The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-10
800 Cal.
RYE MASH
IS FOUND
important Find Made BY Dry
Agents In LapOrte
County

rAPoRrE. Ind. Aug. 1o.-Five
hundred gallons OF rye mash. half
dozen gallons OF million proof
rnoonshine. three copper stills varying
in capacity from two to forty gallons
coils. hoEshsads. barrels. oil stoves
charcoal-in short. the most complete
still equipment thus far taken in the
county. and tho second largest haul
we're corfscAted or destroyed yester-
day By Federal Officer Ed Berwanger
Of Hammond ana Prosecutor Earl
Rowley and deputies from this city
They belonged to Andrew Sigenkow
ski, q Bohemian. sixteen years over
who lives on the Homer Decker farm
a mile east and half mile north Of
springv1lle.
The Ave Officers came upon Andrew
and his family shortly after the chores
were completed this morning. Three
small children OF a family OF seven
all under ten. were not yet awake. :
cousin Of sigenkowskrs wife was on
the farm He had been there since
last tomorrow night"
10 one knew anything about any
Booze. Absolutely not anything a
short search revealed few quarts of
white liquor in jug in the house, and
search OF the farm yard soon re
vealed the distillery located in the
rear Of the barn Andrew evidently
believed in complete equipment.
In one corner was huge forty
gallon still tubing connected with
coils running into a Atty gallon bar
rel. The walls Of the room were lined
With similar barrels. ten in number,
all allied to the top with rye mash. al
most ready. according to Berwanger,
tor the distiIation process. The big
copper vat was heated by a four-fame
kerosene stove A huge glass con
talner similar 70 that in which acids
are shipped. was nearly full OF pure
white liquor. The man has gone one
better than most others in the game
having first run his product through
charcoal to remove all or part of the
fusel oil.
PAGEANT OF PROGRESS.
In another corner Of the shed was
a smaller copper vessel. with about
a twenty-gallon capacity. Its cover
with the goose neck was found in the
zranary. full Of sacks Of rye and
sugar And in the house q small one
was found complete. capacity about
two or three gallons. Evidently bust
ness has warranted an increase in the
machinery of production. Samples OF
the rye mash were taken. and then
Sigenkowski and his wifes cousin. by
request. dumped the ten barrels on
the foor OF the shed. II made a pool
six inches deep. that eventually flowed
through the sides of the building and
ran in a broad stream only eventual
" 20 melt into the sand OF the garden
adjacent.
Accompanied by one Of the deputies
Andrew and his cousin loaded inc
stills and other paraphernalia on d
farm wagon and drove them to tic
city They will be destroyed after q
ten day period. sigenkowski says he
has been making the stuff only about
TWO weeks. and that IN all, he has sold
but six gallons at SIX dollars a gal
Ion. THESE went to SIX dlNerenr pe9-
people he says but he states some got
only quart HIS arithmetic is ap-
psrently at fault, Rowley thinks
HIS sales have been TO Michi gan
City mem according to his opinion H |
doesn't know their names. Berwanger !
is convinced that there has been a
daily run os possibly hfty gallons, |
and as the federal man handles about |
tp.enty-hve similar cases a week IN |
Lake county. his opinion IS probably |
worth something
NEAR YUKL FARM.
The James Yukl farm is a short |
mile away across the fields. Tukrs |
place yielded the largest still Of the |
county. He is back from a ninety ray |
farm sentence The officers stopped /
for a drink Of water. Yukl was home /
and not At all lacking in cordiahty
You one dam fool. Mist Rowley."
he told the prosecutor as he left 7
make you offer Of SIX hundred dollars
X you let me 60 and you only get sew
entyhve in fees. You amt no busi-
ness man" The states attorney
laughed 7 wouldn't try II any more
jim You can't beat the game all the
time"
Sure wish we had prosecutor ike
you in Lake county" Berwanger re-
marked as the party left. Wed show
these foreigners a few things"