Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1913 — Joe Burns and Jesse Smith Fined for Plain Drunks. [ARTICLE]

Joe Burns and Jesse Smith Fined for Plain Drunks.

Joe Burns and Jesse Smith, farm hands up toward Fair Oaks, had more “snops” than they could carry Saturday evening and were locked up by the officers. They pleaded guilty before Squire Irwin who opened his court Sunday morning to try the cases. Burns was fined $5, this being his second offense. His fine and costs amounted to $8.30, while Smith was fined $1 and costs, amounting to $4.55, this being his first experience in this city. These were the only arrests made during the Pow Wow, but there weje a few other cases of “excessive use,” but they managed to keep themselves out whenever the officers were around, or fell into the arms of friends who cared for them. There was very little of this, however, and it was a very clean crowd each day and evening and the officers were not given much trouble.