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Waupaca County Post

October 21, 1926

Clintonville Man is Fine At Hurley; Beer Is Dumped

Running a load of beer into Hurley cost Max Block of Clintonville $500 and costs in county court at Hurley late Friday afternoon when he was arraigned before Judge James E. Flandrena.

And Max lost 22 barrels of good beer – he said it was exceptionally good – which Judge Flandrena ordered the sheriff to pour into the sewer so there would be no argument over it.

The arrest was made by Sheriff Robert Erepamer who, on receipt of a mysterious telephone message went out and found Block with the load of beer already in Hurley. Block was promptly arraigned under the city ordinance with the result that the $500 fine was paid into the coffers of the city instead of the state.

After the arrest of Block and the confiscation of the beer, nobody in Hurley seemed to know to whom the beer was destined, but there was more than one saloonkeeper who seemed about ready to wear crape. – Ironwood Globe.