Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1912 — NORDYKE GOT $50 FINE AND 30 DAYS IN JAIL. [ARTICLE]

NORDYKE GOT $50 FINE AND 30 DAYS IN JAIL.

Bootlegger Handed Same Sentence By Newton Court That His Pal Received in Rensselaer. “Bill” Nordyke, who took a change of venue from Jasper county to be tried for “bootlegging,” did not fare any better in Newton county that his fellow bug juice dispenser did in Rensselaer and the court sentenced him to 30 days in jail, fined him SSO and ordered the liquor confiscated at the time of his arrest destroyed. Nordyke was brought back home to lay out his sentence, also his fine and costs and $lO extra for the job of destroying the liquor. Prosecutor Fred LongweU, assisted by Attorney J. A Dunlap, represented the state and Attorney A. Halleck defended Nordyke. Marshal Mustard and Officer Critser, of Rensselaer, County Clerk Preston, of White county, and John G. Brown, of Monon, were witnesses at the trial. The officers told of their experience with Nordyke in Rensselaer and Clerk Preston furnished the records to show his conviction in White county. The jury was out but a short time and returned a finding of “guilty,’’ and after the court had rendered the verdict the liquor, several bottles of rotgut whisky, was destroyed, the bottles being broken and the liquor being poured in the sewer. Nordyke will be a guest of Sheriff Hoover for a hundred days or more, making about 150 days in all. Messenger is serving his sentence also at the expense of the county. It is really a pity" that there is not some labor that these criminals can be made to perform. Messenger is a former murderer and Nordyke has been twice convicted of boot legging and it is unfortunate that their punishment can not' include abouKslx months* labor on a rock pile. The conviction will prove quite expensive to Jasper county and we hope in the future Monticello will keep such trash at home and board them in their own Jail.’ The conviction of these men is a victory for law enforcement and it would have been a sad miscarriage of justice if either had gone free. There are probably some other cases of bootlegging that need attention and the officers should note the offenders whenever , sufficient effort to convict can be procured. -i