The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-31

of Highway 81.
The long and determined fight of
Harry Gordon, owner and operator of
the Royal Palace cafe, Kenosha's new
est and most elaborate roadhouse To-
Gated on South Sheridan road at the
state line, was ended in federal court
before Federal Judge F. e. Geiger to-
day when the court ordered the place
padlocked for a period of one year. The
order is to take effect Immediately.
The hearing on the permanent pad
lock Injunction against the Royal
Palace was begun this morning as the
first of the nine Kenosha county cases
lef to be heard was called. Harry
Gordon and Ben Klafter, owner and
bartender respectively, both Of whom
had been cited to answer federal
charges Of violation of the national
prohibition act, and both ordered held
to the federal grand jury on bonds of
$1,000 each, appeared in the fed
eral court.
Federal Raiders Testify.
Brice Armstrong aud ~ G.. Burns,
two Of the federal men ,sivonsible
for many of the Kenosha county ac-
tions, and the two raiders who secured
the evidence against he, Royal Palace
several weeks ago, testified to pur-
chasing "highballs" at the place, mem
tioning the specific dates and circum-
stances under which the evidence was
secured. This was sufficient for the
court, and while part CT the fight
against the paddock hinged about the
use of the land leased by Gordon, this
argument did not last lp
The property on %hich Sbuilding
Is located is owned by Theodore
Ninaber, and attorneys for Ninaber
sought to get some consideration for
him, but in vain.
Admitted Sale of Liquor.
Admission of the sale of liquor in
the Royal Palace was made before the
court, and at the last minute attorneys
for Gordon appealed to the court con-
senting to a paddock of the bar in the
place but asking that the palatial dim
ing room and dance hall be left open.
They insisted that any law violations
that were recorded against he place
came from the bar in the cafe.
Roy Morse, United States district
attorney, prosecuting the cases for the
federal government, then played his
trump card, and put federal raiders
on the stand to testify that they had
been served with liquor while seated
in the dining room. Judge Geiger
dence, saying that the federal paddock
case was clear. He signed the order
at once.
Entire Building Doomed.
Under the terms of the paddock the
entire building must remain untouched
for period of one year from today,
and none of the fixtures, equipment,
or foodstuffs in the building may be
removed. The entire building as we'll
as everything in it is now in the hands
of the United States government. to
see that the provisions of the paddock
clause are carried out.
Until Monday afternoon the Royal
Palace was accepting reservati ons for
New Years eve, but this afternoon a
reporter for the Evening News found
that the telephone in the building had
been temporarily disconnected"
The action today spells the doom
for Kenosha county's most beautiful
and most luxuriously elaborate road
house. Open only two weeks before
the federal raiders secured their evil
dence, its history was only short
lived. Built at cost Of 100000 with
an additional sum for equipment, the
Gordons placed every effort in the
building of the place to make it rank
with the best roadhouses in this part
of the state.
When Milwaukee's most prominent
were ordered padiocked,
the Kenosha Royal Palace became the
mecca for Milwaukeeans, but now even
that is taken away in the intensive
being waged by federal pro-
hibition officers against illicit liquor
trafficking for New Years.
Other KenOsha County Cases Today.
While the Royal Palace paddock hear
ing was the only case tina. occupied the
attention Of the federal court this
three Others are listed for
hearings this afternoon. These three
are the Eagle Inn, located on the &C.
neva road near the intersection Of
so; the State Line Hotel,
on South Sheridan road near the state
line-directly across the road from the
Royal Palace; and the Barney Google