Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1909 — “TILL THE TOWN GOES DRY " [ARTICLE]

“TILL THE TOWN GOES DRY "

Poodle Kelly, an Inebriate, Sentenced Until Temptation Is Passed. Peru. Ind., Aug. 20.—Poodle Kelly was sentenced till the town goes dry by Mayor William A. Odum. Kelly is a peaceable old man, drunk or sober, but because he is so addicted to drink that he can not refuse it whenever it is offered, he is usually intoxicated. He was arrested for intoxication, and as it is only 100 days until all the saloons of Peru will have suspended business, the mayor decided to Imprison Kelly until all temptation had passed.