The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-14
JONES' PLACE HAS BEEN SUBJECT
TO TWO GRAND JURY INvEsTI-
CATIONS BUT HE MAY NOT NOW
ESCAPE.
MAY BE A FEDERAL CASE.
hinted That Revenue Laws Have
Been Disobeyed and That Govern
ment May Take Case in Hand-Man
Arrested Today.

"That?"- what's in there? Oh
that's a barrel of scrap paper" and
the face of DR.. Arthur Jones, physi-
clan and druggist at Whitewater
blanched as he said it. yesterday af-
ternoon.
Then the long arm of Patrolman
Roberts was inserted and out from be-
meath the mass of paper he pulled
quart bottle full of beer. Then he delv-
ed again and again, but the work grew
monotorus, SO into big heap he piled
the paper and twenty-five Of such bot
ties lay revealed to view.
you can read for yourself on the
box what is in there" the doctor said.
'Faultless crackers and cakes" read
the label. But Sergeant McManus
was of the same prying disposition as
the patrolman and he ripped one of
the boards off the top of the box. 1t
looked like another pile of waste pa
per but the sergeant was looking for
surprises. Gingerly he slipped his
hand through the crack and his fling
Iers struck something hard and cold.
R-r-rip and another board was jerked
off and the horny hand grasped about
i'm the paper and was withdrawn
clenching full quart bottle of beer.
This box contained twenty-five such
bottles.
Without waiting for comment from
the doctor. third box marked DAY
hight Soap" was pried open and was
found to contain eighteen more full
quart bottles of beer BY this time
the face of DR.. Jones had assumed an
Iashen hue. Things looked ominous
indeed.
Search Was Rapid.
But McManus and Roberts had not
gone to Whitewater unprepared.
They had shown the doctor their
search warrant, SO proceeded upon
their mission of inquisitiveness.
About the store room and even into
1.-THE living apartments of DR.. Jones
land family prowled the bluecoats
from Richmond. Behind the counters
I'm the drug store. in hidden crannie
In the rear of boxes in the corners
of the supply room, onto the shelves
and between cases were thrust the
long arms of the searchers. No place
ESCAPED, for they had come with the
intention OF cleaning out place that
long had borne shady reputation.
1t had been the cause for two grand
jury investigations. and as evidence
accumulated rapidly no time was lost.
Besides. Whitewater was nine miles
from headquarters and how was all
that stuff to be taken back home?
All of it?-yes. for this is what the
,prowlers had found:
Sixty-four quarts OF beer, bottled.
One gross of new empty pint whisky
bottles. in cases.
One half gross of one-haR pint emp
ty whisky bottles, in case.
One ten gallon keg of whisky, part
ily filled.
Twenty-six pint whisky bottles
loose.
Twenty-six empty bottles, assorted
sizes.
Twenty-seven empty quart whisky
bottles.
One quart bottle York Hill whisky,
full
One quart bottle Hunters rye, part
~ filled.
One quart bottle partly filled with
whisky. no brand
Three empty pint beer bottles.
Twenty-one empty 4 pint whisky
bottles, loose.
Two, gallon jugs partly filled with
whisky.
One, 1 gallon jug partly filled with
blackberry wine
One, 3 gallon jug partly filled with
blackberry wine.
One. l gallon bottle partly filled
with whisky.
Four empty quart beer bottles.
And to bring all of this liquor home
required dray. When the outfit ar
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