Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1920 — REVENUE OFFICERS AT KNOX [ARTICLE]

REVENUE OFFICERS AT KNOX

Btl 11 and Whisky Found and Beveral Arrests Follow. Federal revenue agents from Hammond, South Bend and Indianapolis, who have been working in northern Indiana for some time, visited Knox this week. They spent a busy day, Tuesday, .raiding several homes, two soft-drink parlors and a pool room. At some of these places they found liquor and evidences of the making and handling of It, while at other places they found nothing, either circumstantial or convicting. They visited the building recently occupied by the Solllday’s pool room and made a thorough search, but found nothing. They then went to the Charles Wolfe soft drink parlor. Here, too, they found nothing. From there they went to Oscar Elder’s soft drink parlor and there found some whisky behind the bar. Mr. Elder was arrested on three counts, all violations of the federal liquor law. He walyed preliminary hearing and Avas bound over to the circuit court under S6OO bonds. They then visited the home ot Charles Peellee and found three gallons ot whisky, a still and about twenty gallons of mash. They confiscated the goods, arrested Mr. Peellee and he, too, waived preliminary hearing and is out on a 160° bond. They also visited the homes of Charles Wolfe and George McConnel, but no more arrests were made.