Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1915 — Farmer Who Sought to Test Liquor Law at Delphi Drops Fight. [ARTICLE]

Farmer Who Sought to Test Liquor Law at Delphi Drops Fight.

At Mayor W. C. Smith’s orders, Marshal Roach, of Delphi, destroyed eight gallons of whiskey, which had been brought to that city by Abe Greider, and the test case of selling liquor in a dry territory came to an end. Greider had pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful possession of liquor for sale, f le was arrested last spring after he had driven his automobile into Delphi from Terre Haute, and delivered a gallon of whiskey to James Timmons. Eighteen gallons of liquor were taken from the car. On each package was the name of a resident of that city or a farmer. Greider, himself a prominent farmer, alleged that he had not acted as an agent in bringing the liquor from Terre Haute but simply did it as a favor to his friends. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined SSO, but the jail sentence was suspended. The case has been watched with a great deal of interest throughput the state as a test of the selling of liquor in a dry territory.