Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1915 — Wheatfield People Before The Grand Jury Monday. [ARTICLE]

Wheatfield People Before The Grand Jury Monday.

Some fifteen l>r twenty people from Wheatfield were before the grand jury Monday. It is understood that an effort was being made to secure evidence against William Weiss, who runs a “dump” of some sort or other in Wheatfield. Weiss’s name has been associated with illegal handling of liquor for many years and it was the claim that he was selling whiskey during the days when Wheatfield was without a saloon that resulted in the granting of a license there. But Weiss has avoided successful prosecution so far. Whether this grand jury will return indictments pr not is not known at this writing. Other witnesses are being called today, Tuesday, from DeMotte and Keener township, in an effort to up illegal sales there. Both Wheatfield and DeMotte have saloons, but it seems that this fact does not prevent the operation of bliyd tigers and bootlegging.