Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1914 — Another Bootlegger Gets Fine and Jail Sentence. [ARTICLE]

Another Bootlegger Gets Fine and Jail Sentence.

James T. Campbell, who plied the •bootlegging business at Winamac, has found the same result that many others have who tried that clandestine method of ekeing out an existence. He was arrested by federal authorities and tried before Judge Anderson at Indianapolis. He pleaded guilty with the expectation of drawing a light sentence but the judge gave him a 6 months’ jail sentence and fined him fIOO. The Winamac DemocratJoumal says: "The verdict in this case will probably have the effect of putting a big crimp jn the buisness of illegal booze selling, an offense which in this locality has been too common during the past few years. Time and again prosecutions have been brought against the bootleggers, but somehow or other they have all escaped effective punishment. But now a new weapon for use on these lawbreakers has been placed in the hands of those who arc desirous of keeping Winamac dry—the federal indictment—and it has been found to be very effective In this ease, and in the future if local conditions render the punishment of a blind tiger operator Impossible; a square deal oan be had by brnging the prosecution to the notice of the federal authorities. Winamac citizens have declared on numerous occasions .that the city is to be dry, and it will be kept dry, even if the aid of the strong arm of Uncle Sam has to be invoked In the enforcement of the 1 liquor laws.”