Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1918 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. , LOADS OF LIQUOR SEIZED Evansville Constables Confiscate Fiv» Trucks of Intoxicants^—^Taken in Charge at Night in Road Near the City. Evansville, June 7. —Five trucks of whisky and beer were seized the other night by local constables near Howell, two miles below Evansville. The liquor was taken to the office of Jacob L. Taylor, a justice of the peace in the courthouse, and locked up. An affidavit was filed in Taylor's court by Rev. A M. Couehman, pastor of the Central Methodist Episcopal church, and two constables from this court with the warrant,* went to Howell and lay in wait for the trucks as they came from Howell on their way from Henderson, Ky., 12 miles below here. The five trucks were seized one at a time and the liquor brought to the cityThe liquor was intended for several saloons here that have been selling liquor illegally, it is alleged, since the State-wide prohibition law went into effect. The intoxicants were valued ait several hundred dollars.