Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-24
INCENSE USED
TOCAMOUFLAGE
DOOR OF HOPS
Sheriff ard Police Make Raids
on Brewery and Still
Operations.

Police officers raided a still in North
Liberty street last midnight, and earlier
in the night Sheriff George Snider raided
a brewery" on an island in White
River.
Lieutenant weollen and his squad
raided a house at 623 North Liberty
street and arrested Harry Tarbel, 80, and
John 8iatau, 20, both of that address,
charging them with operating a blind
tiger. A copper wash boiler, made into
a whisky still with coils and TIVE gallons
Of white mule WHISKY, were brought
to police headquarters as evidence.
Sergeants Dean and Richter and Patrol
man Trentman assisted in the raid.
STILL IN
ATTIC OF HOME.
The still was in the attic of the house,
a one-story frame structure, and the bar
rel used for the eendensing coils was so
large 1t had to be taken apart to pass
through the opening int the attic,
A strange, sitting, sweet ordor,
mingled with the aroma of brewing hops,
filled the air en- Smith Island, in White
River near Seventy Seventh street.
Sheriff Snider and his son, Roland
Snider, a deputy, shifted the air but the
camouflaging erdor had them guessing.
The sheriff and his deputy tied their
boat and made their way to the home
Of John Hedges where they discovered a
brewery.
Hedges city residence is 1415 Silver
avenue. The sheriff said he found POT
quarts Of bottled beer and found gallons
more in the process of brewing.
Then the sheriff found out what caused
the sitting, sweet ordor. On the table
was an incense burner, giving fourth a
pungent blue smoke, the odOr Of which
almost overcame that of the brewing
The sheriff was forced to break in a
door of room on the second floor of
the Hedges summer home to get to the
brewery. In addition to the beer the
Sheriff found ten pounds IF malt extract,
a pound Of hops, bottle capper, a num-
Der OF caps and siphon. Hedges was
arrested charged with operating a blind
tiger
Albert Wischmeyer, q, 27o4 Bethel ave-
nue., arrested on a charge Of operating
a blind tiger by Lieutenant Woollen. Ser
geant Dean and squad Wednesday, was
found guilty Of having liquor unlaw-
fully in his possession and was fined
$50 and costs and sentenced to thirty
days In jail by Judge Walter Pritchard
In city court late yesterday
The officers stated they found ten
gallons of white mule" whisky in a
barn in the rear Of Wischmeyer's home
concealed under some cattle feed. several
one-ga!lOn glass Jars, two tunnels and
gallon Of wine
Wischmeyer admitted in court he plead
ed guilty to a blind tiger charge on Aug
p, 1929, and was fined $50 and costs.
ARREST Ease
On TIGER CHARGE.
Steve Ease. SO. ITO South West street.
was arrested by Sergeant Sheridan on
the charge Of operating a blind tiger.
Sheridan said that Wischmeyer confessed
10 Lieutenant Woollen that he pur-
chased the ten gallons Of whisky found In
the Bethel avenue feed barn from Ease.
The police say that Ease has been twice
convicted OF operating a blind tiger.
Ease denied having sold Wiscomeyer the
liquor and said he had nothing to do
with the booze business since the last
time he was arrested.
A man giving his name as Ed Waltke,
%. 251O North Capitol avenue. was ar
rested on charges Of operating a blind
tiger and drunkenness. John Clemmens,
custodian at a hall at 116 North Della
ware street. called for the police and
Motor Policemen Harris and Morarity
went to the Delaware street address.
where they found that Clemmens was
having trouble with Waltke. The police
searched Waltke and found a pint bottle
and a half pint bottle OF bottled n
bond whisky in his pockets The man
was well supplied with money ana salu
he wished TO 90 to Cleveland. He had
a railroad ticket to that city, but was
sent TO the cell room instead.