Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1911 — FEDERAL OFFICERS RAIDED “HANK” GRANGER’S JOINT. [ARTICLE]

FEDERAL OFFICERS RAIDED “HANK” GRANGER’S JOINT.

Thayer Man with Unsavory Reputation Nabbed by United States Marshal Who Searched His Plaee. The following telegram appeared in last Saturday’s Hammond Times, bearing a Thayer date line: / Henry Granger, more familiarly known as “Hank” Granger, who operates a “soft drink” Joint at Thayer, but in reality was running a blind pig, wide open, received a shock yesterday that took a great deal of the nerve out of him. A deputy U. S. Marshal, armed with a search warrant, suddenly appeared in his joint and got busy looking for secreted “booze.” So did “Hank’s” friends get busy and got all the web goods possible out of sight. The officer, however, got a sufficient quantity to enable a state’s warrant being sworn out against Granger. Granger has been wery bold in his operations and the law abiding element got tired of it. When fairly caught “Hank” begged the officer to spare him, but to no avail. The “soft” operators at Shelby are now on the anxious seat as a result of the Times’ crusade and the action taken against Granger.