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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1920
Page
7
The notice warns that toxic denatured alcohol sold for various uses harms users. It cautions the public that alcohols sold legally can cause poisoning or death when misused. Police and vendors are urged to inform buyers of the risks and prevent mislabeling or unsafe consumption.
Kentucky revenue agents raided a Brooklyn moonshine operation announcing serious action against two proprietors and a bartender. The case involved sealed bottles with bottoms perforated to drain liquor and was tied to a wider fraud pattern noted by local authorities.
A custody and family-related matter involving the Miller Slaughter Shank family is reported with references to Colo Ja and local legal actions. Details are unclear in the fragmentary text but indicate a custody issue and a potential jail count among mentioned parties.
State action enters stage as attorneys and investigators probe the Jan murder near Mount Clemens. Pottions by friends of J Stanley Brown prompt Attorney General A J Groesbeek to define proceedings while Mrs Ruth Prevost Brown and four others are questioned by a grand jury inquiry.
Los Angeles January 3. The trial of Harry New charged with murdering his fiancée Frieda Lesser moved into expert testimony when Dr Tosa Moore, alienist, testified approvingly that New showed signs of insanity at the time of the crime.
In a nationwide operation led by the Department of Justice, agents raided 33 cities targeting Communist Labor Party members. About 1,500 radicals were rounded up with expectations of doubling the tally by daybreak as offices and literature were seized and deportation evidence prepared. The largest haul occurred in New York with most arrests.
Washington reports a nationwide operation launched to crack down on communists and radical labor groups. Agents of the department of justice conducted raids in 33 cities from New York to San Francisco to seize dangerous anarchists and agitators and prepare deportation cases.
North Dakota Supreme Court upholds state laws creating and funding a state industrial program and the related bond issues for inaugurating and maintaining state owned industries. Chief Justice Ghris dissented.
A Cheyenne police report shows arrests fell by about two hundred percent after the death of John Barleycorn. The dry six months of 1919 had far fewer arrests than the wet six months, with 1919 licenses bringing in about $6,000 less than 1918. City fines and saloon licenses shaped overall totals, noting 24 saloons paying annual city levies and limited recovery of revenues despite past excesses.
New York reports the largest nationwide sweep by the Department of Justice. At 9 p.m. 4,000 warrants were executed targeting radicals with Chief Flynn supervising 800 New York arrests. Attorney General Palmer directed the operation from Washington amid aims to remove aliens believed to plot against the United States.
Boston and several New England cities were raided by Justice Department agents tonight. More than 100 arrests were made by 10 p m as part of the operation targeting radioed centers.
DOJ agents in Denver arrested nine alleged radical leaders linked to the Communist Labor Party and I W W. Two were women employed in a major department store. Agents seized radical literature and found one suspect, Nicholas, connected to a farm and a plant job. A Greek suspect Panagopoulos led the ring, with a four year old son reportedly in care.
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