The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-04-03

brought into court by the jugful when
evidence is required.
Following the raid, Joe Zoechi, 1854
Middle street, who was found on the
farm, came into the municipal court
and pleaded guilty to the charge of
unlawful possession of the moonshinc
mash found by the sheriff and his men.
Fined $3.50 and Costs.
Zoechi, SO dirty in appearance that
it was hardly recomm endation for
the brand of neon he made, told the
court the usual story, namely that he
had not been engaged in the making
of moon long, but had only gotten
fairly started when the sheriff came
and caught hin. He could not speak
English and it was necessary to call
in an interpreter who could speak
Italian, before completing the form
atty Of arraignment.
The mnonshiner was given the alter
native of sixty days in Jail if he didn't
pay his fine but he "dug down" imme-
diately and pulled up bills in payment
that were as dirty as himself.
Benz Farm Looks Familiar.
A year ago Nick Otto brought two
mules from the Eldora Horton farm to
the Jacob Benz farm, in satisfaction
of judgment obtained in the circuit
court. 1t was wild night, blizzard
with a furious snowfall, but the
deputy sheriff, hardly knowing what
he was taking upon himself, volun
teered to- conduct both mules himself
while the sheriff went on with the
car. The deputy sheriff had a fearful
time of it,. mules being mules, and the
storm being high and the wind wild.
When he eventually got to the Benz
farm he was asked to spend the night
but he refused. He didn't tell his
in year in another but quite differ
ent mule" errand.
Some Dirty Place.
Perhaps the secret of why Nick had
not spent the night at the Benz farm
was clear to his fellow deputies on
Thursday afternoon when they visited
the farm on raiding bent.
"Was it clean?' one of the raiders
was asked.
ooh, gosh!" was the response, and
wrinkled nose and wry face ex-
pressed his complete disgust after the
visit. The entire place was said to be
a mass of dirt and junk. Under these
auspicious and sanitary conditions.
some one had started in upon mule
and-moonshine adventure.
In the old dairy of the farm eighteen
barrels of moonshine mash was found,
and also the coils that are commo Aly
attached to the still. There was not
vestige of doubt in. the r4ind of the
sheriff or the other men with him
but that moonshine was made in that
old dairy, but the still could not
be found.
Joe zoechi, of Middle street, was
on the premises, and it was he, 1T was
said, who had rented the dairy shed,
and owned whatever stuff was in
there. Zoechi did not deny it. The
deputies destroyed the-mash and all
the germs that were around with it,
except for a small amount of mash
which they took into court for evil
ence. They brought Zoechi in also.
1t was the second visit within
twenty-four hours that the sheriff and
his men had made. Early at $3.50 a.
m. Thursday the squad, consisting of
the sheriff, and Deputies Nick Otto
and Bostetter and Undersheriff Knip-
fer, had visited the Benz farm under
cover of darkness but without making
a successful raid. They learned
enough, however, to warrant them of
a return later in the day, and late
Thursday afternoon, the sheriff and
the same deputies but without the
under-sheriff, returned and found
Zoechi and the mash.
According to the report from the
expedition the place was one Of the
flthiest holes for moonshine making
that y is possible to conceive.