The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-06-04
Papers Naming Rein and
Ribar Are Taken to
Judge Belden.
TRY TO CLOSE EN- UP
District Attorney Seeks Per.
manent Injunction Against
the Two Places.

Powell today. The office of the dis
trict attorney, acting for the United
States of America as complainant, has
completed filing federal papers against
Domenico Peril and Josephine PERI,
his wife, owners, and Robert Rein, op-
orator of the grocery and CONNECTION
cry store at the corner of Rowland
avenue aand the Burlington road known
as the Lucky Strike, as the first
place to get into this action. Bella
Ribar and Harry Legs, operators of a
soft drink parlor at 512-514 Elizabeth
street, and the Fred Miller Brewing
company, owner of the premises, are
named in the second complaint by the
district attorney.
Papers naming each Of these defend
ants were taken to Racine today by
Assistant District Attorney John Ken
nedy to be placed before Judge E. B.
Belden who is being asked to set a
date for a hearing demanding that
each of the defendants show cause
why the present injunction should not
be made permanent on these premises.
First of Series of Actions.
District Attorney Lewis Powell an
nounced today that these were the
first two of series of action which
he is contemplating prosecuting for
the United States, acting as district
attorney of Kenosha county pursuant
to authority granted him by Section
%, Title II of the National Prohibi-
ton act. He also declared that he
had information which would be used
in demanding injunctions and pad
locks for at least seven other places
in the city of Kenosha, and that these
would be served just as soon as the
papers could be made out.
The complaints against the two de-
PENDANTS named above are identical in
that they demand abatement as a
common nuisance" Specific instances
in which each have been convicted of
liquor law violations on several occa-
sions are mentioned to strengthen the
case of the government. 1t is pointed
out that the paddock can be ordered
placed on premises following sec
ond conviction for violation of either
the state or the national prohibition
laws, and it is also pointed out that
violation of one of these in most cas-
es is also a violation of the other.
Powell, as complainant, declares in
the federal papers taken to Judge
Belden today naming Rein's place,
that he is Uniformed and readily be-
lieves and therefore alleges on in
formation and belief that the said
premises used and operated by the
said defendant for the announced and
pretended purpose of grocery and
confectionery store, and that said an
nounced and pretended use is sham
and subterfuge to conceal the real
purposes and plans of the defendant,
Robert Rein, and to conceal the actu-
al use of said building and the illegal
business therein transacted.
Called Public Nuisance.
"And that the said premises are
used and maintained as place where
Intoxicating liquor is manufactured,
sold, kept, or bartered, in violation of
the state and national prohibition
laws, and that said nuisance has been
and is continuous nuisance"
The complaint against Rein con-
tinues to mention the convictions al
ready against him. On January 8,
1925, he was fined $3.50 and costs for
possession of Intoxicating liquor. On
January II, he was fined $500 for a
similar conviction. On May %, 1925,
Emil Meissner and squad of police
raided the premises again and found
liquor. This case is still pending
against Rein. Rein is now in the
county Jail where Judge John Slater
sentenced him on Tuesday upon his
failure to pay the fines mentioned
above.
Ribar and Legs, both well-known
among the persistent and most motor
ious of the liquor law violators in the
city, are charged similarly. On No
vember "a, 1923, Ribar paid fine of
$400 for possession of intoxicating IL
quor and was given an additional SEN
tence of 60 days in the county jail.
His permit was then revoked by the
city council. A permit to operate the
same premises was then secured by
Harry Legs, who on July 10, 1924, was
fined $100 following g raid in which
intoxicating liquor was found. On
October %, 1924, Legs was second
time fined $3.50 and costs for the same
offense. The district attorney has
still other charges against both of
these men but these were not listed
in the complaint. Ribar was fined
$3.50 and costs for possession on May
IS, 1922 And Legs was fined $500
and costs for maintaining standing
bar in violation of the law.
Closes Place of Business.
The federal complaint continues:
''Since your complainant has no rem
edy in the premises except in az court
of equity and to the end that it may
obtain from the circuit court the re-
lief to which it is entitled by right
and equity, and pursuant to provi-
sions in the law, it respectfully prays
that the above named defendants, and
each of them, be directed to make an
swer to this bill of complaint, but not
under oath, the answer under oath of
each of them being hereby expressly
waived, and that the said defendants
and each of them enjoined from using
maintaining and assisting in the use
and maintenance of such premises as
a place where Intoxicating liquor may
be sold"
The complaint continues in the case
of each of the defendants to ask that
the sheriff of Kenosha county be COM
manded to forthwith abate the pub
lie and common nuisance now existing
upon said premises and to take pos
session of all property now used on
premises in connection with law vi
olation, and to remove the same to a