Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1917 — TOO MUCH TEA CAUSES SCRAP [ARTICLE]

TOO MUCH TEA CAUSES SCRAP

Billy Kinney Lands in Jail After Striking Companion. Billy Kinney, who lives on the Mauck farm in Newton township, came t 9 town Thursday with a load of wood. After delivering same he came up town and, joined by a few companions, imbibed too freely of something stronger than hot chocolate. ■ When it came time /to go home Kinney was in no condition to drive his team and his companions took him to the Leek hitch barn and deposited him in a pile «j>of hay. During this process, it is riimored, Billy became so obstreperous that he landed a few blows on Isaac Parker’s countenance with such intensity that the latter had to seek the aid of a physician. “Nightwatch Critser found Kinney in the barn about 8 o’clock and with more or less persuasion took him to the jail where he was kept fqr several hours, then being permitted to take his team and depart for home. No charges have a,s yet been Hied against any of the participants in the affair.