Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1916 — Secretary of Brewers In Jail On Contempt Charge. [ARTICLE]

Secretary of Brewers In Jail On Contempt Charge.

Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 23.—Hugh F. Fox, of New York, secretary of the United States Brewers Association, was committed to jail here today by Judge W. H. S. Thompson in the U. S. district court for failing to produce subpenaed records of the association before the federal grand jury, which is investigating the alleged political contributions of brewery interests. Secretary Fox was at once turned over to a deputy United States marshal and after being searched and registered, was assigned to a cell and locked up for the night. Shortly after this action had been taken by the court the grand jury returned a presentment asking that three other officials of brewers’ associations, now under investigation, be ordered to produce certain records or be held in contempt. Arguments on the rule to show cause why they should not be declared in contempt will be heard Friday.