Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1912 — Rensselaer Boys Arrested and Fined at Monon. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Boys Arrested and Fined at Monon.

Scott Lannnm. and Boss Ramey, both said to reside at Medaryville, each paid a fine and costs amounting to $17.15 in ’Squire Catlin's court Monday evening, after pleading guilty to the charge of intoxication. li’ey had boarded the train at Lafayette after imbibing freely and continued their libations on the car until given quieting orders from Conductor Reed. This interference with their “personal liberty” so infuriated them that when the train arrived here they became abusive to she conductor #nd threatened to do him .bodily injury. The latter promptly turned them over to Marshal Wilson with the result as already stated. Fotir bottles of beer were taken from a suit case which they carried. This was confiscated and destroyed in the rear of the town hall much to the regret of the’ guzzlers from whom it had been taken. They were taken from here to Rensselaer in an automobile, which no doubt afforded them an outlet for their ready cash. Lannam is said to be one of the men who was in the joy ride near Rensselaer recently resulting in the death of the young lady from Lafayette. The charge against them here might have been much more serious had Conductor Reed seen fit td make it.—Monon News.

The young men above referred to belong now in Rensselaer, in fact, Ramey’s home is here, but Lannam, who is a barber now employed in a shop here, came to Rensselaer from Medaryville.