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N«|t» Wlm ArrnlH BY MAYOR KBKXESLYOfRonrd Birckltead, colored. wh-CMlttcti « business at the comer ofUki and rnion Street# under lb#MM of The Roadside Inn*\ ostensi M» for the parposo of selling “soft drinks bad bis place* raided about four o'clock rettenkj afternoon by s “•flag of city officer*composed of Chief Cforje WtUiam*. and Officers Caball and Goalee. The proprietor was arrested and about thfoe falloc* of -corn in four large Containers, confiscated.Tbt “Kind Tiger*’, a# the place peered to be. was one of the places suspected for many months by tbeailaeritias and was one of the m or right cmlkd upon personally by May or Kennedy. in company with the police chief, and told to cease opera* tioas if such were going on. At that time Erich head ts declared to have Slated that “this ts one of the squar ail deals a man was ever given* He did not heed the advice, hovrwr. as be claimed that there was more msacsr la cash liquor business at 13 tad M per quart than in groceries on a credit ham Tbe raid, wkkb was quietly pulled df, attracted but little attention Armed with a state's writ, sworn oat •pea the statement of Charles Williams negro tasi-driver. whs told Chief Williams be bad bought liquorflam Krthhead, and a search warrantto go thru the store and house, tbeofficers surprised the negro m hi* place of business. He admitted hi'Ug the and showed the raidtea where about a gallon of tbe beverage was concealed. Although cioaaaur whet he turned over to them wailflm the stock he had co bandfarther fave*tig*tien revealed twice that •meant andrr hi* counters- A ftaeb woe found in his hip pocket.The aegrn offered no resistance and bad ao time to dispose of any of the liquor so quickly did the officers get in their work, lie was earned hr* for Magistrate T R Jore*. who held Mo under tw Sail for a bearingUus afternoon lie was locked up. aatbeing able to furnish bond.No evidence of the maxmfartartagof Itmor oa tbe premise* was found Birrhhcad claimed that he bought the staff from a man he did not know Ills name of The negro is said to bare bad itiuch donr»U tr\*obir» re ceatty Ju*t a few weeks ago, has spauss fired a pistol a: hsm in one of the squabbles. It ts aJWgedThe appre hens too of Etrchhrad came about K the ad • *f Cha*William* a* stated *!*•»%# fi illiasu on Sunday Right, whtlr »n an intaai rated oafUior wa* *tabbed srvrriy ia the shoulder by Uuu Eurtoa. another negro. the person of fid-Ram* was found * quant t *»f com** Qaetttoning a* :* th*- »« of hi* obtaining tn * dieted tn« trfafmi tioa regard’iitf Birchhead
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Evening Times
Salisbury, Maryland, US
Tue, Jan 15, 1924
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