Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1917 — THREE PERSONS FACE BOTTLEGGING CHARGE [ARTICLE]

THREE PERSONS FACE BOTTLEGGING CHARGE

Dan and Chase Day and Johnny Rowen Arrested On the Charge of Bootlegging. * i Sheriff B. D. McColly, in company with Marshal Robinson, arrested Dan and Chase Day, sons of Hiram Day, and Johnny Rowen, of this city, following an affidavit which was filed by a local party, stating that booze had been Secured from the parties. A search warrant was secured by the officers and the homes of the three men were searched with the result that quite a little booze and beer was found. At the home of Dan Day, who, lives with his mother in the northeast part of ; town, a bottle of whiskey was found., which the officers tooki Dan did not seem to mind the arrest but hated to let go of the whiskey. At the home of Chase Day, just east of the Snedeker grocery, 13 bottles of beer and a little whiskey was found and taken by the officers as evidence. At Bowen’s house just north of the track, two quarts of Barleycorn were found.

Following the arrest of the .men. two of them, Dan Day and Rowen, were lodged in jail by the sheriff and at a hearing before Squire W. I. Spitler the bond of each was placed at S2OO. Rowen was unable to furnish bond and is still boarding with the sheriff. Dan and Chase were allowed to go when their father, Hiram Day, furnished their bond. The officers have been watching these three men for the past several weeks and it has been common talk that all three were in the boot-legging * business,, but it seemed that no direct evidence against them could be procured, although their homes were much of the time, and it was not until the Rensselaer party came forward, swearing to the affidavit that the officers were able to arrest them. , Chase Day arranged for bond and was not forced. io go to jail at all. The trial will come up immediately after the - Stockton perjury trial l is disposed of next week.