Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1915 — SHOULD HE TAKE ONE DRINK? [ARTICLE]

SHOULD HE TAKE ONE DRINK?

It Will Cost Him $4,000 Placed as Conditional .Forfeit to Obtain His Release. a ■ Tacoma, Wash.—One drink will! cost Thomas Cannally s4,ooo—that is, if he takes it. Six weeks ago Cannally was sentenced to six. months im jail for stealing $4 while intoxicated.; After serving a month of his sentence Cannally appealed to Police Justice Evans to be released, offering tot deposit $4,000 in cash, to be forfeited in case he took a drink before his term would have expired. Justice Evans agreed, and placed the money on deposit in a local bank. The money was still in the bank today drawing 3 per cent interest and Cannally was occupying' a seat high on the “water wagon.**