South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-17
Tear Stained Eyes
See Vast Riches .
.FIO7C Into SeWe1S
Federal Agents Pour Sl25,O0O
Worth of Liquor Into ST.
Joseph River Here.

Apparently disregardinE the fact
that their action might cause a
flood Of the St. Joseph river ami
might cause intimate friends OF the
supposedly late John Barleycorn
extreme grief. Edward Brennan and
Harry Majher. federal prohibition
enforcement agents. Wednesday aft
ernOon poured Sl25. 900 worth of IL
quor into the sewers of South Bend
and Mishawaka. The booze was
taken from the store rooms al the
city hall and county Jail in This city
and from the Jail i'm the neighbOr-
ing metropolis.
The officers acting under orders
from Charles j. Orbison. prohibi-
ton agent of Indiana, began their
work Of destruction at the local
police station where nearly 100000
worth Of intoXiCantS of an kinds
had been placed tor safe keeping.
From the city hall they proceeded
to Sheriff Ducks private stock room
and there between $50 and 400
cases of bonded whisky were found.
besides over 50 gallons Of moon
shine"
Valuable Bath Tub.
Brennan took charge of the dis
posal or the sheriff's treasure, while
Mathers supervised the work of get
ting rid of the "moonshine." Bren-
nan with the aid Of Sheriff Duck
and a few trustees carried the bond
ed goods from the basement of the
jail to the first floor. where with the
aid OF a hammer he broke bottle
by bottle and let the contents run
down into bathtub in the sheriff $
apartment. The amount destroyed
there totaled about $4,000.
After completing their work a.
Sheriff Ducks headquarters they
then made the trip 20 Mishawaka-
Although the amount destroyed in
this city was valued only at SIS. 1000.
probably the biggest variety OF
booze the officers ever Witnessed
was destroyed. IN the assortment
were included various makes of
bonded whisky, gin. wines. cham
pagne. cognac, "whie mule" and
several other brands of foreign Ii
quors.
Chief of Police Kline. Detective
Samue Koczorowski, newspaper
men and several others witnessed
destruction of the liquor at the To-
cal police station. where more than
100000 worth or booze was de-
stroyed.
When the sacrifice was over brok-
en- bottles, quart jugs, quarter
and half kegs and a river Of the ILL.,
cit beverage which sent up rich
alcoholic perfume were splattered All
over the place sending up an odor
strong enough to induce a dry jas.
Il was the intent to have the stuff
20 down the drain pipe and TO be
carried from the sewers into -
river but when 25 attendants Of the
affair began TO throw the bottles and
jugs on the cement floor, where they
exploded in alcoholic detonations
law and order were thrown to the
wind in the fury of the sacrifice.
Pitiful sight TO Some.
Rich brown fluid poured out. thai
many said was pitiful 70 see. II was
said that several strong men wepi
when a particular case OF Johnn5
Walker was summarily disposed oi
bN- smashing it with a sledge ham
mer.
Two barrels Of Virginia Dare, nov
selling i'm "hooCh" circles for SO
quart. the barrel containing l4'
quarts. four other barrels OF rare
wine SIX bottles Of champagne. II
barrels OF Pilsner and Annheuser
Busch. As bottles Of whisky formed
most Of the supply. while the bal
ance was made Up OF "moonshine.
bottled in nondescript containers.
Samples Of the stuff will be t7kcr
10 Indianapolis TO be introduced as
evidence before the federal grand
Jury, it was stated.