Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-11-21 | Page 12 | Wine Vault Odors Cause Sniffing Bee

Wine Vault Odors Cause Sniffing Bee Aroma Due to Worth V of Evidence Stored in Police Headquarters Ti was a sniffle night at police 1 II headquarters A pungent odor t issued from tho the evidence room and permeated every part of ot the building Policemen visitors and prisoners is as 5 they thc passed tho the dool Some orl stopped to Jn linger cr crand tho and sniff as a R breeze waited intoxicating aroma to their nostrils nos nos- trl tris The room resembled a royal wine cellar Though Its Is contents were celar under lock led anti and J key C barrels of or delicately brewed beers liquors and wines of oC rare vintage gave forth an atmosphere that caught the olfactory nerve After Atter watching a number of or i t trusties unload four auto uto trucks and carry the liquids into the station station staton sta sta- tion ton ono spectator asked ed If the po police police po- po lice were preparing for Cor prohibition or going Into tho the wholesale liquor b business u s n I ness u I d i HI wu a VI wily EL I L Chief Whites White's plan to put the roadhouses road- road houses out of oC business The Tho car cargo o of oC tho the four trucks s constitute tho thu liquor stock confiscated confiscated from the tin three three suburban u urban re resorts resorts resorts re- re tw sorts rattled rallIed by the police Sunta Sunday night night It I was WS removed et to headquarters headquarters head head- quarters unter under police supervision and will wi bo lo held held as evidence against tho ho proprietors The Tho retail value of or the stock Is estimated to be he moro more than titan Owners ot of of the resorts called caled caledon on Chief White yesterday to mal make e Inquiries and make known their wrath Some protested that they had boen been double crossed double after spending thousands of or dollars dolat Isono lono would venture to say the they had lad been promised protection rhe They hail l been operating the they said on 01 the presumption that they Uley would bo be left alone Chief Chic White reiterated his statement statement state state- ment that the raids meant the tho end endor of or cal so-cal so called d roadhouses In iii Salt Lake It U Is understood that the charges against th the proprietors wil will not be bo pressed It if they agree aree to make malo no further attempts to open their resorts