Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1907 — Found Letter Limit of Obscenity. [ARTICLE]

Found Letter Limit of Obscenity.

Beauregard Switzer, well known business man of Michigan City, has been arrested by United States marshals on a charge of mailing obscene and lascivious matter. He was released under SSOO bonds. The evidence produced before United States Commissioner J. H. Orr is said to show the missive to have been one ofthe most blasphemous, vulgar and obscene let ters that ever went through the mails. The letter was addressed to J. E. Beyers, of Rochester, Ind. It is rumored that it is a black mailing scheme to hold up Beyers for something like $20,000, and Rochester, LaPorte and Michigan City people are likely to figure in the incident before it closes.