The Forrest City times., 1912-07-19
JOHN DOE DESTROYED.
Sherin Destroys Seven Barrels of W his- key en Court House Yard in Pres ence of Large Crowd Monday
 Morning.

 Jaeobs. of Louisville, Kentucky. nled an interpleader to obtain possession Of seven barrels Of Hhiskey eonfscated l by the sheriff Of St. Francis county on an order from Justice Ellis Tar- ley's court. an account q which pro ceedings were printed in last weeks TTines. a tfial was called fer Satar- day morning a. 17 o'clock before Nr. T1fley. and later p9st tpaned anti . o'clock that afternoon.
 Al this trial. which was qGite .argely attended. there were seyera. ministers and others interested in prohibition 1ork. present..
 Messfs ". A Green and Jim Thompson. cashier and warehouse clerk. respectively a, the Rock Island depot were introduced as witnesses. and testified tha, on tie morning Of Jane -. ;he shipIeE; .. seyeta! bar rels Of whiskey consigned 10 John Doe. were found in a box car al their depot. having arrived the day before, which was Sunday and tha, the freigh; was not paid on it- The sher if was a. the depot CD that morning, and had the warehouse clerk tele- phone John s agent. asking him if he wanted the goods. The agent replied in the affirmative. and drayman was sent after the money 10 pay the freight Tie sheriff left the depot and took up his post where he could see fl the whishey was removed and where 70 He waited here an ho1r 1T longer and finally went back to the depot and found that the agent Of Joha had decided he did not want the goods. and had decided to ship it back 10 its original consigGor in Louisville, and had prepaid the freight on the back trip.
 The sheriff then seized the wiiskey carried it - tile court house and stored lt iD the vaults underneath
 Tie attorney for Jacobs appeared before tEe colrc Saturday afternoon and before lie commencenent of tle triaI. fled an interp.eaGer en behalf = lis client. elalHIug that tEe goods Lad nat teen shipped tere fer i4ega. sale and setting D that he was en- titled = lte possession . sane.
 Tae eoass. after hearing tie eFi- deuce denied tie interHiea sad gass 5adgment against the ~hiskey. order IHg satae t5 be destroyed. wfereupou attorney for tbe ineefp eadef Led notice ot al appeal
 Following this action 0f Saturday afternoon, Justice Tgriey on Monday morning gave notice that the appea. had ngt been granted and instructed Sheriff McDooga4 10 proceed with tHe actual wora 0f destroying the "his- key, which the sheriff did
 The Work of destruction attracted large. mournfUl and sorrowing crowd who watched with tear dimmed eyes the work Of the ruthless hand Of the sher ' and bis deputy. and their little axe. The barrels were rolled out of the vault. the heads knocked in and the contents poured oat upon the ground. Then the bottles were picked up one by one, broken against one another and thrown into the empty barrel The first i've barreIs fopened, contained quarts and pint bottles Of an unknown CT nameJesS brand bat two of the barrels. one of quarts and the other Of pints. con Etained the old Taylor brand Al c it shared t'e same fate
 During tie progress Of the destrac- tion. the sheriff and his depaty Lad numerous offers of assistance and sug- gestions as 10 how the work should be done a.. of which were politely rejected
 Daring tIe destruction. and indeed for the whole afternoon. the atmoS- phere on the S0afhside. and especially around the court house yard. was im- pregnated with a strong and marked alcoholic odor. and those employed in the court house lad the chance of their young i've, to en5oy the effects of a safe, sane and drinkIess jag The sheriff and his deputy were both very much elected by the fumes aris- l ing from tEe broken bottles. and for "a while were made quite sick. though no ill effects were noted by them. ] The seven barrels contained about fifty quarts each and a the price al which blind tiger shiskey is generally reta led T 5o per quart this would make the barrels s75 each or Ss25 for the whole shipment
 The attcrney for the whis6ey house stated 10 The Times man Monday that he did not know that the court was going | take saCh quick action | a