This Day in History: 1930-06-03
Mahwah Police Chief Smith got a tip through Mrs. Devine that there might be a still in Masonicus. She said that her informant thought it was located in a barn at Dubenezics’. He went at 9:00 PM to investigate and found a beer bottling plant concealed in the barn. He arrested Alfred Fox of Ridgewood. He called Lieutenant Allen in Englewood to report the find. County Detective Murphy and Frazier arrived at 12:30 AM to take over the case. He got home at 1:30 from a day that had begun at 8:00 AM with a complaint about a stray dog on Christie Avenue. (Bristow)