Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-03-29
J. H. IMME TAKEN IN
CUSTODY TODAY AT
! SOUTH SIDE HOME
FURNISHES BONDS
FEDERAL WARRANTS ISSUED
AGAINST OTTAWA NJ { p {
CHARGE "UNLAWFULLY PRE-
SCRiBIN0 LIQUOR AND FAIL
URE TO KEEP RECORD OF PRE-.
SCRIpTIoNs - TAKEN BEFORE
DEPUTY ISSIONER DtCUS

Charged with "unidNlully prescrlD
ing liquor without first having made
and obtained Application and permit
from the commissioner OF internal
revenue, and having failed to keep a
proper record Of prescrip ions as pre-.
sCribed by saw, Dr. i. II lmme,
we'll known Ottawa physician, was
taken in custody at his home, 1la
hristie street, this morning by Lop
uty United States Marshal Theodore
l.. Pickens.
The arrest was .iade by Deputy
PiCkens at o'clock. just before the
doctor started downtown for ais OF
lice. The warrant, issued by Deputy
Commissioner H. n. Dicus. vas read
to the accused physician. and he was
bundled into a waiting automobile
and taken to Streator. accompanied
by his son Arthur and the deputy
marshal Following his appearance
before Commissioner Dicus the doc.
tor was released on $1,000 which had
been arranged previous to MS de
par.ure for ',treator to undergo pre-
llmlnafy nearing.
The arrest is a elimination OF
charges made against Dr. Imme by A..
H. kidder, a Tree lance operator
working out OF the revnuc offices in
Peoria. kiddcr was summoned here
to investigate reports that AN Otta-
wa medic was making prOmisCuOuS
use of privileges granted him under
the prohibition enforcement act by
writing prescriptions in wholesale lot
and issuing them to men not in need
Of whisky 70" medicinal purpOSes,'
Upon his arrival in Ottawa to take
up the charges, which are said to
have been made anonymously b. lC.-
ters to Chicago. kidder is said to
have gathered enough evidence to
warrant arrest of the SUSPECTED doc
tor. He went before Commissioner
Dicus in Streator and obtained a war
rant naming Dr lmme for violation
OF the revenue act The SPECIFIC com
plant is "unlawiully prescribing
liquor without first having made and
obtained application and permit from
the commissioner of internal rcEc-
nun, and nayine failed to keep i
proper record Of presctiGtions as pre-
scrlbed by law
, kidder signed tho warraut as com
planning witness and Commissioner
Dicus forwarded it to the marshal Is
office in Chicago DEPUTY Yhc0d0rG
tBub) Pickens, a resident OF Ottawa,
was assigned to the case and came to
Ottawa Saturday night to make the
arrest.
Bright and early this morning Dep.
uty PIchens went to the lmme home,
and uron tnding the physician pre-
pairing to depart for his Offices over
the Butterfield garage on Court street,
notified him OF his arrest. Suspect
ing, as the result OF premature pub.
liCatiOn of charges agains. him, that
some definite step would be taken by
the government, DR., lmme is said to
nave prepared for bonds and was
ready to accompany the deputy to
Streator to appear before Commits.
soner DicuS. He offered no protests
against his arrest when Deputy Mar
shal Pickens read the warrant % him.
For many weeks reports have been
current in different quarters That Dr
lmme was "obliging large numbers
were so strong they included allega
tions OF prescriptions having been is
sued by him up into the hundreds
The rumors and reports, however
were denied by friends Of Dr. lnme
who maintained he was within his
rights to give whisky prescriptions tt
patients during the emergency periot
while doctors here were unable to oh
tain permits from the revenue depart
ment. Only a few weeks ago it wa'
formally announced these permits
were ready for distribution among
medirs of the country. and Dr. Immc!
alleged Offense Is said to have Oc
cured prior to that time. Tho gov
ernment, however maintains that al
long as the defendant did not keep
proper record of the number OF pre-
scriptiOns and to whom they were Is
sued he has violated ,he law aht
made himself subject to punishment
under sections 6 and I of the Vo
stead act, which makes possible er
forcement of national prohibition Il
just such cases as that supposed {
have been uncovered here,