W.K. Hilland of

Comfrey Under

$500 Bail And

Customer Fined.

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W. K. Hilland of Comfrey was brought before Justice N. Henningsen of this city Monday afternoon where he was placed under bonds of $500 and ordered to appear before the district court for trial on the charge of selling intoxicating liquors. Complaint in the case was Mrs. Wm. Schleif, also of Comfrey.

Following the complaint, which was made Friday, Sheriff Julius and Deputy Sheriff Gieseke left for Comfrey where they arrested Hilland and confiscated about two gallon of alcohol which were found on his premises. The alcohol was contained in small bottles and some of it was in gallon jugs. While the two officers were carrying some of the confiscated liquor to their car it is reported that Hilland attempted to take a filled gallon jug and hide it in the wood shed near the house but was caught in the act by the officers.

Arrest was due to a complaint made by Mrs. Wm. Schleif of Comfrey who complained and stated that Hilland had repeatedly sold intoxicating liquor to her husband and that as a result he was often intoxicated. Schleif was also taken before Justice Henningsen and was fined $25. and costs of $16.30, the total amounting to $41.30. Mr. Hilland is cream buyer for R. E. Cobb at Comfrey.

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NICOLLET CO.

RAID NETS

125 GALLONS

OF “MOON”

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One hundred twenty-five gallons of moonshine, three complete stills, 25 gallons of mash, and other equipment were seized by Sheriff Chas. Norman Friday noon in a raid on a farm about two miles southeast of Courtland. Geo. Neuman was arrested as the operator and taken to the county jail.

At a hearing before the justice Neuman pleaded guilty to a charge of manufacturing liquor and was bound over to the grand jury.

He was released upon $500 bonds Monday and returned to his home to finish up his farm work before the October term of court.

Neuman had been making moonshine for a year or more, and the stock represented the accumulation of some months, it is said. At an average price of $12 per gallon which he says he received for the “white mule” the stock was worth at least $1,500.

“I had intended to take a trip to California with the money I got for this shipment,” Neuman said, explaining the reason for having such a large stock on hand. The trip will have to wait, now he says.

New Ulm Review,

Sept. 24, 1924