Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1909 — Liquor Confiscated At Monon Were Fed To Tippecanoe Fish. [ARTICLE]

Liquor Confiscated At Monon Were Fed To Tippecanoe Fish.

The last chapter in the Monon blind tiger case was enacted at Monticello last Friday when the liquors confiscated after the raid of S. A. Rose’s pool room at Monon on Dec. 9, 1907, were poured into the gutter at one corner of the court house grounds, and floated through the sewer into the Tippecanoe river. A hard fight was made by Rose and the Thieme & Wagner brewing company to save the stuff, but Judge Wason finally decided that the contraband goods should be destroyed and ordered the sheriff to execute the order. The liquors were estimated as worth about S4OO and consisted of: 29 boxes of bottled goods, 1 half-barrel. 13 kegs. 3 five-gallon Jugs. 1 one-gallon jug. 1 half-gallon jug. 3 demijohns. The bottles were broken, and the boxes, kegs and other combustible material were burned, making a complete clean-up.