Show ARf A n AC fD r rIN r rIN IN OGDEN RAID II Lives of Men Threatened George A. A Goates Says By GORDON Two federal prohibition officers were attacked and threats mad against their lives In Ogden l day as the result of wholesale raids raidi j upon twenty-one twenty soft drink par par- bars lears during the past two days ac according according according ac- ac cording to word received by GeorgA George Georg A A. A Goates federal prohibition ad administrator ad ad- for Utah Tuesday J Full details of the attack and th the tho operations of the officers have not yet been received by Mr l Goates Partial reports stated that N Agents Ments George W. W and E. E A. A Patterson Pat terson had been bruised in a fight with alleged bootleggers In an at attempt attempt at- at tempt to secure liquor before it was dumped The liquor dealers also are reported re ported to have threatened to break bre bottles over the heads of the if it they returned to tho the place place- ag again in while letters have haye be been n received at athis athis athis his office e threatening the life lite of ot othis his men if their activities are not halted Mr Goates said aid SHERIFF COOPERATES In In the raW raids which have been con e ducted by the two government agents the sheriffs sheriff's department in Ia Weber county has been cooperating At several of the places the officers reported that they met with rc re- but at only one establish establishment ment did they receive injuries Ir In their tussles with the alleged boot This is the second time during th year that officers have suf suffered ered injuries in in- juries at the hands of or alleged liquor violators while conducting raids in I Ogden Last spring Agent Patterson Patters Patter I Ison son with Agent D. D W. W Black were both sent to the hospital badly beaten at the h hands of bootleggers i Goates said If this open defiance against tIm tha government agents continues th i entire prohibition force of Utah will wll willbe b be rushed to Ogden within the next few days Goates declared Fo Foa For Fop Fora a long time the bootleg bootleggers s rs of Og Ogden Ogden Og- Og 4 den have been using high handed banded methods against the operation ot of the federal government They are objecting s strenuously to the method meth math 1 od used by the officers in jumping I over the bar and grabbing grab concealed I liquor Tim agents have been informed in in- formed by this office that they ard within their Tights rights in using such methods without a search warrant when a violation of the liquor laWis law is committed within their view THREE PLACES RAIDED There l ere are at least thirty or forty liquor dealers in Ogden who ar are aro J claiming that the government go has no right to stop their operations Goates stated I IThe IThe The first three places raided by j i the government officers In I liquor was reported to have been found round were and I fifth ty street Those arrested werd i Burno Spiry John Kellos and Frank Coombs I |