Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-02-11
FEDERAL MEN
RAID WHITE
CITY JOINTS
Evidence Procured Wednes-
day at Number of Places.
Trials Held Later On.

Federal Officers Quick, Smith.
/ Schultz and Butler with Sheriff Liv-
lngston and Deputy Sheriff Ed Oleson
conducted a series of raids on sa-
looms in the southern part Of the
county Wednesday with (from their
standpoint) considerable success. The
saloon men do not view the matter SO
happily.
/ Tuesday evening the officers raided
the saloon of a man named Post at
Castle Rock. They seized a still and
four gallons of hootch, destroying 9th
er liquor.
The first raid Wednesday evening
was made at the saloon of Otto Schnee
at the foot of Sandy Hook hill and op-
poslte Eagle Point bridge Here three
gallons of hoOtch and alcohol, a two
gallon key and two pints of hootch
| were seized. The raid included a Csc
slot machine and two gunnysacks of
| beer.
The next raid was at Dennis Nc
Carthys, a neighbor adjacent to
Schnee. Two gallons of hootch. one
gallon of alcohol and a Csc slot ma
chine were seized.
At the saloon of Frank Lenstra the
officers broke down an upstairs room
door and found two women pouring
liquids down a toilet. The officers
wrested four pints Of liquor from the
women.
At White City, Mike Kurtz locked
the door of his place. The officers
broke the door down and confiscated
lr,Sx -, &c 0421 To-
stairs a false beaver board partition
was knocked down. 100 gallons of
hootch found inside were poured out
of the window.
One Scott, residing near Kurtz, was
given a clean bill as nothing was
found at his place.
The raiders then swung north on
the Lancaster road, visiting Muller
Bros, at Tennyson. Two punch boards,
a lottery board with $50 in stuff and
slot machines were seized. No booze
was found.
Barney Honerbaum, raided next
had nothing to confscate. The raids
ended less than two hours after the
start.
Raids Continued Thursday.
Thursday noon the sextette of Of
ficers swooped down on Cassville, en-
tering the shack of one Bud Branden-
burg, near that village. They found
still, IT'S gallons of hootch and 100
gallons of mash Enough evidence
was seized to make a case and the
balance was destroyed on the prem
ises.
A boxcar house inhabited by Mex
| lean section hand was visited next.
| Ten gallons of hootch and two bar
rels of mash were located. Occupants
of the shack were busy getting rid of
1 their stuff when the officers arrived.
| The still was not located.
Huge Moon Plant ON Mccartney Island
On an island opposite Mccartney,
| the officers located a cottage occupied
| by a man named Patterson. Pat.
| had flown leaving his wife and SIX
children to face the raiders. A $50
gallon still, smaller still, IS gallons
/ of moon and thousand gallons OF
mash were destroyed with the excep-
! ton of a small amount for evidence.
The big still was located in the cellar.
j It was a huge affair, four feet across,
| WIFI TWO large SoO0eHSCho' ANAiAO Nv
pound sacks of corn sugar used in
making the booze, stood nearby. The
mash was in large barrels. New kegs
were on hand to be used in market
ing, the whole outfit representing a
considerable sum of money.
This concludes the raids for the
week and the officers figure they
have the southern part of the county
pretty well cleaned up.