The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-10-01
WOJT CLOSES UP
WITH A SMILE
Takes Matter Lightly AS
he Watches Sheriff
Lock Doors.
FACES YEARS CLOSING
"I'll see my lawyer. "

"I'll see my lawyer"
That was all the comment that Paul
Wojt had to offer when Ray Williams
representing the sheriff, and John
Kennedy, OF the district attorneys
office, walked into his place 1871
Salem avenue, Thursday afternoon
and told him that his place was closed
by federal order.
Wojt submitted with smile, and
helped the officers of the law GO
through the building and then helped
them lock the place up. He indicates
that he thought that something like
that would happen" and took the
entire matter as mere incident in
his days work.
Doing Business as Usual.
When the officers arrived they found
Wojt behind the bar and five men
standing in front of the bar. A plat
ter of cheese and rye bread was on
ale were on the bar. Everybody was
happy. Turnkey Willems read the
order signed by Judge E. B. Belden
in the name of the United States /ot
America, and told Volt that he was
to appear before Judge Belden on
October IL, the opening day of the
October term of the circuit court, and
show cause why the temporary pad
lock on the place now should not be
made a permanent one.
VOLT smiled and simply said
Gall right" sLe
Search Building.
The inspecting officers went on a
tour of the building to "look over the
lay of. the land" according to Will
lens. In the cellar they found rows
of large jugs-empty. Behind the
furnace was--in addition to a good
supply of coal-a large crate contain
ing about a gross of empty whiskey
bottles, all ready for bottling. In an
other corner was a bottling machine
standing on a box and beside the box
on the wet floor was a neat little pile
of cigarette stubs, indicating that this
had been someone's work bench.
Upstairs the officers found painters
! at work on all of the rooms of the
upper fiat. Wojt declared that he
himself was no longer living in the
place but that he had rented it out
And he added that he would see his
lawyer to the suggestion from the Of
fcers that the family above would be
given until October IL to move, in ac-
cordance with the order issued by
District Attorney Lewis Powell.
Takes His Loss Calmly.
Wojt said he owned the building
with the exception of a small mort
gage in the hands of Tony Wylesek
one of the men to whom permit had
been issued in the place. The build
ing was valued at $4,000 by Wojt and
he also added that just that very day
he had entered negotiations with
Wylesek for the sale of the building,
but that now the entire deal was off.
and Wojt stood the only chance Of
being the loser.
Willems took the keys to the place
and locked up the windows and the
doors from the inside, and a sign read
ing CLOSED by orders of the sheriff of
Kenosha county" was placed on the
front door of the place. Under the
sheriff's orders no one is to be al
lowed to enter the place nor to touch
any Of the contents and the rows of
cases of grape juice, ginger ale, Bit
tiers, candies, cigars, and the tub of
near-beer leading into the faucet be-
hind the bar-all of these will be OBJ
jects for pretty designs in cobwebs
for a time being at least.