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Show MINISTER'S SUITCASE SEARCHED BY POLICE Preacher of Gospel Staggers to Tease Wife on Street and Officer Thinks He Is Intoxicated. Special to The Tribune. OGDEX, June S. How a minister of the gospel had his suitcase searched for contraband liquor by a member of the police department was told by Detective Detec-tive J. L. Hobson today. The detective detec-tive said: 1 was seated on the front porch at home last night and noticed a man and woman coming from the direction of the interurban line. The man was carrying a suitcase. He seemed to be intoxicated. First he would walk ahead of the woman and then follow her, and was staggering. stag-gering. The woman was carrying a baDy. I watched the man for a while, and then decided that he must be intoxicated and had liquor in the suitcase. I went 'after him. 'I am an officer and I want to search that suitcase for liquor," I said. The man turned and smiled, and handed me the suitcase. "Go ahead and search it, I am a minister of the gospel and I am glad that you are enforcing the law." I searched the suitcase, but did not find any liquor. The man then said that he did not blame me for thinking him drunk, as he was staggering stag-gering a little to tease his wife. |