The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-29
FIND BOOZE IN
CELLAR AGAIN
Wine, Hemebrew, Whiskey
Ill Found in Basement
of Resort.
VINE IS NOW MISSING
Eight Barrels of Wine Missing
TSiis Morning When Truck
ran Goes to Get Evidence.

Using search warrant sworn out
BY Constable John Scholey, seven
state dry raiders on Thursday after
noon swoo,ed down on the notorious
State Line hotel on the South Sheridan
road and eized large quantity Of
wine and h,me- brew and a small guam
tity of whikey John Schmidt, owner
of the plre, who is now facing a
liquor chage brought as a result of
a raid mad several weeks ago by Con-
stabl Scholey, was ordered into court
by tie state raiders. Schmidt came
into court late Thursday afternoon
BEIGE Judge John c. Slater in the
municipal court, again pleaded not
gully, waived preliminary hearing
and vas bound over TO the April term
of tie court for trial Bonds were
set t $3.50.
TIE raid Thursday afternoon was
undr the direction of B. G. Parkin-
son, deputy from the state dry en-
forcment Office. With him were the
following other deputies: r. L. Fuller,
Carl Henning, E. T. Sullivan, R. M.
HillRy, G. L. Erdahl. Tom Kingston,
End Evidence" In Basement.
Th raiders experienced no trouble
in making search of the premises.
The automobile load of raiders drove
up b the State Line hotel at two
thirt Thursday afternoon and after
the warrant had been read proceeded
to mike a thorough search of the place
for liquor Behind the bar a small
quarity Of whiskey was found.
Inthe basement were found FL bar
rels of wine, 20 cases of home-brew
anch quart of whiskey, all of which
were declared to be confiscated by the
dry officials The truck brought to
carry away the contraband liquor was
not hrge enough to take all of the
'evidsnce" and only thirteen barrels
Of the wine were taken away by the
raiders Thursday afternoon. The re-
manner was to be called for this
morning and the owner of the hotel
was warned that it was contraband
liquor and should not be removed.
Eight Barrels Missing.
Thi. morning when the truck driver
went to the hotel to get the second
load of wine in keeping with the
orders of the state dry officers, he
found that the wine was missing. II
was stated this morning that Schmidt
owner Of the hotel, would now prob
ably face another charge as a result OF
the disappearance Of this wine.
Con,table SchoIey, who swore out
the search warrant for the raid, stat
cd this morning that he had suspected
there vas some wine in the basement
Of the hotel when he raided the place
several weeks ago and seized a large
quantity of whiskey, home-brew and
wine. He stated today that certainly
some OF the supply found at the place
on Thursday had been secured since
the other raid, although there was a
possibility that some Of it was over
looked previously.
While the state raiders were stag
ing the raid at the State Line hotel
Constable Ssholey staged raid en-
the Wilbur Voss farm near the village
of Bassetts. No liquor or still of any
kind was found there, the raiders
leaving emptyhsnded.
Valued at $4,000.
The state raiders were amazed at
the amount Of alleged liquor found
at the tavern.
"That's worth at least $4,000 in
bootleg. prices" declared one Of the
raiders. at is big haul"
The wine is said to be what is
known as "green wine" as it probably
had been made only few weeks. II
was mai ntained by officials, however
that it lad more than the legal con-
tent Of alcohol. The wine was emp
tied into the sewer this morning, sam
pies being saved from each barrel ia
be presented to the court the time
of the trial.
John Schmidt is scheduled to ap-
pear in municipal court Saturday
morning for a preliminary hearing or
liquor charge arising out Of the
raid staged there several weeks age
by Consta Bile John Scholey.