered and the final windup of
campaign was arranged. Sat
oay morning four more federal
gelltS arrived in Rhinelander and
arted for the scene of the alleg-
Violations. Directed by Agent
PnderIln, they swooped down on
nest Of the law violators. siez-
stills and liquor, and notified
men to appear before United
aJ y, Court Commissioner joseph
,"lueorand here today.
Three of the men for whom
IFants were issued appeared
unfairly before the commission
Martin Kuyanva of the town
sugar Camp was arraigned be-
the commissioner and his
Jus We're fixed at $1,000. He
charged by Agent Sunderlin
ii selling one pint of moonshine
r4ey TO HIM on April IS.
h. n'Oae : Macjiewski, also of the
vi, vi sugar Camp, in this coun-
"a, Voluntarily appeared. His
'us were set at $1,000 by Com
.oner Hildebrand. He was
\ pse ed with the sale and posses
!, u alcoholic liquor in VIC
'a 10! Of the federal law.
$.u and moonshine whiskev
w., louq nc IN the possession Of
I 5o Aeaton, near Eagle River,
{ 4 t5a appeared o this morning be,
ra e commissioner. His bonds
! n n1ed at $1,000. Keaton who
ntno a,I'e OF Winchester county,
ps s9eSy' claims to have been ~ =
~
le' wbo manufacturer of white
Om > eyed moonshiner for