Ogden Evening Standard | 1913-02-26 | Page 4 | John Allen is Arrested in Canyon

JOHN ALLEN IS ARRESTED IN CANYON Armed with a search warrant, Deputy Dep-uty Sheriff J L. Hobson yesterday afternoon took possession of a num- ber of bottles of whisky in a cabin in Ogden canyon occupied bv John Allen, Al-len, a colored man. and family, and ii Is said by the officers that Allen will be charged with selling liquor without a license. Complaint of the nllcsed Illegal sell -inp; ol intoxicants was in ide b" Deputy Dep-uty Sheriff i-;Mo (litter of Rlverdalc and Sheriff Harrison bad the place searched Allen has been living in one of the I cabins bv the county road at the Hermitage, taking care of the ller-n ller-n itase premises during the winter It Is claimed by the officers thnt he has been disposing of liquor at od.i times in connection with his regular employment. County Attorney David lensen will draw up a complaint against Allen this afternoon. The alleged bootlegger states that be has not been treated f.nrlv bj the officers and he terms the sei.ur as a holdup." He says that yesterday afternoon two officers came to bis cabin and "covered him with revolvers, revolv-ers, commanding him to "throw up I( your hand? " after entering tue house und r the pretext that they desired to warm themselves by the fire.