The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-13
BLACK AND TAN
PARTY PINCHED
Nine Men Arrested in Re-
sort on Division Street
In Police Raid.
A. COLOR MIXTURE
Four Women, Two Colored and
Two White, Are Also
Arrested on Premises.

If was a black-and-tan affair over
at the resort on Division street and
Rowland avenue, Saturday night, and
this morning, nine men, eight white
and one negro and four women, two
blacks and two whites, came into the
municipal court to answer the charge
of disorderly conduct.
The Saturday night blowout was
"anything but" a social gathering for
.uplift purposes and resembled more
wild party in which the wall of the
coyote is heard or where panther
stalks in pursuit of prey.
1t was more like the jungle, saith
the police, than the jungle itself.
Arrest One for Possession.
William P. Bergren, of 1906 West
Grand avenue, was arrested following
the police raid Saturday night and
charged with possession of wine and
home brew The place where the ar
rest was made, is not running under
permit.
Sergeant Kirsch, Detective Breidt
and officers H. Rock and O'Hare made
the raid.
The revelry inside when the officers
broke into the place was not the limo
cent kind of revelry that goes with
the playing of Virginia reel or a
quadrille, according to the officers.
One woman lay on the floor smoking,
others jostled the men elbow to elbow
at the tables drinking and the picture
was one of the sort that results when
the black-and- tans hold merry.
Those arrested by the police were:
Gus Sepanski, 49,, of 622 Hastings
avenue; Joe Pillager, "a and Arthur
Pillager, 26, of Racine; Joe HUT, 90,
of 119 Pearl street; Ralph Sorenson,
Maplewood avenue; Clarence Under
man, 25, of 81 Middle street and Harry
Shepard, 18, of 1856 Racine avenue. The
above were the names of the white
men, and the black of their party was:
John Johnson of Racine.
The women were: Hattie Preer,
negro, Racine and Helen Stein, negro,
Milwaukee; Mary Billie Morris, white,
Prairie avenue, and Ida Mahon,
same address.
"There was a bunch of thirteen in
two by four ice-cream parlor," Cap
tain Clausen told Judge Slater this
morning when the cases were called on
the charge Of disorderly conduct. "The
room isn't big enough for five people
to turn around comfortably, but these
thirteen, ten white and three colored
people, got into that little shanty,
which has been running without a
license"
The police captain said his Office had
received number of complaints
about the place prior to the raid on
Saturday night.
The two colored women, Matte
Preer and Helen Stein pleaded guilty
to the charge of disorderly conduct
and were fined SIS and costs. Mary
Billie Morris and Agnes Mahon, whose
name had first been listed as Ida
Mahon, pleaded not guilty. Agnes
Mahon, who said her home was in
Terra Haute, denied the captains
statement that she was found lying
on the floor smoking cigarette. Both
were placed under bonds for appear
ance in court March 10 at 900 a. m.
Men Plead Not Guilty,
All of the men of the party found
in the ice cream shanty pleaded not
guilty when their cases we're called.
Their cases were continued until
March 10 also. Presently, however,
John Johnson, colored, from Racine,
came back and changed his plea. He
said, ike the colored women, that he
was guilty of being in the place,
that's ALL" He was fined $40 and
costs. Johnson said he had come with
the two colored girls and the Pilliger
brothers from Racine.
Two youths of eighteen, Gus Sc
panski and Harry Shepard, returned
and entered pleas of guilty. The lads
said they had come into the place to
buy cigarettes and had hardly lit up
when the police blue coats entered.
Captain Clausen entered a word in
their behalf.
'It's shame for young boys like
these to be in such place." he said,
"but their story may be true. They
had not been drinking like the others
when we found them" The two were
given the minimum fine of SO and costs.
At last all the men pleaded guilty
with the exception of the Pilliger
brothers and were fined So and costs.
William Bergren, whom Captain
Clausen said was the proprietor of
the place." pleaded not guilty to the
charge of unlawful possession of home
brew beer and wine. His case was
set for hearing March 20, bonds $500.