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| 1927 Reo Coupe |
One of the biggest booze hauls made here in years took place here when Deputy Sheriff Cloyd King confiscated a Reo coupe on the Brunersburg road and locked the driver, who gave his name as Frank Jones, 38, in the county jail in await a hearing before Judge D.F. Openlander, probably late today or this evening.
The load is believe to have been consigned to Hamilton, Ohio, and the auto is though to be one of the a fleet operated by a big liquor ring with headquarters in Dayton and Indianapolis.
Twenty-five quarts of Old Crow whiskey, 54 pints of Old log Cabin whiskey and 250 pints of Canadian beer and ale were from the car which is also being held by authorities pending the outcome of the hearing.
Deputy King who has been on the lookout for the shipments, understood to be going through here for the last three months, followed the coupe from the Evansport road, west of Brunersburg after "Jones" declared he did not have the key to the back, and then arrested the driver at the edge of Defiance.
The liquor was taken from the car and stored in the cellar of the Defiance County Jail. A large crowd gathered while the bottles were being transferred. The entire back end was filled with beer and ale, and the compartment under the seat contained the whiskey as well as beer and ale.
"Jones" got in communication with friends at Dayton, who said they would send aid.
Shipments to southern Ohio, it is understood had been going down the Dixie highway, east of here, until confiscations became too frequent. Then they were rerouted, it is understood, over the Chicago pike to Stryker, thence south through Evansport into Defiance. Having learned of this change in the course, Defiance county officers had been on the watch for the shipments for sometime.
"Jones" carried a satchel and a leather case in his machine in order to disguise himself as a traveling salesman.
The load is believe to have been consigned to Hamilton, Ohio, and the auto is though to be one of the a fleet operated by a big liquor ring with headquarters in Dayton and Indianapolis.
Twenty-five quarts of Old Crow whiskey, 54 pints of Old log Cabin whiskey and 250 pints of Canadian beer and ale were from the car which is also being held by authorities pending the outcome of the hearing.
Deputy King who has been on the lookout for the shipments, understood to be going through here for the last three months, followed the coupe from the Evansport road, west of Brunersburg after "Jones" declared he did not have the key to the back, and then arrested the driver at the edge of Defiance.
The liquor was taken from the car and stored in the cellar of the Defiance County Jail. A large crowd gathered while the bottles were being transferred. The entire back end was filled with beer and ale, and the compartment under the seat contained the whiskey as well as beer and ale.
"Jones" got in communication with friends at Dayton, who said they would send aid.
Shipments to southern Ohio, it is understood had been going down the Dixie highway, east of here, until confiscations became too frequent. Then they were rerouted, it is understood, over the Chicago pike to Stryker, thence south through Evansport into Defiance. Having learned of this change in the course, Defiance county officers had been on the watch for the shipments for sometime.
"Jones" carried a satchel and a leather case in his machine in order to disguise himself as a traveling salesman.
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