The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-09
last LIQUOR CASE
1T IS ON TRIAL IN THE
FEDERAL COURT
Lake Crystal Druggist Was Charged
With the Illegal Posses
- sion and Sale.

Trial of the cases of the United
States against John e. Meurer and
Henry Meyer of Nicollet, Mimi,
charged on the sixteenth day of
December 1922 with the illegal sale
of moonshine whiskey, was taken
up in the United States court yes
terday afternoon. Attorney w. H.
Dempsey of the legal firm Of Som
sen, Dempsey G. Flor is appearing
as attorney for the defendant and
George A. Kelsey, assistant United
States attorney, for the government.
Federal Agent r. e. Warf1eld Of
Minneapolis and other federal agents
testified that on the date mentioned
place of business in Nicollet, and
that one of them tried to destroy
some moonshine which was standing
back of the bar when the agents
entered. Warfield testified that he
sopped up enough of the liquid from
the sink back of the bar to get a
sample. This was placed in evil
dence at the trial yesterday.
When the two defendants were
placed on the stand they both de-
hied the alleged sale.
The case went to the jury about
ten o'clock last night. 1t is under
stood that that body retired long
enough to organize and appoint a
foreman, and then adjourned until
this morning.
The jury in the case of John E.
Meurer and Henry Meyer of Mic
ollet, charged with the illegal pos
session of moonshine whiskey, found
LA 10 -k %ha
defendant Henry Meyer not guilty.
endar is that of the United States
against William Deutsch, druggist
Of Lake Crystal, who is charged
with possession and sale of intoxi-
cants in an illegal way.
1t will be remembered that on the
afternoon of December II, 1922, that
Federal agents Joseph N. Riddle,
Martin A. Knutson and Malcolm
Simonds of this city went to Lake
Crystal with a search warrant and
Knutson and Riddle searched Mr..
Deutsch's drug store. When con-
fronted with the search warrant,
Mr.. Deutsch showed the federal Of
flcers every courtesy, and aided
them in every was possible. The
alcohol and whiskey found in the
drug SIOT0 was IOuQu u D0 u6IQ
legally. Mr.. Deutsch has a govern
ment permit, and also had a gov
eminent license to sell intoxicants
on doctors prescriptions. While
searching in the basement of the
store Mr.. Deutsch turned over to
the officers a large brown bottle
with perhaps a pint of wild grape
wine, which he explained had been
made six years before and had been
forgotten In the back of the cellar.
This bottle was covered with dust,
and showed every evidence Of not
being opened for a long time at
least.
At the time Of the search. as far
as the federal AGENTS could deter
mine, Mr.. Deutsch had physicians
prescriptions to cover all of the sales
Of whiskey made. with the excep-
ton OF two sales, which the officers
alleged were made by Mr.. Deutsch
to Agent Malcolm Simonds and an
other federal agent who it was al
legged posed as telephone linemen.
who were suffering from a bad
cold, and, were dished out a pint
apiece. These sales it was alleged
were made to the federal agents on
December %. 1922
Mr.. Deutsch through his attorneys,
Regau & Grogan and c. s. Strom is
sighting the case. He fatty denies
having made any sales Of whiskey
Except on phvsician's prescriptions.