Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1920 — G. O. P. CANDIDATE GETS IN BAD [ARTICLE]

G. O. P. CANDIDATE GETS IN BAD

Fred Saers, a candidate for the Republican nomination for prosecuting attorney of Tippecanoe county, was arrested Monday, accused of manufacturing intoxicating liquor. He Is the proprietor of a soft drink et> tabllshMent at the Cincinnati House. The arrest was made by Sheriff W. W. Weinhardt on a bench warrant issued by the circuit court at the request of C. J. Orbison of Indianapolis, federal prohibition ment officer for Indiana. Recently agents of the federal office visited Saers’ establishment and say they found more than 200 quarts of home brew beer. The beer was tested at Purdue university and was found to contain more alcohol than is permitted by law, so the authorities announce. Saturday officers again visited the place and found more beer, it Is asserted. Two charges have been filed against Saers. Hte bond was fixed at >I,OOO.— Lafayette Democrat.